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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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