Bishop Otter Campus
College Lane
Chichester PO19 6PE

Tel 01243 816 002

admissions@chiuni.ac.uk

www.chiuni.ac.uk

Sunday Times ranking 55 (60)

Teaching excellence 50%

Student satisfaction 79.7%

Head teacher ranking 109= (60=)

Peer ranking 59= (60)

Research quality 24.6%

A/AS-level points 244

A-levels for entry 58%

Unemployment 4.8%

Firsts and 2:1s 45.4%

Student/staff ratio 21.1:1

Dropout rate 9% (17%)

Undergraduates 2,878 (769)

Postgraduates 300 (1,316)

Teaching staff 164

Applications/places 5,423/997; 5.4:1 (+16.1%)

Clearing entry 5%

Bursaries 48%: £256-£1,023

Scholarships None

EU/overseas 0.8%/0.2%

Mature 22.2%

State school 98%

Lowest social classes 30%

Low-participation areas 11%

Live in 21% (100%) £70-£120

Chichester is one of the smallest universities in the UK – and one of the most distinctive. With fewer than 3,000 full-time undergraduates, split between campuses in Chichester and Bognor Regis, this is about as far removed from the inner-city redbrick university experience as you can get.

Chichester gained university status as recently as 2005, but was successful in our league table long before that. The advent of the national student survey has only cemented its position with its excellent showing – 11th overall this year – demonstrating not just student satisfaction with the quality of teaching, but also a general contentment with life on the sunny south coast.

Courses are offered across a tight range of subjects; sport, teacher training, performing arts, business and public services and administration are to the fore. Programmes for this year include a BSc in sport and exercise psychology and a certificate in golf coaching. In 2008, new foundation degrees in health promotion and personal training, community sports coaching and musical theatre will add even greater depth in areas of recognised excellence.

The attractive campuses should see improvements by next September, including a new students’ union bar on the Bognor Regis campus and music practice rooms at Chichester, further to the dance and performing arts facilities that opened in 2006.

Chichester, with its lively arts scene, is home to the bigger of the two campuses and houses the students’ union building which incorporates a 650-capacity bar-cum-nightclub. Most sports, media, adventure education and PE teacher trainees, theology and humanities students are based here.

The Bognor Regis campus is smaller and houses business students and primary and secondary PGCE teacher trainees.

Open days September 29; October 25; November 8 (mature); November 24.

Student view Matt Gover, president of the students’ union:

USP Our small campuses which make for an intimate atmosphere.

Worst feature Some buildings are old, but refurbishment is ongoing.

Location Chichester has the history while Bognor has the nightclubs.

Social scene Loads of open spaces on campus where you can chill out.

Rated excellent (3) Art and design; communication and media studies; theology and religious studies.

Degree of student satisfaction: 79.7%

History and Archeology 89.5; Other Creative Arts 87.3; Sports Science 86.7; Media studies 83.5; Teacher Training 79.1; Social Work 77.1; Performing Arts 71.7

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