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East England University

Overview Founded in 1963 the University of East Anglia (UEA) is a beautiful 270 acre campus University, only 90 minutes or so from London and located two and half miles away from the medieval city of Norwich. UEA enjoys an international reputation in diverse areas: film studies, creative writing and the pioneering groupings for which we are famous, such as environmental sciences, development studies and world art studies.

Rated 23rd in the Times Good University Guide 2007, our degree courses cover a broad spectrum, including natural sciences, social sciences and the arts, with many in the top ten amongst independent rankings for teaching and research. In the first ever National Student Survey in 2005, the University was placed in the top three for student satisfaction. It was also shortlisted for the university of the year by the influential Sunday Times newspaper.    Entry requirements For details of the entry requirements to the wide range of courses that UEA offers, please go to our website at www.uea.ac.uk/international for further information.    Student life The Dean of Students’ Office has overall responsibility for the general well-being of students and organises a reception and introductory programme for new students arriving at the beginning of the autumn and spring semesters. The Office also helps students to adjust to life at UEA and offers general advice and assistance. There is a health centre on campus with doctors, a dentist, a psychiatrist and counsellors, as well as a ‘Nightline’ run by the Students’ Union. The on-campus chaplaincy centre is for people of any faith.There is a worship room for Muslims and in the city there are Anglican and Roman catholic cathedrals and places of worship for Jews, Muslims and Buddhists. The University runs a careers service with five full-time advisors. We offer one of the best venues in East Anglia for big live bands, the LCR, while the Students’ Union runs a smaller venue which is good for local and less mainstream bands.There are over 100 societies at the University, including law, drama, film, art and music as well as a number of sporting clubs including football, rugby, hockey, cricket and martial arts.   The university library is open seven days a week during semester time and provides more than 800,000 volumes of books and journals, an extensive audio and visual collection, a large number of networked PCs available 24 hours a day as well as a wireless network service for laptop users. In addition to top quality academic facilities, the University of East Anglia has invested over £300m in recent years to provide leading edge academic, social and sporting facilities. It boasts a £17.6 m Sportspark with Olympic-size swimming pool, over 3000 residences on campus and is host to events including an international literary festival and the BA (British Association for the Advancement of Science) Festival of Science as well as high-quality lectures and conferences. Other Campus facilities include a supermarket, newsagent and post office, a travel shop, three banks and two bookshops as well as a launderette, offering students all the essentials for daily living right on their doorstep. The campus is also home to the stunning Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts which houses the Sainsbury family art collection and is home to the school of World Art Studies and Museology. Accommodation The combination of natural beauty and architectural flair makes UEA a special place to live, from the pyramid-shaped ziggurats of Norfolk and Suffolk Terrace, to the award- winning environmentally friendly Constable Terrace and Nelson Court. With over 3000 rooms on campus, the university is able to offer high quality accommodation in many newly built residences, most with en-suite facilities. Single accommodation is guaranteed to all full-time international students. For home and EU undergraduate students, accommodation is guaranteed for the first year of study. Please visit our accommodation website for further information.    Tuition fees and funding  UEA provides its international students with over 1 million pounds each year through the International Scholarship Fund. Merit based scholarships of approximately 10% of the tuition fee are awarded by the schools each year, with outstanding candidates being considered for prestigious faculty scholarships of up to 50%. The annual tuition fees for the academic year 2006/2007 are a minimum £8,700 for arts and social sciences based courses and £11,300 for science based courses. To be considered for a scholarship, you must first apply for one of our programmes. For postgraduate study, please go to: www.uea.ac.uk/international and for undergraduate study please go to: www.uea.ac.uk/admissions/ug_admissions.htm    Teaching and assessment Since our foundation in 1963, we have established a reputation as an internationally recognised centre for teaching and research that we maintain by selecting the most able and dedicated students from around the UK and the world. The majority of our Schools of Study that have undergone independent teaching quality assessments by the Quality Assurance Agency have received ‘excellent’ ratings and we have achieved outstanding recognition in the fields of American Studies, Business Management, Social Work, Development Studies, Environmental Sciences, Law and Politics.With regards to research, UEA has top-rated departments in: Environmental Science, Biological Sciences, Education, History, Social Work, Pure Mathematics and Communications and Media Studies. Our famous research centre and links to the Norwich Research Park make us an important national and international centre for research in a number of areas.         Location Nearest town/city: Norwich Nearest international airport: Norwich International Nearest railway station: Norwich Station