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Updated: 08-Jul-2009

Buckingham in a nutshell

Four students Buckingham is unique. It is the only independent university in the UK (and probably the smallest with under 1,000 students). Honours degrees are achieved in two intensive years of study. We keep class sizes low, with a student:academic staff ratio of 7.8:1 and the Oxbridge style tutorial groups are intense and exhilarating.

The University campus is well known for being particularly attractive. The Great Ouse river, home to much wildlife, winds through our campus and Buckingham's historic town centre. We have tastefully converted a milk factory, water mill and friary for our use but also have many brand new buildings including a postgraduate computer centre.

Geese at the Tanlaw Mill Each student mixes with 79 other different nationalities and so being at Buckingham is just like being in a mini global village. These contacts, acquaintances and friendships, carry on long after life at Buckingham is over. Our graduates find jobs all over the world, and the friendships they make here go a long way to broadening their experience and to giving them links that, possibly, no other university can do at such an intense level.

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