University

If you choose to study at the University of Manchester, you will certainly be in good company, as Manchester has the most international students of any university in the UK. Indeed, there are 8,800 internationals from 180 different countries studying at Manchester, making up 23% of the total number of students.

Students can choose from a huge range of subjects at Manchester, almost all of which have a very strong reputation within the UK. The vast number of students and courses at Manchester has even led to it being called ‘Britain’s most popular university’. The university is a city based institution, with its buildings spread throughout Manchester in the north of England. The city of Manchester is renowned for its vibrant night life, thriving music scene and world famous sports teams.

The University of Bedfordshire is located in the towns of Luton and Bedford, not far from London. Despite only being founded in 2006, it is hugely popular with international students who now make up almost a third of the university’s whole student population.

There is a large selection of courses at Bedfordshire in a wide range of subject areas. Though the reputations of the courses offered at the university vary, one particularly respected area of Bedfordshire’s is the ‘Journalism and Marketing’ department which is ranked second best in the UK.

The University is only about 40 minutes travel away from the centre of London by train, whilst the towns within the county of Bedfordshire have beautiful countryside and a busy nightlife, making it easy to relax or be entertained.

The University of Birmingham is a campus based university based in the UK’s second largest city. It is regularly placed in the top 20 universities in the UK in rankings tables and offers international students excellent academic, social and sporting opportunities.

Birmingham offers a huge list of different courses for students at both undergraduate and postgraduate level whilst also providing opportunities in foundation courses and distance learning. Through strong ties with the commercial world, the Business courses that the university teaches have an especially good reputation.

Students studying at Birmingham live on a university campus that is just outside the centre of the city of Birmingham. This means students get the benefit of an attractive campus that contains all the university buildings in one place, but also all the advantages of living in a city.

The University of Cambridge is considered one of the best universities not just in the UK, but in the world. It is split into 31 colleges spread throughout the beautiful city of Cambridge, and almost a quarter of its students are from abroad.

Students can choose from a wide range of academic courses in both arts and science. The courses are taught in an almost unique way, as students attend small weekly teaching groups called supervisions where they discuss the week’s work with their tutor and just one or two other students.

Life at Cambridge is impacted by the University’s college system. Students live, eat and study at their college, and much of a Cambridge student’s social and sporting life also revolves around their college, which acts as a small community within the larger university.

Although only fifty years old, the University of Warwick has quickly grown into a large campus university. In the rankings tables Warwick is frequently placed in the top five universities in the UK, and places great importance on improving international relations.

Warwick offers a huge range of different courses for international students, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. However, one of the university’s particular strengths is the Business school, thanks to the close links that the university has with the international business community.

A large part of a Warwick student’s life is the university campus where all the university buildings are within a few minutes walk of each other. The campus contains the largest arts centre in the UK outside of London, which offers a cinema, theatre and art gallery, whilst the Student Union offers nights out almost every day of the week.