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• Capital of Wales, well connected to major cities
• Vibrant and prosperous European city
• 1 of 3 HEIs in Cardiff - student focussed city.
• Cardiff Met roots date back to 1865
• Great sense of community – students from over
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• Across 3 academic campuses throughout Cardiff city centre.
• 5 Academic Schools teaching 11,000 students
o School of Art & Design
o School of Education
o School of Health Sciences
o School of Management
o School of Sport
• Approximately 1200 international students from outside of the EU
• Excellent links with Industry.
• Over 28% of research submitted by Cardiff Met is rated as World Leading or
Internationally Excellent
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• Only UK university to co-ordinate 5 EM projects:
o FFEEBB 1 - Flow by Flow EU-Egypt Bridge Building Project (2009)
o FFEEBB 2 – Flow by Flow EU-Egypt Bridge Building Project 2 (2010)
o ELEMENT – Egypt Lebanon EU Mobility Exchange NeTwork (2011)
o EU-METALIC – EU-Morocco-Egypt-Tunisia-Algeria-Libya International
Cooperation (2012)
o EPIC – EU Partnerships & International Cooperation with JO, LB, SY & PS
(2012)
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• Partner in five other EM projects:
o Avempace – Jordan & Syria (2011)
o Avempace II – Jordan, Lebanon, Syria & Palestine (2012)
o ARCADE – Central Asia (2011)
o HERITAGE – India (2012)
o Join EU-SEE – Western Balkans (2012)
o WEBB – Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine (2012)
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• Offering over 80 programs of study across all levels, in the following fields of study:
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Agriculture science
Architecture, urban and regional planning
Business Studies, Management Sciences
Education, Teacher Training
Geography, Geology
Medical Sciences
Social Sciences
• Experienced International office has co-ordinated mobility for 433 scholars to date,
with Cardiff receiving 65 incoming scholars and sending 25 outgoing scholars.
• EPIC Project will be co-ordinating another 189 scholars
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• Ranked 1st in the UK and 6th in the World for its International Student
Experience
• Comprehensive welfare support
o Expert immigration advice and guidance
o Free Airport pick up
o Priority accommodation
o Orientation, induction and organised trips
• On-campus prayer provision
• All dietary requirements catered for on campus – Vegetarian, Halal etc.
• Strong across all levels of study/research/teaching
• Elite sporting University – unrivalled facilities
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• Museums
• Beautiful Promenade
• 74,500-seater Millennium Stadium
• Historic Castle
• Theatres, Art galleries, Cinemas
• Shopping malls
• Restaurants
• Night life
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