University of Plymouth

About The University

Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, United Kingdom

The University of Plymouth is a public university that was established in 1862 as a polytechnic institute. The institute gained the status of a university in 1992 and is also the first contemporary university to start a private medical and dental school. It is affiliated to ACU, EUA, CHUC and Universities UK. The university has academic collaborations with several renowned institutes including GSM London, Highlands College, Weymouth College, Strode College, Tor Bridge High and Bicton College.

Notably, the main campus of the university dwells at the center of Plymouth. It includes academic buildings, libraries, laboratories, and student residence halls. The academic buildings house the School of Humanities and Performing Arts, Institute of Education and School of Art, Design, and Architecture. The North Plymouth campus hosts the School of Medicine, School of Dentistry and School of Biomedical and Healthcare Sciences. The Roland Levinsky Building, a 9-story structure, houses a public art gallery, digital media suites, and three performance rehearsal studios. The Charles Seale-Hayne Library with 24x7 accessibility houses more than 350,000 books, e-books, journals and additional resources for research, learning, and teaching. The primary mode of transport in the campus involves cars and two-wheelers. Also, the nearest railway station is just a few minutes’ walks from the campus.

The academic structure of the university consists of five faculties that offer undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral level degree programs in various disciplines. The Faculty of Arts and Humanities offers degrees in English, art history, architecture, fine art, photography, media arts, dance, theatre, and music. Faculty of Health and Human Sciences offers degree programs in social work, nursing, and medical sciences. The Business Faculty is home to three schools that offer programs in economics, law, politics, management, tourism, cruising, and maritime studies.

The Science and Engineering Faculty offers degrees in mathematics, computing, environmental sciences and also professional diving. The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry was established in 2000 and is a segment of Peninsula College. It offers degree programs in biomedical science, medicine, and dentistry. The university has almost 23,155 students including the 16,000 students who are pursuing their Plymouth degrees at partner institutions. At present, there are 20,080 undergraduates and 3,075 postgraduates in the university. The student population of the university comprises of 3,000 international students from 100 countries. With nearly 1,335 academic staff members, the student-faculty ratio at the university is 17:1.

The university has many distinguished alumni who are leaders and have received awards in their fields. The alumni list of the university includes Sebastian Clover (the youngest sailor to cross the Atlantic Ocean), Monty Halls (A Wildlife Presenter at BBC), Jane Wilson-Howarth (Physician and a Travel-Writer), Mandy Chessell (Computer Scientist), Clare Nasir (Meteorologist), Darren Jones (MP for Bristol North West), Steve Augarde (British Artist and Author) and Jaka Aryadipa Singgih (Indonesian Politician and Entrepreneur).

 

Other Details:

Name	University of Plymouth
Country	Australia
Address	Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, United Kingdom
Email	admissions@plymouth.ac.uk
Phone	+44 1752 600600
Website	Website
Established Year	1992
Ranking	# 41
Total Students	23155
International Student Website	Link
Wikipedia Link	Link