The University of Bedfordshire, a public research university in Luton, Bedfordshire, UK, is known for its modern, innovative education, and has a long history of quality education dating back over 100 years. The university is committed to nurturing students into educated, employable, and entrepreneurial global citizens. With two main campuses in Luton and Bedford, and a large health-teaching provision in Aylesbury, the university serves around 20,000 students from over 70 countries.
| Acronym | Beds |
| Nickname | Beds |
| Colour | royal blue, white, and red |
| Founded | 1882 |
| Undergraduate Programmes | |
| Postgraduate Programmes | 88 |
| Location | City of London, England, United Kingdom |
| Address | University of Bedfordshire University Square Luton, LU1 3JU United Kingdom |
The University of Bedfordshire's core mission is to help individuals, communities, and society flourish through education.
The University of Bedfordshire's vision is to be “A vibrant, ambitious academic community, celebrating diversity and the transformative power of education”
The University of Bedfordshire aims to empower students to graduate with a degree that helps them succeed in their chosen career, fostering a vibrant, diverse, and ambitious academic community.
Our towns are rich in history, culture and diversity, with heritage buildings, gardens, museums, theatres and arts initiatives. In Luton, the Hat Factory Arts Centre has live music, dance, theatre, poetry slams and art exhibitions. The Bear Club gets you up close to live bands and stand-up comedy. In Bedford, catch big-name concerts at Bedford Park or make the short trip to Stadium MK, in Milton Keynes. All our campus towns have multiplex cinemas.
The big one is Luton’s colourful, diverse annual Carnival, the largest outside Notting Hill! But there’s plenty more through the year including Bedford’s River Festival; Luton’s Mela; Luton Pride; Bute Street Festival for arts; Bedfringe for comedy; Bedford Fake Festival; and the Ampthill/AmpRocks Festival (between Bedford and Luton).
Our campus towns keep you active with gyms, swimming centres, trampolining, go-karting and public golf. Watch live sport with local teams such as Luton Town FC (the Hatters), Bedford Blues RFC or MK Dons FC. Or challenge yourself at Milton Keynes’ XScape with its indoor skydiving, climbing and 170m-long real-snow ski slope. Something surprising Splash! - the ITV celebrity diving series - was filmed at Luton’s Inspire Sports Village.
Be amazed by the animals at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo or Woburn Safari Park. Wander around stately homes and heritage buildings such as Luton Hoo, Wrest Park, Hatfield House and St Albans Cathedral. Explore nearby Hitchin, with its open-air market and Hitchin Lavender (summer only). Try to find a way out of escape rooms – or truly get away from it all hiking in the beautiful Chiltern Hills. Shop till you drop at Centre:MK – it’s the 17th largest shopping centre in the UK.
To apply for a place on an undergraduate course (BA/BSc), you need to have completed your high school education (12 years) and have a pass equivalent to two UK A level passes, and have the required English language qualification.
The University accepts the following qualifications as satisfying the English Language requirements for entry to a Bachelor's or Master's degree:
Please note: some courses may require higher levels of English – the exact criteria will be specified in the course descriptions
POSTGRADUATE
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Phone : +44 (0)1234 400 400, +44 (0)1582 74 39 89, +44 (0)1582 489319, +44 (0)1582 489326
Professor Bunting is a founding director of the Higher Education Academy and of its successor organisation, Advance HE. She is also the Chai... read more
She has conducted research and published in the field of children’s language and literacy development, educational linguistics and pedagogy.
Matt i... read more
Brought up in Bedfordshire, he started his career in the textiles sector as a trainee accountant while studying for his professional accounting qualification at the Luton College of Higher Education, known today as the University of Bedfordshire. Matt went on to have a global career with privately owned US agribusiness and food multinational, Cargill Inc., and progressed through senior leadership roles in a variety of businesses and functional areas across multiple countries and cultures.
In 1998, Jan was appointed to a faculty position as a Lecturer in the Renal Section at Imperial College London, where he developed his own research group investigating the role of growth factors in disease.
In 2010, Jan joined the University of Bedfordshire as the Head of Life Sciences and successfully built up both staff and student numbers. After 4 years, he secured the post as Acting Executive Dean of the Faculty of Creative Arts Technologies and Science, and 16 months later was appointed to the post on a substantive basis. In his role Jan is responsible for 6 Schools that deliver teaching and learning and 4 Research Institutes.
Most recently, he played a leading role in the development of a suite of new STEM courses and was on the Project board responsible for the development and delivery of a £40m STEM building on the Luton campus. University-wide responsibilities include Chair of the External Examiner Committee and Chair of the Timetable Strategy Group. Externally, he currently serves as Chair of the UK Deans of Science Committee.
Prior to this, Alison began her career in higher education i... read more
Alison qualified with an Undergraduate degree in Sociology, an MSc in Mental Health, and as a Psychiatric Nurse in 1987. She started her career working as a psychiatric nurse and has worked in a variety of health and social care settings such as; acute psychiatry, older adult services, and forensic mental health within both NHS, private, and charity sectors. Her research focuses on the experiences of living with rare diseases. Her Doctorate in Professional Practice, titled ‘The experiences of being diagnosed with Lymphangioleiomyomatosis’, examined eleven women’s experiences of being diagnosed with this very rare lung disease.
Aside from her role at Bedfordshire, Alison is a Governor for Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, using her expertise to help represent local interest within the Trust.
