Bangor University
www.bangor.ac.uk
Situated near the mountains of Snowdonia and with the sea close by, Bangor has been voted as one of the best environments to choose for study in the UK.
• Bangor is excellent for student support with one of the largest Peer Guiding schemes in the UK.
• Over half the departments received Excellent under the latest Teaching Quality Assessment.
• Bangor is ranked amongst the top 4 University cities in the UK in terms of cost of living.
• The most recent UK Government Research Assessment Excercise ranked Bangor No. 1 for Accounting and Finance and No. 2 for Electronic and Electrical Engineering.
• Centres of Excellence include Molecular and Biomolecular Electronics and Experimental Consumer Psychology.
Cardiff University
www.cardiff.ac.uk
Cardiff University is one of the UK’s most innovative, ambitious and successful universities with a reputation for cutting-edge development. • The University teaches more than 28,000 students from more than 110 countries.
• The University generates more than £100 million annually from research grants and contracts.
• Cardiff University is a member of the Elite Russell Group of top 20 UK research-led universities.
• Professor Sir Martin Evans of the Cardiff School of Biosciences was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize for Medicine for ground-breaking discoveries in the field of stem cell research.
Glyndwr University
www.glyndwr.ac.uk
Glyndwr University is located in the centre of Wrexham in north Wales, and has two main campuses within five minutes’ walk of each other. • Glyndwr University is in the top 50 UK universities and top 2 in Wales for high-earning graduates.
• The university has an excellent graduate employment rate with at least 93% of graduates gaining employment within 6 months of graduating.
• The univeristy has a new £5 million Centre for Creative Industries and £40 million student village.
Swansea Metropolitan University
www.smu.ac.uk
Located in south west Wales, Swansea Metropolitan University specialises in vocational courses with strong industry links. • The basis of all its courses is the application of knowledge to real- life situations.
• New Dyvenor Centre for Art, Design and Media is the location of the Faculty of Art & Design and the Centre for Innovation in Photography and Video.
• Centres of Excellence include the
Architectural Glass Centre and the Creative Industries Reasearch and Innovation Centre.
• An approved centre for BTEC Higher National and NVQ programmes.
Swansea University
www.swan.ac.uk
Swansea University is set in parkland overlooking the UK’s first area of outstanding natural beauty, the Gower peninsula. • Nearly 50% of Swansea University’s research is rated as world leading or internationally excellent (Research Assessment Excercise 2008).
• Swansea University’s Civil Engineering ranks 2nd in the UK, General Engineering ranks 5th and Material Engineering 8th.
• Swansea’s engineers helped design the world’s first supersonic car and the new Airbus A380.
• Winner of the first Times Higher Education Award for the UK’s Best Student Experience.
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