Cromore Road
Coleraine BT52 1SA

Tel 08700 400 700

http://enquiries.ulster.ac.uk/prospects/

www.ulster.ac.uk

Sunday Times ranking 61= (61)

Teaching excellence 50%

Student satisfaction 73.1%

Head teacher ranking 61= (107=)

Peer ranking 55 (42)

Research quality 33.9%

A/AS-level points 279

A-levels for entry 69%

Unemployment 5.4%

Firsts and 2:1s 61.9%

Student/staff ratio 18.8:1

Dropout rate 23% (18%)

Undergraduates 16,424 (5,173)

Postgraduates 1,811 (4,186)

Teaching staff 993

Applications/places 36,284/4,559; 8:1 (-8.8%)

Clearing entry 8.1%

Bursaries 43%: £305-£1,020

Scholarships Up to £1,500

EU/overseas 5.1%/0.2%

Mature 16.1%

State school 100%

Lowest social classes 47%

Low-participation areas 11%

Live in 15% (95%) £42-£84

With more than 27,000 full- and part-time students, Ulster is the biggest university in Ireland. It has four campuses spread across Northern Ireland, from Magee, near Londonderry in the northwest, and Coleraine in the northeast, to Belfast and nearby Jordanstown.

There is an emphasis on preparing students for the workplace and most courses include an industrial or professional placement. This contributes to the low graduate unemployment rate, this year close to 5%. The latest options include several joint honours degrees combining journalism, advertising, drama, international politics, Irish history, social policy, sociology and economics with a range of other subjects.

Just under half of undergraduates will benefit from Ulster’s bursary arrangements. Most will get £305 this year if their family’s income lies between £20,501 and £38,804. This rises to £1,020 if it is below £17,910. There are also scholarships awarded on academic merit or to those recruited from schools with a poor track record of sending children into higher education.

The university has recently opened a £20m intelligent systems research centre at the Magee campus. It is the biggest single research investment in the 150-year history of the campus.

University-owned accommodation is among the cheapest in the UK, starting at just £42 a week. There is enough to mop up virtually all first-years who want it, although many who study here live at home.

Open days Contact the university.

Student view Dannie O’Connor, students’ union president:

USP The choice of courses and a placement year.

Worst feature Rivalry between campuses.

Location Three campuses in city centres and a fourth outside Belfast.

Social scene Four campuses, four bars, four nightclubs.

Rated excellent (14) American studies; business and management; Celtic studies; economics; education; environmental studies; hospitality, leisure, recreation, sport and tourism; molecular biosciences; music; nursing; politics; psychology; social policy and administration; subjects allied to medicine.

Student satisfaction 73.1% Sociology, Social Policy and Anthropology 85.7; Sports Science 84.0; Communications and Information studies 78.3; Finance and Accounting 77.0; Business 76.7; Economics 76.5; Tourism, Transport, Travel and others in Business and Administrative studies 75.6; Computer Science 75.2; Management 74.9; Other subjects allied to Medicine 74.8; Politics 74.8; Performing Arts 73.4; Psychology 72.7; Mechanically-based Engineering 72.6; Law 70.1; Civil, Chemical and other Engineering 68.8; Architecture, Building and Planning 65.0; Medical Science and Pharmacy 64.2; Media studies 62.6; Other Languages and Area studies 52.6

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