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Study Abroad Guide 2017/18 WELCOME TO QUEEN MARY CONTENTS UNIVERSITY OF LONDON London is the ultimate Capital city; a cosmopolitan mecca encompassing a Explore rich heritage, breath-taking architecture, diverse culture and world-class study Why Choose QMUL? 4 opportunities. Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) perfectly embodies Our History 6 the City’s dynamic and exciting nature. London and The East End 8 The University’s East End location offers a true taste of London life in one of the most urban, trendy and progressive areas of the Capital. Founded in Study 1887 QMUL is a vibrant, dynamic and ambitious institution. Its Study Abroad Teaching and Learning 12 Programme attracts inquisitive and high achieving students worldwide, who Study Abroad Programme 14 thrive in the stimulating and supportive environment the University offers. Student Life Campus Life at QMUL offers our study abroad students an experience unlike Campus Life 18 any other. Our Student Village offers full integration for students and the Accommodation 24 vast number of clubs, societies and social events ensure an engaging and well-rounded experience. You will have the opportunity to make friends from Student Support Services 26 across the Globe, study alongside inspirational and forward-thinking students, Your Global Experience 27 receive support and guidance from dedicated staff, as well as teaching from world-leading academics. Apply Eligibility 28 Our Study Abroad Team has been welcoming students for over thirty years How to apply 29 and delivers an outstanding student experience. QMUL is committed to ensuring our students have the most memorable and enriching experience Visas 30 possible. The University is a supportive and engaging Community producing Equal Opportunities 30 outstanding Alumni. Key Dates 31 Fees 31 London Tube Map 33 Campus Map 34 Professor Simon Gaskell President and Principal 2 QMUL STUDY ABROAD QMUL STUDY ABROAD 3 What will you gain as a study 6 abroad student? Nobel Prize Winners The University has been welcoming study abroad students for over thirty years and consistently delivers EXPLORE outstanding student experience. As a study abroad student you will be studying and living in our Mile End Campus, a unique urban campus in London’s diverse and multi-cultural East End. Here you have access to all academic and support facilities on site, WHY CHOOSE QMUL? award-winning housing and a dedicated From our location in the heart of east London – Study Abroad team. Queen Mary offers a fully integrated Study Abroad one of the capital’s most dynamic areas – to our Programme so you will be living and welcoming campus, world-leading research and studying alongside students from the inspiring teaching, there’s a host of reasons to UK and countries all over the world. Our study abroad students are immersed in choose QMUL for your study abroad experience. culture and have a truly international experience. 21,187 Reputation We are international students in total* • Member of the Russell Group – one of the UK’s • A truly international experience 24 leading universities in one of the most culturally- 870+ diverse areas of London • Ranked in the top 100 in the world in the QS study abroad students* University World Rankings (2016) • One of the 25 “most international” universities in the world (Times • Top 10 university in the UK for research quality, Higher Education, 2016) Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 • Students from more that 155 • Six Nobel Prize-winners among former staff nationalities studying at QMUL and alumni • International partnerships with top • Distinguished history, dating back to 1123 international institutions globally (the foundation of St Bartholomew’s Hospital) including University of California, from over University of Miami, Columbia • Part of the internationally recognised University University, University of Melbourne, of London (UoL) 45 University of Guadalajara, University countries* of Toronto, Sichuan University, Xiamen University, Nanyang * accurate August 2016 *2016 Technological University to 4,842 name but a few. Facilities Postgraduate students* QMUL Community • £142m spent on new facilities in the past • Only university in London able to offer five years an attractive residential campus at our home in Mile End • Some of the largest open-plan laboratories in Europe housed in our Blizard Building 15,474 • Short walk from the creative and social Undergraduate students* hubs of Brick Lane and Shoreditch, • 7,700 square metres of new learning and close to London’s financial centres, and teaching space opening in 2016 the City and Canary Wharf • Access to facilities at the Olympic Village which hosted the London 2012 Games • Set beside the Regent’s Canal in Mile End, our main campus is one stop on the Tube from Stratford’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, and minutes from the West End. 4 QMUL STUDY ABROAD QMUL STUDY ABROAD 5 EXPLORE We have the second oldest surviving Jewish cemetery in England, a Spanish Portuguese Jewish cemetery dating from QUEEN MARY TODAY 1726, in the centre OUR HISTORY of our campus. QMUL has a rich history and has remained true to its origins to the present day as a 2004 Westfield Student Village opens welcoming institution dedicated to providing on Mile End campus an education for all. The College’s Archives hold a wealth of fascinating institutional archives and rare prints, dating from the 2005 17th Century to the present day. The Blizard Building, home to the Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, opens 1123 1785 1882 1887 1907 2008 St Bartholomew’s The London Westfield College People’s Palace East London College Queen Mary ranked 11th in the UK Novo Cemetery, Mile End campus Hospital founded Hospital Medical founded opens joins University of for quality of its research following College opens London national assessment of research quality (Guardian) First students in Beijing graduate from the Joint Programme degrees 1931 1934 1937 1954 taught by Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Original People’s East London College renamed New People’s People’s Palace and Queen Mary Palace destroyed Queen Mary College (after Palace opened purchased by by fire Queen Mary, wife of George V) the College 2011 1984 1989 1992 1995 2000 The £21m ArtsTwo Building opens, Faculty of Science Queen Mary Barts and The Barts and The London Queen Mary and housing the School of History and at Westfield College and Royal London School of Medicine Westfield College a film and drama studio College transfers Westfield hospitals and and Dentistry merges adopts the name ArtsTwo Building, Mile End campus Blizard Building, Whitechapel campus to Queen Mary College their medical with Queen Mary and Queen Mary College merge schools merge Westfield College University of London 2012 2014 2016 £6m restoration and upgrade Construction work commences on Queen Mary ranked as one of People’s Palace completed a new £39m Graduate Centre at the of the top 100 universities Mile End campus in the world (THE World Queen Mary wins the Times University Rankings 2015-16) Higher Award for Research Queen Mary ranked 9th in the UK Project of the Year for the quality of our research among multi-faculty universities following the Queen Mary joins Russell Group Research Excellence Framework of leading UK universities (REF 2014). 6 QMUL STUDY ABROAD QMUL STUDY ABROAD 7 TRAVEL TIME BY TRAIN London - Edinburgh 4 hours London - Cardiff 2.5 hours EXPLORE London - Paris 2.5 hours London - Cambridge 45 mins London - Bath 1.5 hours LONDON AND London - Brussels 2 hours THE EAST END Find out about travel all over London ranks in the Top 3 Best Places the UK and Europe from London to study abroad* and it is easy to see www.nationalrail.co.uk why. Studying at QMUL, you will have www.raileurope-world.com the opportunity to experience one of the greatest cities in the world. London is not just a capital city -the centre of British politics and governments – it is an international centre of excellence for business, culture and the arts. With more students than any other city in Europe, London is an extraordinary place to live and study. There is something for everyone in London and student life here is full of unlimited opportunities. With a population of 7.8m and more than 300 languages spoken (more than any other city in the world), the people of London represent cultures from every corner of the earth. This is reflected in London’s huge range of festivals, restaurants, religions and community groups. It’s a welcoming city. To become a Londoner, all you need to do is live here – and as we are the only London university to offer you a residential campus in the heart of the capital, you’re in a great position to take advantage of all that this incredible city has to offer. Not only is London an inspiring place to study, it is also Britain’s economic and cultural Student demand, means powerhouse. The city is a magnet for people and talent from that London can be a across the globe, making London one of the world’s most cost effective place cosmopolitan and exciting cities. to study, with student Travel discounts available Whether exploring Britain, continental Europe or the rest of throughout the City. the world, London is the ideal place to start any journey. The city is a hub for the national network of roads and rail lines which connect the UK. Travel to Europe is easy with a wide choice of trains through the Channel Tunnel to Paris and Brussels, a range of cross-channel ferries and numerous international flights. London’s airports are all easily accessible by rail. Calculate your study abroad budget at www.studentcalculator.org.uk *Top 10 Study Abroad Destinations for 2017, Go Abroad 8 QMUL STUDY ABROAD QMUL STUDY ABROAD 9 In the UK and London you will experience all of the four seasons.