University of Glamorgan Wales

Established in 1913, the University of Glamorgan is located in Trefforest, close to Pontypridd, in Glamorgan, Wales. In the year 2000, Glamorgan was cited as being one of the top five state-of-the-art Universities of the UK.

Courses Offered

The University allows students to do Honours in two areas. Some of the areas available for Joint Honours Courses include:

• Astronomy and Physical Geography
  
• Cultural Studies and History
  
• English Studies and Philosophy
  
• Geology and Astronomy
  
• History and Media Studies
• Mathematics and Accounting and Finance

Scholarships

Some of the various categories/types of scholarships offered by the University include:

• Law Scholarships
• Sports Scholarships
• 2007 Entry Scholarship
• 2007 Successful Completion of Year Scholarship
• 2007 Residential Allowance
• Network 75 Scholarships
• MSc Applied Environmental Planning Scholarship

Facilities

The Inter Library Loan facilities enable students, especially research scholars to avail information that is not present in the Learning Resource Centre. A maximum of 5 requests per week is entertained for taught students and a maximum of 10 requests per week is entertained for staff and research scholars.

Some of the restaurants available at Glamorgan for gorging after classes or in between lectures are:

• The Gallery Restaurant
• The Bygone Restaurant
• The Courtyard

Glamorgan possesses two Halls of Residence for students to stay, comprising single rooms that are equipped with modern amenities. However, students have to cook or arrange for their own meals.

Address:

University of Glamorgan
Pontypridd
Wales
UK
CF37 1DL
Contact: http://www.glam.ac.uk/