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Sunday Times ranking 47 (49)

Teaching excellence 44.4%

Student satisfaction 79.1%

Head teacher ranking 33= (33=)

Peer ranking 51 (47)

Research quality 57%

A/AS-level points 300

A-levels for entry 85%

Unemployment 8.8%

Firsts and 2:1s 57.5%

Student/staff ratio 17.9:1

Dropout rate 10% (12%)

World ranking 370=

Undergraduates 6,357 (2,094)

Postgraduates 804 (1,764)

Teaching staff 341

Applications/places 9,167/2,089; 4.4:1 (-0.4%)

Clearing entry 7.9%

Bursaries £200-£1,845

Scholarships 300: £1,000-£3,600

EU/overseas 7.7%/5.5%

Mature 14.7%

State school 93%

Lowest social classes 28%

Low-participation areas 13%

Live in 60% (100%) £69-£93

Anyone who has seen the sun set across Cardigan Bay from the comfort of their university bedroom will agree that this must be one of the more scenic places to spend three or four years. It’s no surprise that Aber recorded some of the highest levels of student satisfaction in the first three national student surveys, top again in Wales this year.

Everything is set up to help students succeed. Accommodation is cheap and plentiful with 3,600 places in university-owned rooms.

Aber has a bursary package aimed at benefiting the many, not the few. Wales-domiciled students can get up to £13,035 in nonrepayable assistance over the course of a degree. For those from outside Wales, it goes to £7,500.

Newly independent of the University of Wales, the opening this month of the £10m centre for visualisation is the sort of bold landmark development that sets out Aber’s stall for the future. See3D, as it will be called, features a domed 3D reality theatre, interactive projection and high-powered computing equipment and work stations for a personal virtual reality experience. It will be an invaluable tool for students of the suite of computer science degrees offered here.

Lower than average first job salaries (£16,800 per annum) and relatively low numbers in graduate-level employment (47%) must be balanced against something you cannot put a price on: quality of (university) life.

Open days October 27.

Student view Samantha Lumb, students’ union president:

USP Approachable tutors and a good staff to student ratio.

Worst feature We’re outnumbered by the sheep.

Location Next to mountains and the sea.

Social scene There are 56 pubs per square mile.

Rated excellent (10) Accounting and finance; biological sciences; earth studies; economics; English; environmental science; geography; information and library studies; politics and international politics; Welsh.

Degree of student satisfaction 79.1%

Human and Social Geography 90.4; Sports Science 88.9; Physical Geography and Environmental Science 85.8; History and Archeology 84.8; Education studies 84.5; European Languages and Area studies 82.8; English-based studies 82.3; Agriculture and related subjects 80.4; Politics 80.1; Other Creative Arts 79.7; Finance and Accounting 76.9; Computer Science 76.5; Communications and Information studies 75.7; Law 75.5; Biology and related Sciences 75.3; Business 74.9; Art and Design 73.2; Performing Arts 72.5

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