University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
Overview
 The University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC), a member of the prestigious federal University of Wales, attracts some 800 international students from 120 different countries. UWIC’s graduate employment statistics show that 95% of UWIC students have found employment or have enrolled for higher-level courses within three months of completing their studies. This reflects the close links that UWIC has with employers and makes UWIC one of the premier universities in the UK in terms of career prospects. Visit our website to find out more: www.uwic.ac.uk/international.
Our strengths
- The Times newspaper’s Good University Guide 2004 ranked UWIC as the top new university in the whole of the UK, and the 2001 UK Research Assessment Exercise saw UWIC rank seventh of all ‘new universities’ in the UK.
- UWIC houses 13 nationally and internationally renowned centres of excellence and has ten programmes of study that are nationally recognised as ‘Excellent’.
- In 2007, UWIC was the first UK university institution to be awarded the Government’s Charter Mark for Excellence for the fifth time.
- UWIC specialises in the provision of vocational, career-based courses.
- UWIC ranks top out of all UK universities for spending per student on facilities.
Our courses
With over 200 career-focused courses on offer, you are sure to find the right course for you here at UWIC. Whether you are looking for a foundation degree, HND, undergraduate degree, taught master’s programme or a research programme at postgraduate level, there is plenty to choose from.
The University is organised into five academic Schools. Courses particularly popular with international students include:
- art and design
- biomedical sciences
- food science and technology
- hospitality/tourism/leisure/event management
- information systems management
- sport science.
UWIC also offers a number of international foundation programmes and English language programmes.
All UWIC’s courses are career-orientated and aim to prepare students for long-term success in their chosen employment area. Our programmes are internationally respected and recognised and are competitively priced so that students get maximum value for money.
Facilities
 Each of our campus libraries provides access to fully networked PCs. The University also has a number of 24-hour access computer rooms.
Sports facilities at UWIC are some of the best in the country, and students have the opportunity to use them at a discounted rate. The University houses the National Indoor Athletics Centre and extensive state-of-the-art equipment for all major sports.
The city and region
If you are looking for a place where you will be made to feel welcome, somewhere that’s lively, inexpensive and easy to get around, Cardiff is your answer.
It’s a young, prosperous and vibrant city, full of character and atmosphere, with a great shopping centre and fantastic sightseeing opportunities. Cardiff has a reputation for being friendly, affordable and for offering students a high standard of living.
As a result, the city is now home to over 30,000 students, approximately 8,000 of whom study at UWIC.
Trains operate a fast service from Cardiff (Central) station to central London, the journey taking around two hours. Cardiff also has an international airport offering over 50 direct destinations and more than 400 worldwide connecting flights.
Location
Urban
Number of students
- Pre-degree: 15
- Undergraduate: 6,760
- Postgraduate 1,200
- International: 800
Tuition fees per year (2007/08)
Pre-degree
- English language: £200–£800 (four weeks), £500–£1,600 (eight weeks)
- Access/foundation: £5,400
Undergraduate (per year)
- Foundation degrees: £7,250
- First degrees:
– Arts and social sciences: £1,200–£7,900
– Sciences: £1,200–£7,900
– Clinical: £1,200–£7,900
Postgraduate (per year)
- Postgraduate certificates/diplomas: £1,200–£8,200
- Master’s: £3,168–£10,000
- MBA: £4,815–£9,000
- Doctoral degrees: £10,000
Subject areas
- Accountancy/finance/insurance
- Architecture
- Business/management
- Computer science/information technology
- Construction/building/surveying
- Economics
- Education/teaching
- Engineering
- English
- Health/medicine
- Humanities
- Retailing/marketing
- Science
- Social sciences
- Tourism/leisure/hospitality
- Visual/creative arts
Student support
- Guaranteed accommodation (year one)
- Orientation on arrival
- International welfare officer
- International students’ club
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