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Bournemouth University
Whatever your background and whatever your interest, you're sure of a warm welcome at BU. You'll have the most up-to-date and subject-relevant facilities at your fingertips so you are ready to face the world of work. Throw the thriving towns of Bournemouth and Poole into the mix and you've got a match made in student heaven.
It’s a fact...
- Bournemouth University is an innovative, supportive, cosmopolitan university, committed to providing an excellent academic experience with world-class facilities.
- BU has one of the highest graduate employability rates in the UK with 91%* of our graduates proceeding to employment or further study within six months of completing study.
* - latest figures from BU’s annual survey of graduate destinations for 2008 - Specialist facilities available at BU include the first high definition television studio at a UK university and a new practice skills suite simulating hospital-based environments.
- BU increased its ranking in all four major UK league tables and was ranked as the UK’s number one new University in The Guardian University Guide for 2009 and 2010.
- The inventor of the QuickPitch pop-up tent - the UK's number one festival accessory - is BU design graduate Franziska Conrad.
You may be joining us straight from school, or resuming study as a mature student. In either case, we have the facilities and resources to support you.
We embrace diversity and students from all backgrounds are welcome to join us as they seek to improve their skills, qualifications and career prospects.
Here are just some of BU's best bits:
- Industry-standard equipment
- Pioneering study methods
- Flexible learning - degrees designed around you
- Local, national and international work placements
- An integrated entrepreneurial approach to study
- 24-hour computing centres
- An Outstanding Library team - Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards 2009
- Scholarships and bursaries to those that qualify
- Orientation Programme for International students
- International Foundation Certificate.
We also have some fantastic sporting facilities:
- Four court sports hall
- Two floodlit astro courts
- Fully equipped gym
- Dance and activity studio
- Hot Rocks Climbing & Bouldering wall
- Unrivalled sailing and water sports facilities
- Home to Dean Park Cricket Ground - highly regarded as the UK's best University cricket ground
Add to these the fact we are in a great South Coast location, with an excellent working and studying environment and a positive, dynamic atmosphere, you'll wish you could join us now!