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University of Glamorgan


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The University of Glamorgan offers a friendly and academically challenging environment with an excellent reputation for its teaching quality, state-of-the-art study facilities and supportive staff. Located in the UK, in South Wales, between the beautiful Brecon Beacons National Park and Cardiff, one of Europe’s most exciting capital cities, it’s a wonderful place to live.
We are an Internationally renowned University, educating 3,200 international students every year from over 60 different countries. In the recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE 2008), 10% of the University of Glamorgan’s research was of a quality recognised as world-leading for its originality, significance and rigour. We are also among the top 20 UK universities for student satisfaction (National Student Satisfaction, 2009).

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East London Collage

East London College is one of the top colleges in London for quality education and training that offers tuition for professional and academic courses ranging from undergraduate to graduate level of study. The College was founded in 1995 and now has well established links with UK Universities as well as professional bodies. The college is affiliated with UK Exam Bodies for all the courses and help students to get quality and recognised education in the computing, business, accounting and teaching fields.
The college prides itself on a high standard of teaching and support it offers to students to help them succeed in achieving their goals. We have developed a warm supportive atmosphere for our international student body by constant monitoring of standards and the involvement of the students who provide regular feedback.
To further ensure high quality and standards and that the college is at par with top private academic institutions in the UK, external independent bodies are invited to assess and accredit the college.





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Birkbeck, University of London


Birkbeck, University of London
Birkbeck is London’s only specialist provider of evening higher education. In 2006, the college was awarded a prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize for excellence in higher education research.

More than 80 percent of all research carried out at Birkbeck has been rated as being of international importance. The college recently surpassed universities such as Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial to become the top higher education institution in a league table of research funding success.

The College encourages applications from students without traditional qualifications and there are a wide range of programmes to suit every entry level. Over 95 percent of students are part-time and more than one in four students identify themselves as coming from an ethnic minority.

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Brunel University


Brunel University
All Brunel students are encouraged to undertake practical placements and projects as an integral part of their courses. They have access to specialist laboratories in, for example, electronic imaging, bioprocessing and experimental techniques, as well as academic archives in cult film and contemporary writing.

The University has spent £250 million on a major building programme and has earmarked a further £35 million for future developments. This investment has funded extensive new residential accommodation, world-class sports facilities and new academic centres, as well as improving the research environment and infrastructure.

Brunel’s interaction with, and impact on, industry, business and society, through research, reinforces that reputation and attracts more investment and collaboration. Renowned academics include best-selling novelist Fay Weldon and Professor John Sumpter – the most cited environmental scientist in the world since 2004.

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City University London


City University London
City University London is made up of seven schools based in and around the City of London – School of Arts; School of Informatics; School of Social Sciences; School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences; Cass Business School; City Law School; and City Community and Health Sciences.

Students benefit from innovative course design, excellent employability levels and strong links with business and the professions. Cass Business School consistently ranks highly in the UK and world-wide for both undergraduate and postgraduate courses while the City Law School is the first in London to educate students and practitioners at all stages of legal education.

At the journalism department in the School of Arts, there are over 4,000 alumni working as journalists and media professionals in all the key media organisations in the UK and across the globe.

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Conservatoire for Dance and Drama



The Conservatoire provides world-class vocational training in dance, drama and circus arts.

Affiliate schools in London are Central School of Ballet; The Circus Space; London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art; London Contemporary Dance School; Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance; and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. The schools have the very best facilities including eight theatre spaces and award-winning premises.

Recent graduates have gone on to work with leading dance and theatre companies including the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, the Globe Theatre, English National Ballet, Richard Alston Dance Company, and Cirque du Soleil. Technical theatre graduates can be found in every theatre in the country.

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Courtauld Institute of Art

Courtauld Institute of Art
The Institute provides exceptional facilities for students, including outstanding libraries and the Gallery collection of paintings, drawings and prints, and sculpture and decorative arts.

Staff supervise research from Antiquity to the present, and the Research Forum offers access to visiting speakers from around the world. In the Courtauld Gallery you will find iconic Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces, as well as numerous other important works from the Renaissance through to the 20th century.

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Goldsmiths, University of London


Goldsmiths, University of London
Goldsmiths brings creative and unconventional approaches to studying whilst maintaining the highest academic standards of teaching and research. Subject specialities include art and design; computing; community and youth work; drama; education; English; history; history of art; media; music; social sciences; and social work.

Ground-breaking, challenging research puts Goldsmiths at the forefront of developments in fields such as creativity, culture, and digital technologies.

Goldsmiths’ 15 academic departments and additional centres and specialist research units provide a unique intellectual environment in which interdisciplinary collaboration is prevalent, leading to innovative research.

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Guildhall School of Music and Drama


Guildhall School of Music & Drama
The modern Guildhall School is distinctive in being the only major European conservatoire which is both a music school and a drama school, and one which is preeminent in technical theatre, professional development and music therapy.

Long recognised as a centre of excellence, the School has been honoured by the Queen’s Anniversary Prizes in recognition of the achievements and work of the School’s Opera Programme over the last two decades. Founded in 1880 and situated in the heart of the City, the School moved to its present premises in the Barbican in 1977 solidifying a unique link with both Europe’s largest arts and conference centre.

Students work in a professional context to professional standards with an exemplary pool of outstanding artists who work with the School as directors, conductors, coaches and tutors. The School’s graduates consistently succeed at the highest levels of their chosen profession.

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Heythrop College, University of London


Heythrop College, University of London
Heythrop College is the specialist philosophy and theology college of the University of London. It has probably the largest library in its field in Britain and one of the largest faculties. Heythrop has a 96-bedded hall of residence for students in Kensington Square.

The College has a major international reputation with some of the leading academics in its field – all of whom lecture to undergraduates. The College offers one-to-one tutorials for undergraduate students.

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Imperial College London



Imperial College London
Imperial is consistently rated among the world’s best universities and has a reputation for teaching and research in science, engineering, medicine and management.

The College is a global university attracting students from 123 different countries: 46 percent of students and 32 percent of staff come from outside the UK.

Imperial’s institutes and centres bring together expertise from across the university to tackle some of the world’s greatest problems. Examples include the Grantham Institute for Climate Change, focussing on mitigation techniques and influencing international policy. At the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, scientists, medical specialists and engineers are drawn together to create revolutionary progress in medical diagnosis and treatment.

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King’s College London



King’s College London
King’s College London is the fourth oldest university in England and has nine schools of study based at five London campuses. The College undertakes quality research that demonstrate excellence at an international level.

King’s has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities; law; social sciences; the health sciences; natural sciences and engineering, and has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA through the work of Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins.

King’s is the largest centre for the education of healthcare professionals in Europe and is home to six Medical Research Council Centres – more than any other university. King’s has a diverse student population with 13 percent of students from overseas.

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Kingston University London


Kingston University London
The Times described Kingston as “one of the leading new universities” in its Good University Guide 2007.

The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) audit has praised the accessibility of the University’s academic staff; the level of support it offers; the external input from industry into its courses and its work placement opportunities.

The University has roots going back over 100 years and is based in Kingston upon Thames, a busy riverside town. During the past decade, Kingston University has been the fastest growing university in England. Students from more than 130 countries choose to study at Kingston.

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London Business School



London Business School
London Business School is ranked among the top five business schools in the world for MBA programmes.

The School enjoys a reputation for its research excellence and has twice been awarded the highest research rating by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).

London experience. World impact. Studying in one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world brings our students business, educational and cultural advantages few other top business schools can boast.

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London Metropolitan University



London Metropolitan University
London Metropolitan University is the only UK university located in the ‘square mile’ of the City of London and the capital’s second financial centre, Canary Wharf.

The university has 11 research institutes and 22 research centres which underpin the high quality and currency of academic programmes. They undertake research for Government Departments, EU Commission, Research Councils as well as commercial work for business, industry and public bodies.

Work-based learning, placements and ‘live projects’ are an integral accredited part of most of the University’s courses. In addition there is an enterprise programme for students with an entrepreneurial interest.

University facilities include a new Science Centre, the new Metropolitan Works which integrates advanced technology, CAD/CAM, technical and creative support services, education and training, and workspaces in a single facility. Other facilities include the Technology Tower containing seven floors of advanced IT; sound and recording studios; a mock courtroom for law students; a lighting laboratory complete with artificial sky and heliodon for architecture students.


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London School of Economics and Political Science



London School of Economics and Political Science (image: N.Stead/LSE)
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a world-class centre for its concentration of teaching and research across the full range of the social, political and economic sciences. Founded in 1895 by Beatrice and Sidney Webb, LSE has an outstanding reputation for academic excellence.

Few university institutions in the world are as international as the LSE. The study of social, economic and political problems covers not only the UK and European Union, but also countries of every continent. From its foundation LSE has aimed to be a laboratory of the social sciences, a place where ideas are developed, analysed, evaluated and disseminated around the globe.

LSE has a cosmopolitan staff and student body with around 8,700 full-time students and over 800 part-time students at LSE. Students come from 140 countries around the world with 32 per cent from the UK, 19 per cent from other European Union countries and 49 per cent from other countries around the world. The student body is split 45 per cent undergraduates and 55 per cent on postgraduate programmers.

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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine


London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

The School’s mission is to contribute to the improvement of health worldwide through the pursuit of excellence in research, postgraduate teaching and advanced training in national and international public health and tropical medicine, and through informing policy and practice in these areas.

Much of the School’s work involves collaboration worldwide and includes over 100 overseas research partners. In London, the School collaborates extensively with other colleges in Bloomsbury.

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London South Bank University



London South Bank University
London South Bank University (LSBU) is one of the largest universities in London. The main campus is easily accessible and situated just a short walk from many of London’s major landmarks.

Students are drawn to the university from across the globe, throughout the UK and from the local community. Strong links with employers ensure courses at LSBU equip students with the skills needed to succeed in employment.

LSBU has moved to 6th place for graduate starting salaries. Graduates are among the highest earning in the country enjoying an average of £23,315 (source: Sunday Times University Guide, 2008). A degree from LSBU is worth £25k more in career earnings than the average UK degree (source: PriceWaterhouseCoopers, 2006).

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Middlesex University


Middlesex University

Middlesex is one of the most popular UK universities for international students. The University has a campus in Dubai and also has brand new state-of-the-art facilities, located mainly on the University’s Hendon campus.

Middlesex has been awarded three Queen’s Awards for Higher and Further Education and a Queen’s Award for Enterprise (International Trade). The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has designated two areas of Middlesex work to be centres for excellence: Work Based Learning; and Mental Health and Social Work. The University’s research and enterprise work centres on its areas of international expertise which include flood hazard, small business development, dance and biomedical science.

Middlesex is recognised for the excellence and forward looking nature of its media-related courses and education. The University is a leader in the development of today’s creative industries. Students train in industry-standard studios and digital workshops using state-of-the-art equipment and software.

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Queen Mary, University of London



Queen Mary, University of London

Queen Mary is a large multi-faculty college spanning three sectors: humanities, social sciences and laws; medicine and dentistry; and science and engineering.

The College is ranked in the top 14 universities in England and the top 100 in the world (THES).

Queen Mary recently invested over £200 million in new buildings and refurbishments across its campuses. These include a state-of-the art award winning medical school building; the Walter Besant chemistry building featuring a teaching lab for 120 students; and the award winning Lock-keepers’ Cottage Graduate Centre and Arts Quarter.

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Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication



Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication
Ravensbourne has a design and communication portfolio spanning fashion; broadcasting; product; graphics; moving image; interaction; architecture; media and sound design; animation; and performance video. Students at the college regularly win awards for Graduate Fashion Week, D&AD, New Designers, RSA Design Directions, Audi Design Foundation, Promax and many more.

Ravensbourne is a centre of excellence. It is a Skillset Media Academy and is internationally renowned for the high calibre of its media and communication activity. The College benefits from a £10m industry standard broadcast facility containing advanced post-production facilities. Each year the College hosts Rave on Air – the largest student run broadcasting event in the UK. It showcases current and future broadcast technologies and is attended by large numbers of industry delegates.

The College has strong links with industry leaders such as the BBC, ITV, Audi, Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood and Channel 4. It is an Authorised Training Centre for both Apple and Adobe. All Ravensbourne students enjoy a vibrant community with excellent industry links and professional work placements.






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Roehampton University



Roehampton University
Roehampton has a history in teacher education dating back to the mid-nineteenth century. It continues to enhance its reputation as a centre for the study of childhood, with notable recent developments including the appointment of award-winning author Dame Jacqueline Wilson as a Professorial Fellow focusing on children’s literature.

The University has a well established reputation in the area of education and physical activity and is actively engaged in the development of its local community, with many hundreds of its staff and students involved in voluntary work.

Roehampton has a growing reputation for its research profile and it was the best performing teaching-led university in success in bidding for funding from research councils. The University has strengths in the arts, dance and performance and in literature.

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Rose Bruford College



Rose Bruford College
Rose Bruford College is one of the largest providers of vocational degrees in theatre and related arts in Europe. The College pioneered the first acting degree in 1976 and continues to be at the forefront of innovative theatre training.

The College offers a full range of practical courses covering performance, technical production and design. Students on different courses work in collaboration, replicating the processes of professional theatre to produce fully mounted productions. The College has very strong links with industry and students gain work experience on professional projects.

Visiting practitioners drawn from theatre, film and television, the music industry and other complementary professions teach and lead projects on all programmes and provide a direct link to the creative industries. Graduates are highly employable in theatre and related industries. Production graduates have gained top positions in theatres, touring companies and film and TV companies, or become highly successful freelance practitioners.

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Royal College of Music



Royal College of Music
The Royal College of Music (RCM) provides specialist musical education and the highest level of professional training for performers, conductors and composers.

Professional preparation is coordinated by the Woodhouse Centre, Europe’s first-ever dedicated music career development unit. This ensures RCM students and graduates are supported as their careers are launched.

RCM has a strong presence on the London cultural scene, through an extensive schedule of public performances and imaginative community programmes. The College also has a renowned orchestral programme with Bernard Haitink, Sir Roger Norrington, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Andrew Litton as regular visiting conductors.

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Royal Holloway, University of London




Royal Holloway, University of London
Royal Holloway, University of London is ranked in the Top 10 research-intensive universities in the UK and research income has risen by 35 percent in the last two years reflecting the College’s research-intensive mission.

The College has excellent graduate career opportunities, ranked 2nd in graduate employment statistics. The Careers Service offers students access to the largest and most comprehensive careers facility in Europe.



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