UK University - Cardiff Metropolitan University (UWIC)
Name: Cardiff Metropolitan University (UWIC)
Location: South, Wales
City: Cardiff
Distance from London by train: 3hrs 30mins
Building on a long-standing and proud tradition, UWIC has an established reputation for the provision of professionally and vocationally focused courses with many of the academic schools receiving national and international recognition for their work.
In 2004, The Times Newspaper's Good University Guide ranked UWIC as the top new university in the UK and in April 2005, UWIC became the first UK University to be awarded the UK Government's Charter Mark for a fourth time. The Charter Mark is awarded for achieving a national standard of customer service excellence. The award of the Charter Mark for a fourth time reflects the high levels of satisfaction amongst UWIC students and UWIC ranking first in the Times Good University Guide 2004 for spending on student facilities.
UWIC students benefit from the highly vocational nature if all courses. Employers in the UK and beyond value the skills that students acquire whilst studying here and UWIC's student employment statistics are very positive indeed with 95% of students finding suitable employment or a place on a higher level course within six months of graduating.
UWIC, a member of the prestigious University of Wales, attracts some 8,000 students from all parts of the UK and across the world. Forty different countries are represented within the student body.
