TEACHING
QUALITY
Swansea University
43
rd
NATIONAL
RANK
RANK
70.7%
FIRSTS
2:1s
2:1s
90.1%
COMPLETION
RATE
RATE
Key Stats
n/a
73rd
STUDENT
EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE
45th=
RESEARCH
QUALITY
QUALITY
20th
GRADUATE
PROSPECTS
PROSPECTS
Contact details
ADDRESS
Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP View on map >
Telephone
Email
Website
Open days
October 11; November 1
University Profile
Swansea’s new Bay Campus will be open for business in time for next September’s admissions, relieving the pressure on the increasingly cramped Singleton site. The new campus is designed for 5,000 students and will be home to theCollege of Engineering and School of Management. It is said to be the only UK university campuswith direct access to a beach.
The first phase of the development on the eastern approach to Swansea will include residences with 900 rooms and a library with spaces for 650 students. The focus will be on applied research with industry, but the project will also free up space on the original Singleton campus – which itself has only a seafront road separating it from the beach – where the university has already invested £73m.
Applications have risen by more than 20% this year and last, and the intake of new undergraduates was 770 up in 2013, reaching record levels, so extra capacity cannot come too soon.
Swansea was the UK’s first campus university when it opened in 1920, enjoying a prime position at the gateway to the Gower peninsula, which was
Recent developments have seen the opening of a £1.2m facility in the university library to house the Richard Burton archives. Other additions have included the £4.3m Digital Technium Building,now part of the College of Engineering, and a second Institute of Life Sciences building with a Centre for NanoHealth based within it.
Applications for engineering more than doubled in recent years, while the Institute of Life Sciences is home to Blue C, one of the few supercomputers in the world dedicated to life science research. The College of Medicine is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2014 and is one of the fastest-growing in the UK. Its focus is a four-year graduate entry course, and it adopts a distinctive multi-disciplinary approach to research, with an unusually high level of collaboration with industry.
The university, which became independent of the University of Wales in 2007, regained its place in the top 50 of our league table last year, and climbs a further four places this, scoring particularly highly on graduate job prospects.
It now has more than 14,000 students and about 350 degree courses in a modular scheme. Undergraduates are encouraged to stray outside their specialist area in their first year.
There is good provision for disabled students, whose needs are addressed through a £250,000 assessment and training centre. The student services team was judged the best in the UK in 2013, with those in admissions winning a similar accolade in 2014.
More than nine out of 10 undergraduates come from state schools and colleges, but the 28% share of places going to students working-class homes is less that the UK average for the university’s subjects and entry grades. The projected dropout rate of 5%, by contrast, is roughly half the expected level.
Swansea has links to more than 100 partner institutions worldwide and offers many degrees that include opportunities to study abroad. Popular study abroad summer programmes allow students to experience living and studying in India, China Africa, Japan and America.
The university has won more than £100m in European funding for projects such as Graduate Opportunities Wales, which steers students towards small firms through industrial placements and vacation jobs. It’s the sort of initiative that contributes to Swansea’s excellent track record for getting its graduates professional jobs.
The department of adult and continuing education teaches mature students in locations throughout the Valleys and elsewhere in South Wales.The South West Wales Reaching Wider Partnership, based in the Centre for Academic Success, encourages students who would not usually aspire to attend university, including those from areas of economic disadvantage, to consider higher education
Even before the opening of the new campus, the 1,900 computers available for student use represented one of the best ratios at any university. The opening of two new halls of residence has taken the total number of residential places to more than 3,000.
The sports facilities in the £20m Sports Village include an athletics track, grass and all-weather pitches, squash and tennis courts plus the indoor athletics training centre and gym. The 50-metre pool is the Wales National Pool and one of only five facilities in the UK to be awarded Intensive Training Centre status. The campus is the focal point of most students’ leisure activities, but the city has a good range of facilities.
The first phase of the development on the eastern approach to Swansea will include residences with 900 rooms and a library with spaces for 650 students. The focus will be on applied research with industry, but the project will also free up space on the original Singleton campus – which itself has only a seafront road separating it from the beach – where the university has already invested £73m.
Applications have risen by more than 20% this year and last, and the intake of new undergraduates was 770 up in 2013, reaching record levels, so extra capacity cannot come too soon.
Swansea was the UK’s first campus university when it opened in 1920, enjoying a prime position at the gateway to the Gower peninsula, which was
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subsequently declared the UK’s first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.Recent developments have seen the opening of a £1.2m facility in the university library to house the Richard Burton archives. Other additions have included the £4.3m Digital Technium Building,now part of the College of Engineering, and a second Institute of Life Sciences building with a Centre for NanoHealth based within it.
Applications for engineering more than doubled in recent years, while the Institute of Life Sciences is home to Blue C, one of the few supercomputers in the world dedicated to life science research. The College of Medicine is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2014 and is one of the fastest-growing in the UK. Its focus is a four-year graduate entry course, and it adopts a distinctive multi-disciplinary approach to research, with an unusually high level of collaboration with industry.
It now has more than 14,000 students and about 350 degree courses in a modular scheme. Undergraduates are encouraged to stray outside their specialist area in their first year.
There is good provision for disabled students, whose needs are addressed through a £250,000 assessment and training centre. The student services team was judged the best in the UK in 2013, with those in admissions winning a similar accolade in 2014.
More than nine out of 10 undergraduates come from state schools and colleges, but the 28% share of places going to students working-class homes is less that the UK average for the university’s subjects and entry grades. The projected dropout rate of 5%, by contrast, is roughly half the expected level.
Swansea has links to more than 100 partner institutions worldwide and offers many degrees that include opportunities to study abroad. Popular study abroad summer programmes allow students to experience living and studying in India, China Africa, Japan and America.
The university has won more than £100m in European funding for projects such as Graduate Opportunities Wales, which steers students towards small firms through industrial placements and vacation jobs. It’s the sort of initiative that contributes to Swansea’s excellent track record for getting its graduates professional jobs.
The department of adult and continuing education teaches mature students in locations throughout the Valleys and elsewhere in South Wales.The South West Wales Reaching Wider Partnership, based in the Centre for Academic Success, encourages students who would not usually aspire to attend university, including those from areas of economic disadvantage, to consider higher education
Even before the opening of the new campus, the 1,900 computers available for student use represented one of the best ratios at any university. The opening of two new halls of residence has taken the total number of residential places to more than 3,000.
The sports facilities in the £20m Sports Village include an athletics track, grass and all-weather pitches, squash and tennis courts plus the indoor athletics training centre and gym. The 50-metre pool is the Wales National Pool and one of only five facilities in the UK to be awarded Intensive Training Centre status. The campus is the focal point of most students’ leisure activities, but the city has a good range of facilities.
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Detailed Statistics
PERFORMANCE
PERFORMANCE
CATEGORY
SCORE
RANK
Ranking
-
43 (47)
Student experience
81.5
73rd
Research quality
16
45th=
Ucas entry points
341
57th=
Graduate prospects
78.6
20th
Firsts and 2:1s
70.7
44th
Completion rate
90.1
39th
Student-staff ratio
15.5:1
38th=
Services/facilities spend (£)
1,680
52nd
World ranking
-
461= (431=)
VITAL STATISTICS
Undergraduates
(Full-time)
10,075
Undergraduates
(Part-time)
1,830
Postgraduates
(Full-time)
1,735
Postgraduates
(Part-time)
715
Applications/places
14,900/3,710
Applications/places ratio
4:1
STUDENT CITIES
Ceinwen Cloney, students’ union president
Swansea blew my preconceived opinion out of the water: a friendly campus and a vibrant city centre.
You may think people exaggerate but please bring wellies.
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Cost of living
Nightlife
Transport
Culture
ACCOMMODATION
Places in accommodation
3,500
Accommodation costs
£82-£177
Catered costs
£91
Accommodation contact
FEES
UK/EU fees
£9,000
Fees (international)
£11,750-£14,000
Finance website
Graduate salaries
£19,138
BURSARIES/SCHOLARSHIPS
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For those with household income below £15K, a bursary of £500 year 1, £1,250 years 2 and 3; £15K–£25K, £500 year 1, £750 years 2 and 3; £25K–£30K, £500 years 1 and 2 only.
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Priority subject bursary of £500 a year when household income below £30K. Award of £1,500 in years 1 and 2 for those with AAA at A level or equivalent; £1,000 in years 1 and 2 for AAB or equivalent. Sports scholarships and care leaver's bursaries available.
SPORT
Sports points/rank
1070, 27th
Sport website
Student satisfaction
89.7%
89.6%
87.8%
87.6%
86.8%
85.4%
85.2%
84.0%
83.3%
83.2%
82.7%
81.5%
80.9%
80.0%
79.6%
79.4%
78.8%
77.8%
76.8%
76.6%
75.8%
75.1%
72.8%