赫尔大学

University of Hull

花费Fee

生活费／周Catered costs £89-£150

英国欧盟UK/EU fees £9,000

实习／海外年Fees (placement/overseas year) £1,800/£1,350

国际学生Fees (international) £12,000-£14,400

地址Address

Cottingham Road, Hull, HU6 7RX

赫尔大学成立于1928年，是英国第14所成为独立大学的传统国立大学。学校位于英格兰东部约克郡的赫尔市区，离伦敦市区约三个多小时火车路程，由3个校园（区）组成。学校现有教职员工2,650名， 18,000多名注册学生，包括来自100多个国家的1,500多名海外学生。学校设备齐全，全电脑化的优良图书馆内有将近100万册书籍，还有大量期刊、报纸、微缩影片和其它现代化查询资料。赫尔大学在2013/14QS世界大学排名上位居全球第501-550位。

校区设置

赫尔大学有两处校区，分别在赫尔和斯卡伯勒市（Scarborough）。全部院系都坐落在一个环境优美的校园，让学生们感觉到生活在一个紧密的，受欢迎的社区。

赫尔是著名的港口城市，有许多娱乐之处，如酒吧、俱乐部、剧院和商场。市中心距大学乘公共汽车只须十五分钟，学校周边就有多家超市和银行。赫尔与欧洲其他地区之间有方便的航运、空运联系，是欧洲大陆的入口，去英国其他地方也很方便，历史名城约克和林肯市均相距不远。赫尔市十分安全，既有城市的热闹，也有平和的学习环境。

Scarborough校区集教学楼，图书馆，IT中心，学生会设施和学生公寓于一体，为学生提供了独特的友好的社区环境。

Scarborough校园位于赫尔北部40英里，距离英国最吸引人的海边胜地仅仅1英里。Scarborough的丰富历史表现在许多方面，包括中世纪的城堡，包罗万象的维多利亚公园，旅馆，和城市住宅。Scarborough拥有一系列的娱乐设施，商店，餐馆和娱乐设施。

赫尔校区和Scarborough校区的每个学生都能保证一间宿舍。大学宿舍包括学生公寓，极具吸引力的学生住宅，所有的都属于大学，大部分都建立在校园内。大学保证每个海外学生一间宿舍。两个校园还有许多私人住宅。

奖学金／助学金Bursaries/scholarships

University of Hull Scholarship for those with at least AAB at A Level or equivalent and household income below £42.6K, £2,100 cash a year. If not eligible for this scholarship and household income below £25K, bursary of £2,100 cash in year 1.

HYMS has its own bursary scheme (£2,400 a year accommodation bursary for 5 years when household income below £25K).

大学概况University Profile

This month’s intake of undergraduate degree students at Hull’s Scarborough campus will be the last. A review of operations at the North Yorkshire seaside campus will see some of the degree programmes transferred back to Hull, although foundation courses will continue to be offered at Scarborough for the time being.

The former teacher training college became part of the university in 2000 and has about 1,500 students taking degrees in education, business, digital media, environmental science and marine biology.

The university blames increased competition and believes that retrenching will produce economies of scale and enable teaching to be better aligned with research if all of it is happening in one place. Hull dropped into the bottom half of our league table last year for the first time, after dips in student satisfaction and graduate employment, traditionally two of Hull’s strongest suits. However, it succeeded in arresting sharp falls in applications and enrolments that followed the introduction of £9,000 fees – and this year rises five places in our rankings.

The university has been focusing on improvements to the student experience. The

Brynmor Jones Library, redeveloped at a cost of £27.4m, has a striking new atrium and revamped exterior that will be the centrepiece of the campus. The project will be complete this autumn.

Another £2m has been spent remodelling University House, which houses student services and a refurbished students’ union. The £2.5m refurbishment of The Lawns, at Cottingham, where seven hall of residence house 1,000 students, will bring improved student dining and social spaces as well as a gym and lecture facilities. The Wilberforce Building for law, politics and international studies has been refurbished.

There has also been a focus on employability, which includes the option of a 20-credit module on career management skills. The careers service approaches undergraduates early in their time at Hull and sets up meetings with potential employers on campus.

The university and the city have always commanded loyalty among students, who appreciate the modest cost of living and ready availability of accommodation, as well as the quality of courses.

The council is spending £25m to transform the city centre to celebrate its designation as the City of Culture for 2017. There are now around 18,500 students on the main campus in Hull and at the adjoining West Campus, which contains the Business School, a new Enterprise Centre to support local firms and the medical school, which is run jointly with the University of York. A further 1,500 are presently in Scarborough.

The original 94-acre main campus, less than three miles from the centre of Hull, has seen considerable development, with new buildings for languages and chemistry, a Graduate Research Institute and a state-of-the-art sport, health and exercise science laboratory.

There are 2,000 courses to choose from. A longstanding focus on Europe shows in the wide range of languages available at degree level, with the purpose-built Language Institute heavily used by all the students.

Strength in politics – confirmed by one of three top research grades – is reflected in a steady flow of graduates into the House of Commons. The Westminster Hull Internship Programme (WHIP), celebrating its 25^th anniversary this year, offers a year-long placement and month-long internships for British politics and legislative studies students. The Legal Advice Centre, staffed by law students, provides guidance and advice to the public. The university offers 400 adult education modules, as well as 2,000 courses for its full-time students.

Hull had the lowest proportion of world-leading research among England’s older universities in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. Health subjects, geography and environmental science, and drama, dance and performance achieved the best grades.

A new biomedical research building, funded partly through a gift from local businessman, Dr Assem Allam, opened last year and will focus on cancer and cardiovascular and metabolic diseases – both areas in which the university has an international reputation. By bringing together both academics and health professionals, it aims to quickly translate research into tangible benefits for patients. Allam is also putting up £7m to build a new headquarters for the Hull-York medical school.

An Institute for Learning encourages academics to put research findings into practice, developing training courses and developing the university’s interest in lifelong learning.

More than 90% of Hull’s undergraduates are state-educated, while a third are from working-class homes. Nearly one undergraduate in five is from an area with little tradition of participation in higher education, far higher than the national average for the university’s courses and entry qualifications. The projected dropout rate of 10% is also better than the university’s benchmark.

The popular and active students’ union is one of only eight six in 2014 to achieve the top grade at the Best Bar None Awards. New football pitches have been added recently on campus and the Sports and Fitness Centre has been attracting praise. There is a rolling programme of refurbishment of the halls of residence.

学生观点Student view

Richard Brooks, students’ union president

First impressions

The Humber suspension bridge that all students cross is one of the  biggest in the world.

Worst feature

How underestimated Hull is as a city.

Making a difference

We have a long tradition of funding the degrees of young people from economically deprived areas around Hull. 

Deal clincher

Hull is going to be the UK City of Culture in 2017 and the university is playing a fundamental role.