Welcome from the Vice-Chancellor and the SUBU President

Finding a university where you will belong is a big decision. At BU, we are proud of our great facilities, of our strong graduate employment, of our beautiful location, and of our outstanding staff. More than that, however, we are proud of how strong our community is. How everyone works together to enrich society and create new knowledge. How everyone feels as though they belong.

Our students are part of a lively and vibrant learning community, where there are plenty of opportunities both as part of their course and as extra-curricular activities. Whether it is undertaking research alongside academic staff, gaining professional experience as part of your course or learning from academic and professional experts in their field, you’ll contribute to society while you are at BU. By helping to make a difference in our local community and through projects around the world, you’ll find that your time at BU helps you to become a highly employable graduate who will continue to have a positive impact on society throughout your career.

We encourage everyone in our community to demonstrate excellence, responsibility, inclusivity and creativity as we tackle issues that really matter – from helping the creative and cultural industries thrive to helping under-represented groups have their voice heard. To do so we bring together world-leading research, the latest thinking from the professions and brilliant education to make sure that what we do in one area informs what we do in others. It’s an approach that we call Fusion.

We also take our commitment to the environment seriously. As well as delivering environmental science degrees for many years, we are constantly looking at ways we can minimise our own environmental impact. We’ve won a number of environmental awards for our forward-thinking approach, and have been ranked in the top five universities in the world for responsible consumption and production by the Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2022.

The university and Students’ Union at Bournemouth University (SUBU) work together to provide the best student experience possible. From a comprehensive Student Reps scheme to the 100+ clubs and societies on offer, you can be sure you will be supported and well represented at BU. Those are some of the reasons why we’re one of the world’s top 70 universities under 50 years old, according to the Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2022.

We’d love you to be a part of our vibrant learning community. Find out more by visiting us on an Open Day or, if you live outside the UK, meet us at an exhibition in your country. We hope that this prospectus shows you some of the degrees of difference that we believe make BU a truly special place.

Professor John Vinney, Vice-Chancellor

Omuwa Ayomoto, SUBU President 2022/23

Degrees of difference