Western Avenue
Cardiff CF5 2YB
Tel 029 2041 6010
admissions@uwic.ac.uk
www.uwic.ac.uk
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PERFORMANCE

Sunday Times ranking 85= (87=)

Student satisfaction 75.6%
Head teacher ranking 101= (107=)
Peer ranking 85= (58)
Research quality 47%
A-level/Higher points 252
Unemployment 7.9%
Firsts and 2:1s 51.8%
Student/staff ratio 19.9:1
Dropout rate 18.7% (15.5%)

Multimedia

• The Times University Guide table

VITAL STATISTICS

Undergraduates 6,645 (822)
Postgraduates 1,224 (1,211)
Teaching staff 365
Applications/places 9,794/2,449; 4:1 (-4.7%)
Clearing entry 12.8%
Live in 15% (58%) £75-£110
Bursaries 45%: £300-£500
Scholarships £1,00

SOCIAL MIX

EU/overseas 1.3%/2.8%
Mature 22.9%
State school 95%
Lowest social classes 33.8%
Low-participation areas 9.1%

Uwic courses are developed in conjunction with industry, resulting in lower than average graduate unemployment. The institute is gaining a growing reputation for research and enterprise, with postgraduates making up 23% of its population, and it has committed £10m over the next five years to support bursaries and to broaden access.

At its Llandaff site work has just commenced on the £20m Cardiff School of Management building, and a £4.3m Food Industry Centre has been launched at its School of Health Sciences. Biomedical science research at the centre will seek to understand diseases, focusing on illnesses of importance to Wales, such as diabetes.

The university is one of the leading sports centres in the UK. It houses the Cardiff/Glamorgan Centre of Cricketing Excellence, and gives elite athletes scholarships of up to £1,000 each year for the duration of their course, as well as access to specialist coaches, and other services, including sports psychologists. Facilities are excellent.

STUDENT VIEW

Claire-Louise Rafferty, students’ union president:

First impressions: Each campus has its unique atmosphere.
Worst feature: It has to be Taffy’s, the old Cyncoed student bar.
Facilities: The campus centre will have a lounge, housing hub and offices for the student and athletics unions.
Deal clincher: Students are listened to, and the experience just gets better and better.

Rated excellent (5)
Art, design and art history (ceramics, fine art, internal architecture); biomedical sciences; environmental health; psychology; subjects allied to medicine (speech and language therapy, podiatry, applied human nutrition/dietetics).

Student satisfaction
Sports Science 83.9; Social Work 83.7; Initial Teacher Training 80.2; Finance and Accounting 79.3; Art and Design 76.8; Agriculture and related subjects 76.7; Architecture, Building and Planning 76.4; Biology and related Sciences 75.2; Media studies 75.1; Tourism, Transport, Travel and others in Business and Administrative studies 72.9; Psychology 72.2; Other subjects allied to Medicine 71.1; Mechanically-based Engineering 70.9; Education studies 70.5; Management 67.9; Computer Science 66.5; Business 64.7; English-based studies 58.1; Sociology, Social Policy and Anthropology 51.4

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