Five things to ask at an open day
Course maps, contact hours and where first-years live: the questions that tell courses apart (sample).
Degrees you can read module by module
Fenmoor University (sample) teaches 14,000 students in Springfield. Every course page shows the whole degree: what you study each year, what you choose and how much each part counts.
BSc Environmental Science
Three years full time, 360 credits, typical offer ABB (sample)
Year 1 120 credits
ENV101020
Earth systems
ENV102020
Ecology and evolution
ENV103020
Field and lab skills
ENV104020
Data for scientists
ENV105020
Climate and society
ENV106020
Geology or chemistry
Year 2 120 credits
ENV201020
Hydrology
ENV202020
Soil science
ENV203020
Research methods
ENV204020
Residential field course
ENV205020
Option from list A
ENV206020
Option from list A
Year 3 120 credits
ENV300040
Dissertation: your own field project
ENV301020
Environmental policy
ENV302020
Option from list B
ENV303020
Option from list B
ENV304020
Consultancy project
Core module Optional, chosen from a list Dissertation or final project
The number in each block is its credits; one credit is about ten hours of study.
How a degree adds up
Universities count study in credits. Once you can read them, you can compare any two courses.
A module
20 credits
About 200 hours: lectures, seminars, labs and your own reading.
A year of full-time study
120 credits
Usually six modules, or fewer if one is a big project.
A bachelor’s degree with honours
360 credits
Three years full time; four with a placement year.
A taught master’s
180 credits
One year full time, including a 60-credit dissertation.
Find a course
More than 120 undergraduate degrees and 60 master’s courses in four faculties (sample). Typical offers are for A levels; we accept equivalent qualifications.
Science and environment
Environmental Science, Biology, Chemistry, Geography, Physics, Marine Science
ABB to AAB
Computing and engineering
Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Civil and Mechanical Engineering
AAB to AAA
Arts and humanities
History, English Literature, Philosophy, Modern Languages, Music, Film
BBB to AAB
Business, law and society
Accounting, Economics, Law, Psychology, Politics, Social Work
BBB to AAB
Course list and offers (sample). Each course page has its own course map.
The academic year
Two semesters of twelve teaching weeks. Most modules finish with coursework or an exam in the same semester.
Late Sep
Welcome week
Enrol, meet your personal tutor, find the library and join societies.
Oct to Dec
Semester one
Twelve teaching weeks with a reading week in the middle.
Jan
Exams and deadlines
Two weeks of exams, then a short break.
Feb to May
Semester two
Twelve teaching weeks; Year 2 field courses run in the Easter break.
May to Jun
Exams
Results by early July. The summer is for placements, work or rest.
Dates for the current year (sample).
Open days
Hear from the people who teach your subject, sit in on a taster lecture and walk round the halls with a current student. Book a place so we can save you a seat.
Sat 6 Dec
Applicant day, sciences
Fenmoor science park, 10:00 to 14:00
For offer holders
Dates and times (sample). Free travel bursaries for students from low-income households.
Fees and funding
Undergraduate, home students
$9,250 a year
Undergraduate, international students
Lab-based courses $23,400 a year
$19,800 a year
Placement year
Paid once, for the year in industry
$1,850
Taught master’s, home students
$10,500
Halls of residence
Self-catered, bills included
From $142 a week
Example prices for one year of study.
Help with costs
Home students can borrow the full fee and get a maintenance loan. On top of that, the Fenmoor bursary pays $1,500 a year to students from households earning under $35,000 (sample).
- No application needed for the bursary
- Hardship fund open all year
- Paid work on campus, up to 15 hours a week
Living on campus
Everything is within a fifteen-minute walk: teaching buildings, the library, the sports centre and nine halls of residence.
- A room in halls for every first-year who applies by 1 July (sample)
- Library open 24 hours in term time
- Sports centre, pool and climbing wall from $12 a month (example prices)
- Free counselling, disability and money advice from Student Support
News from campus
The library stays open all night from October
Twenty-four-hour opening returns for the whole of semester one (sample).
Graduation week: what to expect
Gowns, tickets and timings for this summer's ceremonies (sample).
Finding the campus
Fenmoor University, College Road
Springfield (sample)
- Springfield Central station, then bus U1 every ten minutes
- Visitor parking at the north gate, free on open days
- Step-free routes to every teaching building
- Information desk in the Great Hall, 08:30 to 18:00
Come to an open day
Sit in on a taster lecture, meet the people who teach your subject and see the halls. Saturdays in autumn, 10:00 to 15:00 (sample).