University of Bedfordshire

Quick Facts

  • Location: Luton, Bedfordshire
  • Main areas of Study: Wide Ranging
  • 30% International Students
  • Spent £89m on improvements to the campus in 2010

The University of Bedfordshire is located in the towns of Luton and Bedford, not far from London. Despite only being founded in 2006, it is hugely popular with international students who now make up almost a third of the university’s whole student population.

There is a large selection of courses at Bedfordshire in a wide range of subject areas. Though the reputations of the courses offered at the university vary, one particularly respected area of Bedfordshire’s is the ‘Journalism and Marketing’ department which is ranked second best in the UK.

The University is only about 40 minutes travel away from the centre of London by train, whilst the towns within the county of Bedfordshire have beautiful countryside and a busy nightlife, making it easy to relax or be entertained.