And the three alternatives are University of Huddersfield, York St John University and University of Nottingham. Information of the three universities collected with respect to the five criteria is summarized in the table (The Complete University Guide, 2013) below:
![]() Huddersfield |
![]() York St John |
![]() Nottingham |
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Reputation (including Ranking, Research Quality, Teaching Standards, Academic Strength) |
Academic strengths: strong in sciences, notably chemistry. |
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Fees |
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Postgraduate Student: £8,500 |
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Campus (including location and facility) |
Located at Huddersfield, UK; semi-urban environment Location and transport: A town centre campus, a few minutes’ walk from one of the largest towns in the UK, with all of the sporting, cultural and social amenities you would expect from a major regional centre. Student facilities, including library and computing: The university's learning resources continue to be highly rated. |
Located at York, UK; urban environment Location and transport: York Railway Station is a ten minutes’ walk from the campus; York is a cosmopolitan city with many cafes, restaurants, bars, shops, museums, galleries, a city centre cinema, parks, gardens, and stunning architecture. Student facilities, including library and computing: 500 PCs with 24 hour access wi-fi; library currently stocks around 175,000 books and has access to over 3,000 periodicals. |
Located at Nottingham, UK; urban environment Location and transport: Nottingham is one of the UK's most cosmopolitan cities: its compact centre combines proud heritage and history with cutting-edge culture, shopping, sport and nightlife. Student facilities, including library and computing: Eight libraries provide access to over 1.3 million printed volumes and journals, 18,000 ejournals, 70,000 ebooks, manuscripts and special collections. |
Student Satisfaction | 4.1 out of 5 | 4.0 out of 5 | 4.0 out of 5 |
Career Service (Resume, Mock Interview, Career Fair, Industry Connection and Placement, etc) |
University runs a job bureau to help students find good quality part-time jobs with local employers; 59% employment rate of computer science students after graduation. |
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Unitemps can help students to find part-time, term-time and vacation work; "One of the most employer friendly universities in the world"; amongst the top 15 most targeted universities in the world; the top 3 most targeted British universities by leading graduate recruiters 79% employment rate of computer science students after graduation. |