Facts and Figures
Student profile
| 2009-10 |
|
| Total number of students |
9,017 |
| Undergraduate |
6,017 |
| Postgraduate |
527 |
| Work-based foundation degree |
992 |
| Part-time professional and short courses |
1,481 |
| Female: male |
56%: 44% |
We welcome significant numbers of mature students, with two-thirds
of the student population being over the age of 21.
Did you know?
- Bucks won the gold Heist Award for Education Marketing in the
digital media category for its innovative webTV site,
Bucks Television;
- Bucks had the highest percentage increase in applications
of a UK university in 2009 for its full-time undergraduate
honours degree courses;
- Bucks was ranked number one for Nursing out of nine
universities working in partnership with NHS London;
- Bucks New University was judged one of the best universities
for courses and lecturers by students using the Hotcourses website,
whatuni.com;
- Bucks Students’ Union won a Best
Bar None award for the most improved Student Union venue in the
UK;
- Bucks Students’ Union won the
bronze for a prestigious environmental award at the Sound
Environmental Impact Awards;
- Bucks became a Fairtrade university in 2009;
- Bucks was nominated for Times
Higher Education Awards for its student support package,
the Big D£al in the
'Outstanding Support for Students' category, and for
Bucks Television, in the ‘Outstanding ICT initiative’
category;
- Bucks was ranked number one in The
Halifax-Times Higher Education quality of life index,
designed to measure the quality of life of academic staff at 121
higher education institutions in the UK.
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