Loughborough University

Top accolades at the THE Awards

Loughborough University won top accolades at the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards, winning Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year and Technological Innovation of the Year. The awards, which are dubbed the ‘Oscars’ of the higher education sector, celebrate outstanding examples of best practice across a range of activities.

ACCT won the Technological Innovation of the Year award. Researchers at Loughborough University have developed a novel AdBlueTM conversion technology that greatly extends the temperature range at which SCR systems can operate – enhancing reduction of Nitrous Oxide emitted.

The award was said to be yet further recognition of the incredible staff and research community at Loughborough.

Collaboration with other Midlands universities

Loughborough and seven other universities in the Midlands are collaborating in technology transfer. Loughborough University has already made rapid strides in licensing, business creation and incubation. Working and partnering with other Midlands universities gives Loughborough an opportunity to take this success to a new level.

Learners at Loughborough are provided with all the support, resources and the required encouragement needed for a wholesome and rewarding learning experience. Academics at Loughborough are constantly striving to come up with innovative methods of imparting knowledge and inculcating a good work ethic in their students.

Loughborough University is home to high calibre specialists from the world over who are actively engaged in cutting-edge research. Members of staff are drawn from over 75 countries, which makes for a truly multicultural learning experience for the students. The healthy student-to-staff ratio also ensures that students enjoy greater access to teaching staff.

At Loughborough, the teaching staff is empowered to function at their highest levels, thus greatly enhancing the academic experience for students. Apart from being awarded Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), Loughborough also ranked highly for overall student satisfaction in the 2017 National Student Survey. The exceptional learning experience at Loughborough is marked by a firm commitment to addressing real-life issues in society, which helps it stay relevant and contemporary.

Loughborough University offers international students a whole host of study options over a wide range of subjects. Options are categorised under four main levels.

The International Foundation Programme (IFP) is designed for those students who require an additional year of study having completed 12 years. The IFP comprises study modules and tutorials, and opens doors to a wide variety of degree courses, including those on science, engineering and business. Pathways in the IFP cover a variety of subject areas, from Aeronautical Engineering and Geography to Product Design Engineering and Social Sciences.

Undergraduate programmes, leading to the award of a BA or a BSc, is for those students who have completed the equivalent of UK A-Levels or International Baccalaureate (IB) in their higher education. Courses are delivered via lectures, seminars and tutorials, and are generally between three and four years’ duration.

Postgraduate taught programmes are open to students from any subject background. Full-time programmes last for a period of 12 months, and consist of taught modules and a dissertation.

Postgraduate Research degrees, leading to the award of MPhil or PhD, are offered by all the Academic Schools at Loughborough. The University frequently ranks among the top 10 in England for the quality of its research programmes.

In addition to this, Loughborough also offers The International Exchange Programme with partner institutions, and a Study Abroad Programme.

International students applying to study an undergraduate programme at Loughborough University should have completed 13 years of full-time study. Applicants to postgraduate taught programmes need to have completed their undergraduate education at a recognised institution in their country and obtained the required grade. To apply to Postgraduate Research programmes, students need to attach a research proposal along with their application.

Apart from the academic qualifications, applicants will have to demonstrate proof of English language proficiency. The minimum requirement is an overall score of 6.5 in the IELTS, with at least a 6.0 in each individual element (reading, writing, listening and speaking).

Depending on the nature of study or work, particularly for Research Degrees, some departments may require higher proficiency levels. More on entry requirements…

Loughborough University’s wonderful 440 acre single-site campus offers not only a great setting for students but also houses superb facilities for every aspect of student life, be it just open space, sports areas, academic buildings or student accommodation.

The campus has a wide range of shops, cafés, restaurants and bars, with food from takeaway snacks to high-class restaurants. The beautiful campus is also home to state-of-the-art lecture theatres, laboratories, an impressive library, an Arts Centre, two theatres, a conference centre, restaurants, a bank, shops, a health centre and of course, the Loughborough Students' Union.

Sports facilities

Loughborough also boasts the UK’s largest concentration of world-class facilities across a wide range of sports, and was voted 1st out of 45 participating universities globally for satisfaction with sports facilities in the Student Barometer Autumn Wave 2016. These include an indoor athletics centre and outdoor stadium, sports halls and all-weather pitches, a 50 metre swimming pool, squash, badminton and netball courts, an indoor tennis centre and outdoor courts, and state of the art fitness centres.

STEMLab is a £17 million investment in new state-of-the-art facilities and part of a wider £25 million investment in the west side of our campus. Having opened in 2017, STEMLab contains new engineering, physics, chemistry and bio laboratories for our students.

It allows us to offer new facilities previously unavailable to our students, for example a ‘drop-in’ engineering workshop, alongside a range of modern laboratories and teaching spaces. These enhanced facilities benefit our current students and allow us to expand our teaching provision in STEM subjects broadening the vital role we play in supplying skilled graduates to industry in the future.

Loughborough offers international students a number of prestigious competitive scholarships, bursaries and other awards. The University invests more than GBP1M each year in scholarships and bursaries for international undergraduate students.

International applicants to Loughborough are automatically considered for a scholarship. Students who have exceptional academic records in school or college may be offered this award on the basis of their initial application. In some cases, individual academic schools and departments offer a 10% tuition fee bursary to self-funded students on certain courses. There are also postgraduate bursaries and scholarships available for international students.

Chevening scholarships

Loughborough University also offers Chevening Scholarships, which is a global programme of the UK government, to outstanding scholars with leadership potential. These are typically awarded for a one-year Master’s degree.