Aston University, UK

Aston University is a "plate glass" campus university situated on a 40-acre (0.16km²) campus at Gosta Green, in the city center of Birmingham, England. It was established in 1895 as the Birmingham Municipal Technical School, Aston achieved university status on 22 April 1966. Following from its background in Technology, Business, Sciences, Engineering and applied subjects, Aston continues to have a focus on industry and commerce.

A majority of undergraduate students are registered on courses leading to a BSc and 70 per cent of eligible undergraduate students at Aston are enrolled on four-year "sandwich" courses, spending a year abroad or on industry placements. The university emphasizes its focus on industry placements and graduate employment record: in 2007-8, 83 per cent of first degree graduates found "graduate level" employment within six months of graduation, compared to the UK national average of less than 70 per cent. This was the 8th highest proportion of all UK Universities and Colleges. Aston also performed well in the 2008 National Student Survey, with the 10th highest average satisfaction score of all UK mainstream Universities at 80.6% and the 13th highest percentage of all UK Universities. In the same survey 89% of Aston students were satisfied with the quality of their course (UK average 82%).

Student Accommodation:
Aston University has both standard and en-suite accommodation on campus - 2,117 rooms in total. All campus accommodation is less than five minutes walk from the main building, and approximately ten minutes walk from Birmingham city center. By 2010 entry, the campus will have 2,000 en suite rooms plus about 400 existing rooms with shared bathrooms. A new sports pitch has also been created on campus in 2008 to cover the interim period until 2010.

University Reputation:

Aston University is ranked 15th out of 113 higher education institutions in The Times Good University Guide 2008. These league tables also ranked Aston as 9th in the UK for employ ability of its graduates with 76 per cent entering "graduate level" employment or further study within 6 months of graduation, against a UK average of less than 65 per cent. Aston was also ranked 17th for staff-student ratios, 33rd for proportion of first and upper second class degrees, and 6th for services and facilities spend.

Aston University was rated 1st for student life and one of the UK''s friendliest universities by FHM and Virgin Student.

In The Guardian Guide, Aston University was ranked 18th of 122 universities and colleges. Aston has featured in the top 20 of the Guardian online University Guide for 4 out of the last 5 years.

In the 2007 National Student Surveym, Aston had an overall satisfaction rating of 87%, (UK average 81%) placing it in the top 20 of UK "full scale" Universities.

In the 2008 Performance Indicators (produced by HEFCE) Aston University''s drop-out rate was one of the lowest in the UK at 4.0 per cent.

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