Best new university in Wales in all four major UK league tables

The University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC) has been ranked as ‘Wales’ top new university’ by an essential national guide – a title which it has now succeeded in being awarded by all four major university guides this year.

The Sunday Times University Guide 2010, published with the newspaper yesterday, shows that UWIC is Wales’ top new university, scoring particularly well for its student satisfaction and employability.

This achievement for UWIC follows on from the success of being named as Wales’ top new university in this year’s Complete University Guide published in the Independent, the Guardian University League Table 2010, and the Times Good University Guide.

Richard Moremon, UWIC’s Director of Marketing and Communications said: “Putting the needs of the student first is at the heart of everything we do at UWIC and so it is fantastic that our work in this area is reflected in our excellent performance in this national guide. To be listed as the top new university in Wales again highlights our progress top date. With a £50m investment in our facilities well underway, we hope that we’re well placed to continue to meet the needs of our students now and into the future.”

The Sunday Times University Guide 2010, described as “the definitive guide for prospective students”, provides students and their parents with an invaluable first reference point on the path to finding a university place. It contains full profiles of all universities and the leading colleges of higher education.

The league table is drawn up from criteria including student satisfaction, teaching and research quality, ratings from head teachers’ and academic peer review, entrance qualifications held by new students, degree results achieved, student/staff ratios, graduate unemployment levels and university dropout rates.

18/09/2009