布里斯托大学

布里斯托大学 垦鱼鉴I!: TheUniversityofBristoliSoneotthe UK'SverybestuniversitiesinBristol,Eng— land.OneoftheSO.called"redbrick"univer. sities,itreceiveditsRoyalCharterin1909, althoughitspredecessorinstitution,University College,Bristol,hadbeeninexistencesince 1876.TheUniversityhasanannualturnover (营业额)of~347mandisthelargestinde— pendentemployerinBristo1. TheUniversityisamemberoftheRus— sellGroup,European-wideCoimbraGroupand theWorldwideUniversitiesNetwork.TheUni versityofBristolhasapproximately18,000stu? dents. Bristolisoneofthemostpopularmulti— facultyuniversitiesinBritain,judgedinterms ofapplicationsperplace,withindependent schoolpupilstakingmorethanathirdofthe places. AcademicReputation Smallenoughtofeelwarrnandfriendly butbigenoughtoprovideeverythingmost studentscouldwant,theUniversityoffersboth anoutstandingacademicexperienceandnu— merousopportunitiestopursueotherinterests. 英语画刊 Itisknownforacademics,excellentfacilities, andadesirablelocation. LeaguetablesgenerallyplaceBristolwithin thetoptenuniversitiesintheUnitedKingdom. AccordingtodatapublishedinTheTelegraph Bristolhasthethird—highestpercentageof"good honors"ofanyUKuniversity,behindOxfordand Cambridge. ThefollowingcoursesofferedbyUniversity ofBristol,managedtoreachtop5intheT/rues ranking:ComputerScience(3rd);Electricaland ElectronicEngineering(3rd);CivilEngineering (5th);BiologicalSciences(3rd);Mathematics(3rd); andPsychologyf4th). Inaddition,Bristolisparticularlystrongin thefieldofsocialsciences,particularlyinEco— nomics,FinanceandManagement. UnlikemanyEnglishuniversities,Bristolal— lowsstudentstostudyinseveraldifferentdepart— mentstocreateavariedclassschedule. Topdepartmentsare: ? Drama?Americanstudies ? Biogeographicalstudies(生物地理学研究) ? Premed(医学院预科) ? Britishstudies.Engineering 一7一 2010.12i ? Medievalstudies?Genderstudies LibraryandComputingServices LibraryandcomputingseYvicesarean essentialpartofcompletingadegreeatthe University.TheUniversityhas12branchli— braries,manyofthemsituatedwithintherele— vantacademicfacultyordepartmentandcon- tainingextensivecollectionsofbookS,jouma]s andotherlearningresources.Specialistlibrari— aDSineachsubjectworkcloselywithacadem— icteachingstafftoensurestudentshaveac— cesstokeycoursematerials.Thelibraries providemorethan2,500readingplacesand groupstudyareastocaterforindividualand collaborative(合作的;协作的)work. Computingfacilitiesareavailableinthe libraries,inthe24-hourComputerCentreand inacademicdepartments.Thelibrariesand computerroomsalsoprovidefacilitiesfor printing,photocopyingandscanning.Online servicesinclude24.houraccess,onandoff campus,totheUniversity'Semailsystemand toahugerangeofelectroniclearningre— sources. Students'UnionandStudentLife TheUniversityhasaStudents'Union, theUniversityofBristoJUnion, whichclaimstohavethe largestStudents'Unionbuild- inginthecountry.Fromthis location.thestudentradiosta— tionBURST(BristolUniversity RadioStation)broadcastsand thestudentpaperEpigr帆has itsoffice. Intermsofstudentlife, theUnionisresponsiblefor theorganizationoftheannual freshers'fair,thecoordination ofBristo1StudentCommunity Action,whichorganizesvolun— teeringprojectsinthelocal — R— community,andtheorganizationofentert eventsandstudentsocieties. LivinginBristol Bristolhasearnedareputationas capitalbasedonthequalityofitsopen AswellasTheDowns,ithasover450] ofparklandandopenspacetoenj0y.B alsoEngland'Sfirst"cyclingcity"andis tentlynamedasoneofthecountry'Stoo,, ronmentallysustainablecities,provingt cityisgreeninmorewaysthanone. Housingisinuniversity—operatedre hallsandstudenthousesinthecityandf suburbs.allwithinthreemilesoftheUni, Halfoftheresidencehallsoffer plan,whilestudentsintheotherhallsP orpreparetheirownmeals. EnglishLanguageRequirements IEIS:6.5overallwith6.0inallbar TOEFL:600minimum(paperbased);25 mum(computerbased);100minimum(] based) 2011/12TuitionFeesf_0rInternationalSt Arts-basedsubjects:,11.900 Science—basedsabjects:~14,950 Clinical—basedsubjects:~27,600