Swansea University

Swansea sits on the arm of the Gower Peninsula – Britain’s first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - covered in beaches, forests and general green bits on the south coast of Wales. Two miles from the small, half-pretty, half-iffy city, the University occupies a hilly redbrick and concrete campus, with the beach on its doorstep and parkland in its back garden...more detail It’s pleasant and laidback, with some of the best surfing in the country and a large board-loving contingent as a result, although in general the sports provision is top drawer...more on sports It dishes out a healthy mix of traditional and vocational courses and is very strong in most subjects, including, unusually, Egyptology...more on academic The city’s full of pubs and clubs – the ‘Mumbles Mile’ seafront pub crawl is internationally infamous. The Swansea Fringe Festival (the biggest after Edinburgh) centres around the culture-stuffed Taliesin Arts Centre on campus...more on entertainment All first years and then some live in Uni housing and there’s plenty of cheap and chirpy gaffs in the city...more on housing Study-gods and sporting angels get the bulk of the scholarship cash...more on welfare

Woohoo: Views to swoon over
Boo: Some run-down bits of the city
Tel: (01792) 205 678
E-mail: admissions@swansea.ac.uk
Website: www.swansea.ac.uk