International Office,
East Road,
Cambridge,
CB1 1PT,
United Kingdom,
Tel: +44 (0) 1245 493131,
Fax: +44 (0) 1245 348 772,
Website Address: www.anglia.ac.uk

• Overview
• Location
• Accommodation
• Facilites
• Student Life
• Fee And Funding

Overview:

Anglia Ruskin University has a history dating back to 1858 when the Cambridge campus was opened as a School of Art. The University now has five academic faculties offering a range of high-quality undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the beautiful academic city of Cambridge and the historic town of Chelmsford, where it is easy and safe to live, work and travel around.

Academic strengths
Anglia Ruskin has become a popular destination for international students, who currently make up more than 20% of the student population. Each year around 100 different nationalities are represented across the two campuses.

Opportunities for international students include flexible study-abroad programmes as well as full three-year undergraduate and one-year postgraduate degree courses in the academic areas of the arts, law and social sciences, business, education, health and social care and science and technology

The University is proud of the quality of the teaching it offers which is reflected in its success in the Guardian University Guide league table. In 2006 we were ranked in the top twenty in the UK for a number of subjects, including English, Art and Design, Philosophy and Architecture.

Facilities
The University has a full range of support services for students on both campuses: library, computer facilities, sports facilities, academic and pastoral advice and accommodation services.

The University library offers resources to support both teaching and learning at Anglia Ruskin. Stock consists of some 350,000 books and nearly 2,400 academic journal subscriptions along with videotapes, music scores, CDsand newspapers.

At Cambridge the music collection includes music scores, orchestral sets, CDs, LPs and audiotapes with facilities available for listening to all media. The media production service runs video production services (TV studios, camcorders and cameras for loan, and open access to state of the art digital video editing suites) on the main campuses.

Student life
The Students' Union on both campuses offer a variety of entertainments and events. In the past these have included tribute bands, karaoke, race nights, professional pool players, magicians, comedians and clubDJs. At present there are over 70 clubs and societies for students to join, ranging from the Anglia Dance Company to table tennis. Participating in a society is a fantastic way to get involved in student life and an even better way to meet new people. There are a variety of sport clubs available at both campuses including team sports, from rowing to rugby, cricket to hockey and lacrosse to fencing. Many of the clubs have outstanding records of achievement both locally and nationally. Teams such as lacrosse, rugby and hockey (men's and women's) have at least one tour each season.

The International Office is responsible for co-ordinating university services to international students. It works closely with academic departments, student support services, language centres and accommodation services on both campuses to ensure the needs of international students are recognised as a priority and students have a positive experience at Anglia Ruskin.

The International Office provides detailed arrival information, an orientation programme for new students, specialist immigration advice, social events and an advice service throughout the year.

Location:

• London's three international airports - Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted - are all within three hours travel time, making it easy for international students to travel in and out of the county.


• Both the Cambridge and Chelmsford campuses are in the South East of England, less than an hour from London. The Cambridge campus is located in the heart of the historic city of hidden courtyards and grand architecture. The city has been an important centre of learning for hundreds of years and is a lively place for a student to live in, with a rich variety of student-orientated activities available. It is surrounded by fenlands to the north, and the rolling countryside to the south. Footpaths, cycleways and bridlepaths, make the countryside easily accessible to students.


• Trains run regularly from London Kings Cross and London Liverpool Street (which are connected by underground tube and/or train to the London airports) to Cambridge station. The campus is under a kilometre away from the station. Buses and coaches also run to Drummer Street bus station, a short walk from the campus. There is also easy access by road from London.


• ARU has invested millions of pounds building the new Chelmsford campus which includes a 500 bedroom student village and new buildings for the School of Nursing and Education..The new building for the Ashcroft International Business School opens to students in January 2003. Chelmsford has been the county town of Essex for over 700 years, and has something to offer all visitors and residents. It has extensive parks, superb countryside, a bustling modern shopping centre ,leading high-technology industry and plenty of social and sporting activities for students.


• Chelmsford is easily accessed by road from London. It is also on the train line from London Liverpool Street to Colchester, taking just thirty five minutes. Buses and coaches from most routes stop at the Bus Station in Duke Street, a short distance from the University reception.

Accommodation:

University managed accommodation consists of self-catering Halls of Residence (many with private bathroom) and shared student houses around each campus. Anglia Ruskin provides accommodation of a good standard for full-time students.

Cambridge campus

Bridget's and Nightingale Halls of Residence
Situated in the historic part of the city, twenty minutes walk from campus. The Halls of Residence are part of the local community, served by local shops from the old and new part of town. The laundrette facilities are shared by residents in both Halls, and are located in Nightingale Hall.

• Located in the most historic part of the city
• Single study bedrooms with washbasin
• On-site wardens
• Clusters of ten to thirteen students sharing kitchen and bathroom facilities
• Laundrette facilities
• Fully inclusive of utility charge (i.e. gas, electricity and water)
• Telephone point
• Bicycle racks

Peter Taylor House and Swinhoe Hall
Peter Taylor House, located on campus, is very close to a busy and thriving local community served by local shops, takeaways, swimming pool and a large shopping centre.

• 252 single study bedrooms each with private bathroom
• 118 single study rooms with washbasin
• On campus
• On-site wardens
• Adapted rooms for students with disabilities
• Clusters of three to ten students sharing kitchen facilities
• Laundrette facilities
• Fully inclusive of utility charge (i.e. gas, electricity and water)
• Aerial socket
• Telephone point
• Individual post boxes
• Bicycle sheds
• Landscaped gardens
• Furnished

University Managed Houses
University managed houses are located within a short distance of the campus and are accessible by bicycle as well as public transport. The University Managed Houses are close to local amenities, sports centres, cinemas, and shopping centres.

• Single study bedrooms
• Furnished
• Smaller living units
• Between two to ten students share kitchen and bathroom facilities
• Rents reflect difference in room sizes (i.e. smaller rooms have lower rents)
• Fully inclusive of utility charge (i.e. gas, electricity and water)

Chelmsford Campus

• Ransomes Way Student Village - Rivermead Campus
  There are five hundred single study bedrooms with private showers and toilets, in flats of from three to six with students sharing a small kitchen and/or kitchen/diners. The village is very close to the Library, and only ten minutes walk to classes. All rooms are equipped with good quality furniture, TV socket, power outlets, individual heating, and a telephone connected to the university network. Outgoing calls can be made using a BT chargecard.
  
  All flats have shared kitchen facilities and there are two cash operated launderettes on site. There are a number of student wardens living in the village who work on a rota basis in order to cover emergencies outside office hours. Ten rooms on the ground floor have facilities for disabled students (with wheelchair access) with alarm system.


• Mildmay Halls
  Mildmay Hall is located within a ten minute walk of the University. It consists of seven units containing ten study-bedrooms, sharing kitchens and bathroom facilities, one unit of sixteen study/bedrooms, and two smaller units of five students sharing. Facilities are simple but more than adequate. All rooms are equipped with a telephone connected to the University network which can accept incoming calls and make outgoing calls using a chargecard. There is a common lounge with TV and soft drinks machine and a fully equipped, coin operated launderette.

Facilities:

• Anglia Ruskin has plenty of computing resources available to students. The student network is hosted by Communications & IT Services in both Cambridge and Chelmsford. C&ITS operate open access networks for all students to use. Every student gets their own free email account, plus the option to build their own free website. There are further open access machines available in the Library


• There is a separate network for Applied Science students to use. The Computer Science department runs several networks including a VAX VMS system, a Linux network and so on. There are also networks for Business students, Language students, Arts students etc


• The University Library offers resources to support both teaching and learning at Anglia Ruskin. Stock consists of some 350,000 books and nearly 2,400 academic journal subscriptions along with videotapes, music scores, CDs and newspapers. In parallel with this, the website now gives access to a vast and rapidly growing range of electronic resources online. At Cambridge the Music collection includes music scores, orchestral sets, CDs, LPs and audiotapes with facilities available for listening to all media


• Media Production runs video production services (TV studios, camcorders and cameras for loan, and open access state of the art digital video editing suites) on the main campuses


• For the hungry, the coffee shop on the Cambridge campus offers a range of freshly made baguettes and sandwiches as well as a selection of pastries, cakes and hot and cold drinks at reasonable prices. It was also recently redeveloped over the summer of 2000, to become a Cybercafé another place to check email and surf the web


• The Cambridge Refectory is the largest food outlet on the Cambridge campus. It provides a fine range of hot and cold foods as well as snack food soft drinks and confectionery throughout the day


• In Chelmsford both the Placcy Cafe and the Central Refectory serves hot and cold food. At lunchtime hot meals are served such as toasted sandwiches, pizzas and baked potatoes. Food and drinks can also be bought in the student Refectory and Costa Coffee Bar in The Queens Building (opened in 1995 by Queen Elizabeth II)


• The student shops on both campuses stock over 3000 items including stationary, newspapers, sandwiches, crisps, snack bars, healthy bars, pot noodles, soups, as well as household items such as washing-up liquid, toilet rolls, and washing powder


• The second hand bookshop provides cheaper books for students and to an opportunity to sell books that they no longer need

Student Life

Students' Union (SU)

NUS cards
The Students' Union affiliates to the National Union of Students each year. This means that by obtaining an NUS card students are entitled to discounts around the country. These can include bowling, clothes, food, cinemas, mobile phones and entry into certain venues.

Advice Service
The advice service is for students who might encounter problems relating to any aspect of student life and provides free, confidential, independent and impartial advice. The Students' Union deals with all sorts of problems from educational matters to health matters. The advice service also gives students a chance to get involved themselves and be an advice volunteer.

Entertainment
The Students' Union has bars on both campuses which hold a variety of entertainments and events. In the past these have included hypnotists, , tribute bands, karaoke, race nights, professional pool players, magicians, comedians and club DJ's.

The biggest event that the SU hosts is the end of year summer ball; set in a vineyard with attractions including bungy jumps, fairgrounds, comedians, tarot card readers, photographers, giant games and virtual reality machines, the event is attended by as many as 2,500 students.

Clubs and Societies
At present there are over 70 clubs and societies for students to join. These range from sports clubs from football to a sky diving club among others. Participating in a society is a fantastic way to get involved in student life and an even better way to meet new people.

Shops
The SU runs two shops - one on each campus. On most stationery items the shops are the cheapest outlet in the area. Greeting cards, newspapers, sweets, sandwiches, drinks, stamps, phonecards are also on sale.

Food outlets
The SU runs a great variety of cheap bar snacks from sandwiches to jacket potatoes. The SU refectory (Cambridge only) sells very reasonably priced meals, while the cafes on campus sell light snacks including pastries and baguettes.

Sports
There are a variety of sport clubs available at both the Cambridge and the Chelmsford campus including team sports, from rowing to rugby, cricket to hockey and lacrosse to fencing. The Department of Physical Education and the Students' Union, gives full support to all sports clubs and activities at ARU, and make sure there is ample funding and facilities for activities to continue. Many of the clubs have achieved outstanding records of achievement both locally and nationally. Teams such as Lacrosse, Rugby, Hockey (men's and women's) have at least one tour each season.

ARU has many thriving student societies at the Cambridge and Chelmsford campuses. Cambridge. These include:

• Anglia Dance company
• Anglia Sport Science
• Anglia Contemporary & Experimental Music Society
• Art
• Asian Cultural
• Badminton
• Cambridge RAG
• Communications Society
• Cricket
• Christian Union
• European Cinema
• European Business
• Association Cambridge
• Exhibition Society
• Fencing
• French
• Geography
• German
• Groove society
• History
• Islamic
• Japanese
• Karate Club
• Lacrosse
• Law
• Literary Society
• Mature Students
• Mens football
• Mens hockey
• Mountain Bike club
• Netball
• Officers' Training Corps (Camb. Uni.)
• Optics
• Performance Art
• Poetry society
• Philosophy
• Rowing
• Rugby club
• Rutherford Geology
• Skydiving Club
• Socialist students
• Sociology & Politics
• Theatre
• Womens football
• Womens hockey
• Writers
• Chelmsford
• Alternative sport
• Badminton
• Christian Union
• Cricket
• De Underground
• Drum & Bass collective
• Football
• Hellenic Society
• Hockey
• Rugby
• Ski & SnowBoard Club
• Squash
• Table tennis

Fee and Funding

Anglia Ruskin offers competitive tuition fees for 2007/8 entry - Bachelor’s from £8,450 and Master’s from £8,725. There is also an Anglia Ruskin University merit scholarship of £1,000 awarded to well-qualified students, and we estimate living costs at both of our campuses as £6,400 per year.