University of Derby

At the tip of the stunning Peak District is the less-than-stunning Midlands city of Derby. There’s no way of getting around the post-industrial grit but there’s an increasingly cash-splashy effort at parks, shops and amenities to ease the eyesores... more detail The University sits on three campuses around the city and can be a labyrinth to navigate, with arty students shunted off to the leafy site in Markeaton Park, health and business students based in Buxton and the rest at modern, colourful and greenish Kedleston Road. Derbyites are largely a casual, down-to-earth crew, many of them from the local area and a substantial chunk of them studying one of the gazillion part-time course options... more on academic There’s a wide-ranging Combined Subject and Joint Honours degree programme, meaning that subjects as different as chalk and chinchillas can be studied together. Traditional subjects are thin on the ground, lagging behind the acknowledged strong points – business, law, computing, design and technology. Sport is sexy in terms of facilities – less so in the participation stakes... more on sports – and the quality accommodation (15 mins from campus) fits most first years... more on housing

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Tel: (08701) 202 330
E-mail: enquiries-admissions@derby.ac.uk
Website: www.derby.ac.uk