Cardiff University Guide

 

Cardiff is one of the UK's most popular University cities, with over 30,000 students making their home here during term time. According to a recent survey by the Royal Bank of Scotland, Cardiff is the most cost effective place in the UK to study.

The city's oldest and largest University is located in the Portland stone buildings of the civic centre, just minutes away from the city centre. Over 25,000 students attend courses in 28 Academic schools, including journalism, engineering and optometry schools. The University is also ranked as 7th best research University in UK.

 

A place in one of the University’s 5,100 student rooms is guaranteed to all first-year undergraduates, and the main campus is only a short walk from Cathays – the most popular student neighbourhood in the city.

The Student Union on Park Place boasts three live venues and regularly hosts international and local bands. The union is also home to the student radio station and the award winning student paper, Gair Rhydd.

Over 9000 students study as Cardiff’s Metropolitan University, which is spread across four campuses at Llandaff, Cyncoed, Colchester Avenue and Howard Gardens. UWIC specialises in career orientated arts and sports courses, with 95% of graduates finding suitable work within six months of graduating.

As a top sports college its leisure facilities are first class, with many international standard facilities built in the last few years - including the National Indoor Athletics Centre at Cyncoed. The student union runs bars at each of the four campuses, as well as a city centre nightclub.

 

The Welsh valleys, just a few minutes north of Cardiff, are home to Glamorgan University’s main campus in Treforest, near the market town of Pontypridd. The large campus features modern lecture theatres, sports facilities, recording studios, two bars and a nightclub, and the student halls are only a short walk away.

In September 2007 the university opened its Cardiff city centre campus, the ATRium, offering state-of-the art facilities and lecture theatres for courses including architecture, media and music.