University Guide 2017/18

STUDY IN THE UK UNIVERSITY GUIDE 2017/18 Heather Ashley T West Ali Griffith Lead Graduate Student Advisor Upton MEET THE US Strategy Manager & Event Coordinator Graduate Student Advisor UK STUDY EXPERT SINCE: September 2013 UK STUDY EXPERT SINCE: September 2010 UK STUDY EXPERT SINCE: September 2013 UK DEGREE: MA English Literary Studies, University of Exeter UK DEGREE: MA Literature, University of Essex UK DEGREE: MA English: 1850-Present, King’s College London HOMETOWN: Boise, Idaho HOMETOWN: Cincinnati, Ohio HOMETOWN: San Francisco, California FAVORITE BRITISH DISH: Yorkshire pudding TEAM FAVORITE BRITISH TV SHOW: Top Gear UK FAVORITE: West End Theatre Jasmine Michelle The Across The Pond team bring Leah Walker Graduate Student Advisor Decker together a wealth of international study Rogers Graduate Student Advisor experience. We are proud to have a US Operations Manager UK STUDY EXPERT SINCE: September 2013 UK STUDY EXPERT SINCE: September 2014 team of Advisors who have all studied in UK STUDY EXPERT SINCE: September 2011 UK DEGREE: MA in Media, Culture and Identity, Roehampton UK DEGREE: MLitt. Literature, Culture and Place at Strathclyde Britain using the Across The Pond UK DEGREE: MA Museum and Gallery Studies, Kingston HOMETOWN: San Francisco, California HOMETOWN: Erie, Pennsylvania HOMETOWN: Queens, New York UK FAVORITE: The British friends I made UK FAVORITE: Gregg’s sausage rolls and men wearing kilts service. They know what it takes to get FAVORITE UK FOODS: Sunday roasts and chicken & stuffing sandwiches accepted to British universities and have first-hand knowledge gained from their own time studying in the UK, plus MY YEAR IN THE UK WAS ONE OF THE college application and student support “ BEST OF MY LIFE. THE EDUCATION AND Jessica Jennifer expertise gained at a variety of leading EXPERIENCE WERE SECOND TO NONE. MY education institutions. Jones Dobler LIFE IS RICHER FOR IT. JUST DO IT!” Lead Undergraduate Student Advisor Graduate Student Advisor

Ashley, US Strategy Manager UK STUDY EXPERT SINCE: September 2014 UK STUDY EXPERT SINCE: September 2015 UK DEGREE: MA in English: Film & Literature UK DEGREE: Masters in Modern British History HOMETOWN: Kansas City, Missouri HOMETOWN: Tacoma, WA FAVORITE BRITISH TV SHOW: Sherlock UK FAVORITE: Tower of London

Ashley “YOU CAN CHOOSE TO LIVE A COMPLACENT LIFE, OR YOU CAN Jeanson CHOOSE TO GO FOR THE GRAND Undergraduate Student Advisor THINGS. ACROSS THE POND WANTS UK STUDY EXPERT SINCE: September 2015 TO HELP YOU GO GRAND.” UK DEGREE: MA Education, University of Roehampton Ashley J., Student Advisor HOMETOWN: San Diego, California FAVORITE PHRASE: “Can’t be bothered”

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STUDENT POPULATION: 13,000 STUDENT POPULATION: 18,000 LOCATION: Uxbridge, West London LOCATION: Central London

YOUR FREE SERVICE YOUR PERFECT MATCH CITY POPULATION: 8.6 million CITY POPULATION: 8.6 million

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Find out more at studyacrossthepond.com STUDENT POPULATION: 10,000 STUDENT POPULATION: 26,000 STUDENT POPULATION: 25,000

LOCATION: London LOCATION: Central London LOCATION: Hendon, London

CITY POPULATION: 8.6 CITY POPULATION: 8.6 million CITY POPULATION: 8.6 million

DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1891 DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1829 DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1973

SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: World class programs in the Creative SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: Arts and Social Sciences War Studies & International Relations, Politics, Business, Law, Science & Technology, Health & COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): Economics, Psychology & Neuroscience, Biomedical Education, Art & Design, Media & Performing Arts Undergraduate: from £13,100* Sciences, Classics, English, Law, Management COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): Graduate: from £12,450* COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): £11,500 - £16,000 FUN FACTS: Among Goldsmiths’ prestigious alumni are; Oscar Undergraduate: from £16,250* FUN FACTS: Ranked 2nd modern university in London by winning film director Steve McQueen, Turner prize winning Graduate: from £17,550* The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide artist Damien Hirst, Lumineers’ front man Wesley Schultz, FUN FACTS: King’s pioneers and Nobel prize winners 2014. Ranked best modern university in London for award winning children’s writer Rosie Rowell, Mercury include Florence Nightingale, founder of the first research power in the REF 2014. 91% of our Music prize nominee Katy B and many more. As a nursing school in the world; Peter Higgs, whose Higgs graduates are employed within six months of Goldsmiths graduate you are part of a successful global Boson changed astrophysics; and Peace Prize recipient graduating. Recently invested £200 in state-of-the-art network. Archbishop Desmond Tutu. King’s houses Europe’s campus located in North London. largest brain lab, four teaching hospitals, and a student body that devoted 26,000 hours to community service last year.

STUDENT POPULATION: 200 STUDENT POPULATION: 20,668 STUDENT POPULATION: 20,260 LOCATION: Bloomsbury, London LOCATION: Kingston, Southwest LOCATION: London (5 campuses) London CITY POPULATION: 8.6 million CITY POPULATION: 8.6 million CITY POPULATION: 8.6 million DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: September DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1882 DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1899 2012

SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: Economics, English, Politics, History, Philosophy, Law, English, Law, History, Geography, Linguistics, and Art, Design & Architecture, Creative Writing, Art History, Geography Medicine are in the top 51-100 in the world. Member Journalism, Business of the Russell Group. COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): £19,750 per year (plus approx. £1,500 in COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): Undergraduate: £12,000-£14,500 examination fees) Undergraduate: £14,100 - £16,450* Graduate: from £13,300 Graduate: £14,400 - £18,000* FUN FACTS: New College of the Humanities has earned its FUN FACTS: Kingston University has a total of 192 reputation as a world-class academic institution that is FUN FACTS: Queen Mary’s campus includes the 2nd oldest international Partnerships (not including research leading the way in UK higher education. The Times cemetery in England (1726), and the skeleton of partnerships) with 181 universities in 42 countries (London) describes NCH as offering “bespoke higher Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man, is housed in an across six continents. Kingston also offers outbound education” and as being “at the forefront of a new era, on-campus museum. The Medical College of the Royal study abroad opportunities at over 200 partner the academic equivalent of space travel”. London Hospital (founded 1785) was England’s first universities in 37 countries across five continents. medical school. From 1964-1982, Queen Mary Further proof that this is a truly international university! College maintained its own nuclear reactor.

*Tuition fee listed is for the 2016/17 school year. For 2017 fees, please ask your advisor. To convert tuition fees from GBP to USD, we recommend using www.oanda.com Find out more at studyacrossthepond.com STUDENT POPULATION: 9,000 “ STUDENT POPULATION: 10,500 THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE LOCATION: Egham, Surrey (40 LOCATION: London minutes by train from Central LONDON. THE CITY IS STEEPED London) CITY POPULATION: 8.6 million IN HISTORY AND CULTURE. IT IS CITY POPULATION: 6,400 DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1841 A PERFECT JUMPING-OFF POINT DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1849 FOR TRAVEL AROUND EUROPE, AND THERE IS ALWAYS .” SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: SOMETHING TO DO Business, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Life Sciences, Social Drama & Theatre, History, Law, Music, Psychology Hannah, Sciences Master’s student in London COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): Undergraduate: from £13,500* Undergraduate: from £12,500* Graduate: from £13,500* Graduate: from £13,000* FUN FACTS: Royal Holloway was opened in 1886 by FUN FACT: Roehampton is ranked the top modern London Queen Victoria. The stunning main Founder’s building University (Complete University Guide). Roehampton was modelled on the Chateau de Chambord in France, has seen the biggest rise of any of the UK’s universities. and has been used as a film location for productions The results are based on factors including student such as Downton Abbey and the recent Avengers film. satisfaction and employment prospects, the quality and intensity of research, and spending on academic services and facilities.

STUDENT POPULATION: 1,500 STUDENT POPULATION: 5,500 LOCATION: Wembley Stadium, LOCATION: Central London London CITY POPULATION: 8.6 million CITY POPULATION: 8.6 million DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1916 DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 2011

SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: Languages, Development, International Relations, A range of subject areas, including business, Finance and Management, Area Studies marketing, media, broadcasting and finance, all taught within the context of the football, sports and event COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): industries. Undergraduate: from £16,250* Graduate: from £17,215* COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): Undergraduate: from £13,000 FUN FACT: SOAS celebrates its Centenary year in 2016- Graduate: from £13,500 2017. As part of the Centenary celebrations SOAS is opening a major new student study-hub in the iconic FUN FACTS: UCFB’s London campus is located inside the Senate House building, instantly recognizable from its home of English football, Wembley Stadium, with all appearances in movies such as The Dark Knight Rises classroom, seminar rooms and facilities overlooking the and Nanny McPhee. iconic pitch!

*Tuition fee listed is for the 2016/17 school year. For 2017 fees, please ask your advisor. To convert tuition fees from GBP to USD, we recommend Find out more at studyacrossthepond.com using www.oanda.com STUDENT POPULATION: 17,505 STUDENT POPULATION: 15,000 UNIVERSITIES IN ENGLAND LOCATION: Norwich, England LOCATION: Durham, England

CITY POPULATION: 48,000 CITY POPULATION: 135,000

DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1832 DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1963

SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: English, History, Geography, Chemistry, Law Creative Writing, Drama, Film & TV, Environmental Science, International Development COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): Undergraduate: from £17,400 COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): Graduate: from £16,500 from £14,200*

FUN FACT: Durham University is one of the only universities FUN FACT: UEA Alumni include actors John Rhys-Davies, in the world to have a World Heritage Site right in the who played the dwarf Gimli in The Lord of The Rings heart of the University community. The World Heritage trilogy; Matt Smith, who played the 11th Doctor in the Site includes Durham Cathedral (founded in 1093) and BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who; award winning novelists Castle. Both sites were also used as sets for Hogwarts Ian McEwan and Kazuo Ishiguro; and Paul Nurse, who in the first two Harry Potter films. was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.

STUDENT POPULATION: 20,700

LOCATION: Brighton and STUDENT POPULATION: 18,000 STUDENT POPULATION: 13,500 STUDENT POPULATION: 21,000 Eastbourne, England LOCATION: Chester, England LOCATION: Colchester, England LOCATION: Devon and Cornwall CITY POPULATION: (60 miles from London) CITY POPULATION: 120,000 CITY POPULATION: 120,000 Brighton: 277,000 CITY POPULATION: 180,000 Eastbourne: 101,547 DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1839 DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1955 DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1964 DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1859

SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: Art, Fashion, Pharmacy, Sport and SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: Education English and Creative Writing, Geography and Politics, Sociology, Human Rights, Economics, 28 different subject areas ranked UK Top 10, including Development Studies, International Tourism, Biological Languages and Linguistics, Creative Writing, Acting Archaeology, English, Drama, Classics, Geography COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): Sciences, History and Archaeology History, Politics, Biosciences and Sports Science. Undergraduate: from £12,420* COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): Graduate: from £12,690* COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): from £13,350-15,450 COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): Undergraduate: from £11,500 Undergraduate: from £15,950 FUN FACT: Brighton is one of the most diverse and FUN FACT: With 42% international students from over 130 Graduate: from £11,700 Graduate: from £15,950 forwarding-thinking cities in the UK, home to some countries, University of Essex is among the top 21 most fantastic festivals including music, creative arts, digital FUN FACT: Chester is a modern, contemporary city, rich in international universities in the world and ranked top FUN FACT: A Top 10 UK university with an outstanding and science. Brighton’s campuses are located along history and culture. Students can enjoy a cruise on the 10 for student satisfaction in the UK. All students can student experience! Rated UK no. 1 for international England’s beautiful south coast, close to the beach and river, a day at the races, an annual music festival, visit learn a foreign language for free alongside their student experience (WhatUni Choice Awards) and countryside, and within easy reach of London, Europe the UK’s largest zoo, walk city walls, shark dive in the degree with “Languages for All.” Sports University of the Year 2016 (Times/Sunday and beyond. aquarium, attend Christmas markets, shop unique Times). Exeter’s famous alumni include JK Rowling galleries or eat at many award-winning restaurants. (Harry Potter) and Thom Yorke (Radiohead). HRH the Queen opened the new Forum building in 2012.

*Tuition fee listed is for the 2016/17 school year. For 2017 fees, please ask your advisor. To convert tuition fees from GBP to USD, we recommend Find out more at studyacrossthepond.com using www.oanda.com “I KNEW I WANTED TO KICK OFF STUDENT POPULATION: 4,400 STUDENT POPULATION: 29,000 MY MID-TWENTIES BY DOING LOCATION: Cornwall, England LOCATION: Hatfield, England (20 SOMETHING BOLD.” minutes by train from London) Danielle, CITY POPULATION: 46,000 Master’s student in England CITY POPULATION: 30,000 DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1902 DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1952

SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: Film & Television, Writing, Music & Theatre Arts, Visual Physics, Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Law, Engineering, Communications, Digital Games Computer Science

COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): Undergraduate: from £15,000* Undergraduate: from £11,350 Graduate: from £15,500* Graduate: from £12,100

FUN FACT: Falmouth has the third deepest natural harbor FUN FACT: There is a University of Hertfordshire graduate in the world and is part of the most visited region of the in every British Formula 1 team and UH Racing. The UK with 300 miles of coastline to explore. University’s Formula student team is currently ranked 23rd in the world out of 500+ teams.

“I SPENT CHRISTMAS IN MADRID, STUDENT POPULATION: 20,155 SEVILLA AND LONDON, AND I WENT STUDENT POPULATION: 23,000 LOCATION: Canterbury (with centers in Medway, Brussels, TO PRAGUE AND BERLIN WITH LOCATION: Yorkshire, England Paris, Athens, Rome) MY CLASSMATES.” CITY POPULATION: 163,000 Stephanie, CITY POPULATION: 50,000 Master’s student in England DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1825 DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1965

SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: Art & Design, Education, Fashion & SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: Textiles, History and Politics Kent’s subjects rank amongst the best in the world (QS World University Rankings by Subject) and Kent is ranked COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): 16th in the Guardian University Guide. £13,000 to £14,000 COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): FUN FACT: The University of Huddersfield traces its origins Undergraduate: from £13,810 back to 1825, starting life as the Huddersfield Graduate: from £14,670 Scientific and Mechanic Institute. Today, we are focused on inspiring tomorrows professionals. The FUN FACT: A top-ranked UK university with a global reputation, University also has Royal Connections – the Chancellor Kent offers you a superb academic environment, world- of the University is HRH The Duke of York KG. leading research, stunning study locations and a fantastic student experience. Kent offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate degrees across the humanities, sciences and social sciences, exciting study and work abroad opportunities and industry placements. Known as the UK’s European university, Kent has UK campuses close to London and specialist centers in Brussels, Paris, Athens and Rome. 12

*Tuition fee listed is for the 2016/17 school year. For 2017 fees, please ask your advisor. To convert tuition fees from GBP to USD, we recommend Find out more at studyacrossthepond.com using www.oanda.com COMING TO THE UK FOR UNIVERSITY WAS ONE STUDENT POPULATION: 31,000 STUDENT POPULATION: 14,000 “ OF THE BEST DECISIONS I’VE EVER MADE.” LOCATION: Leeds, England LOCATION: Leicester, England Isa, Bachelor’s student in England CITY POPULATION: 750,000 CITY POPULATION: 330,000

DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1904 DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1921

SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: A top 100 world university which excels in Business, Archaeology, Biology, Criminology, International Engineering, Law, and Environment Relations, Law, Museum Studies, Victorian Studies

COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): Undergraduate: from £15,000* Undergraduate: from £14,740 Graduate: from £15,000* Graduate: from £14,740

FUN FACT: Two former Leeds students have made it to FUN FACT: In 2013, a grave was discovered by university space: actor Chris Pine, while playing Captain Kirk in archaeologists beneath a parking lot in Leicester. the recent Star Trek movies, and ‘real’ astronaut Piers Detailed scientific analysis by a team of the university’s Sellers, a member of the 2002 Space Shuttle Atlantis geneticists and forensic scientists revealed that these crew. were the remains of King Richard III, the last English king to die in battle, at Bosworth Field in 1485.

STUDENT POPULATION: 13,000 STUDENT POPULATION: 26,000

LOCATION: Lincoln, England LOCATION: Liverpool, England

CITY POPULATION: 95,000 CITY POPULATION: 466, 000

DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1879 DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1881

SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: Creative Advertising, Fashion & Photography, Physics, Chemistry, Law, Engineering, Business, Criminology, Engineering, Journalism & PR, Archaeology. Psychology, Sports Science COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): Undergraduate: from £13,850* Undergraduate: from £12,800 (£1500 discount on Graduate: from £12,600* design studio based fees) FUN FACT: The university is a member of The Russell Group Graduate: from £12,600 of 24 UK research-led universities and is ranked in the MBA: from £14,400 top 1% of higher education institutions worldwide. FUN FACT: Lincoln is recognised as one of the world’s Through research, teaching, and collaborations, the great historic cities, attracting hundreds of thousands of University of Liverpool seeks to be life-changing and international visitors each year. With its medieval castle world-shaping. and one of the finest cathedrals in Europe, Lincoln is steeped in history yet has a vibrant, modern campus. Lincoln has been named as one of Britain’s 20 Best Cities in 2016 by the Telegraph newspaper.

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LOCATION: Newcastle, England LOCATION: Nottingham, England LOCATION: Oxford, England

CITY POPULATION: 280,000 CITY POPULATION: 310,000 CITY POPULATION: 150,000

DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1834 DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1881 DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1865

SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: 20 subject areas ranked within the top ten in the UK Entrepreneurship & CSR, Human Rights Law, Law, Hospitality, Business, Engineering, History Diplomacy & Terrorism, English, Health Sciences COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): from £13,980 COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): Undergraduate: £12,890 - £13,730 Undergraduate: from £14,850* Graduate: £12,580 - £14,790 FUN FACT: Famously fun-loving and friendly, Newcastle is Graduate: from £15,140* MBA: from £10,800 one of the UK’s favorite cities. One in six people are students, creating the city’s vibrant social scene and FUN FACT: Forget Robin Hood! Nottingham is a stone’s FUN FACT: Want to build and race fast cars? Oxford legendary nightlife. Big but never overwhelming, throw from the real village of Gotham, inspiration for Brookes Racing is one of the top Formula Student teams Newcastle has world class arts, music, shopping, and the city of bedlam sharing the same name. The links go hosted by one of the best universities for motorsport sport, and is just 20 minutes way from beautiful even further - Wollaton Manor, neighboring engineering in the world. Fast track your engineering beaches. Nottingham’s campus, was the set of Wayne Manor in career in Oxfordshire, the center of the UK Formula the latest Batman movie. One industry.

WITHOUT THE HELP OF ACROSS THE POND, “ STUDENT POPULATION STUDENT POPULATION THE SELECTION, APPLICATION, AND : 17,040 : 27,230 PREPARATION PROCESSES FOR UK STUDY LOCATION: Reading, England LOCATION: Sheffield, England WOULD NOT HAVE GONE NEARLY AS CITY POPULATION:155,000 CITY POPULATION: 563,000 SMOOTHLY AS IT DID.” Sam DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1892 DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1905 student in England

SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: Henley Business School, Law, SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: Pharmacy, Archaeology, Psychology & Clinical Archaeology, Politics, Law, History, Music and Engineering Language Sciences COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): from £15,250-£19,500* Undergraduate: from £14,350* FUN FACT: Yorkshire is a county in northern England. It’s known Graduate: from £14,165* for its Roman and Viking heritage, as well as its Norman FUN FACT: The University of Reading holds the Samuel castles, medieval abbeys, Industrial Revolution-era cities and Beckett Collection, the world’s largest collection of 2 national parks. Sheffield is located within the valleys of the resources relating to the Nobel Prize winning author, River Don and its four tributaries. There are more than 250 Samuel Beckett. It includes over 600 items of original parks, woodlands and gardens in the city, and an estimated Beckett material and is recognized as being of national 2 million trees, giving Sheffield the highest ratio of trees to and international importance by the Museums, Libraries people of any city in Europe. The University of Sheffield is a and Archives Council. world top-100 university, renowned for its teaching and research. We’ve shaped leading minds across the world, including five Nobel prize winners.

*Tuition fee listed is for the 2016/17 school year. For 2017 fees, please ask your advisor. To convert tuition fees from GBP to USD, we recommend Find out more at studyacrossthepond.com using www.oanda.com STUDENT POPULATION: 23,500 STUDENT POPULATION: 15,000 LOCATION: Southampton, LOCATION: Guildford, England England CITY POPULATION: 96,000 CITY POPULATION: 253,000 DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1891 DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1862

SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: Law, Electronics & Computer Science, Humanities, Hospitality & Tourism, Sociology, Music, Psychology, Mechanical Engineering, Ocean & Earth Sciences Electronic, Civil & Electrical Engineering

COSTS OF TUITION (PER YEAR): COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): Undergraduate: from £16,054 Undergraduate: £13,300 - £16,600* Graduate: from £15,920* Graduate: £12,900 - £19,200*

FUN FACTS: Southampton is a beautiful city with a rich FUN FACTS: Rock band Led Zeppelin made their debut at maritime history based on the south coast of England. the University of Surrey in 1968. The University’s 5G The city is set in a wonderful location, right next to the Innovation Centre is the world’s largest academic New Forest and just over an hour from London by research center for next-generation wireless train. Southampton is well-known for being the starting connectivity. Sir Martin Sweeting, chair of the Surrey point for the Titanic’s maiden voyage to New York in Space Centre, was listed in the Sunday Times as one of 1912. Our University is internationally renowned and Britain’s most influential engineers and amongst the is ranked in the top 100 of universities in the world. 500 most influential citizens.

STUDENT POPULATION: 11,000 STUDENT POPULATION: 7,000 LOCATION: Worcester, England LOCATION: Winchester, England (2.5 hours by train from (1 hour from London) London) CITY POPULATION: 45,000 CITY POPULATION: 101,000 DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1840 DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1946

SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: Business Management, Performing Arts, Creative Education, Health, Arts and Social Science, Law, Sports and Writing & English, Education, Communications & Coaching, Business Management Media COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): from £11,000* Undergraduate: from £11,300 FUN FACT: The University is set in a traditional English Cathedral Graduate: £10,900 - £12,400 City with a sporty spirit thanks to its natural landscape and FUN FACTS: The University of Winchester is small, stylish, excellent facilities. Worcester was the host of European specialist, desirable, and values-driven with an Wheelchair Basketball Championships 2015 at the University international reach. Winchester was once the capital Arena. The city of Worcester is the safest city in England and of England. Colin Firth is an Honorary Graduand of the university is one of the fastest growing in the UK. The the University of Winchester. International Centre for Children’s Literature, Literacy and Creativity is, with University of Cambridge and Roehampton University, one of the three UK university centers to employ full-time children’s literature professors. The Chancellor of the University, Duke of Gloucester, is a cousin of the Queen.

*Tuition fee listed is for the 2016/17 school year. For 2017 fees, please ask your advisor. To convert tuition fees from GBP to USD, we recommend Find out more at studyacrossthepond.com using www.oanda.com STUDENT POPULATION: 2,000 STUDENT POPULATION: 15,500 LOCATION: Chelmsford, England LOCATION: York, England UNIVERSITIES IN WALES (35 minutes from London) CITY POPULATION: 200,000 CITY POPULATION: 168,000 DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1963 DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1893 STUDENT POPULATION: 10,000 LOCATION: Ceredigion, Wales

CITY POPULATION: 12,000

SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1872 Animal Science, Equine Studies, Agriculture, Design Archaeology, Biology, Chemistry, English, History, and Conservation Medieval Studies, and Politics (including PPE & IR)

COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): from £11,400 Undergraduate: from £15,680* SUBJECTS OF EXCELLENCE: Graduate: from £15,680* FUN FACTS: Writtle University College, established in International Politics, Geography & Earth Science, Biological, 1893, is set in a beautiful countryside, 35 minutes from FUN FACT: The University of York is located on a large Environmental & Earth Sciences, English & Creative Writing, London. You can specialize in agriculture, animal area of parkland centered around Europe’s largest Business science , conservation , art and design, landscape plastic-bottomed lake. Alongside our students, many COST OF TUITION (PER YEAR): architecture, garden design, equine science, different species of waterfowl also call the University Undergraduate: from £10,500* horticulture and technologies for harvest. home. York has 9 colleges and students are guaranteed Graduate: from £11,250* accommodation throughout their time here. The historic, walled city center is around 20 minutes walk FUN FACT: Aberystwyth is the oldest university in Wales, away. established in 1872. The town was chosen as the UK’s greatest town in 2015 and is home to the National Library of Wales. Its vibrant, safe and coastal community make Aberystwyth a popular choice for students.

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