University of Winchester
The University of Winchester is a public new university based in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It is a world-leading values-driven institution. Founded in 1840 the University offers undergraduate and postgraduate study on a range of subjects within the arts, humanities, social sciences, business, law, sport, education, and health and social care
The origins of the University of Winchester date back to 1840 when the Winchester Diocesan Training School was founded as a Church of Englandfoundation for the training of elementary schoolmasters. The school was initially quite small, located in a house at 27 St Swithun Street, Winchester.
In 1847 the school moved to Wolvesey, the Bishop’s Palace, where it became Winchester Training College. Following an outbreak of cholera at Wolvesey a new building (now the main building on the university's King Alfred Campus) was established for the college in 1862, on land granted by the cathedral at West Hill, Winchester.
The college was renamed King Alfred's College in 1928. When in 1995 the UK government published criteria by which colleges of higher education could become universities, King Alfred's under its Principal, John Dickinson, set itself the target of becoming a university by 2005 by first acquiring Taught and then later Research Degree Awarding Powers.
Courses Available for International/EU & UK Home Students:
http://www.winchester.ac.uk/Studyhere/Pages/CoursesAtoZ.aspx
Fees For International:
For EU/UK Home Students: (Foundation & Undergraduate Free)
http://www.winchester.ac.uk/Studyhere/internationalstudents/Feesandfunding/Pages/Funding.aspx
RANKINGS
In the Times and The Sunday Times University Guide 2014 Winchester was identified as making the second biggest leap up the league table, rising 18 places from the previous year’s ranking. Winchester is ranked as the 10th best university in the South East and equal seventh for the award of best modern university. The Complete University Guide 2014 showed a seven place rise from 76th to 69th out of 124 institutions. In their 2014 rankings
The Guardian found the University of Winchester to be the fifth fastest rising university in the country. The University of Winchester is the only university in the UK to be awarded five-star accreditation rating for overall organisational excellence by the British Quality Foundation, under its ‘Recognised for Excellence’ scheme, which uses the EFQM Excellence Model. The University of Winchester is ranked among the top five universities in the South East of England and top 25 universities in England by full-time students for overall satisfaction in the National Student Survey 2013.
The PTES (Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey) 2013, conducted by the Higher Education Academy in conjunction with 89 higher education institutions in the UK, revealed that the University of Winchester was over 10 percentage points higher than the sector average in terms of Teaching and Learning and Career and Professional Development.
University of Winchester ranked in top 4 universities in England in National Student Survey 2015
Subjects at Winchester all ranked in the top 10 : Academic Studies in Education, Creative Writing, English, History, Initial Teacher Education, Journalism, Law, Social Work, and Sociology.
Subjects at Winchester all ranked in the top 15: Accounting and Finance, Drama, Sports Science, and Theology and Religious Studies.