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Discover our world 2020 Undergraduate Prospectus A world beyond limits 8 10 Contents Your journey Connect with us A place 12 14 to start Foundation courses 50 Science 138 6 Biochemistry 139 Arts 54 Biology, Genetics, Tropical Biology 142 and Zoology Why Nottingham? Meet your academics Academic life American and Canadian Studies 55 Classics and Archaeology 58 Biosciences 145 Chemistry 152 16 30 32 Cultural, Media and Visual Studies 64 English 68 Computer Science 155 History 71 Mathematical Sciences 158 Liberal Arts 75 Natural Sciences 161 Modern Languages and Cultures 77 Neuroscience 164 Music 85 Pharmacy 166 Philosophy 88 Physics and Astronomy 168 Theology and Religious Studies 91 Psychology 172 Engineering 94 Social Sciences 174 Our campuses Your Students’ Union Sport Aerospace Engineering 95 Business 175 Architecture and Built Environment 97 Economics 178 34 38 40 Chemical and Environmental Engineering 100 Education 182 Civil Engineering 103 Geography 184 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 105 Law 187 Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing 110 Politics and International Relations 189 Engineering Sociology and Social Policy 192 Medicine and Health Sciences 114 International campuses 195 Healthcare and medical sites 115 China Campus 196 Cancer Sciences 116 Malaysia Campus 198 Medical Physiology and Therapeutics 118 City life Study abroad International students Medicine 120 Everything else you need 200 Midwifery 126 to know 42 46 48 Nursing 128 Applying 201 Physiotherapy 130 Financing your degree 208 Sport and Exercise Science 132 Translating higher education terms 214 Sport Rehabilitation 134 Finding your course 216 Veterinary Medicine and Science 136 Finding us 221 Contact us 222 Open days 223 Accommodation Careers and employability Supporting you 5 Why Nottingham? Outstanding Get involved by Study at one of our choosing from 300 partner teaching over 300 clubs, and learning universities across 40 different Teaching Excellence societies and Framework (TEF) 2017-18. opportunities countries A world of unlimited Learn from potential academics who are changing GOOD GOOD UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY GUIDE GUIDE the world 2019 2019 with their research INTERNATIONAL SPORTS UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF THE YEAR OF THE YEAR A safe and Join a global vibrant city Top 20 community of over on your doorstep in all three 46,000 major UK students league tables from more than The Complete University Guide 2019; 150 countries The Guardian University Guide 2019; The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019. Ranked as a Accelerate A member of Be inspired by our world your career the prestigious award-winning top 100 at one of the campuses universities most university University Park Campus – Green Flag Award® winner for 16 consecutive years. QS World University targeted by and the global ® Rankings, 2019. Jubilee Campus – Green Flag Award Britain’s leading Universitas 21 winner for six consecutive years. graduate employers network Ranked in the top ten in The Graduate Market 2013-2018, High Fliers Research. 6 7 Your journey Keep up to date Book After you’ve applied, find us on social media and get in touch with any accommodation questions. A home from home awaits you at Nottingham. We guarantee a room nottingham.ac.uk/connect to all first-year students*. To see our wide variety of living options visit: Alternatively, live chat is available on nottingham.ac.uk/ Your first steps our website. accommodation nottingham.ac.uk/contact * For guaranteed accommodation criteria, see nottingham.ac.uk/go/ accommodationguarantee and beyond If you receive an offer, you will be invited to an offer-holder event. Discover campus life through our Choosing what to study and how to visit us virtual tour. nottingham.ac.uk/ will be the start of your student journey virtualnottingham Choose your Results day Get ready Welcome Congratulations! This is As September gets closer, we’ll This is your introduction to life course when all your hard work be in touch with everything you at Nottingham. Get to know It’s a big decision, so do your pays off. Whatever need to know to prepare for life your neighbours and explore all research. If you can’t decide happens on the day, at Nottingham. of the activities Nottingham has on a career just yet, choose a we’re here to help you. to offer. subject you find interesting nottingham.ac.uk/ nottingham.ac.uk/ and feel passionate about. go/resultsday welcome nottingham.ac.uk/ ugstudy Open days Apply Year one Visiting us is the best way for us Make your application to show you that the University stand out. Follow our onwards of Nottingham is the right place top tips for writing your We’re with you every step of for you. personal statement. the way, through graduation and beyond. During your studies you Take the opportunity to explore nottingham.ac.uk/ can access a range of support our campuses, and talk to our go/applying services for advice on careers, leading academics and current finance, welfare and academic students. issues. When you graduate you’ll nottingham.ac.uk/ be a lifelong member of our visitingus alumni network, and access all the benefits that it brings. 8 9 @hwus_that Connect with us Our digital community Add us on social See what it’s really like to live and study here through our student vlogs and social media uniofnottingham See all our channels at nottingham.ac.uk/connect @alessandra_kr Add uniofnottingham on Instagram and Snapchat for room tours, societies and ‘day in the life’ takeovers Want to know more about student life at the University of Nottingham? Our team of student bloggers will tell you all you need to know about life in halls, adventures abroad and the best restaurants in Nottingham. @bpmhk1 @callum.helm blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/studentlife 10 nottingham.ac.uk/connect 11 Meet your academics Dr Fernando Casal Bértoa Associate Professor in Comparative Politics Fernando is co-director of REPRESENT: Research Centre for the Study of Parties Be inspired by and Democracy. His work has been published in many prestigious journals, including the Journal of Politics and European Journal of Political Research. He was also awarded the 2018 Vice-Chancellor Medal of the University the brightest of Nottingham for “exceptional achievements”. In 2017 he won the Gordon Smith and Vincent minds Wright Memorial Prize. Your learning will be shaped by the latest ground-breaking research, with classes taught by subject experts Dr Samanta Piano Assistant Professor in Metrology Working on the implementation of an imaging system Dr Bindi Brook empowered by artificial intelligence technology to be able to measure micro-features with high precision, Associate Professor in Mathematical Sciences low cost and high speed, Samanta is helping us to Although asthma is a highly prevalent inflammatory lung disease, with significant research effort put into it, see the world around us. Awarded the Marie Curie how it develops and progresses still remains unclear. Bindi and her team are developing mathematical and Fellowship and Nottingham Advance Research computational models in collaboration with experimental biologists and clinicians to identify key factors that Fellowship, she is teaching the new age of students contribute to the disease. Her research is supported by the Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust. about her field of expertise. Dr Paul Smith Dr Catrin Rutland Associate Professor in French and Associate Professor in Anatomy and Francophone Studies Developmental Genetics Dr Paul Smith’s research area, French history Dr Catrin Rutland uses a combination of anatomical, and politics, has enabled him to discuss French cellular and molecular techniques to understand politics in a range of print and broadcast media, cardiovascular and anatomical illnesses and disorders. and make more than 150 international media Her group have discovered genetic mutations appearances from 2016-2018. In November responsible for causing cardiomyopathy in animals 2018, he won Expert Commentator in the and humans, and identified biological and anatomical University’s Knowledge Exchange and Impact reasons for lameness. Catrin and international Awards. Paul’s teaching focuses on using visual collaborators investigate cancer and potential culture as a tool for introducing language therapeutics, and use gene therapy to regenerate students to French history. muscle tissue in lame horses. 12 13 Academic life Amazing Teaching excellence The University of Nottingham delivers excellent teaching learning spaces and academic support, and invests in world-class facilities We understand that everyone and access to truly global opportunities. We are an learns in different ways. As well as outstanding teaching and research-intensive university that traditional methods, such as lectures produces global graduates who are highly sought after by and seminars, your learning will top employers. Our Gold award in the Teaching Excellence be complemented by technology, Framework recognises that we deliver the highest quality of Spaces for including podcasts and lecture capture teaching to our students. facilities. You’ll also have access to 24-hour PC suites, Wi-Fi, and a free Effective study laptop and iPad loan service. limitless ideas Our new £20m Teaching and Learning There are lots of resources Building has multiple individual and available to help you with the group learning spaces, a learning lab transition into higher education. with group-study Windows Surface Studying at university is Many of our degrees include Hubs, and an interactive seminar room modules and other activities with presenting screens. We have very different to studying designed to help prepare you eight libraries, including the £20m for the next few years. You’ll refurbished George Green Library. also have access to our Student You’ll have access to a huge number at school or college – Service Centres, with specialist of resources, including print books, study support staff ready to talk ebooks, journals, manuscripts, films, we’ll help you settle in to you about your work, as well and special collections. Libraries are as plenty of helpful guides full a great environment to enhance your of advice.