Bournemouth University

Bournemouth University (BU) is based on the south coast of England, with an ethos of creating a unique fusion of education, research and professional practice. BU has a community of almost 19,000 students from over 100 different countries and was named as one of the top 200 young universities in the world in the THE Young University Rankings 2018. All undergraduate students have the opportunity to undertake a work placement as a part of their degree; BU is in the top five universities in the UK for the number of students currently undertaking a work placement, with 5% of all university work placements in the UK filled by a BU student. In the latest Research Excellence Framework, 96% of Bournemouth University's research was rated as internationally recognised or above, with 18% deemed to be world-leading. BU’s teaching excellence has also been recognised with a TEF Silver Award.

Bournemouth University won the 2018 Institutional Award for Innovation in Internationalisation for its ability to implement innovative projects that developed strong societal interaction and stakeholder relations in addition to their standard internationalisation activities.