• Bournemouth University is a public university in Bournemouth Dorset England, with its main campus situated in neighboring Poole.
• The university was founded in 1992, however the origins of its predecessor date back to the early 1900s.
• The university currently has over 16,000 students including over 3,000 international students.
• The university is recognized for its work in the media industries.
• Dorchester and Poole are under an hour away from Bournemouth by bus and London is two hours away by train.
• The university has 2 main campuses.
Things you should know
• Graduates from the university have worked on a number of Hollywood films including Gravity which was awarded the Achievement in Visual Effects Oscar at the 86th Academy Awards in 2015.
• The Guardian League Performance Table 2020 ranks Bournemouth University 65th in the UK.
• 93.1% of Bournemouth University graduates from undergraduate study and 91% of postgraduate study graduates are in work or further study six months after graduating.
• Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education survey, 2017.
• The Times/Sunday Times ranks Bournemouth University 94rd in the UK. The university is home to the only Centre for Excellence in Media Practice in the UK.
• Its former students have gone on to work on numerous award-winning productions in Hollywood, on films such as Gravity, Star Wars, Gladiator and Lord of the Rings.
• According to the QS ranking 2020 it is ranked 10th in the world for its hospitality and tourism management courses.
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• Tommy Sandhu- a British DJ, remixer, producer and television presenter.
• Espen Berg -Norwegian humanitarian. Espen is the founder and CEO of the United Youth Development Organization.
• Paul Kavanagh, short-listed for Oscar and lead animator for Industrial Light and Magic.
• David Lassman – scriptwriter, author of Rejecting Jane and The Regency Detective series of novels set in Jane Austen’s Bath.
• Dan O’Hagan – commentator, BBC Match of the Day.
• Gary Taphouse – commentator, Football First on Sky Sports.
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