University of Gloucestershire - Park
United Kingdom The Park
About
The University of Gloucestershire offers a wide range of degrees, courses and apprenticeships at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Typically, students learn theory from industry experts and put their learning into practice in course work, real-world projects, placements and field trips. The school has a 150-year tradition of education dating back to 1847. There are over 100 academic courses to choose from and approximately 10,000 students studying at the three campuses in Gloucestershire.
Home to a cosmopolitan range of courses, The Park campus brings together student-professionals from a variety of specialisms, ranging from subjects like graphic design and advertising right through to music and film production. As part of University of Gloucestershire expansion of the Media Centre, they have opened a new animation suite, and film and TV studios. Recently a brand-new computing and technology suite has also been developed with access to the latest technology and software.
Why University of Gloucestershire
- Campus Location: Just 15 minutes’ walk from the centre of Cheltenham and less than 10 minutes’ walk from Montpellier and the Bath Road, students will be right on the door step for Cheltenham’s clubs, bars, shops and Cafes.
- Student Life: Explore everything the university has to offer at Freshers' Fayre. This includes BBQs, fancy dress parties and the Freshers' Ball. The Freshers' Fayre is where students can sign up to clubs and societies - and get lots of freebies.
- Clubs: Get involved in anything of interest including snow club, ukulele, the Bee Project, film, comedy, creative writing, paintballing, Afro-Caribbean and Dumbledore's Army. Students can even start up their own.
- Athletics: Students can join one of Gloucestershire's nationally successful teams. They have over 35 sports clubs with more being created every year, and the university has enjoyed 150 years of sporting achievements, with students producing Olympic and Commonwealth success.
NOTE: This school may use UCAS as an external portal for application for some programs. A £20 (single application) or £25 (up to 5 applications) application fee may apply.
Features
Off-Campus Accommodations
Students wishing to live off-campus need to research availability on their own, and should arrive well before the start of term to do so.
HOMESTAY
There are a wide variety of homestay options available, and our partner schools do their best to match students and hosts according to their interests and preferences. All homestay accommodations have been inspected, and all adults in the home have completed a required criminal reference check.
Even if you do NOT meet our minimum English requirement (IELTS or TOEFL), you still can get conditionally accepted in the program of your choice with the condition of completing our English program prior to starting your chosen program.
See guidelines on working while studying here.
Cooperative education (or co-operative education) and internships are methods of combining classroom-based education with practical work experience. A cooperative education experience ("co-op"), provides academic credit for structured job experience. Co-ops are full-time, paid or unpaid positions. Internships may be full-time or part-time, paid or unpaid positions.
Post-Study Work Visa will be open to all students, on Tier 4 visas, who are accepted onto a course in the 2020 intake or later. Once you have successfully completed a course of study at the undergraduate level or above at an approved UK Higher Education Provider you would be able to stay and work (in any sector or at any level) for a maximum of two years.
The full details and requirements are yet to be announced by the UK Government, but will be updated here when made available.
Location
Institution Details
Founded
1847
DLI number
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Institution Type
public
Cost and Duration
£0.00 GBP
Application Fees
£15,955.00 GBP / Year
Gross Tuition Fees
