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Tel 024 7652 3648

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Sunday Times ranking 7 (6)

Teaching excellence 73.7%

Student satisfaction 73.8%

Head teacher ranking 16 (13)

Peer ranking 4 (5)

Research quality 80.4%

A/AS-level points 456

A-levels for entry 80%

Unemployment 5.7%

Firsts and 2:1s 75.8% Student/staff ratio 15:1

Dropout rate 3% (5%)

World ranking 73

Undergraduates 10,600 (9,729)

Postgraduates 3,466 (6,584)

Teaching staff 908

Applications/places 30,425/3,417; 8.9:1 (+10.9%)

Clearing entry 4%

Bursaries 33%: £1,000-£2,000

Scholarships None

EU/overseas 6.2%/17.5%

Mature 8.5%

State school 76%

Lowest social classes 19%

Low-participation areas 7%

Live in 55% (100%) £66-£107

There was nothing to be frightened of, after all. Warwick students took part in the national student survey for the first time this year after two refusals and promptly returned a solid satisfaction score of 73.8%. There was never any doubt that they would, as this is one of the finest universities in the country, a reputation built in an astonishingly short time. Founded in 1965, Warwick has achieved in 42 years what some universities will not achieve in 500.

A worldwide profile helps recruit a quarter of Warwick students from abroad, their full fees representing a huge chunk of income and pushing competition to about nine applications per place. Many achieve straight As at A-level and three-quarters go on to gain either a first (20%) or 2:1 (56%).

Life revolves around Warwick’s 500-acre campus on the edge of Coventry. The arts centre is one of the biggest outside London and excellent sporting facilities include a climbing wall, pool and 400m running track.

A £12.5m digital laboratory, ready next summer, will allow engineers from the university’s manufacturing group and medical school researchers, alongside other staff, to collaborate in research to enhance medical diagnosis.

Warwick’s research record is bettered only by Oxford and Cambridge among multifaculty universities. Three out of four students attain graduate-level jobs and, with starting salaries above £21,500, are among the best paid. For all its reputation for academic excellence, Warwick works hard to recruit from a range of backgrounds. Its unique 2+2 degree scheme is open to those without formal qualifications.

Open days May 10, 2008.

Student view Brian Duggan, students’ union president:

USP Opportunities on your doorstep.

Worst feature You need to escape now and again.

Location Easy access to Stratford, Coventry, Birmingham, London.

Social scene Our massive union turns over £6m a year.

Rated excellent (19) Business and management; classics and ancient history; computer science; communication and media (film and television studies); drama, dance and cinematics (theatre studies); economics; education; English; German and related languages; history; law; maths, statistics and operational research; molecular biosciences; organismal biosciences; philosophy; physics and astronomy; politics and international studies; sociology and social policy and administration; teacher training.

Student satisfaction 73.8% European Languages and Area studies 81.3; Computer Science 79.3; History and Archeology 79.0; Physical Science 78.4; Sociology, Social Policy and Anthropology 78.0; Biology and related Sciences 77.7; Management 76.4; English-based studies 76.3; Finance and Accounting 75.1; Business 74.5; Politics 73.2; Law 72.9; Teacher Training 72.8; Philosophy, Theology and Religious studies 71.3; Education studies 70.6; Mathematical Sciences 70.5; Economics 69.8; Mechanically-based Engineering 67.2; Medicine and Dentistry 66.7; Psychology 65.1; Electronic and Electric Engineering 61.1

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