University of Plymouth

The University of Plymouth is the 38th largest in the UK, according to the student strength. It is a public university based predominantly in Plymouth with its campuses and affiliated colleges located across South West England. The university educates more than 22 thousand students with a staff strength of more than 2900. 
It gained the status of university in 1992 and primarily has five faculties which are further segregated into schools. The faculties are:-   

• Arts and Humanities
• Business
• Health and Human Sciences
• Medicine and Dentistry
• Science and Engineering

A variety of courses are taught in the university at a graduate and postgraduate level with law, psychology, geographical sciences, computing (including digital media) and computer science, fine art, and art history being the most popular. The significant developments of the university are in creating a new business school and the largest Marine Science and Engineering School in Europe. 

The university consists of Career and Employability hub, which assists students in creating perfect resumes for employment. The research conducted by the university is renowned and acclaimed by the Research Excellence Framework. 
The university has more than 3000 international students who enjoy facilities of equipped libraries centrally located accommodation and world-class laboratories. 

Our mission
Advancing knowledge, transforming lives.

Our vision
We will be a broad-based, research-intensive university, open to all who can benefit from a University of Plymouth education, and delivering excellent interdisciplinary research, experiential education and civic engagement.

The Core Principles
We will adapt our existing core strategic principles to enhance the University’s reputation and to understand sustainability as an embedded principle across everything we do.

• Quality: striving for the highest quality in everything we do.
• One Team: working, planning for and delivering a shared vision, underpinned by a strong sense of collegiality.
• Reputation: building our institutional reputation through confidence in our pioneering contributions, excellence in education and research, socio-economic impact, and thought leadership.
• Sustainability: sustainability in our finances, reputation, services, partnerships, environmental performance and global contribution.

Scholarship

Bursaries, awards and scholarships funded by our graduates and friends
Student Hardship Fund
Donations are gratefully received to this fund, which helps ensure students can continue their studies in spite of financial difficulties.
Awards are made via a means-tested system, which the Student Funding Unit administers. In 2010, Plymouth graduate Helen Dean left a legacy of over £40,000, which is awarded through this fund.
The Financial Support Fund process identifies recipients of the money.

Roland Levinsky Memorial Fund Awards
The Roland Levinsky Memorial Fund was established in 2007 in memory of Vice-Chancellor, Professor Roland Levinsky. Monies were bequeathed by Roland’s wife Beth Levinsky together with donations from many friends and colleagues. Over the past 12 years the fund has provided support to University of Plymouth students carrying out projects and activities across the world that have enhanced their student experience, provided personal development and had a positive impact on the wider community.

The final allocation of funds took place earlier this year and we would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who so generously gave to the scheme to enable our students to participate in a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Sporting Excellence Scholarships for water-based sports

• If you are a University of Plymouth student studying a full-time degree-level course whilst competing at an international level in a water-based sport, such as swimming or sailing, you may be eligible to apply for one of our Sporting Excellence Scholarships. There are five awards of £800 available per scholar per year.
• Applicants must meet our shortlisting criteria, and successful scholars are determined by a shortlisting panel based on the information and evidence provided in written applications. Students must re-apply annually.

Undergraduate international scholarships
To reward outstanding achievement the University of Plymouth offers scholarship schemes to help towards funding your studies.

Postgraduate scholarships for international students
We offer several scholarships for international students who wish to study postgraduate taught (PGT) degree programs.

Accomodation

University-managed halls of residence
We want you to enjoy living and studying in Plymouth, build life-long friendships and feel fully supported during your time with us. We offer a great variety of halls of residence to choose from, that provide a safe and friendly environment for our students. Our halls are located on campus, or within the nearby student village, only a few minutes' walk from both University facilities and city-centre amenities.

Our halls of residence include
On-Campus

• Francis Drake
• Mary Newman

Student Village

• Gilwell
• Pilgrim
• Radnor
• Robbins

Booking your accommodation
Once you've chosen your preferred halls of residence, you can apply for your room via the accommodation portal. Halls of residence applications are on a first-come, first-served basis. When allocating specific rooms, we endeavour to match you with people with similar living habits and interests. The application process includes some lifestyle questions to assist with the allocation.

Why choose University-managed halls of residence?
With prices starting from as little as £102 per week, there’s a huge range of benefits you can enjoy staying in University-managed accommodation.

• Be at the centre of everything! Lecture theatres, the library, leisure facilities, the students’ union, places to eat and drink and the city centre are all within a few minutes walk.
• Pay no deposit for your room.
• Cleaning of your communal areas (kitchens and bathroom) provided in selected halls.
• Fantastic range of accommodation to suit all budgets and requirements.
• All bills included (utilities, WiFi and contents insurance).
• We’re trusted landlords, with no admin fees or scary credit checks.
• 24/7 campus security.
• Dedicated reception and maintenance teams.
• Full access to all residence life events and activities at no extra cost.
• Option for catered living.