University of East London

With 23,000 students from around 120 nationalities, UEL is a dynamic, cosmopolitan modern university, with highly regarded programmes, world-class-rated research and state-of-the-art facilities. A degree from UEL is also an investment in your future. Our employability rate is one of the highest in London, and our graduates enjoy high starting salaries too.

We have over 150 undergraduate and 140 postgraduate degrees to choose from, including a huge range of taught master's degrees as well as research-based PhDs. Most of our programmes are offered on a full and part-time study basis, and many have distance-learning options.

We are committed to investing in our students and have recently spent over £160 million on our campuses. Each campus has 24/7 libraries, state-of-the-art teaching and research facilities, social learning spaces, refectories and cafes. We are continuing this investment with the opening of new facilities including:

SportsDock

Spring 2011 will see the opening of SportsDock a state-of-the-art £21 million sports and education complex. Open 7 days a week, 362 days a year. The centre at the docklands campus will include:

• Large 100 + station Fitness Gym
• 2 sports halls (badminton, basketball, volleyball, cricket, football, netball)
• 2 aerobic and dance studios
• 1 martial arts studio
• 1 indoor multi-use games area (Futsal, Handball, Football, Indoor Hockey, Badminton, Basketball)
• 1 outdoor multi-use games area (Football, Hockey)
• Sportscafe

Team USA will use SportsDock as its primary base for athlete performance services and logistical operations during the 2012 Olympic Games.

For more information log onto uel.ac.uk/sportsdock

University Square

University Square, to be located in the heart of Stratford, is a unique collaboration between Birkbeck, University of London and the University of East London. Our joint vision is to create a major new university hub which will meet the growing aspirations of local people in the heart of east London. Students will be able to study in order to reskill and upskill, and enhance their employment possibilities.

Building will begin on site in July 2011 and is scheduled for completion in summer 2013. University Square will open to students that autumn.

For more information log onto uel.ac.uk/universitysquare

New Stratford Library

We will be opening a new library for our Stratford campus early 2013. The library will create an inspiring new building that will transform our students library and learning experiences. It will have a whole range of new services and learning spaces designed around the needs of the modern learner. At every stage of the design process, we have involved students and staff so that the new library at Stratford will become the place where every student and academic will find just what they are looking for.

National Student Survey

UEL has seen its overall student satisfaction rating increase from 76 per cent to 81 per cent – a significant increase of 5 per cent. In this latest survey, UEL also experienced a rise of 21 places in the overall table of UK universities and recorded a 97 per cent satisfaction rating in relation to its teacher training.

The NSS is broken down into seven categories, such as 'quality of teaching on my course' and 'learning resources', and UEL has recorded significant increases in every single category