Queen Mary

Posted August 2nd, 2007 by csc104

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Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS

Contact number:

(0)20 7882 5555

Website:

http://www.qmul.ac.uk

Brief history:

Queen Mary has its roots in four historic colleges: Queen Mary College, Westfield College, St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College and the London Hospital Medical College.

The Mile End campus is historically the home of Queen Mary College, which began life in 1887 as the People's Palace, a philanthropic endeavour to provide east Londoners with education and social activities. It was admitted to the University of London in 1915.

Westfield College was founded in 1882 as a pioneering college for the higher education of women, and was granted its Royal Charter in 1932. In 1995, Queen Mary and Westfield merged with two distinguished medical colleges, St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, established in 1843, and the London Hospital Medical College, England's first medical school, founded in 1785. Pooling strengths, expertise and resources, this brought clinical medical teaching to Queen Mary for the first time. Queen Mary is now fully integrated.

University Life

Accommodation & Surrounding Areas:

Availability
- 2000 on campus rooms
- 1st years not guaranteed accommodation, as much as 12% go without.

Cost
- Self catered shared room costs £64 per week
- Self catered en suite room costs between £99 and £114 per week
- Self catered standard room costs between £71 nd £85 per week

Contract Period
- 38 weeks

Locations
- Albert Stern House, Ifor Evans Place, Lindop House, Maynard & Varey Houses and Westfield Student Village all located on the Miles End campus.
- Floyer House, Philpot St is located close to the rear of the London Hospital and Dental Institute at the College's Whitechapel campus.
- Dawson Hall is located about 200 yards from the Barbican tube station in the City of London and is set around lawns and trees on the College's Charterhouse campus close to St Bartholomew's Hospital.

Facilities
- Utilities included
- Internet access included
- Personal contents insurance included

Resources:

Library
- 600 000+ books and journals
- 4000 electronic journals
- 1500 study places

Opening hours
- 95 weekday hours
- 12 weekend hours

IT
- 1100 computers
- 24 hour access

Other
- Language lab

Welfare:

Services
- Student Union Support Centre
- Advice Service
- Counselling service
- Chaplaincy
- Childcare on campus
- College Health Centre (full GP)

Sporting facilities:

SU
- Multigym
- Squash courts
- Sports hall
- Sauna
- 33m Swimming Pool

Student Village
- Multigym
- Dance Studio

Costs
- Club membership costs between £10 and £35.

Sporting Clubs
- Aikido
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Boat Club
- Fencing Club
- Football Club
- Hockey
- Jiu Jitsu
- Kickboxing
- QM Angels Cheerleading club
- Mountaineering Club
- Netball Club
- Rugby Club
- Running Club
- Squash Club
- Strictly Come Dance Club
- Snowsports
- Table Tennis
- Tae Kwon-Do
- Tennis Club
- Chinese Boxing - Wu Shu Kwa
- Women’s Football Club
- Women’s Rugby Club
-Volleyball Club

Boring but important

Fees and bursaries:

Undergraduate fees
- All courses set at £3070 per annum

Bursaries
- Queen Mary Bursaries; Depending on their household income students will receive the following:

Household Income------------------- Bursary
> Less than £17 910---------------- £1024
> £17 911 - £33 769----------------- £819
> More than £33 770---------------- £0

- Merit Bursary; £4000 award for students who achieve 3 As at A Level and in receipt of the full maintenance grant.

Scholarships
- There are a number of college-wide and department-based awards and prizes provided mainly from trust funds to students showing particular ability and these are usually given at the end of an academic year through the recommendation of the head of department.

Future plans and investment:

How much?
- £150 million on future projects.

On what?
- Biosciences Innovation Centre
- Cardiac Centre
- Humanities Building

Over £160 million has been spent in the past 5 years. Developments include new teaching and learning facilities, campus refurbishment, SU facilities and a new medical school.

Notible alumni:

Graham Chapman the Monty Python star
Bruce Dixon the former Iron Maiden member

Visiting

Open day dates:

2008
- Wednesday 9 April

Underground:

Mile End
- Nearest stations on the London Underground are Mile End on Hammersmith and City, District and Central lines; and Stepney Green on the Hammersmith and City and District lines.

Smithfield Square
- Nearest stations on the London Underground are Barbican and Farringdon on Hammersmith and City, Metropolitan and Circle lines; and St Paul's and Chancery Lane on the Central line.

White Chapel
- Nearest station is Whitechapel on London Underground's Hammersmith and City and District lines.

Charter House Square
- Nearest stations on the London Underground are Barbican and Farringdon on Hammersmith and City, Metropolitan and Circle lines.

Lincoln Inn
- Nearest station on the London Underground is Holburn on the Central and Piccadilly lines.