TEACHING
QUALITY
Teesside University
94
th
NATIONAL
RANK
RANK
58.6%
FIRSTS
2:1s
2:1s
81%
COMPLETION
RATE
RATE
Key Stats
n/a
51st=
STUDENT
EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE
102nd=
RESEARCH
QUALITY
QUALITY
96th=
GRADUATE
PROSPECTS
PROSPECTS
Contact details
University Profile
Teesside is our University of the Year for Student Retention, an award that recognises the university’s efforts in cutting its dropout rate while at the same time offering higher education to many that would struggle to access it elsewhere.
The university is embedded in its region – and specifically in Middlesbrough – to an extent that few other institutions can match. The university’s aim is to achieve regional, national and international recognition as the UK’s leading university for working with business – the university won a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for its services to business and enterprise in 2013 – and also to demonstrate a “real and continuing commitment” to social inclusion.
The university has always recruited from a wide range of backgrounds. It is in the top ten for the proportion of UK undergraduates coming from working-class homes – over 47% – and the 26% share of places going to students from areas of low participation in higher education is twice the national average for Teesside’s courses and entry qualifications.
Taking the social breadth of its admissions into account, the funding council expects about one in six students to dropout, but
Having resisted to date, Teesside will charge the £9,000 maximum allowable fee for all its degree courses for the first time to 2015 entrants, but once all forms of student support have been taken into account, the university claims the average fee will be just over £8,000 and still among the lowest in England. Foundation degree students will pay £6,000 and there will be no fees for students on work placement or years abroad.
More than £200m has been invested in the university in recent years, and work has now started on a new £20m teaching building at the centre of the campus, with extensive landscaping and remodelling at the ‘campus heart’. It will provide a mix of flexible modern teaching space and offices, freeing up space to further develop the library, which last year underwent a £2m refurbishment.
Computer provision is generous, with 2,700 workstations for student use. Other recent developments include a centre for creative technologies for computing, media and design, where specialist facilities include a new digital sound and TV studio.
But the flagship project has been DigitalCity Innovation, the university’s centre for digital excellence and entrepreneurship.Some 430 new businesses and 600 jobs have been created by the new centre and by graduate enterprise. The university was awarded the £1m maximum to support further collaboration with business and industry.
There are more than 25,000 undergraduates, nearly half of them taking part-time courses below degree level. Almost two-thirds of the students are from the Northeast and around a third of the full-time undergraduates are 21 or over on entry. Applications for 2013 were up more than 2% and enrolments by over 100 places.
Scores in the National Student Survey (NSS) are Teesside’s strongest suit: its 82.8% score for satisfaction under our analysis of this year’s NSS outcomes is good enough to place the university just outside the top 50 on this measure.
The students’ union, rated among the top ten in the country, underwent refurbishment this year to include a new-look bar, social learning space, shop and postgraduate lounge.
There are strong partnerships with five further education colleges in the Tees Valley, each having a separate centre offering the university’s Foundation degrees and other courses, and there is a £13m campus in Darlington, where there are plans to create a nationally-renowned business hub.
The rapid growth in the number of international students coming to Teesside has been accompanied by a consistent UK top 10 ranking for international student satisfaction, measured by the International Student Barometer.
. A £17m sport and health sciences building, with dentistry training and hydrotherapy pool, opened in 2010. The 11,000 health students are by far the largest group in the universitybut ,computer animation & gaming, nursing and allied health and design continue to be key strengths for Teesside.
Teesside supports the career development of its graduates for a minimum of two years after graduation and is expanding paid work placements as part of a student’s course. The Get Ahead scheme provides three-month paid internships and training for graduates, as well as helping to provide summer placements for second-year students.
Computer science and history produced the best results in the last Research Assessment Exercise. Only a small proportion of Teesside’s academics were entered for assessment, but 30% of their research was considered world-leading or internationally excellent. Five research-led institutes will focus on digital innovation, health, culture, social science and technology.
Teesside's campus is at the heart of Middlesbrough town centre with a wealth of high street and independent retail, bars, cafes and restaurants on the doorstep. A beautiful coastal fringe and the North York Moors are nearby. The cost of living is another attraction –both university rents and those in the private sector are reasonable..
The university and the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art have forged a new partnership, which sees it become part of the university.The gallery plays host to works by some of biggest names in the art world including Hockney, Warhol, Picasso and Anish Kapoor.
Sports facilities include a newly refurbished gym on campus and a water sports centre on the River Tees. The university supports elite athletes with a package of support that includes bursaries, training and access to the latest sport science techniques.
The university is embedded in its region – and specifically in Middlesbrough – to an extent that few other institutions can match. The university’s aim is to achieve regional, national and international recognition as the UK’s leading university for working with business – the university won a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for its services to business and enterprise in 2013 – and also to demonstrate a “real and continuing commitment” to social inclusion.
The university has always recruited from a wide range of backgrounds. It is in the top ten for the proportion of UK undergraduates coming from working-class homes – over 47% – and the 26% share of places going to students from areas of low participation in higher education is twice the national average for Teesside’s courses and entry qualifications.
Taking the social breadth of its admissions into account, the funding council expects about one in six students to dropout, but
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the reality is much lower, closer to one in eleven, the biggest discrepancy between the benchmark and projected dropout rate of any university. A number of other universities in this guide with similar recruitment and academic profiles to Teesside register dropout rates of one in four or worse, making its achievement all the more noteworthy.Having resisted to date, Teesside will charge the £9,000 maximum allowable fee for all its degree courses for the first time to 2015 entrants, but once all forms of student support have been taken into account, the university claims the average fee will be just over £8,000 and still among the lowest in England. Foundation degree students will pay £6,000 and there will be no fees for students on work placement or years abroad.
More than £200m has been invested in the university in recent years, and work has now started on a new £20m teaching building at the centre of the campus, with extensive landscaping and remodelling at the ‘campus heart’. It will provide a mix of flexible modern teaching space and offices, freeing up space to further develop the library, which last year underwent a £2m refurbishment.
Computer provision is generous, with 2,700 workstations for student use. Other recent developments include a centre for creative technologies for computing, media and design, where specialist facilities include a new digital sound and TV studio.
But the flagship project has been DigitalCity Innovation, the university’s centre for digital excellence and entrepreneurship.Some 430 new businesses and 600 jobs have been created by the new centre and by graduate enterprise. The university was awarded the £1m maximum to support further collaboration with business and industry.
There are more than 25,000 undergraduates, nearly half of them taking part-time courses below degree level. Almost two-thirds of the students are from the Northeast and around a third of the full-time undergraduates are 21 or over on entry. Applications for 2013 were up more than 2% and enrolments by over 100 places.
Scores in the National Student Survey (NSS) are Teesside’s strongest suit: its 82.8% score for satisfaction under our analysis of this year’s NSS outcomes is good enough to place the university just outside the top 50 on this measure.
The students’ union, rated among the top ten in the country, underwent refurbishment this year to include a new-look bar, social learning space, shop and postgraduate lounge.
There are strong partnerships with five further education colleges in the Tees Valley, each having a separate centre offering the university’s Foundation degrees and other courses, and there is a £13m campus in Darlington, where there are plans to create a nationally-renowned business hub.
The rapid growth in the number of international students coming to Teesside has been accompanied by a consistent UK top 10 ranking for international student satisfaction, measured by the International Student Barometer.
. A £17m sport and health sciences building, with dentistry training and hydrotherapy pool, opened in 2010. The 11,000 health students are by far the largest group in the universitybut ,computer animation & gaming, nursing and allied health and design continue to be key strengths for Teesside.
Teesside supports the career development of its graduates for a minimum of two years after graduation and is expanding paid work placements as part of a student’s course. The Get Ahead scheme provides three-month paid internships and training for graduates, as well as helping to provide summer placements for second-year students.
Computer science and history produced the best results in the last Research Assessment Exercise. Only a small proportion of Teesside’s academics were entered for assessment, but 30% of their research was considered world-leading or internationally excellent. Five research-led institutes will focus on digital innovation, health, culture, social science and technology.
Teesside's campus is at the heart of Middlesbrough town centre with a wealth of high street and independent retail, bars, cafes and restaurants on the doorstep. A beautiful coastal fringe and the North York Moors are nearby. The cost of living is another attraction –both university rents and those in the private sector are reasonable..
The university and the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art have forged a new partnership, which sees it become part of the university.The gallery plays host to works by some of biggest names in the art world including Hockney, Warhol, Picasso and Anish Kapoor.
Sports facilities include a newly refurbished gym on campus and a water sports centre on the River Tees. The university supports elite athletes with a package of support that includes bursaries, training and access to the latest sport science techniques.
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Detailed Statistics
PERFORMANCE
PERFORMANCE
CATEGORY
SCORE
RANK
Ranking
-
94 (93)
Student experience
82.8
51st=
Research quality
1.7
102nd=
Ucas entry points
324
72nd=
Graduate prospects
58
96th=
Firsts and 2:1s
58.6
101st
Completion rate
81
98th
Student-staff ratio
18.8:1
81st=
Services/facilities spend (£)
1,329
90th
VITAL STATISTICS
Undergraduates
(Full-time)
9,355
Undergraduates
(Part-time)
8,475
Postgraduates
(Full-time)
680
Postgraduates
(Part-time)
1,455
Applications/places
13,575/3,545
Applications/places ratio
3.8:1
STUDENT CITIES
Manon Goetschel, students’ union officer
The first week with the introductions, the nights out and meeting everyone is incredible.
I came across from Switzerland so I had to adjust to a different way of life, which I think is the hardest thing for any new student.
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Cost of living
Nightlife
Transport
Culture
ACCOMMODATION
FEES
UK/EU fees
£9,000
Fees (placement year)
Free
Fees (overseas year)
Free
Fees (international)
£10,750
Finance website
Graduate salaries
£18,118
BURSARIES/SCHOLARSHIPS
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Range of scholarships available. Consult university website for details.
SPORT
Sports points/rank
200.5, 89th
Sport website
Student satisfaction
96.2%
91.5%
90.7%
90.0%
88.7%
88.4%
87.3%
84.6%
83.0%
81.0%
79.6%
78.9%
78.6%
77.6%
77.5%
76.5%
75.0%
74.2%