Headington Campus
Gipsy Lane
Oxford OX3 OBP
Tel 01865 483 040
admissions@brookes.ac.uk
www.brookes.ac.uk
Open day: October 10

PERFORMANCE

Sunday Times ranking 50 (55

Student satisfaction 76.9%
Head teacher ranking 48= (35)
Peer ranking 53= (49=)
Research quality 55%
A-level/Higher points 298
Unemployment 8.5%
Firsts and 2:1s 66%
Student/staff ratio 18.4:1
Dropout rate 12.5% (13.9%)

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VITAL STATISTICS

Undergraduates 11,310 (2784)
Postgraduates 1,460 (2,481)
Teaching staff 635
Applications/places 20,703/3,635; 5.7:1 (+0.2%)
Clearing entry 2%
Live in 35% (98%) £88-£137
Bursaries 40%: £150-£1,800
Scholarships AAA: £3,000

SOCIAL MIX

EU/overseas 7.1%/9.5%
Mature 28.4%
State school 71.9%
Lowest social classes 42.3%
Low-participation areas 5%

Oxford Brookes has confirmed its position as the country’s best modern university by again topping our league of new institutions. It is the ninth successive year it has held on to this position. Brookes may be relatively new, having gained its charter in 1992, but it is on a par in reputation and results with some of its older peers.

At the heart of Brookes’ success is the excellent teaching on offer. A Russell Group-equalling 24 subjects were rated excellent in the now defunct formal teaching assessments. More than three-quarters of all research is rated as internationally recognised, with history (25%), history of art, computer science, art and design and music (all 15%) having the most world-leading research submissions.

Students enter with an average 300 Ucas points and once they are here they tend to do all right, too; two-thirds gain firsts or 2.1s. The dropout rate is below the level expected by the funding council, while rates of employment and graduate-level jobs are average.

Being situated in Oxford must surely contribute to the good levels of student satisfaction, which at an overall score of 76.9% is up on last year, ranking 41st in the UK. Finance and accounting, medical science and pharmacy, and social work came out best of all.

Bursary provision is on a sliding scale and benefits about 40% of the undergraduate intake.

STUDENT VIEW

Abeiku Sarbah, students’ union president:

First impressions: Calm and relaxed, a serene place to study.
Worst feature: Waking up early to get from halls of residence to lectures on a different site.
Facilities: The school of technology has emission testing equipment, from which the government sources some of its data on CO2.
Deal clincher: Enjoy a higher education with a backdrop of beautiful Oxford scenery.

Rated excellent (24)
Allied health professions (specialist care, community practice); anatomy and physiology; anthropology; art and design (fine art); building; business and management; economics; English; environmental studies; French; geography; history of art, architecture and design; hospitality, leisure, recreation, sport and tourism; land and property management; law; maths, statistics and operational research; modern languages; molecular biosciences; nursing and midwifery; organismal biosciences; politics; psychology; theology and religious studies; town and country planning and landscape.

Student satisfaction
Finance and Accounting 86.5; Medical Science and Pharmacy 84.8; Social Work 82.7; Other subjects allied to Medicine 82.6; History and Archaeology 82.6; Economics 81.6; Other Languages and Area studies 81.6; Physical Geography and Environmental Science 81.5; Teacher Training 81.4; Psychology 81; English-based studies 80.2; Mathematical Sciences 79.9; Philosophy, Theology and Religious studies 79.9; Business 79.9; Sociology, Social Policy and Anthropology 78.5; Human and Social Geography 78.3; Art and Design 78.1; Nursing 77.5; Initial Teacher Training 77.5; Tourism, Transport, Travel and others in Business and Administrative studies 77.4; Media studies 77; Education studies 76.4; Management 76.2; European Languages and Area studies 75.8; Performing Arts 75.8; Politics 74.4; Law 73.1; Architecture, Building and Planning 72; Biology and related Sciences 71.1; Computer Science 70.7; Mechanically-based Engineering 64.3; Electronic and Electrical Engineering 64.1

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