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Aston University in Birmingham
Aston University is located on a single self-contained forty-acre plate-glass campus in the Gosta Green area of Birmingham Eastside.
Aston is a comparatively small university with a student roll of only 7,000 full-time undergraduates & 2,500 postgraduates.
It was established as the Birmingham Municipal Technical School in 1895 and was awarded university status in 1966 when the modern campus was under construction.
The main focus of the university is business, science and engineering.
There are four schools: engineering & applied science, languages & social sciences, life & health sciences and the Aston Business School.
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Aston University Campus (Top Menu)
Aston University consists of a single self-contained 40-acre campus located within the Aston Triangle at Gosta Green in Birmingham Eastside.
The Aston Triangle is the space between Dartmouth Middleway (A4540) and Corporation Street (A38); these two routes converge to form the apex of a triangle at Dartmouth Circus, roughly 300 metres to the north.
The campus buildings, which include several high-rise towers, are predominantly concrete with large expanses of plate glass.
The main building, whose central tower and protruding north and south wings create a distinctive T-shape, is clearly visible from the Aston Expressway (A38M).
The campus contains all the university academic departments, the research groups, two fully-equipped gyms with swimming pools, the student's guild, library, health centre and residential accommodation.
The campus is set in a landscaped park whose centrepiece is Chancellors Lake and the Aston Triangle sculpture.
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Engineering & Applied Science (Top Menu)
The School of Engineering and Applied Science at the Aston Triangle in Eastside is a faculty of Aston University.
The school is known for cutting-edge research and the development of new ideas and theories.
Its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes are constantly reviewed in order to ensure that they remain relevant to the workplace.
Many undergraduates study sandwich courses with one year spent on placement. Consequently, the department achieves an exceptionally high level of graduate employment.
The faculty focuses on five academic subject groups: chemical engineering and applied chemistry, engineering systems and management, computer science, electronic engineering and information engineering.
Engineering & Applied Science Website
Languages & Social Sciences (Top Menu)
The School of Languages and Social Sciences at the Aston Triangle in Eastside is a faculty of Aston University.
The school strives to make a major contribution to the teaching and research of languages, communication, politics, diverse cultures/societies and international processes.
It teaches undergraduate degrees in sociology, politics and European Studies, amongst other subjects. Four year sandwich courses in French, German and Spanish may be taken in combination with other modules. Some TESOL and translation courses are also available.
The school operates the following research centres:
The Institute for the Study of Language and Society, the Centre for Research in Social and Political Sciences, the Centre for Forensic Linguistics, the Aston Centre for Europe and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Language and Diversity.
Language & Social Sciences Website
Life & Health Sciences (Top Menu)
The School of Life and Health Sciences at the Aston Triangle in Eastside is a faculty of Aston University.
The school prepares students for professional life as scientists and practitioners.
Courses are tailored to the requirements of the health and science industries and student placements provide clinical, hospital and laboratory experience.
The school conducts interdisciplinary research in health sciences, biomedical sciences and neuro sciences. It leads the Aston Brain Centre and the Aston Research Centre for Healthy Ageing.
Life & Health Sciences Website
Aston Business School (Top Menu)
Aston Business School at the Aston Triangle in Eastside is a faculty of Aston University.
The business school is attended by around 3000 students studying a broad range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses such as accounting, economics, computing, human resources, law, strategy and marketing.
Some courses, such as international business, may be combined with language or other modules. Many form part of 4 year sandwich degrees involving industrial placements within the UK or abroad.
In addition to teaching business skills, the school operates its own entrepreneurial venture: a residential conference centre on the university campus.
The Islamic Finance and Business Centre opened at Aston Business School in January 2010 (News Archive 14/01/10).
Aston University Conference Centre (Top Menu)
The campus of Aston University in Eastside contains two conference venues: the Aston Business School Centre on Aston Street and the Lakeside Centre on the northern bank of Chancellors Lake.
The business school contains 163 three-star bedrooms, a fine-dining restaurant, bar, lounge, gym and 24 conference rooms, the largest of which can hold 235 delegates.
The Lakeside Centre contains six air-conditioned conference and banqueting suites, the largest of which can hold 200 theatre-style.
The Aston Guild of Students is at the Aston Triangle in Eastside.
The Guild is a private members club run by a mix of professional staff and sabbatical/part-time student officers.
The Guild contains four bars/lounges/cafes: Einstein's, the Blue Room, the Loft and Base.
Einstein's serves food and cheap drinks and has a big screen and pool tables. The Blue Room is a student lounge with pool and a Subway cafe. The Loft is a non-alcoholic social study centre. The Base is a student lounge with a Subway cafe.
The Guild Hall, which is used by student clubs and societies in the daytime, is often transformed into an events space/nightclub in the evening.
Other facilities include a laundrette, student shop, second-hand bookshop, hair salon, convenience store, a branch of Natwest, a Copy Shop and Job Shop.
The Guild supports numerous student societies, particularly sport, music and drama clubs. It publishes a student newspaper called the Aston Times and provides advice, support and representation.
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Student Accomodation (Top Menu)
The Aston University student halls of residence are located at the Aston Triangle in Eastside.
They consist of three high-rise towers, four low-rise residences and the lakeside residential complex.
The high-rise towers are Dalton (mid-campus with 20 floors/406 places); Lawrence (mid-campus with 20 floors/342 places) and Stafford (edge of campus/city centre views with 20 floors/355 places).
The low rise residences are Gem (edge of campus/ opposite local shops with 84 places), Bishop Ryder (mid-campus with 94 places), Old Cross (overlooking ornamental lake with 54 places) and Vauxhall (overlooking courtyard with 139 places).
The Lakeside residential complex consists of 647 en-suite rooms set around Chancellors Lake.
All units are self-catering with kitchen facilities.
Some of this accommodation is being phased out as new residential units are built.
Aston University Accommodation Website
New Student Village (Top Menu)
A new self-contained student village is currently under construction on the campus of Aston University in Eastside.
The site of the new village, on the eastern bank of Cancellors Lake, will contain around 3000 study bedrooms, a multi-faith centre, retail units, sports and social facilities.
The first building in the eight-year construction programme is scheduled for completion in 2010. It will be a nine-to-eighteen-floor residential block with 1350 en-suite study bedrooms.
Aston University Accommodation Website
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