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The University of East Anglia is a teaching and research institution with around 15,000 students. Its campus is located in 320 acres of parkland two miles from the city centre of Norwich.The campus has won more than 20 architectural awards, while there is also ongoing multi-million pound investment to enhance research and teaching facilities.UEA was among the wave of new universities created in the UK in the 1960s, admitting its first students in 1963.The university’s core buildings, including the Ziggurats accommodation blocks composed of tiered steps, were designed by Denys Lasdun around a vision for a campus university.In 1978, the Norman Foster-designed Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts opened to the public, after Sir Robert and Lady Lisa Sainsbury donated their collection of world art to UEA.UEA’s motto is “do different” and it is known for its focus on interdisciplinarity across subjects. The university is also known for excelling in national surveys on the quality of student experience.UEA’s Sportspark, opened in 2000, includes an Olympic-sized swimming pool and hosts international events.The university’s INTO centre, opened in 2007, offers pre-degree preparation courses for overseas students planning to study for degrees in the UK.In research, specialisms range from environment and responses to climate change, through to exploring issues of family and child policy, and to investigating competition and regulation.UEA is a leading member of Norwich Research Park, a concentration of researchers in environment, health and plant science.The university hosts an International Literary Festival, where big names have included Kazuo Ishiguro, Ian McEwan and Anne Enright, all alumni of the creative writing course at UEA.

The University of Liverpool is a public university and a member of the Russell Group of research-led universities.Established as University College Liverpool in 1881, it opened its doors to its first set of students in 1882, in what was a disused lunatic asylum.Its iconic Victoria Building, designed by the English architect Alfred Waterhouse in 1892, is a tourist attraction in its own right. This Grade II listed building, build in the Gothic style, inspired the term ‘redbrick university’, now used to refer to a set of British universities established in leading industrial English cities during the Victorian age.The university’s motto translates into English as ‘These days of peace foster learning’.It became an independent university and adopted the name the University of Liverpool, in 1903.Today, the university is home to around 30,000 students, including 7,000 international students from 127 countries, as well as 195,000 alumni and 6,000 staff.Among its alumni are the broadcast journalist Jon Snow, and former Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, while nine Nobel Laureates have passed through its doors.It also claims a presence on every continent, including a Chinese joint venture university in the World Heritage City of Suzhou (Liverpool was the first UK higher education institution to establish an independent university in China), to research stations located in the Arctic.As well as being the birthplace of the Beatles, the city of Liverpool also boasts the most number of museums and galleries in the UK outside of London, and was designated the European Capital of Culture in 2008.According to Rough Guides, the travel guides series, Liverpool is the fourth friendliest city in the world.

Newcastle University is based in Newcastle upon Tyne, in the North East of England. Newcastle University has over 200 undergraduate and 300 postgraduate degrees to choose from, within an array of departments. Subjects on offer include: architecture, urban planning, politics and international relations and psychology among others. Newcastle University Students’ Union (NUSU) is at the heart of campus life and there are many different clubs for students to get involved with. For those with a passion for sport, there are 65 different sports clubs to choose from. For music lovers, there are opportunities to join one of the student music groups, which include: jazz big band, student orchestra and choir, brass group and Newcastle Bach Choir. With campuses not only in Newcastle, but in London, Singapore and Malaysia too, Newcastle University has a global reach. The Malaysian-based campus offers UK undergraduate medical and biomedical education while the Singapore-based campus offers engineering degrees in collaboration with the Singapore Institute of Technology and Ngee Ann and Nanyang Polytechnics. The university also has partnerships with other universities worldwide offering students the chance to spend a year studying abroad. They also welcome students to their campus. You need a good level of English language to study at Newcastle University, since it will be the main language you use socially and for stud It has pledged to reduce their net carbon emissions to zero by 2040.