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| Bradford is a bustling, diverse, friendly and energetic city - and the university follows suit. It continues to attract large numbers of applicants, drawn by the promise of good employment prospects, a low cost of living and arguably the best curry in the country. The city-centre campus fosters a close-knit student community and has undergone a huge £84m refurbishment including Student Central (home to the library, the SU, social and study zones and bars), and The Green – an eco-friendly student village, which is currently the most sustainable building in the world, and the first student accommodation in the country to achieve an official BREEAM outstanding rating as a blue-print for eco-friendly living. | Bradford is a bustling, diverse, friendly and energetic city - and the university follows suit. It continues to attract large numbers of applicants, drawn by the promise of good employment prospects, a low cost of living and arguably the best curry in the country. The city-centre campus fosters a close-knit student community and has undergone a huge £84m refurbishment including Student Central (home to the library, the SU, social and study zones and bars), and The Green – an eco-friendly student village, which is currently the most sustainable building in the world, and the first student accommodation in the country to achieve an official BREEAM outstanding rating as a blue-print for eco-friendly living. |
| The university is committed to sustainable development and has won various environmental awards including platinum standard in 2012 in the BiTC Environment Index. It also runs an award-winning Ecoversity programme. | |
£9,000 for full-time undergraduates in | Fees £9,000 for full-time undergraduates in 2013-14. |
| Scholarships />A range of scholarships are available in 2013-14 including: | |
| ABB scholarships: worth £3,500 over the duration of a three-year degree, to all home and EU students who achieve ABB or higher in their A-levels (or equivalent). | |
| National Scholarship Programme: includes £1,500 off tuition fees in year 1, £1,000 towards first-year accommodation in the student village plus £500 of university services such as food, printing, photocopying etc. | |
| Ford scholarships: Ford is providing sponsorship of £10,000 a student over a three-year period. | |
| For information on other scholarships, visit bradford.ac.uk/scholarships. | For information on other scholarships, visit bradford.ac.uk/scholarships. |
Prices for rooms in the university's on-campus sustainable student village ranged from | Accommodation Prices for rooms in the university's on-campus sustainable student village ranged from £88.98 to £96.72 a week in 2012-13, and rooms in university-nominated halls near the School of Management were £93 a week. |
| Excluding bills, private rents in Bradford average around £50 a week in 2013. | |
| Facilities The university has PCs and free Wi-Fi throughout campus. Students can use the university's mobile app to check availability of PCs. | Facilities The university has PCs and free Wi-Fi throughout campus. Students can use the university's mobile app to check availability of PCs. |
| The university has secured £3m funding from Hefce to deliver the Building STEM at Bradford project to design and build a learning space with high-quality laboratory facilities, and create exciting opportunities for schools and colleges to use them. | The university has secured £3m funding from Hefce to deliver the Building STEM at Bradford project to design and build a learning space with high-quality laboratory facilities, and create exciting opportunities for schools and colleges to use them. |
| The Sustainable Enterprise Centre will be opening summer 2013 and will />provide space for business start-up, knowledge transfer, world-class research and enterprise support. The School of Health Studies includes radiography rooms, clinical wards and a maternity unit. | |
| Transport Walking to the town centre takes about 15 minutes. Leeds is approximately 20 minutes away by train, and Bradford is within reach of Leeds Bradford international airport and the M62 motorway. | Transport Walking to the town centre takes about 15 minutes. Leeds is approximately 20 minutes away by train, and Bradford is within reach of Leeds Bradford international airport and the M62 motorway. |
| Bradford has a freecity bus that runs every few minutes from early morning until early evening, Mondays to Saturdays, connecting the university to the train stations and shopping hub. The UBUS is a free safety bus service run by the student union during term-time to transport students and staff anywhere within a two-mile radius of campus. A bus service runs between the City campus and School of Management campus. | Bradford has a freecity bus that runs every few minutes from early morning until early evening, Mondays to Saturdays, connecting the university to the train stations and shopping hub. The UBUS is a free safety bus service run by the student union during term-time to transport students and staff anywhere within a two-mile radius of campus. A bus service runs between the City campus and School of Management campus. |
Find out how this university performed in the People & Planet Green League ranking. | |
| Contact Tel: 0800 073 1225 Email: course-enquiries@bradford.ac.uk Web: bradford.ac.uk Accommodation: halls-of-residence@bradford.ac.uk | Contact Tel: 0800 073 1225 Email: course-enquiries@bradford.ac.uk Web: bradford.ac.uk Accommodation: halls-of-residence@bradford.ac.uk |