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Sunday Times ranking 13 (17)

Teaching excellence 94.7%

Student satisfaction 82.6%

Head teacher ranking 21 (22)

Peer ranking 37= (34)

Research quality 61.6%

A/AS-level points 371

A-levels for entry 74%

Unemployment 4.3%

Firsts and 2:1s 68.2%

Student/staff ratio 17.2:1

Dropout rate 5% (11%)

World ranking 266=

Undergraduates 10,635 (232)

Postgraduates 3,365 (2,349)

Teaching staff 568

Applications/places 19,485/3,451; 5.6:1 (+11.2%)

Clearing entry 5%

Bursaries 21%: £205-£1,330

Scholarships AAA-ABB: £1,000

EU/overseas 2.4%/9.5%

Mature 4.9%

State school 83%

Lowest social classes 24%

Low-participation areas 8%

Live in 48% (100%) £60-£133

Loughborough will learn later this year whether it will be the training base for Team Great Britain for the 2012 London Olympics. Its position on a shortlist of three indicates the depth and quality of the sports resources here. Loughborough has dominated university sport for the past 30 years, its men and women winning their inter-university championships for the 26th and 28th successive years respectively. Many compete on the national and international stage too.

Its academic track record runs sport a close second. It has been shortlisted for our University of the Year award three times (1999, 2003 and 2005) off the back of outstanding teaching assessments. Only Cambridge scored better over the closing years of the teaching reviews conducted by the Quality Assurance Agency.

The replacement review system, where students rate the quality of their teaching (and by implication the broader university experience) has been a similar triumph. Loughborough has ranked in the top five nationally in each of the first three surveys, this year with only Cambridge ahead of it among conventional multifaculty universities. As in all successful teaching universities, Loughborough has a strong research presence behind it, and its excellence was recognised when it joined the 1994 Group of universities in August 2006 (a grouping of mid-sized institutions with strong teaching and research profiles).

Graduates are in demand and there are extensive links both at research level and in terms of placing sandwich degree students during their work experience year. Students often get to meet the people who will employ them later. BAE Systems and the Ford Motor Company are Loughborough’s biggest strategic partners. The university also has close ties with Rolls-Royce, JCB Excavators, Lotus, Caterpillar, Costain, Waitrose, Bovis Lend Lease and Norwest Holst, among others.

The university, granted its charter in 1966 and originally a technology college, has one of the biggest single site campuses in the UK, at 433 acres. The Loughborough Sports Technology Institute opens at the end of the year and will work with industry and to improve the chances of athletes at the 2012 Olympics.

The campus also has a shout at being Britain’s greenest; the completion of a combined heat and power plant earlier this year means the university can provide its own electricity and use the heat generated.

Students love Loughborough. The contentment evidenced by the first three national student surveys is fostered by a lively programme of events on campus. The arts flourish and socially (despite the prevalence of sporty types) life extends to more than drinking competitions and athletic PBs (personal bests). The students’ union last year broke its own national record for the amount of money raised for charity during rag week (£625,000).

Open days Contact the university.

Student view Steven Black, students’ union officer:

USP Whatever you fancy doing there is a club or society to join.

Worst feature There’s so much to get involved with that time constraints make it frustrating.

Location Lush green campuses in the country, with good transport links.

Social scene Our halls of residence have a strong family feel so you will make friends for life.

Rated excellent (18) Anatomy and physiology; art and design; business and management; chemical engineering; civil engineering; drama, dance and cinematics; economics; electrical and electronic engineering; hospitality, leisure, recreation, sport and tourism; librarianship and information management (information science); maths, statistics and operational research; mechanical, aeronautical and manufacturing engineering; physics and astronomy; politics; psychology; sociology; subjects allied to medicine; teacher training.

Degree of student satisfaction 82.6%

English-based studies 87.0; Physical Science 86.6; Sports Science 86.4; Medical Science and Pharmacy 85.3; Computer Science 85.2; Communications and Information studies 85.2; Finance and Accounting 85.1; Civil, Chemical and other Engineering 84.9; Management 84.6; Electronic and Electric Engineering 83.6; Technology 83.2; Economics 82.9; Mechanically-based Engineering 82.8; Mathematical Sciences 82.8; Psychology 82.2; Art and Design 81.2; Architecture, Building and Planning 79.0; Media studies 78.6; Physical Geography and Environmental Science 78.5; Law 78.0; Politics 78.0; Sociology, Social Policy and Anthropology 77.4; Performing Arts 71.0

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