Anglia Ruskin University has a history dating back to 1858 when the Cambridge campus was opened as a Interior Design Schools. The University now has 5 academic faculties offering a range of high quality undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the beautiful academic city of Cambridge and the historic town of Chelmsford. Both are medium sized towns of around 200,000 inhabitants, where it is easy and safe to live, work and travel around. The University in each location is in the town or city centre, close to shopping and leisure facilities. Both sites are within an hour of London and well served by public transport links from major airports, providing easy access to other European cities.
Opportunities for international students include flexible one semester or one year study abroad programmes, full three-year undergraduate and one year postgraduate degree schools in the academic areas of Arts, Law and Social Sciences, Business, Education, Health & Social Care and Science & Technology. Our high quality courses aim to develop independent study skills which are a special feature of the British education tradition. Lecturers are experienced and professional and have a great understanding of the needs of international students.
Profile and reputation
Anglia Ruskin University is one of the largest universities in the East of England, and one of the largest providers of face-to-face part-time training in the country. In the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008, more than 30% of Anglia Ruskin’s submissions were rated as Internationally Excellent or World-Leading. Among the academic disciplines now rated World Leading are Allied Health Professions & Studies; Art & Design; English Language & Literature; Geography & Environmental Studies; History; Music; Psychology; and Social Work & Social Policy & Administration. The University jumped 35 places in the Times Higher Education tables following the announcement of the outcome of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) results. Anglia Ruskin University was shortlisted for the Outstanding Employer Engagement Initiative Award at the Times Higher Education Awards 2008.
On 3 July 2008, Anglia Ruskin University was rated 4th in the “Green League” of British universities, compiled by People and Planet. The league is based on nine environmental criteria, both policy and performance related. It incorporates data obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, including the percentage of waste recycled and CO2 emissions for each individual institution.Anglia Ruskin university is ranked among the top 2000 universities in the world.
A recent investigation performed at the end of 2007 by the QAA reveal that as a result of its investigations, the audit team’s view of Anglia Ruskin University is that confidence can reasonably be placed in the soundness of the institution’s present and likely future management of the academic standards of the awards that it offers and the quality of the learning opportunities available to students.
Facilities
Anglia Ruskin’s Cambridge Campus is home to one of only 5 Optometry schools in England (with there being only 8 in the whole of the UK) having its own Optometry Clinic offering free eye tests and a full range of optometric services to members of the public throughout the academic year.
The Cambridge campus is currently undergoing extensive redevelopment, which began with the refurbishment of Helmore, the main building on East Road, completed in 2006. In 2009, one of the University’s largest buildings, Rackham, in the centre of the campus, was demolished to make way for the new Ashcroft International Business School (AIBS) which is rivalled only by the University of Cambridge itself, demonstrating Anglian Ruskin Cambridge Campus’s all round academic reputation and prestige.
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