Loughborough

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Loughboroughs central location - accessible to
all
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Loughboroughs central location - accessible to
all

• 1 mile from junction 23 of the M1 motorway
• close to Leicester, Nottingham Derby
• 8 miles from East Midlands International Airport
• with major European cities like Paris and
  Amsterdam around 1 hours flight away
• 1½ hours by train from London, 2 hours from Leeds
  and Manchester
• 3 hours from Newcastle and Bristol, and 5 hours
  from Edinburgh

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Celebrating 100 Years of Education and Innovation

• Formed as a Technical Institute in 1909, received
  its Royal Charter in 1966
• 23 departments with nearly 15,000 students
  3,000 staff
• including over 2000 international students from
  over 100 countries
• The University is organised into three Faculties
• Engineering
• Science
• Social Sciences and Humanities

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Research that matters

• In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise 18 of
  the Universitys research was considered to be
  world leading, with every department
  undertaking internationally recognised research
  
• A top 20 university based on research funding
  from HEFCE (the Higher Education Funding Council
  for England)
• Loughborough has over 40 research centres and
  institutes, and 5 interdisciplinary research
  schools

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Unbeaten for Queens Anniversary Prizes

• Recipient of an unbeaten six Queens Anniversary
  Prizes
• work in vehicle, road and driver safety research
  (2007)
• evaluating/helping to develop social policy
  related programmes (2005)
• world-leading role in sports research, education
  development (2002)
• pioneering research in optical engineering (2000)
• work in developing countries (1998)
• collaboration with aerospace and automotive
  companies (1994)

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Unrivalled business and industrial links

• International reputation for our partnerships
  with companies
• Companies sited on campus include
• Henry Ford College for retail and management
  training of Ford employees
• Rolls-Royce Fuel Cells facility
• Systems Engineering Innovation Centre (SEIC) -
  BAE SYSTEMS
• 1Billion Energy Technologies Institute (ETI)
• We have nurtured more than 25 spin-out companies
• Our Innovation Centre, houses up to 40 start-up
  companies

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Highly sought after students and graduates

• 65 of Loughboroughs degrees offer a year in
  business, industry or commerce
• over 800 students are currently on a sandwich
  year work placement in one of 500 companies
• 78 of our 2009 Loughborough graduates are in a
  job or undertaking further study
• of those available for employment or study
• 85 of these are in 'higher graduate'
  occupations,
• compared with the national average of 67
• One of the top 20 universities targeted by large,
  graduate employers
• Higher Fliers 'The Graduate Market' report

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A leading university

• The Sunday Times University of the Year 2008-9
• Ranked in the Top 15 of UK universities
• 4th in The Guardian Student Satisfaction Survey
  2010
• 9th in The Guardian University Guide 2011
• 11th in The Sunday Times University Guide 2008
• 12th in The Times Good University Guide 2009
• 13th in The Complete University Guide 2009

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Respected by students

• Winner of Best Student Experience for four
  years running
• Winner of Outstanding Support for Overseas
  Students
• 4th in the whole UK for Overall Satisfaction in
  the National Student Survey
• Computer Science is 3rd amongst all Computer
  Science departments
• Winner of National Union of Students Awards 2009
• Best International Students Union
• Best Event for International Students
• Christina Yan Zhang was shortlisted for
  International Officer of the Year Award and
  electedto the national NUS executive

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A unique campus, a unique atmosphere

• The largest single-site campus in the UK
• with over 437 acres (1.8 million m2, 176
  hectares)
• Over 5,000 students living in 17 campus halls
• creating a friendly and exciting atmosphere
• One of the UKs biggest independently owned
  Students Union
• with over 100 clubs and societies
• One of the UKs most highly respected Careers
  Advisory Centres
• with specialists in helping international
  students to find employmentin the UK and in
  their home countries

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A sporting reputation

• The best sports facilities of any university in
  the UK
• With a recent investment of over 30 million in
  state-of-the-art facilities
• A recognised leader in Sports expertise
• an internationally 5 rated department for Sports
  Research
• home to the state-of-the-art ECB National Cricket
  Centre
• home to the English Institute of Sport, East
  Midlands team
• home to new 15Million Sports Technology
  Instituteworking with brands such as adidas,
  Callaway Golf, Dunlop Slazenger, Nike and Reebok

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Supporting the nations sporting heroes...

• 48 of our students, past and present, competed at
  the 2008 Beijing Olympics
• reaching 19 finals
• breaking 15 national and 2 European records
• bringing home a silver and bronze medal between
  them
• Remember that the 2012 Olympic Games come to
  London

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Supporting the nations sporting heroes...

• Students from Loughborough scored 44 medal
  successes in the 2010 Commonwealth Games
• thats as many as South Africa, which came 8th in
  the medal table
• with 20 medals in swimming alone
• Sporting Graduates include
• Athletes Lord Sebastian Coe, Paula Radcliffe,
  David Moorcroft, Steve Backley, Dame Tanni
  Grey-Thompson, rugby player and coach Sir Clive
  Woodward and cricketer Monty Panesar. We are
  proud to say that Monty is one of our own
  graduates

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A green outlook

• 5th amongst UK universities in the People and
  Planet Green League 2008
• First university in the country to purchase all
  of its power from renewable sources
• has a 1.3 million combined heat and power plant
  on campus
• The greenest students' union in the UK
• The Sunday Times '50 Best Green Companies
• Winner of the Sound Environmental Impact Awards
  Gold Medal for 3 years

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Computer Science

• A Department within the Faculty of Science
• Research strengths
• Vision and Imaging
• Networks, Communications and Control Systems
• Intelligent and Interactive Systems
• Theoretical Computer Science
• Interdisciplinary Computing Research
• The department
• Over 50 Staff 23 Academic
• Around 70 PhD Students
• 45 MSc Students
• 320 Undergraduates

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Programmes of study

• Undergraduate (Single Honours)
• Computer Science
• Computer Science and AI
• Computer Science and e-Business
• Undergraduate (Joint Honours)
• Computing and Management
• Information Technology Management for Business
• Computer Science and Mathematics
• Applied Computing and Mathematics
• Postgraduate
• Multimedia and Internet Computing
• Internet Computing and Network Security
• Internet Computing and Networking
• Digital Imaging, Computer Graphics and Vision
• Information Technology

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The offering
3 1 1 3 years of study in China 1 year of
study at Loughborough on a specially-tailored
programme alongside our own final-year students
leading to the award of a Chinese Bachelor
degree 1 year of study on one of our specialist
MSc programmes leading to the award of a
Loughborough MSc
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The offering
3 1 1 3 years of study in China 1 year of
study at Loughborough on a specially-tailored
programme alongside our own final-year students
leading to the award of a Chinese Bachelor
degree 1 year of study on one of our specialist
MSc programmes leading to the award of a
Loughborough MSc Opportunities for the best
students to move on to a PhD programme
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The offering

• Your Final Year in Loughborough
• Compulsory courses
• Software Project (50 credits, semesters 1 and 2)
• English Language for Computer Science 1 (10
  credits, semester 1)
• Software Project Management (10 credits, semester
  1)
• English Language for Computer Science 2 (10
  credits, semester 2)
• International Computing (10 credits, semester 2)
• Elective courses
• Selected from those in our catalogue (30 credits,
  semesters 1 and 2)

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The offering
CS Undergraduate Courses (all final year)
Robotics Agent-Based Systems Algorithm
Analysis Knowledge-based Decision
Support Advanced Human Computer
Interaction Implementation of Programming
Languages Microprocessor Applications Software
Project Management E-Business Planning and
Marketing 2D Computer Graphics Operating
Systems, Networks and the Internet Advanced
Artificial Intelligence Systems Advanced
Operating Systems Data Mining E-Commerce
Security International Computing Computer Vision
3D Computer Graphics
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Postgraduate programmes

• Specialist Programmes
• MSc in Multimedia and Internet Computing
• MSc in Internet Computing and Network Security
• MSc Internet Computing and Networking
• MSc in Digital Imaging, Computer Graphics and
  Vision

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Multimedia and internet computing

• Semester 1
• Java and the Internet
• Foundations of Multimedia
• Modelling and Simulation
• Ethical, Legal and Professional Issues of IT
• Semester 2
• Research Methods and Project Preparation
• Computer Vision
• Network Systems
• Information Management and the Semantic
  Technologies
• Summer
• Computing Project

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Internet computing and network security

• Semester 1
• Internet Architectures
• Java and the Internet
• Modelling and Simulation
• Ethical, Legal and Professional Issues of IT
• Semester 2
• Research Methods and Project Preparation
• Networks Laboratory
• Quality-Aware Networks
• Communication Network Security and e-Commerce
• Summer
• Computing Project

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Internet computing and networking

• Semester 1
• Java and the Internet
• Internet Architectures
• Modelling and Simulation
• Ethical, Legal and Professional Issues of IT
• Semester 2
• Research Methods and Project Preparation
• Networks Laboratory
• Wireless Sensor Networks
• Communication Network Security and e-Commerce
• Summer
• Computing Project

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Digital imaging, computer graphics and vision

• Semester 1
• Java and the Internet
• Foundations of Multimedia
• Modelling and Simulation
• Ethical, Legal and Professional Issues of IT
• Semester 2
• Research Methods and Project Preparation
• Computer Vision
• Digital Imaging
• Computer Graphics and Visualisation
• Summer
• Computing Project

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Requirements for 311
English Language Our normal requirement for
undergraduate and postgraduate entry is IELTS
6.5 For 311 we will accept CET 4 interview
(in March) acclimatisation course (included in
the fee) Students with 6.5 do not need to
attend the full course, only the part dealing
with UK custom, law and culture.
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The benefits
A shared education with an internationally-recogni
sed UK university An opportunity to learn
English and to use it in a real environment,both
technical and social Learn alongside native
English speakers Integrate with English students
and other international students Hit the ground
running when you start your MSc programme By
making this a complete programme, you need only
one visafor the two years of study
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Mail contacts
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