University of East Anglia, details of East Anglia university

East Anglia

University ranking

• 2010  32
• 2009  33
• 2008  =20

History

• Opened in 1963, one of the sixties generation of universities and part of the 1994 group.
• The first UK university to offer courses in creative writing, environmental sciences and development studies.
• New medical school and school of pharmacy (first in the UK for 30 years) both opened in the past six years.

Location and transport

• Set in 129 hectares (320 acres) of parkland with its own ‘Norfolk Broad’.
• 15 minutes from the lively centre of historic Norwich, one of the UK’s top ten shopping cities.
• The cheapest UK city annual bus pass; half-hourly London trains; regular Norwich–Amsterdam/Paris shuttle flights (then the world’s your oyster).

Accommodation

• A third of the university’s 3,500 rooms are under four years old and most are en-suite.
• UEA’s oldest residences – the ‘ziggurats’ – are now grade 2 listed buildings and have been recently refurbished.
• Freshers who live over 19 km (12 miles) away and new international students applying within deadlines are guaranteed rooms.
• City rents around £56 a week for a room in a shared house.
• Campus rents range from £58–93 a week.
• Click here for more information.

Entry standards

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• Around BBB from three A levels or equivalent, depending on subject.
• Average A/AS level score for 2006 entry was 312 tariff points,
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Bursaries and scholarships

In receipt of full Maintenance Grant (2009) £600

In receipt of partial Maintenance Grant (2009) £300

Sport Scholarship up to £1,000

Academic achievement Scholarship £500-4,000

• Tuition fees (2009): £3,225.
• Placement year tuition fee and year abroad tuition fee: 50% relevant fee.
• A range of scholarships worth £500-4,000 exist. Some scholarships are reserved for high achieving candidates from lower income households. All focus on academic merit.
• Access Scholarship £500; UEA Science Foundation year scholarship £500; UEA Medical Foundation Year Scholarship £500; Pathway Scholarships £500; Vice Chancellor Prize Scholarships £4,000.
• Course-specific scholarships are available. Sports scholarships and music scholarships are available.
• Separate scholarships available for non-UK EU students for academic excellence £500.
• For more information on bursaries and scholarships at UEA, click here.

Student mix

• 16 women to every 10 men (62% female, 38% male).
• 12% of students are from overseas.
• 88.1% of students are from state schools.
• Overall: an average of six applicants per available place.
• Nine applicants for every place in Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, eight per place for English Literature, for example.

Course flexibility

• The modular degree structure means that students take self-contained units, providing substantial choice.
• Each degree has compulsory units – but students can also take optional units outside the main subject area.
• Many courses give the opportunity to study abroad for a period.

Teaching standards

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• UEA was rated joint second English mainstream university for student satisfaction in NSS 2008 – a key measure of academic and teaching excellence.
• The university received the highest ranking in its most recent quality audit.

Research standards

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• Around 90% of UEA research was rated of international or national excellence in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise.
• Environmental Sciences, History and Film Studies were all top-rated 5*.
• Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Pure Mathematics, Law, Social Work, Philosophy and Art History were all rated 5.

Academic strengths

• Sciences and Health linked to world-leading Norwich Research Park institutes; notable strengths in environmental sciences, biological sciences, pharmacy, medicine.
• Powerful professional and business offering with highly regarded Schools of Social Work, Education, Law, Nursing and Midwifery.
• Arts, humanities and socials sciences with particular strengths in history, English literature, creative writing, film studies and philosophy.

Student facilities, including Library and Computing

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• New extension to the library opened two years ago.
• Award-winning self-service technology.
• 24-hour IT suite.
• Free internet connection in all study bedrooms.

Disability service

• For details of the disability service at East Anglia, visit the website.

Students’ Union

• Voted the best student venue in the country by the music industry’s Live magazine, with 50 big name bands performing each year.
• Over 100 societies and sports clubs and award-winning student media.
• Four campus shops dedicated to providing a wide range of products at student-friendly prices.
• For more information the Students' Union at East Anglia, click here.  

Sport

• The £17.5 million Sportspark, opened in 2000, provides excellent and unrivalled sporting facilities, with a £3.9-million extension underway.
• Indoors: olympic-sized pool, climbing wall, gym, squash courts, martial arts and aerobics studios and the region’s largest sports hall.
• Outdoors: astroturf football pitches, tennis courts and an athletics track, and 40 acres (16 hectares) of playing fields.
• For more information on sport at East Anglia, click here.

Recent/prospective new builds

• Major residences building programme now completed; the 1960s ziggurats have also been refurbished.
• Second phase of the School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice has recently been completed.
• A new centre for teaching English to international students has also been completed.
• Regeneration of The Square, the social centre piece of the university is currently underway.
• The construction of Academic Building East, with new lecture and seminar facilities has commenced.
• Construction of a renewable biomass power generation plant on campus to help reduce its carbon emissions by 34% after two years in operation. 

Availability of part-time work

• Employability, a campus job agency, helps students find part-time work, holiday jobs and work placements.
• Opportunities for part-time work on campus too.
• Many voluntary opportunities too.
• Visit the website for more information on part-time work at East Anglia.

For further information

• www.uea.ac.uk
• admissions@uea.ac.uk
• University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ
• +44 (0) 1603 456161
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