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Northumbria University

‘A First Division University’ (The Daily Telegraph, 2001, 2002 & 2003)

The School of Applied Sciences encompasses a broad range of subjects, which are exemplified by its Divisions: Biology and Food Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Geography and Environmental Management. The School offers a wide range off undergraduate, postgraduate and research programmes.

Northumbria University is situated in Newcastle, one of the UK’s most popular students’ cities. Newcastle offers an excellent quality of life, a safe environment and comparatively low living costs. Northumbria provides special support for its international students, including a meet-and-greet service, an induction programme, good accommodation, English language support and access to international student advisers.

www.northumbria.ac.uk

The Nottingham Trent University

Teaching in the Faculty of Science and Land Based Studies achieved maximum scores for quality in 1999, putting The Nottingham Trent University in top position for the excellence of its science subjects. The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) awarded teaching of physics and molecular and organismal biosciences maximum scores of 24 points. These are matched by an Excellent chemistry rating. The Faculty’s research profile is high, biosciences in the area of biomedical sciences and associated subjects gaining a 5 in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise.

www.ntu.ac.uk

Thames Valley University

Thames Valley University offers a wide range of programmes in computing, multimedia computing & IT. We have excellent specialist facilities including a dedicated Creative Technology Centre. Each campus has a Learning Resource Centre (LRC) to provide library, computing and media services. There are around 550 fully networked, open-access workstations. There is also full internet and remote database access and an extensive stock of specialist books and journals. Each LRC is staffed by specialist advisers dedicated to helping you use the available resources effectively. The international office is there to offer help specifically to international students.

www.tvu.ac.uk

Kingston University

Kingston Business School is one of the UK’s largest providers of management and business education. We offer a range of postgraduate courses from general management programmes such as the MBA to specialist Master’s degrees across all the main functional areas, including finance, marketing, human resource management, law and business information technology.

Kingston Business School is based on a pleasant woodland campus near the main centre of Kingston upon Thames. We are close to London, around 10 miles away, while the parks and commons of the Surrey countryside are also nearby. Heathrow and Gatwick airports are easily accessible by rail or road.

www.kingston.ac.uk

University of Glamorgan

Glamorgan’s Business School is the largest in Wales, one of the UK’s largest, and has earned a reputation for its teaching quality. In terms of business and management courses, Glamorgan in ranked number 11 in the UK in The Guardian’s University Guide, and is among only 20 UK business schools to have received Excellent rating from the QAA.

Although it is the top new university for business and management, Glamorgan prides itself on its accessibility. You will find a warm and welcoming atmosphere. Your lecturers understand your needs as an international student but will also encourage you to assert yourself as an independent thinker.

The MBA programme, as you would expect from a quality business school, only accepts applications from professionals with at least three years management experience. With 30 students in this year’s cohort there is time and space for participants to benefit from sharing in the wealth of the group’s combined knowledge and experience. All programmes commence in September each year and the MSc Marketing & MSc Entrepreneurial Practice also commence in January.

The School offers an MBA as well as MSc programmes in Accounting, Entrepreneurial Practice, Management of Strategic Human Resources, Marketing, Management and Management and Development of International Financial Systems.

www.glam.ac.uk

University of Ulster

The University of Ulster has five Faculties: the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Business and Management, the Faculty of Engineering, the Faculty of Life and Health Sciences and the Faculty of Social Sciences.  Within each Faculty is a number of Schools.  Each course (programme of study) is located within a School.

Undergraduate degree courses usually last three years (or four, if they include periods in professional placements or overseas study). These courses lead to the award of a degree or an honours degree. Honours degrees are classified as first class, second class (upper or lower division), third class or unclassified.

Postgraduate taught courses usually last one year, although for those students studying a linked postgraduate course - Certificate/Diploma/Masters - the duration may be three years. As with undergraduate courses, formal assessment will normally take place at the end of each semester. If you are undertaking postgraduate study by research, you will be allocated a supervisor(s) with experience in your chosen topic.

www.ulster.ac.uk

As the largest city on the South coast, and the industrial, economic and cultural hub of the South West peninsula, Plymouth is a city that's full of life and brimming with energy.

It's easily accessible, with its own airport, good road and rail links and a continental ferry port. The campus is ideally situated in the heart of the city, just five minutes' walk from both the rail and coach stations.

The University of Plymouth is one of the UK's most prominent and dynamic universities with an educational history dating back to 1862.

Consistently ranked as one of the top three modern universities, Plymouth has

Plymouth has performed very well in all teaching reviews carried out by external bodies since 1996.

In the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), the University attained