Norwich
NR4 7TJ
Tel 01603 591 515
admissions@uea.ac.uk
www.uea.ac.uk
Open day: October 3

PERFORMANCE

Sunday Times ranking 28 (27)

Student satisfaction 81%
Head teacher ranking 26 (46=)
Peer ranking 40= (42=)
Research quality 64.5%
A-level/Higher points 356
Unemployment 5.8%
Firsts and 2:1s 70.1%
Student/staff ratio 17.1:1
Dropout rate 9.8% (11%)
World ranking 309=

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VITAL STATISTICS

Undergraduates 9,789 (3,054)
Postgraduates 2,135 (716)
Teaching staff 518
Applications/places 14,517/3,369; 4.3:1 (+11.9%)
Clearing entry 8%
Live in 32% (94%) £60-£96
Bursaries 66%: £300-£600
Scholarships Various: £500-£4,000

SOCIAL MIX

EU/overseas 3.4%/9.4%
Mature 19.4%
State school 88.6%
Lowest social classes 23.4%
Low-participation areas 9.8%

Two miles from Norwich, set in more than 300 acres of parkland, lies the award-winning architecture, multi-million-pound facilities and diverse student body of the University of East Anglia.

Students, who come from more than 100 countries, are among the happiest, according to the national student satisfaction survey, this year ranking their university 12th in the UK.

Students taking the new degree in physical education and sport will be among the first to benefit from the £3.8m extension to the university’s sports park, making it Britain’s largest indoor sports centre. It includes a new sports hall and teaching rooms, as well as a 50m pool, a climbing wall and a human performance laboratory.

Sport and art draw the local community onto campus; locals accounting for 85% of the sports centre’s use, and there are also 40,000 visits a year from members of the public to the university’s Sainsbury Centre for visual arts. The striking building, designed by Lord Foster, houses a public art museum as well as the school of world art studies and museology.

Academic East, a development which includes a 300-seat lecture theatre, seminar rooms and a space for students to work on projects together, is due to open this month.

The scholarship scheme rewards all those getting AAA at A-level with £500 and the vice-chancellor gives a further eight awards of £4,000 for the strongest applications overall.

STUDENT VIEW

David Sheppard, students’ union officer:

First impressions There’s an abundance of distinctive concrete architecture sitting in acres of parkland.
Worst feature Norwich is a bit out of the way and not easy to get to. The train from London takes ages.
Facilities There’s an award-winning sports park which is really accessible, and there are some great sports clubs.
Deal clincher Lecturers always make time for you.

Rated excellent (18)
Allied health professions (occupational therapy, physiotherapy); American studies; applied social work; business and management; communication and media studies (film studies); computer sciences; economics; environmental studies; geography (development studies); history of art, architecture and design; law; maths, statistics and operational research; molecular biosciences; nursing and midwifery; organismal biosciences; philosophy; politics; teacher training.

Student satisfaction
Medical Science and Pharmacy 89.5; Biology and related Sciences 88.3; History and Archaeology 87.9; Mathematical Sciences 86.7; European Languages and Area studies 85.9; Law 84.1; Physical Geography and Environmental Science 82.9; Economics 82.4; Finance and Accounting 82.1; Other Languages and Area studies 81.7; Philosophy, Theology and Religious studies 81.4; Performing Arts 81.2; Other subjects allied to Medicine 81; Sociology, Social Policy and Anthropology 80.8; Physical Science 80.6; English-based studies 80; Politics 79.3; Media studies 78.4; Management 77.6; Human and Social Geography 77.1; Nursing 75.8; Computer Science 74.9; Other Creative Arts 73.9; Psychology 73.8; Medicine and Dentistry 73; Social Work 65.4

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