贝德福德大学University of Bedfordshire

University of Bedfordshire

学费Tuition Fee

英国欧盟UK/EU fees £9,000

国际学生Fees (international) £9,750

地址Address

University Square, Luton, LU1 3JU

Performance		Score 数值	Ranking 排名
2015 Times Ranking	2015年泰晤士报排名		108
2014 Times Ranking	2014年泰晤士报排名		115
World Ranking	世界排名
Student satisfaction	学生满意度	81.9%	68
Research quality	研究质量	1.7%	102
Ucas entry points	本科录取水平	225	123
Graduate prospects	毕业生展望	59.3%	88
Firsts and 2:1s	1等及2等1学位比例	50.7%	121
Completion rate	完成度	82.3%	90
Student-staff ratio	学生-老师比	20.9:1	102
Services/facilities spend	服务/设施花费	£1,440	72
Graduate salaries	毕业生起薪	£20,473
Sports points/rank	体育	329	73

Social mix	学生情况	Score数值
Undergraduate (full-time)	本科全日制人数	11,575
Postgraduate (full-time)	研究生全日制人数	3,465
Applications/places	申请人数／录取人数	15,375/3,220
Applications/places ratio	申请录取率	4.8:1
EU students	欧盟学生	2.9%
Other overseas students	海外学生	10%
Mature	成年学生	28.9%
State school educated	公立学校教育	98.3%
Middle class/working class	中产／工薪比率	54.3/45.7

Student satisfaction 学生满意度
Subject	科目领域	％
Accounting & Finance	会计金融	85.6
Art & Design	艺术设计	84.3
Biological Science	生物科学	83.9
Business Studies	商务研究	79.2
Communication & Media Studies	传媒和媒体研究	78.5
Computer Science	计算机科学	74.8
Creative Writing	创造性写作	83.9
Drama, Dance & Cinematics	戏剧舞蹈和电影研究	80.7
Education	教育	86.1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	电子电气工程	84.3
English	英语	90.0
Hospitality, Leisure, Recreation & Tourism	酒店休闲娱乐和旅游	75.6
Law	法律	88.9
Nursing	护理	83.2
Psychology	心理学	81.5
Social Work	社会工作	73.7
Sociology	社会学	85.3
Sport Science	体育科学	83.5
Subjects allied to medicine	医学相关	72.1

贝德福特大学 是由鲁顿大学和德蒙福特大学于2006年8月1日合并成为的一所新兴大学。鲁顿大学的前身是鲁顿高等教育学院，教授本科学位课程的历史达40年之久。贝德福特大学是一所充满活力的现代化大学。它的地理环境十分理想，距离伦敦市中心仅30分钟的火车车程，但是它的生活费用比伦敦却要低廉得多。学校的学费也极具竞争性。贝德福特大学的教学质量享有盛誉，2003和2004年该校都被评为英格兰教学质量最佳的新式大学。贝德福特大学虽然是一所英国大学，但是它的师生来自世界各地。来自120个不同国家的国际学生正在此求学。

设施服务

全新的设备齐全的学生公寓，及一个高级设计室，一个设备先进的多媒体多功能厅，一个配置超过500台最新电脑和其它电子设备的计算机中心，一个藏书丰富的学习资源中心，并翻新了研究中心。学校主楼还设有一个带标准装备的广播室，供媒体专业的学生运用计算机制作产生数码效果的录音材料。学校的语言学习中心备有设施齐全的语言实验室，并有辅导员对学生进行免费课余辅导。

校区介绍

英国贝德福特大学共有三个校区：鲁顿校区、Putteridge Bury校区及贝德福特校区。鲁顿校区下设三个学院：商学院，卫生与社会科学学院，创作艺术与技术学院。Putteridge Bury校区主要教授商学院的硕士课程。教育与体育科学学院设在贝德福特校区，课程包括：教育、社会学、表演艺术、运动科学、国际注册会计师认证、国际注册管理会计师认证、国际市场营销认证及皇家特许人事与发展学会认证等。攻读学士学位一般需要三年，授课型硕士学位一年，博士学位全日制三年，非全日制五年。除学位课程外，学校还设有各类学士/硕士预科班，和英语语言课程，为海外学生在正式进入学位课程前提供强化语言的培训。在众多的学位课程中，最受欢迎的科目包括商业类，计算机类，媒体类和旅游类等。

住宿

学校保证为国际新生提供现代化的专门修建的学生宿舍。这些宿舍都在主教学楼附近。

交通

主要的伦敦国际机场希思罗和盖特威克距离卢顿都只一小时的路程。此外卢顿国际机场还有很多低成本的直达航班，飞往爱丁堡、都柏林，和阿姆斯特丹、日内瓦、巴黎、巴塞罗那、马德里、米兰、雅典、拉那卡、柏林、布拉迪斯拉发、布达佩斯、克拉科夫和华沙等欧洲城市。

地理位置

贝德福特大学距离伦敦市中心仅30分钟的火车车程，周围是美丽的切尔顿山（Chiltern Hills）。 卢顿是一个独立的城镇，不隶属于伦敦，因此这里的生活比首都要低廉得多。对于学生来说，卢顿的地理环境十分理想，因为坐上火车不一会儿，就可以充分享受伦敦的一切。 卢顿国际机场有很多低成本航班，飞往许多英国和欧洲城市。伦敦的盖特威克和希思罗国际机场距此只一个小时的路程。 卢顿是一座中型城镇，人口约为25万。该镇很大，因为它有丰富的设施；但是它又很小，因为很快你就能熟悉和适应当地的环境。 镇上为所有宗教信仰都提供了礼拜设施。你也能在此找到各国风味的食物。卢顿还有一个著名的中国超级市场，有供应南亚和非洲食物的餐厅与咖啡馆。

课程设置

英国贝德福特大学学科设置，非常注重职业性和实用性特征，紧紧抓住现代社会对人才要求的发展趋势，不断调整、增设新学科，新专业。如：跨文化交际，电子商务类，工商管理类，高级计算机技术类，大众传媒类，旅游酒店管理类等等，一应俱全。此外，贝德福特大学也设有将两个完全不同的专业结合起来学习的双学科学位，例如市场营销和媒体实践，新闻学与公共关系，媒体实践与公共关系等。学生可以根据自己的兴趣爱好和职业方向，选择最适合自己的专业课程。这种综合性的课程，可以让学生掌握多种技能知识于一身，在跨学科人才炙手可热的这个时代更具竞争力。

学术实力

贝德福特大学开设的课程非常广泛：艺术、设计、商务（包括工商管理硕士）、旅游、广告、营销、公共关系、计算机（包括非计算机专业的毕业生转读计算机硕士课程）、法学（包括法学硕士）、媒体、卫生保健、生物医学科学、社会科学、体育与心理学。学校既有预科、学士、硕士课程，也有研究式课程，和各种程度的英语语言课程。

贝德福特大学的所有课程都给学生机会发展雇主需要的核心技能，如团队合作、做陈述和使用信息技术。贝德福特毕业生的良好的就业记录充分证明了学校在这个方面的成功。

贝德福特大学在高等教育质量保障局（QAA）代表英国政府所做的教学评估中，获得了极好的评分。学校的建筑、媒体、生物科学、护理、心理学和设计等6个专业一直都荣获QAA的“优秀”。这些都是贝德福特大学在教学质量上的优异记录，也使学校因此享有杰出的声誉。

Times公布的2008年英国大学最新综合排名中，贝德福特大学现排名84。韦伯麦特里克斯网的世界大学排名中，贝德福特大学排名3484。

教学质量

英国所有的高等学府均受政府的定期审查，每4年评比一次，以确保高校教学质量。其中护理类，媒体艺术类，商科类均是英国贝德福特大学的强项，也得到了社会各界的承认和一致好评。

高性价比

贝德福特大学在提供高标准教学质量的同时，尽可能提供具有竞争力的价格。与毗邻伦敦地区的高消费相比，在贝德福特大学全年生活费用仅需要4,500-5,500英镑。根据所学课程的不同，包括学费和生活费在内，每年所需的总费用在1万到1.5万英镑之间。仅仅30分钟的车程，使学生不用生活学习在高消费的伦敦，却能随时去感受大都市的气息。以大学所在的地理优势及强劲的师资力量，在学费上有着无可比拟的优势。较高的性价比也成为了多年来贝德福特大学倍受海外学生青睐的主要原因之一。

一流的教学设施

为了给越来越多的学生提供更好的学习环境和最新的学习设备，贝德福特大学至今已投资了4,000多万英镑兴建了全新设备齐全的学生公寓。学习资源中心不仅有传统的图书馆和音像设施，更有现代电子系统。学校计算机网络与超级Jenet（英国高等教育和科研网）连通，使学生可以通过互联网，到世界各大电子学术杂志网站及数据库查寻所需的资料，获取世界各地的信息并可与世界各地的朋友相互通讯联系。

校企合作

贝德福德大学很重视就业问题：开设职业课程、创新教学方法并与工业界保持紧密联系。我们能够确保学生获得最新的雇主所需要的技能。于是，根据2011高等教育调查，我们的学校就业率高达90%（毕业六月内去工作或继续学业）。

贝德福德大学与苹果、思科等国际大企业拥有广泛深入的合作关系，是"苹果卓越教育中心"，"思科区域学院"。

兼职打工

学校的职业中心为所有贝德福德大学的在校学生和毕业生提供工作机会。学校也会为其他学校的毕业的学生提供当地工作的机会。

奖学金／助学金Bursaries/scholarships

Welcome package of £350 (£500 if from partner colleges) for university services.

Household income below £25K, welcome package plus flexible payment £150, year 1; £300, years 2 and 3.

大学概况University Profile

Bedfordshire launched an attractive new campus in Milton Keynes in 2013 to add to its main bases in Luton and Bedford. But applications still dropped by 15% last year and the undergraduate intake was 1,000 lower than in the boom year of 2011.

University Campus Milton Keynes, which is a partnership with the local authority, opened with 100 students taking engineering, technology, health and business courses. It will expand with the fastest-growing city in the UK, but the bulk of the students will still be on the university’s town-centre site in Luton, where a new £46m library is due to open before the 2015 entrants arrive.

The Milton Keynes initiative is typical of a university which has one of the most diverse student bodies of any university. Almost all of Bedfordshire’s entrants are from state schools and 45% come from working-class backgrounds. Around a third of the undergraduates are 21 or over on entry and about the same proportion take part-time courses. 

The numbers admitted through clearing have dropped from nearly one in three to under one in ten, and the projected dropout rate has improved considerably. Although it was over 13% in the last survey, that figure was better than the national average (14.9%) based on the university’s courses and students’ entry qualifications.

Surprisingly high numbers are recruited from outside the EU, many of them taking postgraduate courses. The withdrawal by the government of permission for the university to recruit non-EU students between June and early August this year therefore had the potential to hit the university hard. 

The move followed a crackdown on suspect English language qualifications held by international students. However, an investigation by UK Visas and Immigration found no failings in the Bedfordshire’s management and monitoring of international recruits and it was cleared to resume operations.

Bedfordshire has spent £180m on its six campuses since the university changed its identity in 2006, when the former Luton University took over De Montfort’s campus in Bedford and adopted the county’s name. Another £120m has been committed for a range of projects over the next few years. 

A new campus centre opened in Luton in 2010, with teaching and exhibition space as well as the students’ union, information desks and a careers and employment centre. A £40m student halls complex with ensuite facilities, phone and high-speed internet access, a Postgraduate and Continuing Professional Development Centre and a well-equipped media arts centre have followed.

The Bedford campus, in a leafy setting 20 minutes’ walk from the town centre, has a new campus centre comprising a 280-seat auditorium and a students’ union, as well as an accommodation block for 500 students. Further redevelopment is planned. 

The campus is home to the Education and Sport Faculty, with 3,273 students, making it the UK’s largest provider of physical education teacher training, as well as a national centre for other subjects at primary and secondary level. Another 1,000 students take subjects such as performing arts, law and business management.

The Putteridge Bury campus, a neo-Elizabethan mansion on the outskirts of Luton, doubles as a management centre and conference venue, as well as an academic teaching space.  It is home to the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Postgraduate Medical School, which is run in partnership with Hertfordshire and Cranfield universities. 

Nursing and midwifery students in the growing Faculty of Health and Social Sciences are based at the Butterfield Park campus, near Luton, or at the Oxford House development, in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. Placements are available at wide range of hospitals, including Stoke Mandeville, Wycombe General Hospital, Luton & Dunstable and Bedford.

Bedfordshire’s courses are largely vocational. The portfolio of two-year foundation degrees has been scaled back, but a range of subjects from animal management to web design and software development are provided through partner colleges in a wide range of towns and cities across the east of England. 

The university pioneered electronic assessment, with more than 10,000 students in disciplines from accountancy to biology tested by computer. Bedfordshire was also awarded a national centre of excellence in personal development planning and employability, aiming to link student learning with life after university. 

The university celebrated much-improved results in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, registering at least some world-leading work in earth systems and environmental science, social work, social policy and administration, sport, tourism and leisure, English language and literature, and communications, cultural and media studies. 

Bedfordshire was awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize in 2013 for applied research on child exploitation, which influenced new safeguarding policy and practice.

Bedfordshire has seesawed in our league table, partly because it has struggled in the National Student Survey, although its student satisfaction scores have risen sharply this year to rank the university higher than on any other of our league table measures. Some of the lowest entry requirements of any university and a poor student:staff ratio make it hard for the university to perform well in our league table.

Both Luton and Bedford have their share of pubs, clubs and restaurants, and London is only half an hour away by train from Luton. Bedford’s impressive sports facilities were used to host athletes for the 2012 Olympics and are expected to have a role in the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The university broke into the top 20 in the People and Planet Green League in 2013, scoring highly for its reduction in carbon emissions, and it is Fairtrade accredited.

学生观点Student view

Daniel Login, students’ union president

First impressions

Loads of new buildings over the past five years, including new halls of residence and a library on the way.

Worst feature

Ideally we would want sports facilities on campus, but we do have a sports complex nearby.

Making a difference

The university subsidises a summer school trip to China.

Deal clincher

We’re a small university, so there is more opportunity for you to get involved.