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Sunday Times ranking 56 (50=)

Teaching excellence 45.7%

Student satisfaction 74.7%

Head teacher ranking 51 (48=)

Peer ranking 52 (57=)

Research quality 55.6%

A/AS-level points 287

A-levels for entry 66%

Unemployment 8.2%

Firsts and 2:1s 52.2%

Student/staff ratio 18.2:1

Dropout rate 23% (15%)

World ranking 491=

Undergraduates 5,818 (2,406)

Postgraduates 1,100 (734)

Teaching staff 294

Applications/places 9,203/2,058; 4.5:1 (+7.2%)

Clearing entry 5.2%

Bursaries: £500-£1,000

Scholarships 65: £500-£3,000

EU/overseas 3.3%/1.8%

Mature 20.3%

State school 94%

Lowest social classes 33%

Low-participation areas 15%

Live in (30%) 100% £54-£90

Bangor is one of three former members of the University of Wales that went independent from September 1. Although Bangor, in common with Aberystwyth and Swansea, will continue to award University of Wales degrees, the move gives it greater academic freedom to expand and develop. For starters, 50 extra academics have been appointed as part of a £10m investment programme to boost the university’s international standard and strengthen the quality of undergraduate teaching.

Bangor has introduced a range of bursaries to help offset the introduction of tuition fees in Wales. Means-tested awards are worth £1,000 if your family income is below £17,910, half that if it is between £17,910 and £38,330. An unlimited number of subject bursaries are worth £500 per year, though the list of applicable courses has yet to be finalised for 2008 entry. Chemistry, computer science, electronic engineering, modern languages and law students will benefit this year. Scholarship provision is also generous for those who excel academically, with awards typically of £500 per year or one-off payments of £2,500 or £3,000. Wales-domiciled students get a non-means-tested grant of £1,845.

The university boasts a glorious setting close to the mountains of Snowdonia as well as the beaches of Anglesey and north Wales. To help protect that setting, the recently completed environmental sciences centre has photovoltaic panels to generate electricity from solar power, ground-source heat pumps, and a rainwater recovery system.

A raft of bachelors’ degrees was introduced this year, including BAs in business studies, marketing and electronics. Degrees starting in 2008 include a BSc in zoology with animal behaviour and one in cancer biology.

Student accommodation is also benefiting from investment; a £35m development is under way that will provide 650 extra rooms.

Open days October 20.

Student view Sam Burnett, students’ union president:

USP It’s a Goldilocks university, it’s not too big, it’s not too small, it’s just right.

Worst feature You can sometimes feel cut off from civilisation.

Location The beaches on Anglesey are seen as some of the best in the land.

Social scene With more than 2,000 students in clubs and societies we have one of the highest participation rates.

Rated excellent (8) Biological sciences; chemistry; forest sciences; music; ocean sciences; psychology; theology and religious studies; Welsh.

Degree of student satisfaction 74.7%

Sports Science 88.2; Performing Arts 86.8; European Languages and Area studies 84.6; Finance and Accounting 82.1; Philosophy, Theology and Religious studies 80.3; Law 79.9; Physical Science 79.5; History and Archeology 77.7; Teacher Training 77.6; Nursing 77.1; English-based studies 73.8; Psychology 72.1; Physical Geography and Environmental Science 70.5; Sociology, Social Policy and Anthropology 70.2; Business 69.0; Biology and related Sciences 67.7; Other Languages and Area studies 60.0

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