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Bournemouth University
University in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bournemouth University is a public university in Bournemouth, England, with its main campus situated in neighbouring Poole. The university was founded in 1992; however, the origins of its predecessor date back to the early 1900s.
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Motto | Discere Mutari Est (Latin) | ||||||||
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Motto in English | To Learn is to Change | ||||||||
Type | Public | ||||||||
Established | 1992 | ||||||||
Endowment | £1.85 million (2022)[1] | ||||||||
Budget | £169.6 million (2021-22)[1] | ||||||||
Chancellor | Kate Adie | ||||||||
Vice-Chancellor | John Vinney | ||||||||
Students | 17,390 (2019/20)[2] | ||||||||
Undergraduates | 13,895 (2019/20)[2] | ||||||||
Postgraduates | 3,495 (2019/20)[2] | ||||||||
Location | Bournemouth, England 50.743213°N 1.896901°W / 50.743213; -1.896901 | ||||||||
Campus | Talbot Campus Lansdowne Campus | ||||||||
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Affiliations | EUA | ||||||||
Website | bournemouth | ||||||||
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The university currently has over 16,000 students, including over 3,000 international students. The university is recognised for its work in the media industries. Graduates from the university have worked on a number of Hollywood films, including Gravity, which was awarded the Achievement in Visual Effects Oscar at the 86th Academy Awards in 2015.[3]
In 2023, Bournemouth University received a silver rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework, a government assessment of the quality of undergraduate teaching in universities and other higher education providers in England.[4]