Cardiff University Undergraduate Prospectus
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CARDIFF UNIVERSITY Undergraduate Prospectus ENTRY 2013 Find out more online at: www.cardiff.ac.uk Got questions about student life? Get them answered at: www.cardiff.ac.uk/thrive Some of our current students are sharing their experiences online through their Facebook pages so if you want to know what life as a student at Cardiff is really like then you can find out now. There is also lots of information about what is happening in Cardiff including articles written by our students, videos, and lots more. Come and visit! For more information about visiting Cardiff University: CARDF C15 www.cardiff.ac.uk/opendays Cardiff University Undergraduate Prospectus Enquiries Stay in touch Entry 2013 For students from the UK or EU: Tel: 029 2087 4455 Email: [email protected] For students from the rest of the world: facebook.com/cardiffuniug @cardiffuniug Tel: +44 (0)29 2087 4432 Email: [email protected] www.cardiff.ac.uk Further Information 133 Finding out more . www.cardiff.ac.uk www.bis.gov.uk colleges includes a programme of talks for Our website offers a wide range of information www.studentfinancewales.co.uk students and parents, mock interviews and about the University and its activities. www.direct.gov.uk/studentfinance information sessions. A variety of subjects are I In-depth course information and entry www.slc.co.uk (Student Loans Company) covered. For further information, please contact requirements the Schools Liaison Office: Tel: (029) 2087 4455 Publications I Information about individual academic schools Email: [email protected] You can download copies of our School I Open Day information brochures, Postgraduate Prospectus and UCAS HE Conventions I Information for students with Schools Liaison staff also attend many of the Disabilities/Special Needs Undergraduate Prospectus (English and Welsh language) from: www.cardiff.ac.uk/pubs/ug UCAS Higher Education conventions. For more I Information for international students information, please visit: I Facts and figures about the University Alternatively, you can obtain copies from the www.cardiff.ac.uk/undergraduate I Student Support Services Prospectus Office: Tel: (029) 2087 4455 I Cardiff University Students’ Union home page Email: [email protected] Postgraduate study opportunities Useful Telephone Numbers I Schools and Colleges Liaison Service I Part-time education for adults Cardiff University: (029) 2087 4000 The Schools and Colleges Liaison Office promotes I Professional training courses Schools’ Liaison Office: (029) 2087 4455 the study opportunities at Cardiff University by International Office: (029) 2087 4432 The following websites are also sources of further offering prospective students and their teachers Residences Office: (029) 2087 4849 information about Cardiff and Higher Education: advice on all aspects of Higher Education. www.cardiff.gov.uk Schools Liaison staff aim to help students make Students’ Union: (029) 2078 1400 www.visitcardiff.com informed decisions about their higher education Address: Cardiff University, Deri House, www.ucas.com options. The Service offered to schools and 2-4 Park Grove, Cardiff CF10 3PA Visiting Cardiff University EXCELLENT Open Day – Wednesday 24th April 2013 Since choosing a university is such an important Other Opportunities to Visit CAREER PROSPECTS decision, it is always advisable to visit the Open Day is the best time to visit the University as universities you are interested in before making you will have access to all academic schools and your final choices. The best way to do this is to facilities. Detailed information about these can be attend a general Open Day where you can gain an UNIVERSITY FOR obtained directly from the Schools. If this date is not insight into life as a student. convenient, the University also has two Visit Days ALL SINCE 1883 Cardiff’s Open Day enables you to meet and talk which take place in July and September. The to Admissions Tutors, academic staff, Schools’ programme includes a series of presentations, liaison staff and current students to get campus tours and gives you the opportunity to meet information on issues from courses to careers, staff from our academic schools. However, please facilities to finances, student accommodation to note that, unlike Open Day, there are no visits to social life. All academic schools will be open to academic schools. Some academic schools also visitors throughout the day, enabling you to explore hold their own Open Days although these are those degree programmes that are of interest to primarily for students who have already applied to you. Tours, displays and practical demonstrations the University. More information is available on our aim to give you a flavour of what studying in Cardiff website at: www.cardiff.ac.uk/opendays is really like. You can visit lecture theatres, laboratories, libraries, sports, social and other Alternatively, please contact the Schools facilities, the Students’ Union, as well as view the Liaison Office: Tel: (029) 2087 4455 full range and quality of our student residences. Email: [email protected] Travelling to Cardiff University: Useful Contacts Door-to-door directions by road: Coach Services (National Express): Copies of the University’s Location Guide are www.cardiff.ac.uk/directions Tel: 08705 808080 available from the Prospectus Office: www.nationalexpress.com Email: [email protected] Park and Ride Services: www.cardiff.gov.uk/parkandride Satnav: Tel: 029 2087 4455 Train Services: If you are using Satnav the post codes are: Tel: 08457 484950 Cathays Park Campus: CF10 3AT www.nationalrail.co.uk Heath Park Campus: CF14 4XN Undergraduate Prospectus Entry 2013 1 OUTSTANDING EMPLOYMENT RECORD FIRST-CLASS FACILITIES Are you ready to ? www.cardiff.ac.uk/thrive 2 Discover the Cardiff Experience A leading university . Q You’ll be part of a Russell Group Q You’ll benefit from outstanding university – one of the top 20 teaching in a research-led UK research universities with environment. Our highly qualified global recognition. staff include two Nobel Laureates and several Fellows of the Q You can choose from more than Royal Society. 300 degree programmes. The Cardiff University degree is known and respected worldwide with a substantial number accredited by the professions and other external bodies. Undergraduate Prospectus Entry 2013 3 in an outstanding city . Q You’ll live in a friendly, compact Q Your money will go further at and safe city with all your study, Cardiff with capital city attractions living and leisure needs within at provincial prices – including one walking distance. of the lowest rates of all university cities for student accommodation. with able and motivated students . Q You’ll be at a university of first Q You’ll be at an international choice where demand for places university with students from more is strong. than 100 countries. Q You'll be studying in an environment with able and motivated students who have top grades at A-level or equivalent. who have excellent career prospects. Q You can be confident of your future Q You’ll be in demand – Cardiff is – in 2010, 94% of our students among the top 20 universities were employed or had entered targeted by employers seeking further study within six months of high calibre graduates. completing their studies. Open Day 2013 Wednesday 24th April 2013 Our undergraduate Open Day provides you with an opportunity to visit the University and see university life as it really is. For more information about this and other visit opportunities please go online to our website: www.cardiff.ac.uk/opendays Alternatively, you can contact the Open Day Office: Tel: 029 2087 4455 Email: [email protected] 4 Contents Welcome A Capital City 6 Our reputation and your future A Leading University 10 The Heath Park Campus 14 All universities have their own particular wide range of degree programmes character – so it is important that you taught by a distinguished staff. Serious Brain Power 16 choose the one that is right for you. We have more than 5,000 modern, Excellent Teaching 17 This prospectus will help you make your attractive and affordable residences Living in Cardiff 18 choice by describing what it is like to and superb social and sporting be an undergraduate at Cardiff and facilities, which all contribute to the Student Voices 21 explaining the various degree strong sense of community which is so Student Services 22 programmes, services and facilities. characteristic of the University. Students’ Union 24 However, a prospectus can only go so As a national capital, Cardiff offers a far, and the best way to gain a real wealth of cultural, sporting and leisure Sport 26 insight into life at Cardiff University is to facilities, and the proximity of the Life after Cardiff 28 visit us. We hold an annual Open Day mountains, countryside and sea for the whole University and a series of provides many opportunities for International Students 30 smaller visit days. outdoor pursuits. Campus Maps 32 When you visit, you will discover an These factors all contribute to making Academic Schools 34 attractive and internationally-renowned Cardiff one of the most popular university whose students and staff are universities in the UK, so competition Further information 120 drawn from throughout the UK and for places is strong and the standard General Index 131 world-wide. of applications is high, with the vast majority of our students at their Degree Subject Index 131 Founded in 1883, Cardiff is established first-choice university. as one of Britain’s leading universities. Highly regarded for the quality of our Although most come to us with A- Important information. research, this creates a dynamic, levels, we also welcome students with Please read carefully. innovative and stimulating environment a wide range of alternative The University offers the information for our teaching. qualifications. contained in this Prospectus as a guide only.