英吉利理工大学 Anglia Polytechnic University

大学介绍：

英吉利理工大学是英格兰东部最大的高等学府之一，1858年建校，师资1085名，学生总数10316名，其中全日制学生6429名。大学拥有3个校园，分别在剑桥、埃塞克斯的赫利姆福德和布拉德福德，从校园往伦敦乘火车只需1小时，可搭乘公共汽车或火车来往机场，方便快捷。大学提供广泛的学习资源及教育性服务，如专科图书馆、公开使用的计算机室、先进的实验室、艺术制作室、计算机辅助设计。

开设的课程:

建筑设计、生物学、环境科学、微生物学与分子学、生化研究、化学、通信、通信系统、计算机、建筑管理、电子学、地理学、制图艺术、住房建筑、信息系统、数学、物理学、产品设计、测量学、艺术、商业与经济、商业研究、社区研究、乡村管理、教育学、英语、英语语言研究、欧洲经贸、历史、语言学、法律、休闲研究、音乐、哲学（欧洲哲学与文学）、环境计划、政治、心理学、科学总论、福利政策、社会福利、社会学、妇女研究、助产学、护理、眼科学。

APU (Anglia Polytechnic University) has its roots in the 19th century. In 1858, John Ruskin established a school of art which, in a later form, became part of the university. More recent roots lie in the amalgamation of the Essex Institute of Higher Education and the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology in 1989 to form Anglia Higher Education College which became a polytechnic two years later and, after another year, was awarded university status, becoming known as APU - a full history can be found here. 'Polytechnic' is retained in the university's title as APU is 'proud of its traditions' and to have been a polytechnic, and also perhaps as a way of preventing confusing it with the University of East Anglia, UEA, located in Norwich.

Today APU has approximately 21,000 students and is still continuing to grow. APU's main campuses can be found in the two East Anglian towns of Cambridge and Chelmsford. In Chelmsford there are two APU campuses approximately 10 minutes walk apart. Another campus has recently been opened in Benfleet, Essex (PDF).

There are in all nine schools of study, which are further sub-divided into more specific departments, offering several choices of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and many different types of qualifications can be attained, such as HNDs and Foundation Degrees.

Student life at APU depends on where you study. Both main campuses have their attractions, although Cambridge is more oriented towards students. Housing costs also depend on which site you attend.

Prominent subjects include nursing and social sciences, and the Guardian rated its courses in applied social work and anatomy and physiology highly.

As well as local students, APU attracts a high proportion of mature students who already have post-school qualifications such as degrees and diplomas.

The weather in this part of England can be unpleasant, but the area clearly has something going for it as a high proportion of students come from within 50 miles - 69% in 1997/98. In the same year, only 25% lived in university accommodation.

The cartoonist Ronald Searle attended the Cambridge School of Art (one of APU's earlier incarnations). Searle was born in Cambridge and enjoyed productive links with students at Cambridge University.