Bristol is ninety minutes west of London by train, a buzzing multicultural city of c.400,000 people. Its architecture, landscape and topography all help to account for Bristol’s unique character and it has more open space, parkland and woodland per head of population than any other city in England.
Founded in 1876, the University of Bristol is very much a part of the city, located less than a mile from the medieval waterfront. Bristol has been a port for a thousand years and it was from here that John Cabot sailed in 1497 on his historic voyage to Newfoundland.
The commercial port has moved downstream but the old docks in the city centre – now a thriving focus of leisure and the arts – retain powerful echoes of Bristol’s maritime origins. While the city boasts medieval churches and Georgian crescents as reminders of its past, today Bristol is a major financial and industrial centre. In 2003 the Government made the city one of the five European Centres of Culture.
The University has a student body of approximately 14,000 currently with students from over 100 countries. International students form about 12% of the student population. The Study Abroad Programme has been running for over fifty years and accepts students mostly for a full year. Applications for either the Autumn or Spring semester options are also welcome however. In addition to its academic stature, Bristol is an excellent compromise between campus university life and urban life in London. Study Abroad students enjoy not only the city’s attractions, but an active and lively student life into which they are fully encouraged to integrate, supported by the student union through many student clubs, societies and sporting groups. They take the same courses as other Bristol students and sit the same exams.
Housing is guaranteed for all study abroad students who apply by the deadline and there is a broad range available, typically in single study-bedrooms. All rooms have a telephone and facilities to connect to the internet. Whilst some residence halls and student houses are central, others are in adjacent suburbs. However, all outlying housing is within three miles of the university. Full orientation is given on arrival and full academic and welfare counselling is available throughout the students’ stay.
Tuiton fees for 2006-2007 are:
Full Year £8,550
Semester £4,275
Accommodation costs for 2006-2007 vary considerably between
£1,596 (shared room in Manor Hall which is self-catered)
and
£4,140 (flatlet in Winkworth House which is a student house)
Please see Prospectus on the Accommodation Office’s website for more information.
Academic Dates – there are always queries about dates because we use a three term system but two teaching blocks, defined by first (autumn) and second (spring) semesters. Consequentially autumn semester students leave for the Christmas break and return just for a couple of weeks after the Christmas break.
Full year - 2nd October 2006-16th June 2007
Autumn semester - 1st October 2006-27th January 2007
Spring semester - 24th January 2007-16th June 2007
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For more information, please:
:: Fill out our online enquiry form
:: or email: enquiries@irssstudyabroad.com