University of East Anglia: Campus, Courses, Admissions, Fees, Scholarships and Placements

University of East Anglia, founded in the year 1960 starting its first batch after three years with the motto of ‘do different’ is a public research-oriented university offering more than 500 undergraduate and postgraduate degrees to students across the world. University of East Anglia is a leading member of one of Europe's biggest concentrations of researchers in the fields of environment, health and plant science, known as the Norwich Research Park. UEA has around 16,872 students enrolled over various courses out of which around 2,820 international students are there. University of East Anglia is known for pioneering the semester system of small-group teaching

Highlights

College Type	Public
Campus setting	Mini-city
Work-study program	Yes
English Language Proficiency score	TOEFL/IELTS
Financial Aid	Yes
Mode of Payment	www.evision.uea.ac.uk
Housing capacity	3,500 fully furnished rooms
Admission Helpdesk	UCAS customer services: +44 330 3330 230 enquiries@ucas.ac.uk UCAS code and number for UAE- EAGLE E14

Campus

The university is uniquely placed at a 320 acres campus, located in Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom, just two miles from the centre of Norwich, England’s first UNESCO City of Literature.

Around 200 active student clubs and societies are there on campus to participate.
Some major facilities include the University Sportspark, world famous Sainsbury Centre, iconic Ziggurats, The Square- a gathering place, INTO centre- offering high quality preparation for UG and PG students,

Residence Facilities

University of East Anglia offers its students more than 20 options for on-campus accommodation ranging from single, double, suite-type, etc.

Students are allowed to live off-campus as well and mostly students after their first year tend to move off-campus.
Following are the various accommodation options available to undergraduate and postgraduate students based on the type of residence:
- En Suite Crome Hickling
- En suite Campus Plus
- En Suite Campus
- En Suite Village Plus
- En Suite Village
- Two Bedroom Unit
- Standard Single Ziggurat
- Standard Campus
- Standard Twin Ziggurat
- En Suite Twin
Various amenities at residence includes those of food storage, cooking equipment, washing machines, heating and ventilation, drinking water, etc.
Almost every residence hall has a kitchen and thus most students cook for themselves.

Programs offered at University of East Anglia

University of East Anglia offers programs for more than 250 undergraduate degrees in BA, BSc, BEng and MChem and over 250 PG courses and a range of PHDs and studentships to choose from.

UEA provides these courses across four faculties of Arts and Humanities, Medicine and Health Sciences, Science and Social Sciences. UEA offers pre-university programmes to international students through INTO University of East Anglia and 26 schools under its operation.
More than 82% of the UEA research is rated as world leading or internationally excellent by the UK Government Research Excellence Framework (REF) in 2014.
UEA is known for initiating the first creative writing course in the UK and for its cutting-edge environmental science research.

Application Process

International students must be careful while applying for admission to University of East Anglia University and make sure that they comply with all the general and course specific requirements.

Application Portal: For UG courses- UCAS website and for PG courses- UAE Application

Application Fee: 20 GBP if applying for single course and 25 GBP for multiple courses

Application Deadlines: 31 July, for September 2023 entry

Supporting Documents:

Personal statement
Letter of reference
Full education history by submitting official transcripts from secondary education to current qualification
Employment history (if any)
Evidence of English proficiency (exemption to students receiving 70% or higher in English in 12th standard in India)
Valid passport
Statement of Purpose
Research proposal for master’s degree

After getting successfully placed at UEA, students are required to make a deposit of 2,000 GBP to secure their admission and accommodation and thereby be eligible to receive CAS to apply for Tier 4 visa.

Cost of Attendance

Following are the tuition fees applicable to overseas students applying for the respective course:

Course	Undergraduate Fee (GBP)	Postgraduate Fee (GBP)
School of Economics	15,900	17,215
School of Art, Media and American Studies	15,900	16,1400
School of Biological Sciences	20,200	19,800
School of Law	15,900	16,400
School of Pharmacy	20,200	19,800
School of Psychology	15,900	16,400
School of Engineering	20,200	16,400
Norwich Business School	15,900	19,950

Financial Aid for International Students

Different kinds of country specific scholarships are available to Indian students based on the level of study as well as international student scholarships. These are as follows:

India Undergraduate Scholarship (4,000 GBP to students with course fee of 15,900 GBP; 6,000 GBP to students enrolled in a course with fee of 20,200 GBP)
India Postgraduate Scholarship (4,000 GBP to students meeting university requirements and 5,000 GBP to students with 65% or higher)
British Council Great Scholarship (15,000 GBP to one Indian student)

Alumni Network

UEA alumni are offered a wide range of benefits and discounts through the Alumni card. Various benefits include discounts and special offers at Norwich and Norfolk, across UEA campus, accommodation and various other activities around the campus and city.

Some of the notable alumni of UEA are: Matt Smith- English Actor; Tito Mboweni- Minister of Finance of South Africa; Jiang Shuying- Chinese actress; Sarah Gilbert- British vaccinologist, Professor of Vaccinology at University of Oxford and co-founder of Vaccitech.

Placements

The Careers Services department at University of East Anglia offers its students wide career services by offering the UEA students online support through MyCareerCentral and GradCentral which quality resources for students to begin with their career.

Besides career, UEA assists students in applying for paid internships along with their course of study through the Graduate Internships Programme.