Middlesbrough
TS1 3BA
Tel 01642 218 121
registry@tees.ac.uk
www.tees.ac.uk
Open days: October 14 and 24

PERFORMANCE

Sunday Times ranking 76= (70=)

Student satisfaction 79.1%
Head teacher ranking 104= (107=)
Peer ranking 108 (98)
Research quality 49.8%
A-level/Higher points 250
Unemployment 16%
Firsts and 2:1s 52.4%
Student/staff ratio 19.3:1
Dropout rate 15.3% (19.5%)

VITAL STATISTICS

Undergraduates 8,325 (14,100)
Postgraduates 1,376 (1,606)
Teaching staff 611
Applications/places 9,507/2,672; 3.6:1 (+7.1%)
Clearing entry 5.3%
Live in 10% £46-£78
Bursaries 50%: £1,025
Scholarships 320+ Ucas pts: £1,000

SOCIAL MIX

EU/overseas 1.5%/0.8%
Mature 32.4%
State school 98.6%
Lowest social classes 46.3%
Low-participation areas 26.6%

Buoyed by consistently strong performances in the national student survey (NSS), Teesside rose to its highest ever ranking in our league table last year (70=). It continues to rank in the top 20 in the NSS, although it drops slightly in our league table overall this year.

The university campus has had £100m spent on it in recent years including the £10m Athena building, housing the excellent Centre for Creative Technologies, and the £6.5m Olympia building, a huge sports hall with 500 seats for spectators. A new £17m facility incorporating a dental school and sports therapy unit will open next year. It will train dental nurses and hygienists as well as provide dental care to the public.

In the new research assessment exercise last December, computer science and history top scored, with 55% and 50% of academics entered respectively being rated in the top two categories denoting world-leading or international excellence.

STUDENT VIEW

Tom Cawkwell, students’ union president:

First impressions: There’s a great buzz on campus during freshers’ week.
Worst feature: Landlords don’t maintain properties as well as they could.
Facilities: We’ve got new learning spaces and old ones are being updated.
Deal clincher: The university is divided into six schools, and each of them will give you all the answers you need.

Rated excellent (6)
Allied health professions (physiotherapy, occupational therapy and radiography); art and design; computer science; history; nursing and midwifery; social policy and administration and social work.

Student satisfaction
History and Archaeology 95.5; Nursing 89; Law 87.1; Art and Design 85.5; English-based studies 85.4; Media studies 85.2; Psychology 84.8; Medical Science and Pharmacy 83.6; Other subjects allied to Medicine 80.2; Sports Science 80.1; Social Work 79.9; Electronic and Electrical Engineering 79.8; Sociology, Social Policy and Anthropology 79.1; Education studies 79; Business 76; Civil, Chemical and other Engineering 74.3; Biology and related Sciences 70.8; Physical Science 70.6; Computer Science 70.2

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