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About

University of Bedfordshire

A modern, innovative university with a heritage of top quality education going back more than 100 years. University has six campuses in Luton, Bedford, Aylesbury and Milton Keynes, with students from over 100 countries around the world. The University of Bedfordshire works with academic partners both in the UK, and overseas, to deliver a range of courses from foundation degrees to doctorates.

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World Ranked

The University of Bedfordshire is a World Ranked University and has earned a place in the Times Higher Education (THE) annual World University rankings. Time Higher Education Ranking 2022 has placed the University in 251-300th in Young University Ranking. In this university you get the best of all worlds with our college locations in Luton, Bedford, Milton Keynes and Aylesbury.

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Awards and Achievements

  • Commended by the QAA for the high quality and standards of our higher education provision (QAA 2015)
  • University of Bedfordshire placed first in England in Green League
  • Top 300 University under 50 years old (THE 2021)
  • One of 21 Business Schools awarded the Bronze Award for start-up and business growth advice (Small Business Charter)
  • 2nd in the country in the University Green League (People and Planet 2022)
  • Eco Campus Platinum award (2021)
  • Continued investment in facilities for our students. Most significantly we opened a £40m STEM building at our Luton campus in 2019.
  • The University was awarded a Silver award in the first ever Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) in June, which recognises excellent teaching and learning across the UK’s higher education sector.
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Graduate as Professional

We put a strong focus on your professional development. 92% of Bedfordshire students who graduated last year have found jobs or are in further study – the highest figure achieved by the University. (Destination of Leavers of Higher Education (DLHE)2016 survey).

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Why Choose UoB?

The Luton campus is the University of Bedfordshire’s main campus. It is located right in the heart of Luton town centre. Luton lies just 50km north of London – the capital is only a 30 minute train journey away. Address of Main campus is as follows:

University of Bedfordshire
University Square
Luton
Bedfordshire
UK, LU1 3JU

The University of Bedfordshire is a modern, innovative university with a heritage of top quality education going back more than 100 years. It was established in August 2006 by order of the Privy Council, following the merger between the University of Luton and De Montfort University’s Bedford campus.

University of Bedfordshire can award both taught and research degrees. University of Bedfordshire has degree awarding powers recognised by the UK authorities. University of Bedfordshire has been granted degree-awarding powers by the Privy Council. Degrees awarded by University of Bedfordshire is globally recognised.

It is a university which is ranked between 251 - 300th in the young university
rankings 2022. In this university you get the best of all worlds with
our college locations in Luton, Bedford, Milton Keynes and Aylesbury.