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to our success as a world-leading institution. Along with our academics, ourstudents are challenging ideas and changing the way we live, every day. We arecommitted to providing you with an exceptional postgraduate experience and thebest possible environment in which to ul l your own personal aspirations.

Pro essor David GreenawayVice-Chancellor

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Internationally recognised or groundbreaking researchand teaching excellence, The University o Nottinghamis a pioneering institution that will inspire and enableyou to achieve your ambitions.

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t sDepartmentsArchitecture and Built Environment 97Chemical and Environmental Engineering 98Civil Engineering 99Electrical and Electronic Engineering 100Mechanical, Materials and Manu acturing Engineering 101 Medicine and Health Sciences 103Biomedical Sciences 105Clinical Sciences 107Community Health Sciences 109Genetics 110Graduate Entry Medicine and Health 111Molecular Medical Sciences 113Nursing, Midwi ery and Physiotherapy 115Veterinary Medicine and Science 117 Science 119Biology 121Biosciences 123Chemistry 125Computer Science 127Hearing Research 129Learning Sciences Research Institute 130Mathematical Sciences 131Pharmacy 132

Physics and Astronomy 133Psychology 134Work, Health and Organisations: 135An Institute o Applied Psychology

Social Sciences 137Business 139Contemporary Chinese Studies 141Economics 142Education 143Geography 145Law 147Methods and Data 148Politics and International Relations 149Sociology and Social Policy 151 Overseas campuses 153China Campus 155Malaysia Campus 158 Further in ormation 159How to apply 161Course ees 164Sources o unding 165-168Where we are 169Campus maps 171-174Subject index 175-181Contact details 184Connect with Nottingham 185

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IntroductionA world-class university 5Reasons or urther study 8Quality teaching 9Research excellence 11Meet our research students 13-22Our Doctoral Training Centres 23Encouraging innovation and enterprise 25Modes o study: an explanation 27Our Graduate School 29Finding unding 31Study acilities 33Your support network 35International students 37Overseas opportunities 39Student li e 41Sporting opportunities 43Career development 45Our alumni 47On campus 49Accommodation 52City li e 53A green university 55See or yoursel 57

Arts 59American and Canadian Studies 61Archaeology 62Art History 63Classics 64Culture, Film and Media 65Cultures, Languages and Area Studies 67English 69French and Francophone Studies 71German Studies 72History 73Music 74Philosophy 75Russian and Slavonic Studies 76Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies 77Theology and Religious Studies 78 Engineering 79Faculty o Engineering 81Research divisionsArchitecture and Urbanism 83Electrical Systems and Optics 85Energy and Sustainability 87In rastructure and Geomatics 89Manu acturing 91Materials, Mechanics and Structures 93

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i t yNottingham is in the top 1% o universities worldwide

and is internationally renowned or its world-changing work.Here are just some o the reasons Nottingham is world class.

MRI scans, novel vaccines, and technologies for earlydetection o cancer, or clean and green chemicalprocessing, and or the controlled production onanoparticles, are all results o our research.

The most recent national Research AssessmentExercise ound more than 90% o our research to be ointernational quality and ranked Nottingham seventh in theUK or research power.

Our teaching excellence was recognised by theindependent Quality Assurance Agency, which awardedNottingham the highest possible judgement in its lastassessment o teaching quality.

Nottingham is a founder member of the Russell Group, anassociation o leading UK research-intensive universities,and Universitas 21, an international consortium o leadinguniversities worldwide.

Nottingham is one of the top ve universities most oftentargeted by Britains leading graduate employers* andhas an award-winning careers service that is open to ourgraduates or li e.

Our links with industry are well established and wide-reaching, providing student placements and knowledgetrans er partnerships.

We have an alumni community of over 200,000graduates, stretching right back to the institutionsbeginnings in 1881. This includes academics, authors,business leaders, journalists, MPs, leading scientistsand the current Prime Minister o Malaysia.

Nottingham has been called the embodiment of themodern international university** and has campuses in theUK, China and Malaysia.

We produce top-quality graduates with a global outlookwho go on to g reat things.

Read the latest news rom Nottingham atwww.nottingham.ac.uk/news

*The Graduate Market in 2012, High Fliers Research**The Sunday Times University Guide 2011

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With more than 42,00 0 students from 15 0 countries, twoove rseas campuses an d strong links with u n iversitiesaroun d the world, we hav e a unique academic commun ity creating an inspi ra tional place tostudy and w ork.

Nottingham is the nearest Britain has to a trulyglobal university, with campuses in China andMalaysia modelled on a headquarters that is

among the most attractive in Britain.The Times Good University Guide 2012

The striking architecture on the modernJubilee Campus makes it a stimulatingplace to study and work.


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Dr George Rice (pictured below)Technology Trans er Expert

Dr Rice works in the Technology Demonstrator, ashowcase or the Universitys inventions.

Find out more about Georges experience:www.nottingham.ac.uk/pgvideos/georgerice

Scan it! To nd out how towatch this video on yoursmartphone see page 185.

Reasons orurther study

There are many reasons orembarking on postgraduate study;while some students want to break new ground in their eld o research,others are looking to increasetheir employability or urther theircareer. We have more than 9,000postgraduate students, all drivenby their own aspirations.

Why postgraduate study? Todays job market is competitive and being able toidenti y to a potential employer the bene ts they will getrom your postgraduate quali cation, either as a result oyou gaining specialist knowledge and skills or throughdeveloping your interpersonal and trans erable skills to ahigher level, may o er you a competitive edge.Clare Jones, careers adviser or researchsta and postgraduate research students

Its an opportunity to make a genuine contributionto knowledge and to develop trans erable skills incritical judgement, problem solving, data analysis, timemanagement, project planning and communication.Pro essor Jerry Roberts, Dean o the Graduate School

Undertaking postgraduate research can be richly rewardingand the moment o a major breakthrough, euphoric.Sir Peter Mans eld, Nobel Prize-winning Pro essor oPhysics and inventor o MRIIt gives you the grounding or an academic career not just the knowledge and skills but also the networks,contacts, exposure and opportunities to develop yourwork to a satis yingly high level and to share it.Sarah Townley, PhD student

It could lead to you discovering something completelynew an invention even. We have an o ce dedicatedto supporting the commercialisation o new technologythat works with inventors on a daily basis. It can beincredibly exciting.Dr George Rice (pictured le t),Technology Trans er Expert

We work with Nottinghams Graduate School to recruitpostgraduates or placements because they bring a highlevel o skill and knowledge to our business and wetrust them to take on di cult projects with enthusiasm andunderstanding. Our last postgraduate placement studentis now a ull-time employee here.Adam Buss, Director o Audience Engagement atQUAD, Derby (centre or art and lm)

Postgraduates have the potential to earn more.(see page 45)Stephen McAuli e, Director o the Careers andEmployability Service

Why Nottingham? We offer a wide range of research opportunities and

more than 360 taught postgraduate courses. Research degrees are supervised by outstanding

academics, many o whom are internationallyrenowned, and taught programmes are in ormed by thelatest research ndings.

Research provision is outstanding we have theknowledge and equipment to acilitate a huge rangeo projects.

We continually invest in our world-class facilities andcampuses and will provide you with opportunities todevelop ar beyond your course.

Our Graduate School runs the Researcher DevelopmentProgramme to help research students develop thespeci c skills they need or their career.

Our international campuses and global links provideopportunities or study abroad and internationalresearch collaborations.

We can help you take your inventions and innovations tothe real world where they will have an impact on society.

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We regularly consult with employers to ensure ourprogrammes are designed to develop key trans erableskills and improve employability.

Research students have access to a wide range o shortcourses delivered by our Graduate School that ocuson the academic and practical skills needed or aresearch career. The Graduate School also supportsplacement schemes that will help you apply your researchskills in a real company.

Our award-winning Careers and Employability Service o erssessions or all students to help develop important skills andenhance employability. These include employer-led skillssessions, workshops on CV-writing and preparing applications,and presentations that aim to give you an insight into variouscompanies and organisations, selection criteria, and the types o

job opportunities on o er. For more inormation, see page 46.

For a taste o teaching at Nottingham, you can also visitour iTunesU page where we have ree video and audiopodcasts. Find the link on our Connect page atwww.nottingham.ac.uk/connect

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In the last independent review o teachingquality carried out by the Quality AssuranceAgency (QAA), Nottingham was awarded thehighest possible judgement.

Taught coursesWe o er more than 360 taught postgraduate coursesspanning a range o disciplines and subjects which aim toequip you with a curiosity-driven and deep understandingo your subject as well as a critical approach and skillsrelevant to your uture career. Taught courses are based

on a programme o lectures, seminars and tutorials andnormally include compulsory core modules and the chanceto select optional modules in your areas o interest.

The impact o our research-intensive environment isevident in our teaching. Lecturers are experts in theirelds, our courses constantly develop to incorporate thelatest ndings and our research philosophy underpins ourinteractions with students, producing graduates withan independence o mind and a critical approach to theirwork and the world around them.

Innovative learningWe are keen to ensure our teaching is always evolvingand innovative so you receive the best possible experience:

problem-based learning is incorporated into manycourses an approach which osters skills in groupworking and collaboration, sel -direction, reasoning,critical refection, and knowledge acquisitionand application

visual technologies, including simulations, videocon erencing and interactive whiteboards, are widely usedto support and enhance student learning

we are using visual technology to set up direct links with our China and Malaysia campuses and videocon erencing to enable joint projects involving studentsrom around the world

podcasts, of cial videos on YouTube, iTunesU, and moreonline assessments are also being used in our teaching

Our U-Now initiative is an online resource that o ers aascinating insight into the teaching that takes place here.Download podcasts, videos and other learning resources atwww.nottingham.ac.uk/unow

Nottingham has an outstanding reputationor teaching quality and is consistentlyamong the highest ranking per ormers inindependent teaching assessments.

Alex Danchev (pictured below)Pro essor o politics

The inspirational Pro essor Alex Danchev won anational award or Innovation in Teaching.

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Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008www.nottingham.ac.uk/pgstudy/rae Nottingham was ranked seventh in the UK for

research power. More than 90% of our research is of international quality. Almost 60% is world leading. 27 of our subject areas feature in the top 10 for their eld. 14 of our subjects feature in the top ve.

Research unding The University attracted more than 130m in 2010/11 to

und research projects in key disciplines. Our RAE success was rewarded by an annual 9.7m

increase in unding rom the Higher Education FundingCouncil or England the largest rise awarded toany university.

Impact: The Nottingham Campaign will raise 150m overthe next ve years to support high-impact projects.

Research priority groupsWe have 13 priority groups which address global issues inkey areas or support the delivery o research excellence.

ThematicAdvanced Manu acturing Aerospace BiomedicalImaging Drug Discovery Energy Global Food Security Integrating Global Society Operations in a Digital World Science, Technology and Society

Plat ormCentre or Advanced Studies Clinical Translational

Research Facilities InternationalRealising real-world impact Our specialist Technology Transfer and

Commercialisation team works with researchers to taketheir inventions to market.

Award-winning spin-out companies grown from researchprojects have been developed with our help.

Nottingham is a founding partner in BioCity Britainsbiggest biomedical business incubator.

Our Innovation Park on Jubilee Campus accommodatesspin-out enterprises and collaborative industrial projects.

For more in ormation, see page 25.

Doctoral Training Centres the uture Nottingham runs or is a partner in a number of Doctoral

Training Centres. Between them they offer over 150 full-funded PhD/EngD

opportunities.For more in ormation, see pages 23-24.

Engaging with businessWe have over 200 industrial sponsors o research. Ourcorporate partners include:

AstraZeneca E.ON Ford GlaxoSmithKline Mars Novartis P zer Rolls-Royce Shell Unilever

Global links Leading research takes place at our own international

campuses in China and Malaysia o ering our studentsopportunities to work overseas.

We have high pro le collaboration projects withbusinesses and institutions in Asia.

As a founder member of Universitas21 we havepartner universities around the world and internationalcollaboration takes place across all our aculties.

Make your impactFrom cancer to carbon capture, Shakespeare to socialnetworking, and drug discovery to the digital economy,research at Nottingham is opening doors to new ways othinking. I you are interested in contributing to originalknowledge, we can help you have an impact. Visit the

website o your school o interest to nd out aboutcurrent projects.

Find out more: www.nottingham.ac.uk/research

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Researchexcellence

Research at Nottingham generates discoveries, manyo which have pro ound social, economic and culturalbene ts and address major global challenges. Amongother world-changing innovations, MRI was invented atNottingham and continues to have a huge impact onmodern healthcare. Our postgraduate students makesigni cant contributions to this pioneering work.

Did you know?Academics at the Universityhave won two Nobel Prizes inthe last decade.

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Laura ToddPhD Russian and Slavonic Studies

I want to break some o the oldstereotypes that I think everybodyhas about certain places inEastern Europe.

Rebecca HarperPhD Film Studies and German

Im looking at representations oqueer women in lm and the concepto belonging.

Mariana MatosoPhD Lusophone A rican Culture

My PhD is on water supply to Angolaand Mozambique.

Hear all these stories at:www.nottingham.ac.uk/pgvideos

Im looking at the trans ormation o the Polish TVmarket, how di erent it is to Western Europe andwhether there are any similarities. Poland is uniquebecause it hasnt been researched yet at least not asmuch as western countries. Its good to contribute toEuropean television scholarship.Sylwia Szostak PhD Culture, Film and Media

Hear more about Sylwias story atwww.nottingham.ac.uk/pgvideos/sylwiaszostak

ArtsThe Faculty o Arts has 280 research active sta and a broad port olio oprojects and centres o interdisciplinary research excellence. In additionto in-school supervision and training, research students are supportedin their studies and developing careers through the new Arts and Social

Sciences Graduate Centre, Centre or Advanced Studies in the Arts andSocial Sciences (CAS), and a distributed network o Culture InnovationLabs (CILs) and key research acilities. The acultys global network o partnerships orm the basis o a variety o collaborative researchopportunities, with the past ve years yielding numerous doctoral awards,bursaries and externally unded research ellowships, and over 7m oresearch awards.

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Being part o the EngD Centre in E cient Fossil EnergyTechnologies, I can really appreciate how this research isa small ragment o a much larger challenge. The currentenergy landscape is shi ting towards renewables and theoutcome o this research can have industrial implicationswhich in turn would contribute to another piece o the

green energy puzzle.Archi SarrozaEngD

Hear more about Archis story atwww.nottingham.ac.uk/pgvideos/archisarroza

With a total research port olio o 100m, the Faculty o Engineering hasover 560 live research projects and 480 research students. Last year weattracted 28.4m in new awards across the faculty 37% from industry and35% rom research councils. In the most recent Research Assessment Exercise,

97% o research in the aculty was judged to be o international quality with over75% de ned as world leading or internationally excellent, putting us in theUKs top ve universities or engineering. The University is a major internationalcentre of excellence for energy research and the brand new 7.5m EnergyTechnologies Building is set to open this autumn (2012). Our commitment togender equality in engineering was marked by the Athena SWAN Charter SilverAward, which recognises good employment practice or women in science,engineering and technology in higher education and research.

Simon WoolheadPhD Mechanical Engineering

Since my work was mainly in thedesign aspect, it elt amazing to seethe highly skilled technicians in theNottingham labs who go to greate orts to build antastic rigs orcorporate clients.

Seda KacelMArch Environmental Design

When we are trying to design zerocarbon houses in our studio, we wantto see how this can be achieved inreal time, so its very nice to see andobserve them.

Madhavie PereraPhD Mechanical Engineering

My area o research revolves aroundbiodissolvable composites which arebasically materials that are intended toreplace metals in implants.

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For quite a ew years Ive had an interest in pedigreedog health. I was ascinated with breeding and inheriteddisease. So ar weve really been ocusing on the attitudeso vets and breeders towards pedigree dog breeding,canine inherited disease and health schemes.Christina HuntIntercalated PhD Veterinary Medicine

Hear more about Christinas story atwww.nottingham.ac.uk/pgvideos/christinahunt

Ping Guo PhD Nursing, Midwi ery and Physiotherapy

Im looking at whether preoperative education andintervention can reduce anxiety and depression amongChinese cardiac surgery patients. Be ore I came hereI was registered as a nurse in China specialising incardiac surgery.

Allison McIntosh PhD Biomedical Sciences

Im doing a PhD in pre-clinical research, tryingto understand the neurochemistry that underliesschizophrenia. Being so close to something that is reallytranslational and that you can really relate to is very excitingand you get to grips with a lot o the clinical progress.

With 700 postgraduate research students, projects in the Faculty oMedicine are wide ranging. Research covers areas rom basic sciences toclinical translational research, and includes research priority groups in drugdiscovery, biomedical imaging and clinical translational research. We undertake

40m worth of externally funded research every year. Based here we haveBiomedical Research Units (BRUs) in gastrointestinal disease and hearing,Collaboration or Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC)in Mental Health, the Arthritis UK Pain Centre and the UK Centre or TobaccoControl Studies, among others.

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Science The ultimate dream o treating the most di cult diseases,like cancer, lies in the concept o gene silencing, or RNAinter erence. This is no longer impossible due to thedesign o a potent gene delivery system or the success uldelivery o small inter ering RNA into the human body which I am working on. The current concept o siRNA

gene delivery is considered the uture o next generationmedicines. Scientists working in this eld are uturepharmaceutical pioneers.Zeeshan DanishPhD Pharmacy

With an impressive research port olio o 140m rom external sources,the Faculty o Science hosts 1,300 postgraduate students. Our research isdelivering undamental knowledge and solutions to grand challenge problemsin animal sciences, astronomy, the digital economy, drug discovery, energy,

ood, plant and animal sciences, healthcare, mathematics, nanosciences andsustainability. The most recent Research Assessment Exercise placed all ourschools very high nationally, with many areas ranked in the top 10 includingAgriculture, Veterinary and Food Sciences (1st), Pharmacy (1st), Chemistry(2nd), Physics (2nd), Applied Mathematics (5th), Statistics and OperationalResearch (6th) and Computer Science and In ormatics (8th).

Hear more about Zeeshans story atwww.nottingham.ac.uk/pgvideos/zeeshan-danish

Andrew PhiriPhD Biology

Intestinal helminth parasites areextremely important in domesticlivestock and humans. These parasitesare responsible or severe economiclosses that are experienced by thelivestock industry worldwide.

Iker Prez Lpez PhD Mathematical Sciences

My research ocuses on providingmathematical proo or well-knowninvestment strategies. The industryscredibility has been damaged recentlyand theres so much work to do tobetter understand its nature.

Szu Shen Wong PhD Pharmacy

My research may reveal importantin ormation or the design o new,sa er anticoagulants medicines thatreduce the ability o the blood to clot.


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David HayesPhD Law

Community punishments are an entrenched part ocriminal justice policy. The popular conception is that theyare a soft option. My research aims to identify whetherthere is a basis or this assumption.

Maria LozanoPhD Education

I had worked or nine years in Chile as a teacher andthen I started working in innovation in education doing apilot project testing methodologies with teachers acrossthe country.


My research is concerned with mediating multicultural,pluralist tension both in the domestic and globalspheres. The need or such mediation is highlightedby instances such as the July 7 bombings and theSeptember 11 attacks, where tensions have culminatedin violent confict.

Marie PaxtonPhD Politics

Hear more about Maries story atwww.nottingham.ac.uk/pgvideos/marie-paxton

The Faculty o Social Sciences is one o the largest and most diversein Europe. We have over 400 internationally renowned and researchactive academic sta , 2,800 postgraduate taught students and almost 600postgraduate researchers. The aculty spans eight major schools, all o ering

PhD supervision, and includes more than 40 research institutes and centres.Our reputation or world-class research has yielded major social sciencebreakthroughs in areas such as international human rights law, geospatialtechnology, climate change, ethical business practices, globalisation, economicpolicy, citizenship, and transnational migration. We have attracted more than26m worth of research funding in the past threeyears and seven of our eightschools are ranked in the top 10 or research based on the Times Higher QualityRankings or the Research Assessment Exercise research power ranking.

Politics PhD student Marie Paxton is investigatingways to mediate multicultural, pluralist tension.


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These centres o er incredible opportunitiesto undertake a ully unded PhD or EngDalongside intensive research training toprepare you or an exceptional career. Theterm Doctoral Training Centres, or DTCs,covers a range o research council undedinitiatives including Centres or DoctoralTraining, Doctoral Training Partnerships andIndustrial Doctorate Centres.

DTCs we lead onBiotechnology and BiologicalSciences Research Council DoctoralTraining PartnershipNottingham/Rothamsted Research/BBSRC

Aim: to deliver world-class doctoral research training inglobal ood security, bioenergy and industrial biotechnologyand other world-class bioscience.Number o places: 38Package*: PhD stipends are or our years with additionalunding available or lab consumables and travel toconferences. The minimum stipend for 2012/13 is 13,590.

E cient Fossil Energy TechnologiesNottingham/Birmingham/Loughborough/EPSRC

Aim: to produce research leaders to tackle the majornational and international challenges over the next 15 y earsto generate electricity more e ciently using ossil energywith near zero emissions.Number o places per year: 15Package*: tuition ees paid, tax- ree annual stipend o upto 20,000, international travel budget for attendanceat our Summer Schools, overseas laboratories andinternational con erences.

Economic and Social Research CouncilDoctoral Training CentreNottingham/ESRC

Aim: to o er a world-class multidisciplinary environment inwhich social science research and those undertaking itcan fourish.

Number o places per year: minimum 19, maximum 38Package*: fees and stipend (13,590 for 2012/13) plusannual allowance of 750 for travel and research costs.Economics places available to UK, EU and internationalapplicants covering ees and stipend at an enhanced level(additional 3,000 per year).

Horizon DTC or the Digital EconomyNottingham/EPSRC

Aim: to train research leaders who can work at the heart othe digital economy, creating new technologies or studyingtheir impact on peoples lives (see page 92).Number o places: 10Package*: tax-free stipend (15,600 in September 2012)per year, 3,000 allowance for travel and consumablesplus a personal laptop.

Manu acturing Technology EngineeringDoctorate CentreNottingham/Birmingham/Loughborough/MTC/EPSRC

Aim: to provide an intensive our-year research programmein partnership with industry to address key challenges inadvanced manu acturing engineering (see page 92).Number o places: 24Package*: fees and approximately 20,000 stipend.

Targeted Therapeutics andFormulation SciencesNottingham/UCL/industrial partners/EPSRC

Aim: to train the uture pioneers o the pharmaceuticalindustry in collaboration with UCL and seven world-leadingindustrial partners.

Number o places: 19 over two years with six places eachin Nottingham in 2012 and 2013.Package: this is a our year research programme withees and enhanced stipend paid and money allocatedor consumables, travelling, industry stays andattending con erences.

DTCs where we are a partnerEPSRC Centre or Innovative Manu acturingin CompositesBristol/Cranfeld/Manchester/Nottingham/EPSRC

Aim: to provide UK manu acturing research engineers(REs) with the engineering and management skillsnecessary to make an immediate impact on compositesmanu acturing technology.

Number o places: +30Package*: tuition fees, enhanced stipend (20,000),including travel unds and laptop.

Hydrogen and Fuel Cell ApplicationsBirmingham/Nottingham/Loughborough/EPSRC

Aim: to equip graduates with the multidisciplinary skillsneeded to work in the energy sector and to providein-depth training and expertise in hydrogen technologies.Number o places: 10Package*: ull studentship or our years, including HEUtuition ees and a project budget or a laptop, consumablesand attendance at international con erences.

Integrated Magnetic Resonance Centre orDoctoral Training (iMR-CDT)Warwick/St Andrews/Dundee/Southampton/ Nottingham/Aberdeen/EPSRC

Aim: to provide the most comprehensive training inmagnetic resonance technology in the UK.Number o places: two to our or Nottingham; 10-14( rom all universities).Package*: our-year unding, enhanced student stipendincluding travel unds and consumables.

Non-Destructive EvaluationImperial/Strathclyde/Bristol/Nottingham/Warwick/ Bath/EPSRC

Aim: to equip high quality graduates with the industrialskills and experience necessary to lead and developnon-destructive evaluation methods in diverse industriesincluding aerospace, energy and oil and gas.Number o places: typically 10 per year each student isallocated to the university with the most relevant expertise.Package*: fees and stipend of approximately 20,000 per year.

Regenerative MedicineLoughborough/Nottingham/Keele/EPSRC

Aim: to encourage and train students rom engineering andphysical sciences to undertake a strategic and coherentresearch programme that brings together centres oexpertise in academia, industry and healthcare to urther theUK world class p osition in regenerative medicine.Number o places: 10 across the three partner universities.Package*: our-year unding and enhanced stipendincluding travel unds and consumables.

Find out more about all our DTCs at www.nottingham.ac.uk/dtc

*Unless stated otherwise, all packages are or UK and EU students who havebeen resident in the UK or at least three years. Sometimes ees are covered orEU students but no stipends. International students are welcome to apply butwill need to secure alternative unding.

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Encouraginginnovationand enterprise

7Clusters a consultancy providing geospatial andmapping related services to the growing location sector is an example o a student-run business supported bythe Enterpriselab.www.7clusters.com

The Enterpriselab acilities are also available to ourgraduates or up to 12 months a ter they leave theUniversity. Enable Care Choices, a company providingsocial care services based on individual needs, is onegraduate-run business bene ting rom this opportunity.www.enablecarechoices.co.uk

I you are interested in studying entrepreneurship atmasters level, UNIEI o ers a range o postgraduate coursesdesigned to develop entrepreneurial skills. Deliveredthrough our academic schools, the list includes courses inentrepreneurship with chemistry, communication, computerscience, crop biotechnology, cultural studies, electrical andelectronic engineering, and sustainable energy.

Find out more about our enterprise acilities atwww.nottingham.ac.uk/uniei

Did you know?Nottingham was the rst everrecipient o the Times HigherEntrepreneurial University o theYear Award.

The judges praised the breadthand depth o Nottinghamsentrepreneurial activity and saidthe University was committed tonurturing the most enterprising andglobally-minded graduates in Britishhigher education.

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Realising innovationsWithin the University, inventions arising rom research canbe developed into commercial business ventures, deliveringglobal solutions that make a di erence in the real world. OurTechnology Trans er O ce, which aims to commercialisetechnologies developed at the University, currently managesa port olio o over 300 patents.

The University has been involved in the creation o more than40 companies, known as spin-outs, and has a continuedactive interest in 28 o them, 15 o which have products inthe marketplace. They carry out work in a diverse range oareas, rom developing a power ul new approach to the earlydiagnosis o primary cancer, to providing innovative productsbased around virtual reality and computer graphics technology.

Molecular Pro les is one o the Universitys most success ulspin-outs. The company, which provides cutting-edgepharmaceutical development services that signi cantlyimprove and speed-up the introduction o new drugs, won theprestigious Queens Award or Enterprise in 2011 the UKshighest accolade or business success.

Our support or innovation attracts world-classacademics who know that the in rastructure in placecan take their inventions, ideas and new technologiesto the global marketplace. Many o our PhD andpostdoctoral students also play a large part in thedevelopment o new technologies.

Encouraging entrepreneursEntrepreneurial students are nurtured at Nottingham. TheUniversitys Institute or Enterprise and Innovation (UNIEI) isone o the leading centres in Europe or the development oenterprise skills in the next generation o entrepreneurs. Itworks with a high-pro le network o senior academics andresearchers rom around the world.

The Institute o ers practical business services throughits Enterpriselab, which provides entrepreneurial studentswith business advice and mentoring, help with planning,and surgeries on nance, marketing, intellectual property,taxation, and unding. It also o ers ree shared o ce spaceand allows students to use the Enterpriselab address ortheir business.

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Taught programmesOur range o taught programmes continually develops inresponse to changes in society and the need to integratethe latest research ndings. Our courses also evolvein response to business and industry, ensuring theemployability o our graduates is signi cantly enhancedby our teaching.

Masters courses can provide anything rom vocational

training to preparation or urther research. You will usuallywork in small groups, and learning may be in the orm oessays, project work, industrial or business placements,problem-solving classes, lectures, tutorials or discussiongroups. They might also include an individual or groupproject or research dissertation, or which you will haveclose contact with the academics undertaking the research.

Masters degree Duration: one year (guide only)

Masters degrees are intensive taught programmes witha dissertation or project. Nottingham o ers a range omasters degrees including the Master o Architecture(MArch), Master o Arts (MA), Master o BusinessAdministration (MBA), Master o Laws (LLM), and Mastero Science (MSc).

Diploma (PGDip) and certi cate (PGCert)

Duration: six-nine months (guide only)Diplomas and certi cates are o ten vocational programmeso study or structured in a similar way to mastersprogrammes. These courses are usually assessed by examsand coursework and a dissertation is not required.

Distance learning Distance learning could be suitable or students whosegeographical location, employment, amily commitmentsor busy li estyle does not allow them to attend regular on-campus classes. The University o ers a range o deliverymethods or distance learners, rom courses deliveredentirely online, to blended learning courses that have acompulsory component o contact time.

Distance learning courses are currently o ered in theareas o applied ergonomics, applied linguistics, brewingsciences, church history, education, educational leadershipand management, English language education, Englishstudies, health communication, historical theology,international higher education, learning, technologyand education, literary linguistics and modern Englishlanguage, mentoring and coaching, public procurementlaw and policy, risk and reliability methods, special needs,systematic and philosophical theology, Teaching Englishor Academic Purposes, Teaching English to Speakers oOther Languages (TESOL), and workplace health. Seepage 34 and nd out more about distance learning atwww.nottingham.ac.uk/pgstudy/distancelearning

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Research programmesWe o er a variety o research programmes, rom mastersdegrees with a research element, such as the MRes or MAby research, to doctoral work the most advanced orm opostgraduate study. As a research student at Nottingham,you will have close contact with academic sta and receivepersonal research supervision, working with at least twoacademics, depending on your course. Research training isprovided to support your work and to help you gain skills in

research methodology, skills speci c to your research area,and a greater understanding o your subject as a whole.

Doctor o Philosophy (PhD) Duration: three years (guide only)

A PhD is awarded on the success ul completion o aprogramme o supervised research and is assessed byan oral examination and nal thesis.

Doctor o Medicine (DM) Duration: two-three years (guide only)

The Doctor o Medicine is a research-based postgraduatedegree or ully quali ed medical doctors. It is similar to aPhD but can sometimes be completed more quickly ando ten contains a component o clinical research.

Pro essional Doctorate (PD) Duration: three years (guide only)

Pro essional Doctorates are doctoral level quali cations,equivalent to traditional PhDs. They are rigorous, part-timeprogrammes o advanced applied study and research,speci cally designed to meet the needs o practisingpro essionals. They provide a ramework or the integrationo pro essional expertise and scholarly inquiry to explorespeci c areas o interest.

Master o Philosophy (MPhil) Duration: one year (guide only)

The MPhil requires research skills and training similar to aPhD yet its scope and complexity is less than that requiredor a doctorate. You can apply to upgrade to a PhD a terone year o study, or two years or part-time students. TheMPhil is assessed by the submission o a thesis.

Master o Research (MRes)

Duration: one year (guide only)The MRes o ers general research training or thoseintending to pursue a PhD or a career that requiresresearch skills. On an MRes course, you will submit adissertation o around 35,000 words, take 20 credits ogeneric research training and have the option to take upto 40 credits o relevant taught modules. The number otaught modules you choose to take determines the lengtho your dissertation.

MA/MSc (by research) Duration: one year (guide only)

The MA/MSc(by research) is similar to the MRes but you do not have to take 20 credits o generic research trainingand you can take between zero and 60 credits o relevanttaught modules.

Some programmes have a prescribed structure o taughtmodules while in others the decision is made in consultationwith your supervisor. You will submit a dissertation obetween 25,000 and 45,000 words depending on howmany taught modules you choose to take.

Doctoral Training CentresFully unded research opportunities are available throughour Doctoral Training Centres. See pages 23-24.

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ContactThe Graduate School t: +44 (0)115 846 8400e: [email protected] w: www.nottingham.ac.uk/graduateschool

Did you know?When the Quality Assurance Agencylast audited quality standards acrossthe University it speci cally praisedthe contribution o the GraduateCentres in supporting and enhancingthe student experience.

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On entry to the University, all postgraduatestudents become members o the GraduateSchool, which seeks to provide the acilitiesand resources you need to excel in yourchosen research eld and to signi cantlyenhance your postgraduate experience.

Alongside the Graduate School, the University hasinvested in a number o Graduate Centres which providesubject-speci c opportunities. Find out more atwww.nottingham.ac.uk/graduateschool

Researcher Development ProgrammeOur impressive Researcher Development Programmeprovides ree training opportunities or research studentsto help you develop the skills you need or your career.All activities have been designed to meet the requirementso the UK research councils and are aligned with theNational Researcher Development Framework. Areascovered include:

Career management including career planning or PhDsand interview training or research students.

Interpersonal and communication skills includingadvanced presentation skills or researchers, runningmeetings by video con erence and preparing or your viva.

IT and in ormation skills including essential in ormationskills or new researchers and library services or the

new researcher.

Learning and teaching including introduction to teachingor postgraduate research students and researchers.

Research environment and context including undingapplication workshops, copyright training and how to getthe most out o a con erence.

Research methods and approaches including analysinginterview transcripts and project managing your PhD.

We also o er enhanced support and developmentor research students involved in teaching, a range oactivities to help you gain entrepreneurial skills, andspeci c opportunities to help you identi y and manage anycommercial or policy implications arising rom your ndings.Find out more at www.nottingham.ac.uk/graduateschool/traininganddevelopment

Workshops and eventsThe Graduate School runs a po stgraduate inductionprogramme in the rst week o the autumn semester aswell as events throughout the year, including careersworkshops, unding workshops, the P ostgraduate ResearchShowcase and social activities.

You can nd a list o uture events atwww.nottingham.ac.uk/graduateschool/events

At Nottingham, postgraduates are central to ourresearch mission. Our dedicated Graduate School iscommitted to working with you to ensure you receiveall the support and skills-training you need to ul lyour potential.

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Search or awardsThe Universitys Graduate School and InternationalO ce o er guidance on unding opportunities, the latterspeci cally or international students. Please visitwww.nottingham.ac.uk/graduateschool andwww.nottingham.ac.uk/international

A number o other websites outline potential undingopportunities. These include:

www.britishcouncil.orgwww. ndaphd.comwww.jobs.ac.uk

www.postgraduatestudentships.co.uk www.prospects.ac.uk www.scholarship-search.org.uk

When you are hereDuring your course, we can help you identi y opportunitiesor unding that could enable you to travel or attend acon erence, or example, as part o your studies. TheGraduate School administers a number o competitiveawards see page 30 or more in ormation.

Part-time work Unitemps, the Universitys recruitment agency, providesopportunities or part-time and temporary jobs on campusand close by in Nottingham. According to UK governmentlegislation, international students on a Tier 4 student visamay undertake paid work while studying in the UK o upto 20 hours per week in term-time and ull-time duringvacations. The International O ce can advise urther on thiswww.nottingham.ac.uk/international

Tutoring opportunitiesSome academic schools provide opportunities or researchstudents to supplement their income while gainingexperience in teaching or laboratory demonstrations.Check with your school or more in ormation.

Find out more about unding options atwww.nottingham.ac.uk/pgstudy/ unding

My advice to anyone looking orunding or a PhD would be: read thecriteria and make sure you ollow thesubmission details to the letter wordcount, re erence style, etc. Importantly,you need to really understand what theunding body/council wants to undand what their priorities are and makesure you match that in your application.Take care in your application and getyour supervisors on board as early aspossible.

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researchers during 2010/11.

Finding unding

We are keen to help our postgraduate students secureunding. However, please be aware that nancial supportis limited, so we recommend that you investigateopportunities as early as possible.

In addition to tuition ees, we estimate a ull-timepostgraduate student will need to budget around 800 permonth to cover accommodation, maintenance, recreationand other expenses.

The majority o postgraduate students studying in the UKund their own studies, o ten rom a package made up opersonal savings, amily loans or contributions, part-timework, bank loans and support rom a trust or charity.

On these pages, we have listed just some o the ways inwhich you can und your studies. There is also a table ounding opportunities on pages 165-168. You will ndurther unding in ormation on individual course pages othe online prospectus www.nottingham.ac.uk/pgstudy and on school, department and institute websites.

Research councilsSeven research councils provide unding or tuition andmaintenance to a limited number o UK and other EUstudents. The research councils are the main source ogovernment unding or postgraduate study, but securingunding rom them is a highly competitive process. Theyund di erent subject areas; there ore you need to identi ythe appropriate body and be clear about its procedures.

The level o payment varies, but all awards or homestudents include:

tuition fees maintenance grants contributions towards travel, eld work, academic

materials and other expenses additional sums for disabled students

Lists o universities and programmes or whichstudentships are provided are available rom the researchcouncils. However, you should not apply directly to them. Ingeneral, you should apply through the academic school inwhich you intend to study.

The research councils make awards to students romthe UK and Channel Islands. Students resident in theIsle o Man should consult their education authoritiy.

EU students should note that ordinarily, unless youhave been resident in the UK or a period o three yearsimmediately preceding the start o your course, or areclassi ed as a migrant worker or child o a migrantworker, awards rom all the research councils covercourse ees only.

Further in ormation is available atwww.nottingham.ac.uk/graduateschool/ unding

Pro essional and CareerDevelopment LoansFor ree, impartial advice on Pro essional and CareerDevelopment Loans, please contact an adviser on:t:+44 (0)800 100 900w: www.direct.gov.uk/pcdl

Trusts and charitiesA number o trusts and charities o er unding orpostgraduate students. While it is unlikely they would coverthe total amount needed or ees and maintenance, undingrom a trust or charity could help pay or materials and othercourse costs. Many students build up a port olio o undingby securing a range o smaller awards, so it is worth lookinginto these opportunities.

StudentshipsOnce you have chosen your course, contact your academic

school to ask about unding opportunities. Some schoolso er studentships ully unded research degrees underthe guidance o a speci c supervisor. Many opportunitiesare advertised on the Universitys vacancies web pages www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies

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courses and the best in IT we are committed toproviding you with everything you need to makeyour postgraduate studies a success.

LibrariesOur eight UK libraries house more than one million booksand journals, as well as extensive manuscript collectionsand several thousand electronic journals and books. Someo our libraries host Learning Hubs fexible learning andstudy spaces with excellent acilities.

Every library has specialist sta who will help you nd thein ormation you need. They are especially alert to the needso students with disabilities.

All libraries provide lending and re erence services and areopen or long hours. The Hallward Library is open 24 hoursa day, seven days a week (24/7) during most of term-time,while ve of our other libraries are open 24/7 around examtimes, both in January and the summer.

Contact Library Helpline t: +44 (0)115 951 4514e: [email protected] w: www.nottingham.ac.uk/is

Flexible, distance and eLearningBecause many programmes are available on a part-time ordistance-learning basis, we are able to o er opportunitiesto study around existing employment and amilycommitments, no matter where you are based.

A signi cant investment in eLearning opportunities meansfexible research and study is provided through a VirtualLearning Environment, giving you 24/7 access to thehighest quality teaching and learning materials, whereveryou are in the world.

To support you in your studies, we have designed speci cservices including our postal library loans service, whereusers can request ordinary loan books held in our librariesto be posted directly to their UK home address. We alsoo er a postal photocopy service and online IT andso tware training.

Find out more about services or distance and part-timestudents at www.nottingham.ac.uk/is/libraries/part-time-distance.aspx

You can also access in ormation about our online learningenvironment and study skills or distance learners atwww.nottingham.ac.uk/teaching/studyskills

Advanced computing acilitiesAs a postgraduate student you will have access to theUniversitys networked services, which include computerrooms with printing, scanning and a wide range o standardand specialist so tware, high-speed internet access, plug-inpoints and wireless hotspots or your laptop and specialistapplications so tware or research.

We have computer rooms on all our campuses, most othem with 24-hour access. Laptop computers are alsoavailable on loan or use in most o the Universitys libraries.

Contact Student IT Helpline t: +44 (0)115 951 6677e: [email protected] w: www.nottingham.ac.uk/is

Improving your language skillsThe University o ers language courses and study acilitiesor all students. The Language Centre, based on UniversityPark, provides a number o language courses, some o

which are speci cally aimed at research students. It alsoo ers a wide range o daytime and evening classes on acredit-bearing and/or fee-paying basis.

For more in ormation about all our courses, please visitwww.nottingham.ac.uk/language-centre

The Language Centre also houses the Sel Access Centre,an ideal environment or independent study. Facilities andmaterials here include: 40 networked PCs with a dedicated suite o multimedia

language-learning applications live satellite TV viewing course books, grammar books, dictionaries magazines, newspapers, easy readers CD-roms /DVDs

Contact The Language Centre t: +44 (0)115 846 6358e: [email protected] w: www.nottingham.ac.uk/language-centre

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Other servicesChildcareServices are available or children aged six weeks to12 years and include three daycare acilities, a holidayplayscheme and a toy library.

t: +44 (0)115 951 5222e: [email protected] w: www.nottingham.ac.uk/childcare

CounsellingThis ree, pro essional and con dential service is availableto students and sta at Nottingham.

t: +44 (0)115 951 3695e: [email protected] w: www.nottingham.ac.uk/counselling

Cripps Dental CentreCripps Dental Centre o ers services under the NationalHealth Service or students** and their amilies.

t: +44 (0)115 950 6781

Disability Liaison O cersEach school appoints a Disability Liaison O cer (DLO)to provide advice and guidance on disability issuesand support.

t: +44 (0)115 951 3710w: www.nottingham.ac.uk/disability

Faith support and adviceThere are prayer rooms on all our campuses, and a teamo chaplains and aith advisers o er riendship, advice andsupport as well as services o worship. The team also workswith the Students Unions religious-based societies toorganise discussion groups and sports and social events.

We respect the rights and religious views o our studentsand care is taken to ensure teaching activities, includingexaminations, do not coincide with major religious estivals.Students who need to absent themselves or reasons oreligious observance should discuss the matter withtheir school.

t: +44 (0)115 951 3931 (term-time only)w: www.nottingham.ac.uk/chaplains

The Graduate SchoolThe Graduate School is a dedicated resource orpostgraduates see pages 29-30.

t: +44 (0)115 846 8400w: www.nottingham.ac.uk/graduateschool

International O ceOur International O ce o ers a range o additional supportservices speci cally or our overseas students seepage 38.

t: +44 (0)115 951 5247w: www.nottingham.ac.uk/international

Student Advice and Representation CentreThe Student Advice and Representation Centre providesin ormation on all student issues.

t: +44 (0)115 846 8730w: www.su.nottingham.ac.uk/adviceandsupport/SARC

University Health ServiceThe University Health Service provides medical services orstudents** and their amilies who are eligible or NationalHealth Service care.

t: +44 (0)115 846 8888w: www.unhs.co.uk

**International students must be pursuing a ull-time course tobe eligible or this service.

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Student Services CentresOur Student Services Centres based in the PortlandBuilding on University Park, Amenities Building on JubileeCampus, and in Main Building on Sutton BoningtonCampus incorporate nancial, academic, and disabilitysupport, registry services, the tuition ees o ce, and otheressential student services.

University Park and Jubilee campusest: +44 (0)115 951 3710: +44 (0)115 823 2083e: [email protected]

Sutton Bonington Campust: +44 (0)115 951 6004e: [email protected] w: www.nottingham.ac.uk/ssc

Academic SupportThe Academic Support Team provides study support to allstudents including sessions on academic writing skills andtime management.

Academic Support can also assist with queries regarding:

admissions and registration assessments in relation to dyslexia recommendations to academic staff about reasonable

adjustments in the learning, teaching and assessment

environmentst: +44 (0)115 951 3710e: [email protected] w: www.nottingham.ac.uk/ssc

Disability SupportDisability Support sta can assist with:

assessment for and access to the Disabled StudentsAllowance (DSA) or home students*

recommendations for alternative assessment andtimetabling arrangements

access to alternative formats such as braille and large print

individual specialist support access to specialist technology based in Academic

Support or in libraries liaison with libraries for enhanced services such

as extended loans residential accommodation and adapted study bedrooms accessible transport around and between campuses

t: +44 (0)115 951 3710e: [email protected] w: www.nottingham.ac.uk/ssc *International students are entitled to a level o support that is equivalent, so aras is reasonably possible, to home students who receive the DSAs. Althoughwe are able to o er advice and guidance, we are not able to provide any levelo care or support in connection with normal day-to-day living arrangements.

Financial SupportThe Financial Support Team provides advice andin ormation on University and government unding orstudents. Students can apply or nancial assistanceor various costs including childcare, ees or part-timepostgraduate study, and general living and course costs.

t: +44 (0)115 823 2071: +44 (0)115 951 4376e: [email protected] w: www.nottingham.ac.uk/ nancialsupport

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Our support services are also world class, including ourInternational O ce, which is dedicated to the needs o ouroverseas students. The International O ce will ensure youhave all the in ormation you need to live and study in Nottingham.

Be ore you start your programmeMembers o our International O ce and academic staregularly visit di erent countries to meet prospectivestudents and their amilies. We work closely with the BritishCouncil and have a worldwide network o representatives,all o whom can give you advice on studying in the UK andat The University o Nottingham.

For a list o the Universitys country-speci c contacts,events and representatives in your country, please v isitwww.nottingham.ac.uk/internationalstudents/meetus

English language requirementsWe are keen to ensure all our students are well-preparedto succeed. I your rst language is not English, youmust achieve an appropriate level in an approved testin English be ore you can register with a school or

department. Our Centre or English Language Educationo ers presessional English programmes to help you reachthis level. More details can be ound on pages 161-162.

English language requirements vary depending on the areao study. Speci c English language requirements or eachcourse can be ound on individual school websites andat www.nottingham.ac.uk/entryrequirements

Visas and immigrationIn order to study at the University, you will be required tohave obtained appropriate immigration permission. Find outmore at www.nottingham.ac.uk/internationalstudents/visasimmigration or www.ukba.homeo ce.gov.uk

Travelling to NottinghamFor new international students, the International O cearranges a coach pick-up service rom London HeathrowAirport to the University and an International WelcomeProgramme, just be ore the start o the academic year inSeptember. More detailed welcome and arrival in ormationwill be sent to you by the International O ce once you havereceived an o er to study at the University.

Social li eOn arrival you will automatically become a member o theStudents Union, run by and o r students. The StudentsUnion organises social, cultural, sports and educationalactivities and aims to create a lively international community.There are also a growing number o national groups,enabling you to meet with other students rom yourhome country.

Student supportThe University has a well-developed network o supportservices or students see pages 35-36. The InternationalO ce provides a con dential advisory service or internationaland EU students and can o er help and guidance on a widerange o issues including immigration, employment andnancial matters, as well as academic and personal issues.

Family li eThe University runs a number o schemes or internationalstudents who come to Nottingham with their partner oramily. These include Family Link which introduces youand your amily to a local host and events or children.Language classes are also on o er i your partner needshelp with their spoken English.

Fees and nancial support or internationaland EU studentsThe University guarantees that i you accept a place andregister here, you will pay the same ee or each year oyour programme.

A large number o scholarships are available to internationaland EU o er holders. Please visit our scholarships pages atwww.nottingham.ac.uk/internationalstudents/scholarships

In addition to tuition ees, an international studentunaccompanied by amily members will require a minimumof 800 per month for accommodation, maintenance andother expenses.

At the end o your programmeOnce back in your home country, you can access supportrom a growing number o University alumni societies, whichenable our graduates to keep in touch with each other and theUniversity. Find out more atwww.alumni.nottingham.ac.uk

The Careers and Employability Service can help you toplan and build your career and there are opportunities orinternational students to pursue jobs under the Tier 2 andTier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur routes. Find out more atwww.ukba.homeo ce.gov.uk or get advice rom us atwww.nottingham.ac.uk/careers

International o cesWe also have international o ces based in East Asia,South East Asia, West A rica and Latin America. Pleasevisit our website or contact details.

International enquiriesThe International O ce The University o NottinghamJubilee CampusWollaton RoadNottingham, NG8 1BBUK

t: +44 (0)115 951 5247e: international-o [email protected] w: www.nottingham.ac.uk/international

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InternationalstudentsWith over 42,000 students rom more than 150countries studying across our campuses in China,Malaysia and the UK, Nottingham has beendescribed as the embodiment o the moderninternational university.*

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Our overseas campusesYou may have the opportunity to spend time at one o ouroverseas campuses, in China and Malaysia, as part oyour course or research. Both campuses o er taught andresearch opportunities in a range o areas. Students inresearch elds that relate to Asia or South East Asia areparticularly welcome.

China CampusThe University o Nottingham Ningbo China currently o ersmasters programmes and research opportunities in builtenvironment, business, Chinese studies, computer science,economics, engineering, English studies, environmentalsciences, international communications, internationalstudies and interpreting. See page 155 and visit

www.nottingham.edu.cnMalaysia CampusThe University o Nottingham Malaysia Campus o ersmasters programmes and research opportunities in appliedpsychology, biosciences, business and management,computer science and in ormation technology, economics,education, environmental monitoring, engineering,international relations, law, modern languages and culture,nutrition, plant technology and psychology.See page 158 and visit www.nottingham.edu.my

Universitas 21 ( U21)Universitas 21 is an international network o leadingresearch-intensive universities which work to gether toshare knowledge and create opportunities or sta andstudents through international collaboration.

Our status as a ounder member means you may be able

to study at one o our partner universities in Australia,Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Japan, Mexico,New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, the UKor the USA.

At postgraduate level, opportunities are ocused primarilyon research. The University o ers a number o competitiveawards of up to 1,000 to full- and part-time PhD studentsin their second or third year to help them spend onemonth at a partner institution through the Universitas 21mobility programme.

For more in ormation visitwww.nottingham.ac.uk/graduateschool/u21

U21 joint PhD programmeThis programme allows research students to embark on joint PhD programmes at leading universities acrossthe globe.

Fourteen o the networks universities, includingNottingham, have drawn up a ramework or creating tailor-made programmes o study, taking individual researchneeds into account and enabling students to live and work in two di erent countries. For more in ormation visitwww.nottingham.ac.uk/graduateschool/u21phd

Erasmus European exchangePostgraduates may also have the chance to participatein the European Commissions Erasmus programme.More than 3,100 higher education institutions in 31countries participate in the programme so there are manyopportunities across all disciplines. For more in ormationvisitwww.britishcouncil.org/erasmus

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See or yoursel - view our image gallery atwww.fikr.com/photos/uonottingham/collections

At Nottingham, we have an extensive network ointernational links in business and education. Asa ounder member o Universitas 21, and with ourown overseas campuses, we can o er you uniqueopportunities to spend time overseas as part oyour studies.

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t l i f e The Students Union media services are award-winning

and include the New Theatre, Impact magazine, URNradio station and NUTS TV station you are invited to getinvolved in any or all o these student-run services.

We have a great range o high-quality sports acilities oncampus and the Students Union has more than 75 sportsclubs that you could join. Nottingham is a high per ormerwhen it comes to sport, but there are lots o opportunitiesor those who play or un too see page 43.

Lakeside, the Universitys public arts centre and museum,has rapidly established itsel as one o the regions mostexciting arts venues and recently welcomed over 45,000

visitors to its acclaimed Lowry exhibition. It comprisesthree art galleries, a recital hall, theatre, museum and artistin residence. Visit www.lakesidearts.org.uk

Volunteering is a good way to develop new skills andimprove your CV whether you want to lead your ownproject, take part in a one-o taster, volunteer with one oaround 120 organisations, or get involved in the StudentsUnion, the Student Volunteer Centre can help you do it.Visitwww.su.nottingham.ac.uk/volunteering

On our Connect page you will nd all our social mediachannels as well as blogs rom some o our students aboutli e at Nottingham. Visitwww.nottingham.ac.uk/connect

The PGSA is here to make sure yourpostgraduate experience at Nottingham isas enjoyable and rewarding as possible. Weorganise and run events such as the Big NightOut, co ee and cake socials, comedy nightsand summer barbecues. Its my job to ensureyour voice and opinions are heard by theUniversity and nationally.

Georgia ThreshPostgraduate Of cer 2012/13

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Postgraduate Welcome Week will introduce you to li eat Nottingham seven days o events, presentations anddrop-in sessions to help you settle in.

Every registered postgraduate is automatically a membero our Postgraduate Students Association (PGSA), thepart o the Students Union dedicated to the wel are oour postgraduates.

Day trips, nights out, pub quizzes, sports socials andco ee mornings are just some o the activities o ered byour PGSA throughout the year.

Our Students Union is one o the most active in the UK,with more than 200 student societies covering languages,cultures and religions, hobbies such as gardening,subjects including creative writing, art and biology,and even chocolate.

With a huge range o opportunities to get involved insocieties, sports activities, volunteering and social events,your days as a student here will stay with you or li e.

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Lakeside Arts Centre

Lakeside is a unique public arts centre based onUniversity Park Campus, complete with a theatre,museum, galleries and a recital hall.

Find out more about the theatre:www.nottingham.ac.uk/pgvideos/lakeside



Based on University Park Campus, Lakeside hosts ayear round programme o music, exhibitions, theatre,special collections and large scale events.


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The University provides an impressive range o sportsacilities including modern sports centres and gyms on allthree UK campuses.

The sports centre on University Park Campus houses threeull-sized sports halls comprising 12 badminton courts, sixsquash courts, a multipurpose room, practice rooms ormartial arts and table tennis, a snooker room and a bar.There is also a specialist strength and conditioning acilityor elite athletes.

University Park also o ers a 25-metre, eight-lane swimmingpool, foodlit astrotur pitches and tennis courts. Ocampus, the National Watersports Centre is close by, as isthe National Ice Arena and the Nottingham T ennis Centre.

Competitive sportThe Athletic Union has over 75 sports clubs, andNottingham teams have consistently nished in the top10 in the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS)overall league championship table over the last 15 years.

Every Wednesday a ternoon during term time, more than50 teams represent the University playing either homeor away in a wide variety o sports as part o the BUCSleague. Those interested in taking part should join theAthletic Union club o their choice.

The charity Varsity series between The University oNottingham and Nottingham Trent University is anotheropportunity to compete. What started out as a ew

riendly matches has now developed into a huge seriesspanning the whole o the second semester and eaturing14 matches in 10 di erent sports. The universities topsportspeople compete at some o Nottinghams highestpro le venues watched by crowds that o ten number intothe thousands.

Intra mural opportunitiesI you are interested in taking part in organised sport on aregular basis without the training and playing commitmentso University representative sport, the Athletic Union runs apopular intra mural programme, with more than 170 teamscompeting or their hall, department or society on aweekly basis.

The league programme includes ootball, netball, basketball,rugby union, hockey and cricket, and there are one-daytournaments in squash, table tennis and badminton as well

as a swimming gala and cross country event.There is also a postgraduate cricket league during thesummer months, and postgraduate students are welcometo join the sta squash, racketball and badminton clubs.

Tri Campus Games Unique within higher education, our Tri Campus Gamessee students rom each o our Nottingham campuses inChina, Malaysia and the UK competing against eachother in several sports. The Games involve nearly 200students rom more than 20 nationalities and are held ona di erent campus each year.

Disability sport We provide support and acilities or disability sport andour dedicated Disability Sports O cer will be happy towork with you to ensure you make the mo st o the sportsand tness opportunities on o er, whether you are atparalympic level or simply want to keep t.

Bursaries and scholarshipsIn order to urther the Universitys sporting success, asports bursary scheme exists to help outstanding athletesmeet the extra costs o high class sports participation.Nottingham is also part o the Government- undedTalented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS), wherebytalented students identi ed by their National GoverningBody may receive sports support services (physiotherapy,sports science, li estyle workshops) and discretionaryservices (eg travel and equipment costs).

Find out more at www.nottingham.ac.uk/sport

Keeping tFor those who want to keep t without competing, weo er three levels o sports membership, giving you access

to sports and tness acilities as well as a range o exerciseclasses including salsa, yoga, zumba and more. Our NU2Sport programme o ers you the chance to take up a newsport or return to sport a ter a break without having tobuy membership.

Find out more about opportunities to compete and takepart at www.nottingham.ac.uk/sport

Ben Arnold (pictured le t) MSc Corporate Strategy andGovernance

Sports bursar and hockey player Ben is intraining or the 2016 Olympic Games.

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SportingopportunitiesAs well as an excellent academicreputation, Nottingham is wellknown or its sporting success.



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According to independent research,Nottingham is one o the top ve universitiesmost o ten targeted by Britains leadinggraduate employers* and more than 2,000employers approach the University everyyear with a view to recruiting our students.

Consequently and owing to our reputation or excellence more than 90% o our postgraduates enter employment,voluntary work or urther study during the rst six monthsa ter graduation.**

The latest data shows the average starting salary orNottingham PhD graduates was 29,712 a 38%increase on the average salary or rst degree graduates with the highest salary being 150,000.**

The average starting salary among those graduating romtaught masters courses was 22,255 with the highestsalary being 95,000.***The Graduate Market in 2012, High Fliers Research **Data is taken from known destinations of the 2010/11leaving cohortofNottingham graduates who studied ull-time.

The Careers and Employability ServiceOur Careers and Employability Service is used by around80% o nalists every year and o ers ongoing support orplanning your career throughout your time at the University.Each year the service delivers: careers sessions with experienced professionals, drop-in

sessions with employers, aptitude test practice sessions,ocus groups and employer interview sessions

careers adviser-led and employer-led skills workshops one-to-one careers guidance sessions with our advisers,

helping you to develop a strategy to achieve yourcareer goals

one-to-one sessions with our CV assistants who canassess your CV

over 250 recruitment events where employers visit theUniversity to promote opportunities

an annual Graduate Recruitment Fair, which attracts awide range o recruiters, including global companies

an annual law fair, which attracts over 75 employers fromthe legal world

an annual business and management fair which attractsover 70 employers rom a range o business, accountingand nance organisations

a specialist careers adviser who works solely withresearch postgraduates

a modern resource area providing access to a wide rangeo career related in ormation and material

assistance in securing part-time work/temporary work onor close to campus through www.unitemps.co.uk My Career an online system that is updated weekly

with new graduate vacancies, placement and internshipopportunities, as well as voluntary work

International students A ter graduation, there are opportunities or internationalstudents to pursue jobs in the UK under the Tier 2 andTier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur routes. The latest in ormationcan be ound at www.ukba.homeo ce.gov.uk

Contact t: +44 (0)115 951 3680e: [email protected]

See what our careers service can o er you atwww.nottingham.ac.uk/careers

Employers we work with:

Academic standards are very highand there is an excellent graduate

employment record, helped by agood careers service.The Guardian University Guide 2011

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CareerdevelopmentOnce you are a student with us, and even a ter you graduate,

you will have access to our award-winning careers service.

Fio Dossetto (pictured)PhD Canadian Drama

Through a placement organised by the GraduateSchool, Fio works at Kedleston Hall in Derby, aNational Trust property.

Find out more about Fios experience:www.nottingham.ac.uk/pgvideos/odossetto


Accenture Boots BT Capital One Deloitte Enterprise Rent-a-car Experian GCHQ GlaxoSmithKline Grant Thornton HSBC

IBM Michael Page International National Health Service Ocado Procter & Gamble PricewaterhouseCoopers RBS Sky Teach First The University

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Stanley Middleton (1919-2009) Writer and Booker Prize winner

Brian Moore Former England rugby union international andnow broadcaster

Meg Munn MP Labour MP, ormer Parliamentary Under-Secretaryo State and ormer Minister or Women

YAB Dato Sri Mohd Najib Bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak Prime Minister o Malaysia

Sir Robert Phillis (1945-2009) Chie Executive, Guardian Media Group

John Rishton CEO, Rolls-Royce

Sir John Sawers Head o MI6

Dr Helen Willetts Meteorologist and BBC broadcaster

Pro essor Sir Ian Wilmut Embryologist managed the team thatcloned Dolly the sheep

Ruth Wilson Actress star o BBC adaptation Jane EyreSir Andrew Witty CEO, GlaxoSmithKline

Keith Wyness Former Chie Executive, Everton FC

Deng Yaping Chinas Sporting Star o the Century

Did you know?Nottingham is ranked second in theUK or the number o alumni listedamong CEOs in the 500 largestcompanies worldwide.*

*International Pro essional Ranking o Higher Education Institutions 2011,MINES ParisTech

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Impact: The NottinghamCampaign is our biggest everundraising campaign. It willdeliver the Universitys visionto change lives, tackle globalissues and shape the uture. Thecampaign is set to raise 150mover ve years to support a series

o high-impact projects on thelocal, national and global stage.

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Nottingham has a worldwide network o more than 200,000ormer students making a contribution in over 190 countriesaround the world.

When you nish studying with us you will automatically joinour exclusive Alumni Association a dynamic group o allour ormer students. Membership is completely ree ando ers some antastic bene ts.

Networking

Our alumni network o ers you access to a huge range obusiness and learning opportunities. As part o that groupyou will be able to orge riendships, share knowledge,build academic partnerships and take advantage o globalopportunities. To make it easy, we have online networksand alumni contacts based around the w orld.

EventsThroughout the year, the University hosts an extensiveprogramme o events that alumni and their guests arewelcome to attend. From in ormal networking sessions tospecial anniversary celebrations and lectures showcasingNottingham academic and alumni talent, the programmeo ers exciting opportunities to stay in touch withthe University.

University acilitiesAs a ormer Nottingham student, you will have access

to our Careers and Employability Service or as longas you want it. You will also be able to use our uniqueEnterpriselab or 12 months a ter graduation, a acilitywhich o ers advice and practical support to help you planand launch your own business v enture.

Find out more atwww.alumni.nottingham.ac.uk

Follow us on Twitter @UniO NottAlumni

Join us on LinkedIn or like us on Facebook www. acebook.com/universityo nottinghamalumni

Notable alumniWere proud o the contribution our graduates make tosociety. Heres what some o them have gone on to do :

Dr Stewart Adams OBE Pharmacologist and creator o thepainkiller ibupro en

Matthew Bannister Former Controller o BBC Radio One and

BBC broadcasterDr Tim Brabants MBE Canoeist and Olympic gold medallist

Jeremy Browne MP UK Foreign O ce Minister

Sir Clive Granger (1934-2009) Economist and Nobel Prize winner

Michael Hirst Screenwriter ( Elizabeth )

Dr Amanda Horton-Mastin Former Director o Innovation and now Directoro Marketing at Comic Relie

DH Lawrence (1885-1930) Author

Sir Jack Lewis (Baron Lewis o Newnham) Chemist and member o the House o Lords

Roger Lewis Group Chie Executive o the Welsh Rugby Unionand Millennium Stadium

Dame Mary Marsh Former Director and Chie Executive, NSPCC

Tim Martin Founder and Chairman o JD Wetherspoon

Judith McHale Former Under-Secretary o State in the USObama Administration

Our alumniPioneering scientists, international policy makers,leaders o national charities, newspaper editors,

novelists, Olympic medallists, a Prime Minister anda Nobel Prize winner.


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Medical SchoolThe Medical School is adjacent to University Park and,together with the University Hospital, o rms the QueensMedical Centre. The nearby Nottingham City Hospitalhouses the Universitys Clinical Sciences and Institute oPopulation Health buildings. Entrants to the Graduate EntryMedicine course are based at the Universitys MedicalSchool in Derby, a purpose-built building based at theRoyal Derby Hospital.

China CampusNottingham has developed close links with China overthe last 20 years and, in 2004, became the rst oreign

university to establish a campus in China. The campus isbuilt on 140 acres o premium land in a dynamic educationzone in Ningbo, a historic city on Chinas eastern coast,around a two-and-a-hal hour drive rom Shanghai. Thecampus has more than 5,000 students and provides rst-class acilities including library, teaching and IT acilities,accommodation or all students and sta , restaurants andshops, and a dedicated sports complex.

Find out more at www.nottingham.edu.cn

Malaysia CampusEstablished in 2000, the Malaysia Campus moved toits own purpose-built campus in Semenyih, 35km southo Kuala Lumpur city centre, in 2005. Occupying ascenic position overlooking green hills on a 125-acresite, the campus is a sel -contained and sel -su cientneighbourhood in a garden environment. It combines ahigh-quality living environment with top-quality teaching,learning and research acilities and rst-rate recreationaland leisure services or around 4,000 students.

Find out more at www.nottingham.edu.my

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