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University of Sunderland
Edinburgh Building
Chester Road
Sunderland
SR1 3SD
Tel 0191 515 2000
Fax: 0191 515 2687
www.sunderland.ac.uk
alison.steel@sunderland.ac.uk (Director of External Relations)
Background
The University of Sunderland is a dynamic modern university with a growing reputation. The quality of its courses is underpinned by excellent teaching ratings and it is the best ‘new’ university in the UK for overall quality, quantity and range of research. A recent survey commissioned by The Times Higher Education Supplement named Sunderland the ‘best university for student experience’ in England.
Student Numbers
17,000 (full and part time)
Number of courses / study programmes
184 full time undergraduate and postgraduate courses
(Plus joint honours courses, part time courses and short courses)
Faculties
The University has five academic schools:
- School of Arts, Design, Media and Culture
- School of Computing and Technology
- School of Education and Lifelong Learning
- School of Health, Natural and Social Sciences
- Sunderland Business School
Specialist areas
- Computing, including Robotics
- Automotive Engineering
- Business and Management
- Law
- Psychology
- Media, including Journalism, Radio and TV Broadcasting
- History, English and Tourism
- Art and Design, including Drama, Dance, Performing Arts, Glass and Ceramics
- Sports and Leisure, including Elite Performance and Sports Science
- Pharmacy, Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences
- Health, Society and the Environment, including Criminology and Primary Care
- Education and Lifelong Learning
Research / teaching ratings
The University has a growing reputation for high quality research, confirmed by the results of the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE, December 2001), which showed that Sunderland is the best ‘new’ university (former polytechnic) overall in the UK for research.
The University attracted £12m in research funding and other external income in collaboration with industry. Sunderland is one of the most successful universities in the UK in terms of its efficiency in generating external research income – for every £1 of core research funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England, the University attracts £3.45m of external research income.
Industry / Business links
The University has strong partnerships with local commerce and industry, with employability and enterprise featuring heavily in many courses. The University has a dedicated business development team enabling companies to tap into University expertise.
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