University of Cumbria

The University of Cumbria is a public university in Cumbria, with its headquarters in Carlisle and other major campuses in Lancaster, Ambleside, and London. It opened its doors in 2007, and has roots extending back to the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts, established in 1822, and the teacher training college established by Charlotte Mason in the 1890s.

The university has five specialist departmental areas:

• Institute of Business, Industry and Leadership
• Institute of Health
• Institute of the Arts
• Institute of Education
• Institute of Science, Natural Resources and Outdoor Studies

The University of Cumbria provides education in Medical Imaging, Sports Development, Arts, Law, Education, Leadership and Economic Development, Conservation, Forestry, and the Uplands, and Mental Health and Wellbeing, among other subject areas.

ENGLISH REQUIREMENTS

Undergraduate courses

• IELTS 6.0 (with at least 5.5 in each component)
• GCSE  Grade C

* For BSc Nursing, Midwifery, Occupational Therapy and Social Work, the following scores are required within the IELTS qualification:

At least 7.0 in the listening and reading, writing and speaking sections and at least an overall score of 7.0 out of a possible 9.

For BSc Physiotherapy and Diagnostic Radiography, an overall score of 7.0 with no section scoring less than 6.5 is required within the IELTS qualification.

Postgraduate courses

• Masters – IELTS 6.5 (with at least 5.5 in each component)
• MSc Occupational Therapy, MSc Physiotherapy and MA Social Work – IELTS 7.0 (with no less than 6.5 in any one section)
• PhD – IELTS 6.0 in the 4 areas: Reading, Listening, Speaking, Writing with an overall score of 6.5

Facilities

• Sports and Fitness
• Food and Drink
• Stanwix Theatre
• IT Facilities
• Vallum Gallery

Student life

The majority of University of Cumbria campuses have sports teams which represent them in the British Universities and Colleges Sport leagues. Teams include: Cricket, Netball, Football, Hockey, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Badminton and Pool. All teams play their home games on Wednesdays afternoons at various University's sport venues.

Rankings

National rankings

• Complete (2021)              117
• Guardian (2021)               98
• Times / Sunday Times (2021)      114

British Government assessment

• Teaching Excellence Framework              Bronze