University Of Cardiff

PROFILE*Cardiff University is a public research university located in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom*The University is composed of three colleges: 1.Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences 2.Biomedical and Life Sciences 3.Physical Sciences and Engineering.*Founded in 1883 as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire*It is the second oldest university in Wales*The University has an undergraduate enrolment of 20,611 and a total enrolment of 27,774, making it one of the largest universities in Wales*’Truth Unity and Harmony’ their moto.

Main building

SCHOOLS &COLLEGESCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences•Cardiff Business School•Planning and Geography•English, Communication and Philosophy•Modern Languages•History Archaeology and Religion•Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies•Law and Politics•Lifelong Learning•Music•Social Sciences•Welsh

College of Biomedical and Life Sciences•Biosciences•Dentistry•Healthcare Sciences•Medicine•Optometry and Vision Sciences•Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences•Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education•Psychology

College of Physical Sciences•Architecture•Chemistry•Computer Science & Informatics•Earth and Ocean Sciences•Engineering•Mathematics•Physics and Astronomy

-three main colleges-26 academic school

Cardiff School of Engineering*Cardiff School of Engineering is part of Cardiff University’s College of Physical Sciences. *The School is located in the Queen’s Buildings, on The Parade in Cardiff City Centre, Wales.*The School offers taught undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and postgraduate research degrees (PhD) in a range of engineering subjects, as well as being involved in a number of community, commercial and industrial partnerships.*The school hosts academic conferences and is involved in large scale research and engineering projects

*Research at the School of Engineering is organised into seven research institutes:

1.Institute of Energy 2.Institute of Environment and Sustainability 3.BRE Institute of Sustainable Engineering 4.Institute of Mechanics and Advanced Materials 5.Institute of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering 6.Institute of Medical Engineering and Medical Physics 7.Institute of Green Electronic Systems

Main building school of engineering

RANKING*Cardiff University continues the tradition of all three of its former institutions in providing high quality research-based education in Wales.*In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, 33 out of the 34 research areas submitted by the University for assessment were shown to be undertaking research that includes world-leading work.*Ranked 15 in the UK and top 123 in the world, Cardiff University is recognised in independent government assessments as one of Britain's leading teaching and research universities.(based on QS world university rankings 2014/15)*According to the latest league table standings, Cardiff also top 5 world in Mechanical Engineering for undergraduate

ACADEMIC FACILITIES

School of music

School of psychology

School of biosciences

School of chemistry

Bute building (school of architecture & school of journalism media and cultural studies)

ATHLETIC FACILITIES

*The University maintains fourteen student halls and a number of student houses throughout the city of Cardiff; providing a total of 5,362 student places in accommodation. *They are in a variety of architectural styles and ages, from the Gothic Aberdare Hall, built in 1895, to the modern Talybont Halls, built in 1995. All first-year students are guaranteed a place in Halls. *The Cardiff University Halls are: -Aberconway Hall -Aberdare Hall -Cartwright Court -Colum Hall -Gordon Hall -Roy Jenkins Hall -Senghennydd Court -Senghennydd Hall -Talybont Halls -University Hall

Aberdare hall

STUDENT ACOMMODATION

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