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Loughborough University

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Source: Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings Copyright © 2009 QS Intelligence Unit
230= -   Arts & Humanities-  Natural Sciences
176  Engineering & IT250  Social Sciences
World Rankings187  Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Source: Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings Copyright © 2009 QS Intelligence Unit
237= -  Arts & Humanities438  Natural Sciences
178  Engineering & IT216  Social Sciences
World Rankings275  Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Source: Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings Copyright © 2009 QS Intelligence Unit
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World Rankings  
Source: Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings Copyright © 2009 QS Intelligence Unit

Loughborough University has an international reputation for excellence in teaching and research, strong links with industry, and unrivalled sporting achievement.

Based on a safe, 433-acre, single-site campus – the largest in the UK – the University has plenty of open space, gardens and sports areas interspersed with academic buildings and student accommodation. The campus is located on the outskirts of the market town of Loughborough, with easy access from the M1 and East Midlands Airport. London St Pancras is only 90 minutes away.

Loughborough is well known for the quality of its teaching, verified by teaching quality assessment scores averaging 22.5 out of a possible 24. The University gained a top five place in the 2006 National Student Survey, with nine out of its 23 departments topping their subject tables, and recently published national league tables place Loughborough among the top ten UK universities.

To sustain the high quality of teaching the University has developed strong academic, guidance and welfare systems to support its students throughout their education. In 2006 Loughborough won a national award for the UK’s Best Student Experience.

In addition to first-class teaching, the University also delivers research that matters and has a reputation for the relevance of its work, driven by society’s need for applied solutions to real-world problems. The most recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) recognised research of international excellence in all departments, with the coveted 5* grade awarded in Sports-related Subjects, Social Sciences and Built Environment and 90% of the University’s departments graded 4 or 5.

Commercial potential is the heart of much of Loughborough’s research and the University has a strong track record of fostering innovation and spin out company formation. To date over 20 spin-outs have been nurtured – more per research pound than any other institution in the UK. The campus also houses an award-winning Innovation Centre, an incubator facility for 40 start-up companies.

The University has long-standing collaborative links with many blue-chip companies, including Ford, BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, JCB and Lotus. Sited on the campus are the £10m Henry Ford College for retail and management training of Ford employees throughout Europe, the Rolls-Royce Fuel Cells facility, and the Systems Engineering Innovation Centre (SEIC) – a partnership venture between the University and BAE Systems. A state-of-the-art Sports Technology Institute, the largest facility of its type in the world, is due to open early 2008. Dedicated to working with industry, the Institute will help to improve the chances of athletes winning Gold at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and beyond.

Close links with industry allow the University’s students to benefit from profitable work placements, with 65% of Loughborough’s degrees offering a year in industry. Professional institutions and business regard the University’s degree programmes highly, and its graduates are consistently targeted by the UK's top recruiters.

In recognition of its contribution to the sector, Loughborough has been awarded five Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education – an achievement bettered by no other university.

Faculty

Number of Faculty Staff Headcount: 0 FTE: 1,143

Total number of academic faculty staff who are responsible for planning, directing and undertaking teaching only, research only or both teaching and research. Please include: vice-chancellors, deputy vice-chancellors, principals, professors, heads of school, associate professors, principal lecturers, tutors or postdoctoral researchers. Please exclude research assistants*, PhD students who contribute to teaching, hospital residents and exchange scholars or visiting faculty staff who are members of another university. * The important distinction for us is that staff counted as 'research only' should be academically involved in that research and should be likely to publish research outputs. A research assistant, in our understanding, is any individual who is not doing own research and is therefore not likely to publish own research outputs. Said individual is (only) involved in research in terms of operation execution , such as lab technician or equipment operator.

Number of International Faculty Staff Headcount: 0 FTE: 283

Number of academic faculty staff who are of foreign nationality. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even if from another EU state. In Hong Kong, this includes professors from Mainland China. Inclusion and exclusion mirrors those for academic faculty staff. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained.

Undergraduate Information

Number of Undergraduate Students Headcount: 0 FTE: 10,864

Number of students pursuing a Bachelor’s level or equivalent degree. This excludes certificates/diplomas and associate’s degrees.

Number of International Undergraduate Students Headcount: 0 FTE: 1,062

Number of undergraduate students who are foreign nationals. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained. Please exclude all exchange students. As for language students, if the language students take up a particular language course that is outlined as 'undergraduate degree program' they should be included under 'international undergraduate students' . Language students who take part in a course not contributing to a degree qualification should be counted under 'Total International Students'.

Average International Undergraduate Fees $ GBP 9,700

Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that an international student would be expected to pay for an undergraduate program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?

Average Domestic Undergraduate Fees $ GBP 1,175

Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that a domestic student would be expected to pay for an undergraduate program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?

Graduate / Postgraduate Information

Number of Graduate / Postgraduate Students Headcount: 0 FTE: 3,581

Students pursuing a higher-level degree (Master and Doctorate), including both taught and research postgraduates (e.g. PhD students)
Number of International Graduate/Postgraduate Students Headcount: 0 FTE: 2,049

Number of graduate / postgraduate students who are foreign nationals. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained. Please exclude all exchange students. As for language students, if they take up a particular language course that is outlined as 'postgraduate degree program', they should be included under 'international postgraduate students'. Language students who take part in a course not contributing to a degree qualification should be counted under 'Total International Students'.

Average International Graduate / Postgraduate Fees $ GBP 9,850

Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that an international student would be expected to pay for a graduate / postgraduate program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?

Average Domestic Graduate / Postgraduate Fees $ GBP 3,085

Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that a domestic student would be expected to pay for a graduate / postgraduate program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?

Students

Total Students Headcount: 16,580 FTE: 13,200

Total number of students.
Total International Students Headcount: 3,345 FTE: 2,302

Number of students who are foreign nationals. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained.
Average International Student Fees $ GBP 9,775

Average tuition fees per year that an international student would be expected to pay for any course
Average Domestic Student Fees $ GBP 2,130

Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that a domestic student would be expected to pay for any program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?

Graduate Output

Proportion of Graduates Employed Headcount: 86 %

Proportion of graduates (excluding those opting to pursue further study) in permanent employment within 6 months of graduation
Number of PhDs Awarded Headcount: 204

Total number of PhDs awarded in the last 12 months

Entry Requirements

Avg Entry Requirements Headcount: 3

Please express the average academic achievement entry requirements for your institution. Please convert your domestic requirements to the US Grade Point Average system. The five-point numerical scale is typically correlated with the A-F/A-E quality index. (A=4.0, B=3.0, C=2.0, D=1.0, E or F = 0.0) In our context, a value of 0 will imply to us that your institution has an "open access" admissions policy and will in no way count against your institution in any future table built upon this data. You can use World Education Services (WES) Toolkit as guidline: http://www.wes.org/gradeconversionguide/index.asp (copy and paste)

Main claims to international academic or non-academic excellence

Loughborough is internationally renowned in many areas of research and boasts a host of leading academics in their fields. For instance, the Institute of Development Engineering is internationally recognised as an expert in how to provide and manage sustainable infrastructure – clean water, safe sanitation and efficient roads - for the world's poorest people. It provides teaching, research and consultancy in over 65 countries worldwide, particularly through its Water and Engineering Development Centre (WEDC). With many collaborative links with overseas universities for teaching and research, it runs annual conferences, alternately in Africa and Asia, to bring general expertise to the places where it is needed. The Institute is also highly regarded for its applied research in areas such as the provision of emergency relief. In recent years it was selected by relief organisations to assist with major refugee crisis in Bangladesh, with the Kurds after the Gulf War, and in Sudan, Rwanda and Zaire.

Several of the University’s departments have international partnerships, in Singapore, India and Pakistan, to name just a few. Links have also been built through sports activity, and key universities with strong academic and coaching activities that have close affinities to Loughborough are Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Massie, Stellanboche and Beijing Sports University.

Such partnerships reinforce Loughborough’s position as the UK’s premier university for sport. It boasts an unparalleled record of
excellence, having dominated the British Universities Sports Association (BUSA) championships for very nearly thirty years. Some of the most celebrated names in sport – including world record breaking athletes Sebastian Coe, Paula Radcliffe, David Moorcroft and Steve Backley; probably the greatest-ever Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson; England cricketer Monty Panesar; and World Cup winning England rugby coach Clive Woodward – have studied at Loughborough. Over 250 international level athletes are currently studying and training on campus. The University also has the largest concentration of high quality sports training facilities, equipment and support resources in the world and is home to the ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board) National Centre.

Range of Fees

Tuition fees for UK and EU students for the academic year 2008/09 are £3,070 (plus an inflation adjustment) for each full-time undergraduate degree programme. The tuition fee for students on a sandwich placement in 2007/08 is £610.

For the latest information about tuition fees for international students, see http://www.lboro.ac.uk/international

Basic TOEFL/IELTS requirements

– The British Council’s English Language Test (IELTS) with minimum 6.5-7.0 score University Test in English (NEAB) grades BBBBB
– TOEFL (including the Tests in Written and Spoken Practice) with 600 minimum score for paper-based test, 250 for computer-based test, and 90 for Internet-based test

Details of other accepted qualifications can be found at http://www.lboro.ac.uk/admin/elsu/presses.htm

Accommodation

The University has 16 halls of residence, mostly on campus, with a multi-million pound campus accommodation development, for undergraduates and postgraduates, due to be completed in 2009. University-accredited and inspected private rented accommodation is also available. Hall accommodation in the first year is guaranteed to students making Loughborough their first choice university.

Accommodation Range

Catered hall accommodation averages £113 per week, self-catering £78 and private rents £60.

Finance and Scholarships

To help with living expenses, in 2007 Loughborough is offering renewable bursaries to selected full-time UK students as follows:

– A bursary of £1,330 for students aged below 21 with a household income of up to £17,910
– A bursary of £2,660 for students aged 21 and over at the start of their course with a household income of up to £17,910
– A bursary of £1,125 for students aged below 21 with a household income of between £17,911 and £20,000
– A bursary of £2,250 for students aged 21 and over at the start of their course with a household income of between £17,911 and £20,000
– A range of other bursaries for students and mature students with household incomes on a scale up to £33,750.

Merit-based scholarships of £1,000, for the year of entry only, are being offered for 2007/08 for selected undergraduate courses in the Science and Engineering faculties.

The University has the largest sports scholarship programme in the country, enabling talented young athletes to excel in both their academic and sporting achievements.

Up to three Music Scholarships, together with 90 music tuition bursaries, are awarded each year.

For further information see http://www.lboro.ac.uk/funding

More than 100 scholarships, worth 25% of the annual tuition fee for the duration of the programme, are offered to outstanding new international applicants. Further information is available at http://www.lboro.ac.uk/international

Entry Requirements

Entry BCC to AAA A level grades or equivalent, depending on the course. See http://www.lboro.ac.uk/prospectus/ug/index.htm for individual course requirements

Language Support

A one-week residential course for international students is held in September, to provide practical information about living and studying in the UK and Loughborough.

The English Language Study Unit also runs a two-week study skills course in September. See http://www.lboro.ac.uk/admin/elsu/presses.htm for more information

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