DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY LEICESTER 2020 INTERNATIONAL UNDERGRADUATE PROSPECTUS 2020 DMU IS A UNIVERSITY RANKED GOLD IN THE 2017 TEACHING EXCELLENCE FRAMEWORK (TEF), THE ONLY GOVERNMENT- ENDORSED MEASURE OF TEACHING QUALITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION* *Office for Students 2017 CONTENTS Welcome to DMU 3 Courses Why choose DMU? 4 Art, Design and Architecture 52 How to find us 8 Computer Sciences and Mathematics 70 Our campus and facilities 11 Creative Technologies and Media 88 Leicester 14 Engineering 104 Accommodation 17 Fashion and Textiles 114 Your career 23 Humanities 128 International experience 24 Leicester Castle Business School 140 Volunteering 26 Leicester De Montfort Law School 172 Students’ Union 28 The Leicester School of Allied Health Sciences 182 Health and wellbeing 31 The Leicester School of Nursing and Midwifery 192 Sport 32 The Leicester School of Pharmacy 198 International student advice, Music 206 information and support 34 Performance and Arts Management 216 Fees and funding 37 School of Applied Social Sciences 224 International entry criteria 38 Campus map English language 40 234 A-Z index of courses How to apply 42 236 Course index clustered by subject Visa information 44 238 Legal information Joining the DMU family 47 240 Join our online community 48 DMU International College (DMUIC) 50 1 2 WELCOME TO DMU At De Montfort University Leicester (DMU), we embrace and empower students from all backgrounds. We give you the opportunity to develop your talent, work hard, succeed and, as a graduate, make a real difference to society. If you’re choosing your But just as important for me is the way your DMU university now, you’ll have years will provide you with opportunities to become three big questions on a well-rounded graduate, confident in yourself and your checklist: is the what you can do next, through career experience, quality of teaching good? sport, student societies, volunteering and international Will I get good support travel linked to your course. during my studies? Will my DMU is a family recognised for its openness and degree help me to get the inclusiveness. We understand you’re making a best job I can possibly get? huge investment in your future. We will take the At DMU, I’m happy and best possible care of you and your future, and our proud that we can answer support will be lifelong. ‘yes’ to each of these questions. We ask ourselves Choose DMU and we will help you to achieve your goals, the same questions every day and always with our whatever they may be. There’s a place for you here. students’ future, their careers and wellbeing at the front of our minds. And we keep working hard to ensure you get the knowledge, skills, experience Professor Andy Collop and confidence you want and expect from the Interim Vice-Chancellor really important years ahead. Gaining the top Gold award in the Teaching Excellence Framework – the first-ever assessment by the UK government of teaching quality in higher education – shows you just how strong we are in these three key areas, and in many others. 3 W H Y C H O O S E DMU? Teaching and learning Your career DMU is proud to be recognised as a university DMU is committed to helping students find highly ranked Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework. skilled work or further study and our DMU Works Our passionate and enthusiastic lecturers have initiative guarantees professional work experience excelled in the National Teaching Fellow awards opportunities, from business insights to placements – the most prestigious awards for excellence in and networking opportunities. Previous DMU higher education – receiving 20 fellowships since graduates have won Oscars and worked with the scheme began. Our internationally renowned Google, Burberry, Nike, Ernst and Young and Disney. research institutes make a real difference to people’s lives, in areas including health, infrastructure, sustainability and economic growth. Most recently, we launched the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre to promote social justice on a local, Teaching national and global scale. Excellence Framework 4 Leicester Leicester is known for its vibrant culture, diversity and lively atmosphere, and there’s always something going on. The 2018 Good Growth for Cities Index named Leicester as the 10th best city in the UK in which to live and work, ahead of London, Brighton and Plymouth and our Midlands neighbours Birmingham, Nottingham and Derby. The city is well-served by transport links, with high-speed trains connecting to London in an hour and major cities like Birmingham and Nottingham easily accessed by train, bus or coach. Open and supportive DMU was named the first-ever University of the Year for Social Inclusion by The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019. This recognises our commitment to diversity, teaching excellence, the success of students in exams and graduate job prospects. We’re proud of DMUfreedom, which is our commitment to providing a culture where everybody is treated with dignity and respect, valued for their differences and empowered to excel. Campus and accommodation We transformed our campus to create the perfect place to learn and be inspired, with the award-winning Vijay Patel Building as the centrepiece. With a choice of 10 halls of residence providing high-quality accommodation, students can live in the heart of the city while being located conveniently close to campus. 5 Travel DMU Global is our international experience programme. It offers subsidised and affordable international travel opportunities to all students to enrich studies and broaden cultural horizons. More than 13,000 of our students have travelled overseas to a huge variety of destinations including New York, Hong Kong, San Francisco, Berlin and Tokyo. Volunteering Students can also volunteer with our award-winning #DMUlocal initiative, which uses the knowledge and skills of students and staff to help the local community. We even expanded the initiative to create Square Mile India so that staff and students can travel to Ahmedabad to make a difference to the lives of those in disadvantaged communities. Volunteering benefits the community and can also help to enhance career prospects through real-world experience. Partnerships DMU is working with the United Nations to help support refugees worldwide by taking a lead role in the #JoinTogether campaign. Our students and staff have visited the UN headquarters in New York to work on the project and DMU is also the only UK university to be named as a hub for one of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. We are also a founding partner for the UK Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, one of the world’s largest ever trade, culture and technology fairs. 6 Health and support The welfare of our students is extremely important to us, so we offer a range of dedicated services that provide support throughout their time at DMU. Students can benefit from help with mental health, counselling, religious facilities and resources, disability support and a medical centre on campus. Our university-wide approach to student wellbeing is #HealthyDMU, which provides resources to help students have a healthy, happy and productive time at university and develop habits that can enrich wellbeing for years to come. #DMUforlife Being a part of the DMU family isn’t just about the years spent with us on campus. We encourage our alumni to be an active part of our global and local family through #DMUforlife. DMU alumni have lifelong access to support and networking opportunities as well as discounts and memberships on campus. 7 H O W T O F I N D U S DMU is located in the city of Leicester, in the centre of England, and is well-served by transport links. High-speed trains connect to London in an hour, while major cities like Nottingham and Birmingham are close by and can be accessed by train, bus or coach. Leicester is less than half an hour from East Midlands Airport, by car while Birmingham, London Luton and London Stansted airports are all within easy reach. There are also excellent transport links with London Heathrow and London Gatwick airports. High-speed trains connect Leicester to London St Pancras Aberdeen International, the Eurostar and the wider national rail network in just over an hour. Bus and coach services also provide great value and reliable connections to major cities. Edinburgh dmu.ac.uk/maps Glasgow Newcastle upon Tyne Belfast York Leeds Manchester Liverpool Sheffield Dublin East Midlands LEICESTER Birmingham Cambridge Luton Stansted Cardiff London LONDON Heathrow London Gatwick Plymouth 8 9 The Vijay Patel building “Studying fashion at DMU is phenomenal. The facilities are fantastic and the tutors and quality of teaching they deliver for both undergraduate and postgraduate really set it apart. I loved my course so much that I was a student ambassador for three years, which, among many other things, gave me the chance to support with planning for Graduate Fashion Week and the Degree Show.” Raabia Arif, Fashion Design BA (Hons) 10 O U R C A M P U S AND FACILITIES You work best where you’re happy and inspired, so we invested to create a stunning campus that’s a place of learning. As a campus university situated in the hub of commitment to creative education, designed inside Leicester, DMU students get the best of both and out with stunning architecture and innovative worlds. A safe and peaceful place to study with facilities and spaces to encourage students from everything in easy reach, while only minutes away different subject areas to work together. from the exciting buzz of the city centre. The regeneration of the Great Hall of Leicester Castle At the heart of our campus of the future is the brought new life and purpose to the former court of award-winning Vijay Patel Building, home to our law in this Grade I listed building as a teaching space Art and Design courses.