Brunel University London

Brunel University London is a public research university located in the Uxbridge area of London, England. It was founded in 1966 and named after the Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. In June 1966, Brunel College of Advanced Technology was awarded a royal charter and became Brunel University. The university is often described as a British plate glass university.

Brunel is organized into three colleges and three major research institutes, a structure adopted in August 2014 which also changed the university's name to Brunel University London. Brunel has over 12,900 students and 2,500 staff, and had a total income of £200.7 million in 2014/15, of which 25% came from grants and research contracts. Brunel has three constituent Academic Colleges: College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences, College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences and College of Health and Life Sciences. The university won the Queen's Anniversary Prize in 2011. Brunel is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association, and Universities UK.

Academics

Brunel students have access to specialist laboratories for electronic imaging, bioprocessing and experimental techniques; flight, driving and train simulators; a 3-D body scanner; an MRI scanner; motion-capture equipment; an occupational therapy suite; sports and performing arts facilities; and academic archives in cult film and contemporary writing.

Depending on the degree course followed, many undergraduate students may choose to undertake practical placements and projects as an integral part of their courses.

Faculties

• Design
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Computer Science
• Electronic and Computer Engineering
• Mathematics
• Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Arts and Humanities
• Brunel Business School
• Brunel Law School
• Economics and Finance
• Social and Political Sciences
• Brunel Medical School
• Health Sciences
• Life Sciences

Requirements for international students at Brunel

• Academic qualifications
• English Language qualification
• Passport
• Deposit (£3,000)
• Visas

Student recreational and general facilities

Brunel has a gym, spa, and running track with professional training and medical facilities. On campus there is also a pharmacy, a shop, one bar called Locos, a nightclub called Venue, and a café named "1966" after the year of the university's founding. Historically Brunel Student Hall and The Sports Barn were key venues for band tours in the 1970-90's with some of the biggest names in rock music including, Fairport Convention, Fleetwood Mac, The Who, Deep Purple, Genesis, ELO, The Kinks, Thin Lizzy, Joy Division, The Pretenders, The Specials, The Stone Roses. The Sex Pistols played the first gig their 'Never Mind the Bans Tour' at Brunel on 16th December 1977.

Student housing

Many of the halls of residence around the Uxbridge campus are named after bridges that Isambard Kingdom Brunel either built or helped to design; other halls are named either after him, or after other notable engineers or scientists. For example: Clifton Hall, Saltash Hall, Chepstow Hall, Fleming Hall, Faraday Hall, Galbraith Hall, Mill Hall

There are also three accommodation complexes: the Bishop Complex; the Lancaster Complex; and the Isambard Complex.

Rankings

National rankings

• Complete (2021)                                               84
• Guardian (2021)                                                110
• Times / Sunday Times (2021)                        88

Global rankings

• ARWU (2020)                                                   401–500
• CWTS Leiden (2020)                                       260
• QS (2021)                                                        368
• THE (2021)                                                       351-400

British Government assessment

• Teaching Excellence Framework              Silver