Study in Bristol with IRSS

  England

• South West England: 
Bristol

Term: Spring, Throughout the year 

Description: Founded in 1876, the University of Bristol is very much a part of the city, located less than a mile from the medieval waterfront. Bristol has been a port for a thousand years and it was from here that John Cabot sailed in 1497 on his historic voyage to Newfoundland.

The University has a student body of approximately 14,000 currently with students from over 100 countries. International students form about 12% of the student population. The Study Abroad Programme has been running for over fifty years and accepts students mostly for a full year. Applications for either the Autumn or Spring semester options are also welcome however. In addition to its academic stature, Bristol is an excellent compromise between campus university life and urban life in London. Study Abroad students enjoy not only the city's attractions, but an active and lively student life into which they are fully encouraged to integrate, supported by the student union through many student clubs, societies and sporting groups. They take the same courses as other Bristol students and sit the same exams.

Highlights: Bristol is ninety minutes west of London by train, a buzzing multicultural city of 400,000 people. Its architecture, landscape and topography all help to account for Bristol's unique character and it has more open space, parkland and woodland per head of population than any other city in England.

The commercial port has moved downstream but the old docks in the city centre ' now a thriving focus of leisure and the arts ' retain powerful echoes of Bristol's maritime origins. While the city boasts medieval churches and Georgian crescents as reminders of its past, today Bristol is a major financial and industrial centre. In 2003 the Government made the city one of the five European Centres of Culture.

Housing is guaranteed for all study abroad students who apply by the deadline and there is a broad range available, typically in single study-bedrooms. All rooms have a telephone and facilities to connect to the internet. Whilst some residence halls and student houses are central, others are in adjacent suburbs. However, all outlying housing is within three miles of the university. Full orientation is given on arrival and full academic and welfare counselling is available throughout the students' stay.

Cost in US$: Please Inquire

Experience Required: no

Intercontinental Recruitment and Support Services's Mission Statement: With over 15 years specialising in the recruitment and support of students from overseas, IRSS prides itself on understanding the educational and pastoral needs of students.