University of East Anglia, UK

Sprawled over 200 hectares in Norfolk county, University of East Anglia was the first British varsity to offer study programmes in creative writing, environmental sciences and development studies PROMOTED IN 1963, over the past half century, the University of East Anglia (UEA) has built itself a global reputation for teaching and research. Times Higher Education in its Top 100 Under 50 league table, which rates the world’s best 100 universities of less than 50 years vintage, ranked UEA #16 worldwide last year. Within the UK, the Complete University Guide 2013 ranks it #15 while the Guardian ranks UEA #17. Moreover, according to the UK’s latest Research Assessment Exercise, 87 percent of research conducted at UEA is of œinternational standing, while 50 percent is world leading or internationally excellent. Sprawled over 200 hectares of parkland in Norwich (Norfolk county), the now 51-year-old public university was the first higher ed institution in the UK to offer study programmes in creative writing, environmental sciences and development studies. Currently the university’s four faculties arts and humanities, medicine and health sciences, science, and social sciences ” and 28 schools of study offer a wide range of undergraduate, postgrad and doctoral programmes to 15,000 students from more than 100 countries. UEA was founded to do different in 1963 and from the start, we were different in approach. We were the first university to offer a course in creative writing, taught by Malcolm Bradbury, and a School of Environmental Sciences inspired by Solly Zuckerman. Both are still world-class authorities in their fields, hugely important and a major part of our future plans, says Edward Acton, vice chancellor of UEA. Norwich. Sited in east England on the river Wensum, Norwich (pop. 213,166) is an eclectic mix of the historic and modern. The city hosts two medieval cathedrals, a Norman-era castle, Norwich Guildhall, and an open-air market dating back to the Saxon period as well as contemporary shopping malls, bustling cafes and restaurants. Voted among the Top 10 shopping destinations in the UK, Norwich also offers six theatres with the Theatre Royal regularly staging West End productions; four cinemas; several museums and a host of art galleries. A wide range of restaurants, cafes, pubs, and bars offer students exciting nightlife options. Trains running every 30 minutes provide easy access to London, two hours by rail and three by road. The Norwich International Airport is only 15 minutes from the city centre. Norwich experiences a temperate maritime climate, and as such is exempt from extreme temperatures which are a feature of UK’s inland towns and cities. Summer temperatures range from 24oC-33oC and in winter from 1oC-11oC. Campus facilities. The single-site 200-hectare campus which has won more than 20 architectural awards, offers modern lecture theatres, the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, state-of-the-art laboratories, psychology research pods and observation suites, drama and electro-acoustic music studios, telecommunication suites and sports and social amenities. The university™s library houses 800,000 volumes, a range of electronic resources including major bibliographic and citation databases, an extensive audio-visual…