University of Bedfordshire

Established: 1993

The University of Bedfordshire is based in Bedford and Luton, the two largest towns in Bedfordshire, England. A campus in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire is for students studying Nursing and Midwifery. A further campus in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, teaches business studies, electronic engineering, and telecommunications. The University of Bedfordshire was presented with the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Further and Higher Education in 2013 and the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2011, which very rare for any UK university in the sector. Bedfordshire is a large, modern university with six campuses north of London, which is home to approximately 23,000 students. Each year over 4000 international and EU students choose Bedfordshire as their study destination, and 92% of graduates are in work or further study within six months of graduation. The University offers generous financial support to International students. Our multi-million-pound investment provides students with state of the art modern facilities and our main Luton campus is just 30 minutes from Central London by train. Bedfordshire is an award-winning institution, which is home to world-leading research.  The University entered the Research Assessment Exercise in 2008 and achieved a GPA of 2.087 with 34.7% world-leading or internationally excellent. The top units of assessment were in Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Social Work Social Policy and Administration and English Language and Literature.