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D E MONTFORT
U N IVE R S ITY
LEICESTER
I N T E R N AT I O N A L G U I D E 2 0 2 2
Winner: The Best University Careers and Employability Service The National Undergraduate Employability Awards, 2021 De Montfort University has been named the best university in the UK for our careers and employability service, at the National Undergraduate Employability Awards 2021.
CONTENTS
Welcome to DMU 5 Subject areas
Why choose DMU? 6 Art, Design and Architecture 52
How to find us 11 Computer Sciences and Mathematics 56
Your career 12 Creative Technologies and Media 60
Our campus and facilities 14 Engineering 64
Leicester 18 Fashion and Textiles 68
Accommodation 20 Humanities 72
International experience 26 Leicester Castle Business School 76
Volunteering 29 Leicester De Montfort Law School 80
Students' Union 30 Leicester School of Allied
Healthy DMU 32 Health Sciences 84
Sport 34 Leicester School of Nursing
and Midwifery 88
International and EU
student support 36 Leicester School of Pharmacy 92
Fees and funding 39 Music and Audio Technology 96
Entry criteria 40 Performance and Arts Management 100
English language 42 School of Applied Social Sciences 104
How to apply 44 Campus map 108
Joining the DMU family 47 Join our online community110
Visa information 48
DMU International
College 50
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WELCOME
TO DMU
I think we’ve all learned how quickly our world DMU family. Much has been done already, but
can change. That’s why choosing your there is much further to go to ensure that as a
university still remains so important to you. The university and as individuals we all play our part
right one should give you the knowledge, skills in celebrating our diversity.
and confidence you need so you can keep
moving forward whatever the situation. Our city is a fantastic place to study; large
enough to provide you with all you would want,
For me, the right university is one that puts its but small enough to be a community. I am
students first; a place where you start to determined you will find that DMU’s
become the person you can and should be. It’s outstanding and welcoming 21st-century
where you will change and grow, supported by campus is a physically safe and emotionally
recognised quality teaching, by acquiring new welcoming place to start building your better
work skills you will gain through career-focused future in your way, with us on your side.
courses, and by friends on campus and across
the world who want to hear and see what you I’m still very much at the beginning of my own
can do next – and help you achieve it. I’m happy DMU adventure as a new Vice-Chancellor, and I
I can say that DMU offers all of that. After 150 really hope a sense of personal excitement
years of teaching, training and developing talent about the time ahead is something we share.
we continue to take our students forward by Across this prospectus there are fuller details
listening to them and working with them. on the much deeper DMU story that I’ve only
touched on here; should you have any
A good university is its students, reflecting their questions right now, let’s start the conversation
personalities and outlook while putting their – our excellent social media channels @
work and ambitions first. When you study with dmuleicester are a great way to connect and
us you will also have the opportunity to put start building a relationship right away.
yourself right at the heart of the social,
economic and environmental changes DMU is I’m as interested in your future success as you
working more widely towards in our local are. Have the courage to follow your dreams!
community, in our city, nationally and Every good wish with your studies and your
internationally. choices – and I do hope that we get to speak
very soon.
The diversity of our home city, Leicester, has
allowed us to welcome, encourage and Katie
empower many brilliant students who might Professor Katie Normington
otherwise not have chosen university. Our work Vice-Chancellor, De Montfort University,
now must be about ensuring our student Leicester
success stories and achievements wholly
reflect the same diversity that distinguishes the
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“I’m going to really miss DMU – it was my first
choice from the start. When I went to an Open
Day I fell in love with the gorgeous Vijay Patel
Building and I just knew DMU was the one.
informed and influenced by current industry practice as
“I gained a lot of independence at university. well as giving you significant exemptions from
From working in the studio until the early hours professional qualifications once you graduate.
with my friends to the brilliant night life, I’ll miss
everything about it.” Our courses embed employability in their curriculum and
our research feeds into students’ learning. You’ll be taught
Nicole Stavrou, Textile Design BA (Hons) by academics with industry experience and researchers
who have made a real difference to people’s lives, such as
Dr Karthikeyan Kandan, who repurposed plastic bottles to
make prosthetic limb sockets. His work could save
healthcare providers millions of pounds and help tackle
plastic pollution at the same time, and is just one example
of the life-changing work taking place at DMU.
Your career
DMU’s careers and employability service was named as
the best in a UK university at the National
Undergraduate Employability Awards in 2021.
DMU is committed to helping students find highly skilled
WHY CHOOSE
work or further study, with our DMU Works programme
guaranteeing professional work experience
opportunities, from business insights to placements and
networking opportunities. Previous DMU graduates have
gone on to work on Oscar-winning films and with
DMU?
organisations such as the BBC, HSBC, Nike, BMW and
the NHS. We also have the eighth-highest number of
graduate start-ups of all UK universities.
As well as the facilities and teaching spaces you can
access on campus, we’ve grown and enhanced our
digital learning environment to deliver a superb student
Teaching and learning adapt and innovate in an ever-changing world. experience through flexible high-quality teaching and
At De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) We offer an equitable and inclusive approach learning methods. We’ll help you gain the skills to thrive,
you’ll be taught by passionate and enthusiastic to learning and teaching for all our students. adapt and innovate in an ever-changing world.
lecturers who have excelled in the National Known as the Universal Design for Learning
Teaching Fellowship Scheme – one of the most (UDL), our teaching approach has been Creating an inclusive and
prestigious awards for excellence in higher recognised as sector leading. UDL means
education – while our courses are all carefully we aim to provide all students with an equal
progressive institution
designed to help you gain the skills needed to learning experience, flexible ways of learning, Decolonising DMU is a movement to eliminate racial
enter today’s competitive jobs market and flexible study resources and flexible ways of inequality across our institution, including in the make-up
succeed in your chosen career. testing learning. of our staff, the way we teach, and the student experience
we provide.
As well as the facilities and teaching spaces you Around 170 of our courses are also accredited
can access on campus, we’ve grown and by professional bodies, meaning your learning is We commit to creating an anti-racist university, allowing
enhanced our digital learning environment to everyone to succeed and celebrating DMU’s rich diversity
deliver a superb student experience through and heritage.
flexible high-quality teaching and learning
methods. We’ll help you gain the skills to thrive,
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Health and wellbeing represent UK higher education at one of the
world’s largest ever trade, culture and
The welfare of our students is extremely
technology fairs as the Founding Partner for the
important to us, so we offer a range of
UK Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai from October
dedicated services that provide support
2021 to April 2022.
throughout their time at DMU.
Studying at DMU also provides opportunities
Our university-wide approach to student wellbeing
for transnational education, which is the chance
is Healthy DMU, which provides resources to help
for you to carry out your studies at one of our
students have a healthy, happy and productive
partner institutions in a different country.
time at university and develop habits that can
enrich their wellbeing for years to come. More than 2,200 students have studied for
a DMU award in places as far as Denmark,
Students can benefit from help with mental
Singapore, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, India and
health, counselling, religious facilities and
the Philippines.
resources, disability support, and a medical
centre on campus.
Volunteering opportunities
A sustainable campus Students can volunteer with our award-winning
As part of our commitment to supporting DMU Local initiative, which uses the knowledge
the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable and skills of students and staff to help the local
Development Goals (SDGs), we’re investing community. Volunteering benefits the wider
to create a sustainable campus. society and can also help to enhance career
prospects through real-world experience.
We are working towards removing all
non-recyclable plastics from campus and have Through DMU, our students have enjoyed
already given away 25,000 reusable cups to opportunities to help run computer skills
students and staff. classes for elderly people, support local youth
clubs and cook meals for vulnerable members
We’re phasing out single-use plastics on campus, of the community – giving them valuable life
replacing single-use cutlery with compostable skills as well as experience on their CV.
items and have installed additional water
Accommodation Our students tell us it’s ‘the perfect size’ – big and fountains across campus. Meanwhile, we’ve
A history of teaching and
historic enough to impress, yet compact, friendly halved our energy-related carbon emissions one
There is a wide range of halls with thousands of supporting talent
and safe enough to call home. year ahead of target, an achievement announced
rooms available, all close to campus and the city
at the 2020 Sustainable Development Goals With the first classes held in a former warehouse
centre. DMU-sourced halls are modern and all
Conference; the university has recycled 91% of
are self-catered and fully furnished, with the Travel opportunities its non-residential waste.
under the name of Leicester School of Art, DMU
option of en-suite bathrooms, shared kitchens, has a rich history that goes back more than 150
DMU Global is our international experience
laundry facilities and internet access. All feature All of this has led to DMU being placed in the years to 1870.
programme, offering subsidised and affordable
on-site or on-call security, on-site managers, and international travel opportunities to all students top 10 per cent of institutions in the world for From those small beginnings, DMU has since
CCTV or electronic door entry. to enrich studies and broaden cultural horizons. sustainability in the first-ever Times Higher grown to be a global institution with 26,000
Our students have traveled to a wide variety of Education University Impact Rankings. The students and 2,600 staff.
rankings are designed to showcase work by
Leicester – the place to be destinations both overseas and across the UK.
universities worldwide to meet the UN’s SDGs.
The advantages of living and working in Leicester DMU for Life
are abundant – it’s been named in the top three Open and supportive Being a part of the DMU family isn’t just about
UK student cities, just behind Manchester and We’re proud of DMUfreedom, which is our
Partnerships that open doors the years spent with us on campus and learning
Cambridge, in the Student Living Index 2020 commitment to providing a culture where We are also working with the UN to help support online. We encourage our alumni to be an
compiled by NatWest. It’s also chosen as one of everybody is treated with dignity and respect, refugees worldwide by taking a lead role in the active part of our global and local family
the top 10 UK cities to start a business in a report valued for their abilities and empowered to #JoinTogether campaign. Our students and staff through DMU for Life. DMU alumni have
published by StartUpsGeek.com, as well as excel. In fact, DMU was named the first-ever have visited the UN headquarters in New York to lifelong access to support and networking
ranked the third most progressive city in the UK University of the Year for Social Inclusion by work on the project and DMU is the only UK opportunities as well as discounts and
when it comes to tackling social and The Sunday Times Good University Guide. university to be named as a global hub for one of memberships on campus.
environmental issues in a survey by Bankrate UK. the UN’s SDGs. As well as this, DMU will
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HOW TO FIND US
DMU is located in the city of Leicester, in the centre of England,
and is well-served by excellent transport links. High-speed
trains connect Leicester to London in just over an hour, and
other major UK cities such as Nottingham and Birmingham are
close by and can be accessed by train, bus or coach.
dmu.ac.uk/maps
Aberdeen
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Newcastle
upon Tyne
Belfast York
Leeds
Manchester
Liverpool Sheffield
Dublin
East Midlands
LEICESTER
Birmingham
Cambridge
Luton Stansted
Cardiff
London LONDON
Heathrow
London
Gatwick
Plymouth
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Student successes – DMU Fashion student designs a range for TikTok
Global social media site TikTok has entered the world of design with its own range of exclusive
merchandise, featuring pieces by DMU Contour Fashion student Megan Cornhill.
Megan entered a competition set up by TikTok to come up with a design that their influencers would
wear. Her drawings for a pleated tennis skirt complete with holster belt accessory were selected as one
of a small number of designs from around the country.
Megan was put up in London for a week and given £500 prize money, all courtesy of TikTok. She visited
the Fashion Enter factory, meeting TikTok bosses, attending workshops and selecting fabrics for her
outfits, which have been sent to TikTok influencers as an exclusive piece.
Megan said: “One of the TikTok people said they loved the holster and wore it around the factory saying
they would love to make something like it. That was really nice feedback to hear.”
Megan is continuing her studies at DMU with a master’s degree in Contour Fashion Innovation.
Megan Cornhill, Contour Fashion BA (Hons)
Unlike many other universities, we offer lifelong By giving you the tools to make your CV stand out,
support to all DMU alumni through opportunities shine in that interview, and continue impressing in
YOUR
such as networking events, recruitment fairs, and the job, we’re committed to helping you get ready
expert one-to-one advice. for the world of work and become what current
No matter what support you need or what and future employers are searching for.
your circumstances are, we can adapt our
career services to suit you and work with you Gateway to the working world
CAREER
to make sure we get it right – whether it’s a We provide support, advice and guidance
year-long paid placement, a few hours of throughout your time at DMU and beyond. Our
voluntary work experience, or some quick team offers one-to-one sessions and professional
advice on a job application. networking events to students and graduates,
giving access to MyGateway – our online careers
Our Employability Mentoring provides students portal for jobs, events, and appointments on
with the opportunity to make connections with finances, mental health and disability support.
We understand that your degree is a stepping stone to landing your dream
and learn from industry professionals, in virtual,
career, and when it comes to helping students build their careers, DMU has
been named the best university in the UK for doing just that.
group and one to one mentoring settings. Earn while you learn
With access to an extensive range of online Campus-based recruitment agency Unitemps,
resources 24/7, we’ll help you plan for your offers a range of full-time and part-time
DMU’s careers and employability service, personalised CV feedback through our DMU career in the digital age. If you’re an aspiring opportunities to our students.
known as DMU Works, was awarded the Best Works Skills Hub. entrepreneur, we can help develop and bring
University Careers/Employability Service at the • Industry experience through virtual and your business idea to life. Our approach works
National Undergraduate Employability (NUE) in-person placements, internships, and Our graduates have gone on to do great things,
Awards in 2021. We’ve built great partnerships and employer
employability mentoring at companies such as such as winning Oscars and securing successful
networks with a variety of already-established
Our award-winning careers support means that ASOS, Disney, HSBC, KPMG, L’Oreal, jobs with organisations including Tommy Hilfiger,
companies and organisations across Leicester
by studying with us you will benefit from our Microsoft, NHS, Pfizer Nickelodeon, River Island, Warner Bros, the BBC,
and beyond.
careers commitment, giving you access to: and Rolls-Royce. Gucci, BMW, Levi’s, NASA, the NHS, Disney, IBM
DMU students can also get a helping hand to kick- and Adidas.
• Guaranteed work experience opportunities • Opportunities to work on live industry briefs and start their career in Leicester, as part of a newly
for all students. to be part of real industry showcases as part of
your course, such as Graduate Fashion Week,
launched initiative, The Leicester 1000 (also Real-world insight
• Flexible and personalised career support known as L1K). The programme aims to bridge the We give all our students the opportunity to gain
tailored to your needs, including placement Congress to Campus and the international gap between businesses in and around the city professional experience. This can range from a
years which earn academic credit towards Formula Student competition at Silverstone and graduates who want to secure their first year’s placement to spending a day on site at an
your degree, skills workshops and race track – to name a few! professional role out of university in the region. employer, typically in the UK or Europe.
masterclasses linked to your course. • Real-world experience and teaching by DMU is the 8th highest UK university for the
academic staff, guest speakers and lectures dmu.ac.uk/careers
• Unlimited access to digital tools including number of graduate start-ups supported by our
LinkedIn Learning courses, practice tests from inspiring industry leaders. Enterprise Placement Year, where you could have
and interviews, self-assessments, and 12 months to develop your business idea.
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''I have been studying at DMU for almost 5 years
now, and couldn’t be more happy with the quality of
the campus, its facilities and supportive staff.''
Pablo Garcia, Data Analytics MSc
Life on campus We will support you to confidently use a huge
range of learning technologies, including
Our Campus Centre is the home of
Blackboard, Collaborate Ultra, DMU Replay, MS
De Montfort Students’ Union, improving
Teams, Turnitin and more. Alongside this, you
OUR CAMPUS
your student experience with extra
can access LinkedIn Learning and learn how to
break-out space to study, chat and relax.
use Microsoft 365, and study-support software
Across campus, there are many places to eat such as mind-mapping and note-taking through
and drink, including the Food Village – a light, our new Digital Student Skills Hub.
AND FACILITIES
spacious environment where students can order
The library staff offer additional support to
fresh pizza from our pizza oven, pasta dishes,
students, including help with academic writing,
fish and chips, halal food options and more. Our
research strategies, literature searching,
award-winning Riverside Café, specialising in
reference management and assistive
vegetarian and vegan cuisine, sits on the bank of
You work best where you’re happy and inspired, so we invested to the River Soar, with stunning views over
technology. There is also a ‘Just Ask’ service
create a stunning campus that’s a place of learning designed to be for help and advice, live LibChat, online
the water. Campus also hosts a Subway and a
workshops, tutorials and drop-ins available
safe, stimulating and where you’ll feel at home.. number of coffee shops serving Starbucks or
from our Learning Services, and weekly library
Costa Coffee hot drinks.
live chat sessions that give you the chance to
As a campus university situated in the hub of The regeneration of the Great Hall of Leicester The main Kimberlin Library offers a space ask the library teams for help.
Leicester, DMU students get the best of both Castle brought new life and purpose to the where you can work, study and access a vast
Our campus also has a number of sustainable
worlds. A safe and peaceful place to study with former court of law in this Grade I listed building range of print materials, with computer stations,
design features, from solar panels to greener
everything in easy reach, while only minutes as a teaching space for students in the Faculty of laptops, plasma screens and assistive
travel initiatives.
away from the exciting buzz of the city centre. Business and Law. technology also available.
We offer spiritual support within our Prayer
At the heart of our campus of the future is the We’re constantly investing in our facilities and As well as providing a physical space in which
Room in the Portland Building, which is open
award-winning Vijay Patel Building, home to our adapting them to deliver the best learning to work, we offer online tools to support your
throughout the academic year and hosts a
art and design subjects. It brings all our art and experience possible, whether that’s on campus studies, and our extensive online collection of
variety of events.
design courses together providing inspiring, or online, and striving to make sure you have a resources accessible from our library website,
flexible spaces, studios and facilities which invite place where you can feel safe, happy and secure. e-books, specialised databases and electronic dmu.ac.uk/campustransformation
creativity and innovation across the different journals and films which can be remotely
subject areas. accessed from anywhere you choose.
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Industry-standard equipment AIRFOX DISO helps students gain piloting
skills ‘flying’ a number of civil and military
From laboratories, art studios and study spaces
aircraft models.
to seminar rooms and lecture theatres, we
prioritise modern technologies and equipment In the Vijay Patel Building, we have 25
to prepare students for the future. workshops to support our students’ creativity
across design, art, crafts and textiles. The
In the Hugh Aston Building, the Trading Room
Performing Arts Centre for Excellence and the
gives students access to the same information
Campus Centre building include spacious
as leaders in business, finance and
studios and rehearsal rooms, as well as large,
government, bringing the real world of work into
fully equipped performance spaces, all with
the classroom. The building also has its own
live-streaming capability and supported by
mock courtroom, client interviewing room and an
expert technicians.
integrated law library.
Heritage House is home to our state-of-the-art
The 19th-century Hawthorn Building has
simulation suite, giving students hands-on
facilities designed to replicate current practice
patient care and ward experience. The
in health and life sciences, including
purpose-built space features three large
contemporary analytical chemistry and
multi-purpose teaching rooms, three cubicles for
formulation laboratories, audiology booths and
small-scale teaching and demonstrations, a
nursing and midwifery clinical skills suites. Creating a safe and The DMU community is a caring,
counselling room and student breakout spaces
Our media studios are equipped with industry- compassionate and understanding one, and
level video, audio and radio production suites
for all clinical based programmes including secure campus your health and safety during your time at
nursing, midwifery, paramedicine and audiology.
and recording studios. Engineering students Campus life is a fundamental part of our DMU is of paramount importance to us. In
All teaching spaces in the new suite have been
can use our energy laboratory, where DMU students’ university experience and we’ve order to make sure you have the best student
installed with cameras, microphones, and
research helped EU businesses hit energy- worked hard to make sure that our facilities, experience possible.
speakers via an innovative learning technology for
efficiency targets, as well as our cyber security library, food and drink outlets and student Our staff and students share a responsibility
healthcare education known as ‘LearningSpace’.
centre and laboratories, which have been spaces are safe for you to enjoy. and commitment to ensure our campus is
Students from the Leicester School of Nursing
developed with leaders in the industry. For and Midwifery, The Leicester School of Allied During the recent COVID-19 pandemic, we safe for all to use and enjoy.
aeronautical engineering, our dedicated Health Sciences, School of Applied Social implemented new and more thorough safety
aeronautical laboratory allows students to work Sciences and Leicester School of Pharmacy will and hygiene measures across our buildings dmu.ac.uk/campustransformation
with a purpose-built subsonic wind tunnel for all benefit from these new facilities. including hand sanitiser points, one-way
experimental investigation of aerodynamics, systems where possible, enhanced cleaning
while our industry-standard flight simulator measures and more.
16 17What’s on?
LEICESTER – AN
DMU’s campus is located in the heart of Leicester, a great place to be a
student; it has everything you’re looking for and more – a safe space to live
and study as well as convenient access to accommodation, shopping, nightlife
and all that’s on offer in the city centre. Leicester’s £350 million Highcross
shopping centre has big-brand excitement while the established mix of
EXTRAORDINARY
independent and one-off boutiques in The Lanes adds something different.
While steeped in English history, today Leicester is famed for it's vibrant
diversity, where you can explore culinary delights from around the world in
CITY
'the most multicultural street in the country' - Narborough Road. Or head
outside of the city centre and you'll stumble across plenty of scenic
countryside - the perfect opportunity to explore the surrounding region and
look after your wellbeing.
Quirky juice and coffee shops and real-ale pubs and bars offer perfect places
It’s home to Britain’s most multicultural high street, hosts a Caribbean to catch up with friends, while Leicester’s amazing array of cuisines means
you can sample food from around the world at venues from funky out-of-the-
festival that is the largest of its kind outside London, and the biggest way joints to high-end restaurants. Leicester lays claim to its own ‘Golden
Diwali celebrations outside of India. Great world cuisine is in the city’s Mile’, a stretch of road close to the city centre renowned for its authentic
soul, headline-making sport in its heart; creative energy and an instinct Indian restaurants, sari shops and jewellers.
for innovation drive it ever-forward.
Everything you need – at a price that’s right
When it comes to affordability, Leicester’s great for student essentials,
such as food, rent and bills.
Leicester has recently been named one of the top three student cities in
the UK.* The cost of accommodation, the weekly shop and nights out in
Leicester combined was far more wallet-friendly than Birmingham,
Coventry and neighbouring Nottingham.
A city with great links
Leicester’s central location means easy connections to UK cities and
airports, so you’ll never feel too far from friends and family. It’s also the third
most ‘progressive’ city in the UK, according to Bankrate UK, which ranked
cities on how they addressed issues including recycling and the gender pay
gap while promoting positive change.
Only an hour away from London by train and less than an hour from other
major cities such as Birmingham, Leicester has all the connected benefits
of big-city living without the price tag to match. The Student Living Index
2020, compiled by NatWest, ranked Leicester in the top three ‘student
cities’, based on the cost to students of food, rent and fun.
Great sport
With a Premier League football club that surprised the world when they
became league champions, the team have since gone onto win the FA Cup
''I consider Leicester my 'home away from home'. Leicester is such a in 2021. Leicester also has one of the most successful women’s hockey
beautiful city and is full of diversity. You get to meet people from all around clubs in the UK, and a basketball club that’s riding high, Leicester is a great
the world and experience different cultures.'' place to enjoy sports. Home to Leicester City, ten-time rugby union
champions Leicester Tigers, leading national basketball side Leicester
Nwakaego Onyenokporo, Architecture and Sustainability (Phd) Riders, Leicestershire County Cricket Club and Leicester Hockey Club –
all partners of DMU – sports fans will be spoiled for choice.
* Natwest Student Living Index 2020
18 19ACCOMMODATION
University is the start of an adventure that can take you anywhere,
but you also need a space you can come back to and call home.
DMU offers guaranteed university arranged accommodation for students
looking to start in 2022/2023* who make DMU their firm choice.
Where you live is one of the most important the accommodation. Halls and guideline prices
parts of your university experience, especially in are from 2021/22 entry and are correct at the
your first year. DMU looks to source time of going to print. The prices listed are an
accommodation that caters for what matters indicator and the fees for 2022/23 entry are
most to both our students and their parents and subject to change, so please check our website
carers. We aim to find every new student a safe for the latest information.
and affordable place to live where they’re happy All DMU-sourced halls of residence are
and feel at home. There are a wide range of signed up to the Universities UK national
halls with thousands of rooms available, where student accommodation code of practice.
you can meet lots of new people. We aim to offer a healthy, safe environment
Close to both campus and the city centre, all with the professional level of service you would
DMU-sourced rooms are modern and expect. University-sourced, privately managed
self-catered, with single-sex options available, halls are signed up to the equivalent
many featuring en-suite bathrooms, shared Accreditation Network UK/Unipol national
kitchens, laundry facilities and internet access. code, which commits providers to maintaining
Bede Hall offers fully adapted rooms for professional benchmark standards for large
wheelchair users, including kitchens. student developments. ‘‘Through DMU I was also able to access student accommodation at The
We understand that safety is key, which is why Glassworks, which is right on campus. I became roommates with two of the
dmu.ac.uk/accommodation nicest people I've ever met, and we've had many cosy movie nights along
all DMU-sourced halls have on-site or on-call
security, on-site managers, and CCTV or with tea (of course) and chocolate.’’
electronic door entry. Flexible contracts are *Subject to terms and conditions, for further information visit Frida Hellmark, Architecture BA (Hons)
available and weekly prices vary depending on dmu.ac.uk/accommodation-guarantee
20 21Bede Hall Filbert Village Castle Court Rose House
Owned and managed by DMU UK EU WORLD
Privately managed by Unite Students UK EU WORLD
Privately managed by Unite Students
UK EU WORLD
Privately managed by Unite Students UK EU WORLD
Walking distance from campus and city centre: Walking distance from campus: 10 minutes Walking distance from campus and city centre: Walking distance from campus and city centre:
10 minutes Walking distance from city centre: 20 minutes five minutes five minutes
Rooms available: 227 Rooms available: 547 Rooms available: 418 Rooms available: 40
Flat size: Seven, eight, nine and 10 bedrooms, each Flat size: Two, four, five and six bedrooms, Flat size: Two, three, four, five and six bedrooms, Flat size: Four and five bedrooms, each with a shared
with a shared bathroom and shared kitchen facilities each with a shared kitchen each with a shared kitchen bathroom and shared kitchen facilities
En-suite: No En-suite: Yes En-suite: Yes En-suite: No
Cleaning service: Yes (shared bathrooms only) Cleaning service: No Cleaning service: No Cleaning service: No
Guideline price: £99 per week Guideline price: £122.40 - £137.70 per week Guideline price: £129.03 - £138.21 per week Guideline price: £116.28 per week
The Glassworks The Grange Liberty Park Newarke Point
Privately managed by Host UK EU WORLD
Privately managed by Unite Students UK EU WORLD
Privately managed by Unite Students UK EU WORLD
Privately managed by Unite Students UK EU WORLD
Walking distance from campus: 30 seconds Walking distance from campus and city centre: Walking distance from campus: 10 - 15 minutes Walking distance from campus:
Walking distance from city centre: 10 minutes Walking distance from city centre: 15 - 20 minutes less than one minute
less than one minute Rooms available: 101 Rooms available: 230 Walking distance from city centre: 10 minutes
Rooms available: 257 Flat size: Three, four, five and six bedrooms, Flat size: Two, three, four and five bedrooms, Rooms available: 403
Flat size: Three, four, five and six bedrooms, each with a shared kitchen each with shared kitchen facilities Flat size: Five bedrooms, each with shared kitchen
each with a shared kitchen En-suite: Yes (with one exception) En-suite: Yes facilities
En-suite: Yes Cleaning service: No Cleaning service: No En-suite: Yes
Cleaning service: No Guideline price: £106.08 -£140.76 per week Guideline price: £140.76 per week Cleaning service: No
Guideline price: £150-£159 per week Guideline price: £143.82 - £185.61 per week
22 23New Wharf Hall
Owned and managed by DMU UK EU WORLD
Walking distance from campus and city centre:
10 minutes
Rooms available: 215
Flat size: Four, seven and 10 bedrooms,
each with a shared bathroom and shared
kitchen facilities
En-suite: No
Cleaning service: Yes (shared bathrooms only)
Guideline price: £110 per week
Waterway Gardens
(priority given to NHS students)
UK EU
Owned and managed by DMU
Walking distance from campus and city centre:
20 minutes
Rooms available: 90
Flat size: Six-bedroom houses, each with a
shared bathroom and shared kitchen facilities
En-suite: No
Cleaning service: Yes (shared bathrooms only)
Guideline price: £110 per week
24 25Travel abroad with your course Stand out on a global stage
Many of our international experiences are Employers tell us how much they value
delivered by academic staff and designed to graduates with international awareness and the
enhance your studies. In the past, Contour ability to cooperate and communicate across
Fashion students visited Victoria’s Secret in cultures. With DMU Global, you could receive
New York, Audiology students gave free funding to complete a work placement or
hearing tests to people in disadvantaged areas internship overseas, which offers you the
of India, Economics students toured the Hong chance to understand how business works in a
Kong Monetary Authority and Film students global context and develop skills that could help
enjoyed a blockbuster trip to Hollywood. you stand out in a competitive graduate job
These short trips are a great way for you to market. Students have worked in Europe with a
internationalise your degree, regardless of your range of global businesses including Puma,
previous travel experience. DMU Global BMW and Bosch.
provides financial support to all students, and
practical advice to help you prepare for your trip. International insight on
Beyond your studies, we also offer a range of your doorstep
volunteering and employability opportunities.
Previous experiences have included an You don’t need to travel overseas to have an
employability trip to Vietnam, an exploration of international experience with DMU Global. We
freelancing and start-ups in Los Angeles, offer a wide range of experiences for you to
teaching English to schoolchildren in Thailand develop your intercultural awareness and
language skills on campus. This includes the
INTERNATIONAL
and supporting refugees in Berlin.
opportunity to learn different languages
Since its launch, more than 14,000 students including French, German, Spanish, Arabic,
have gone overseas with DMU Global, visiting Japanese and Mandarin.
more than 65 countries and experiencing new
You can internationalise your degree and
EXPERIENCE
cultures and different educational environments.
develop networks globally by participating in
DMU Global Online Learning. This initiative
Study on exchange gives you the chance to participate in exciting
DMU has links with upwards of 60 universities virtual experiences that connect you with
worldwide – that gives undergraduate students students, academics and businesses globally,
At DMU, we think globally. A gateway to the world, we encourage you to the chance to spend a year studying on with opportunities ranging from just a couple of
exchange as part of their degree. Destinations hours, to learning across a number of weeks.
live, learn, work and volunteer internationally, broadening your world have included a range of European countries,
view and expanding your opportunities. Through our on-campus and online
USA, Canada, Japan and South Korea. As well
international experiences, we aim to remove
as experiencing a new culture and enhancing
barriers to participation by offering inclusive,
your studies, you’ll receive formal recognition as
DMU defines itself as an international community, diverse and open to all. Our award-winning accessible and low-cost opportunities to all
part of your degree title to help you stand out in
DMU Global programme is offering students hundreds of overseas, on-campus and online DMU students. Participation in online activities
the job market.
opportunities to experience different cultures and ways of learning to boost their job opportunities can help boost your employability prospects by
and help them develop a range of key skills. developing digital, teamwork and
communication skills.
We aim to broaden your cultural horizons, improve your ability to communicate and develop other
key skills valued by employers. dmuglobal.com
26 27VOLUNTEERING
Take part in volunteering opportunities to help the local community,
make positive changes and put your skills into practice.
As a DMU student, you can volunteer your Making a difference locally
time and skills to support inspiring, rewarding
DMU Local has active links with more than
and worthwhile projects, both in the local
300 local organisations, including 60 schools,
community and across the entire globe. Our
and has a series of projects running across
community outreach and volunteering
three areas hit by economic deprivation and
programme, DMU Local, aims to create
poverty. As well as this, we are working on
positive change across Leicestershire, as well
health and education projects across the city,
as in communities across the world, using the
driving better school results, improving
expertise, skills and research of staff and
chances of university admission, helping newly
student volunteers. Each year, hundreds of
arrived refugees and asylum seekers and
DMU students and staff members volunteer to
offering support to people with dementia.
work across the city on more than 100 worthy
and diverse projects and activities. The latest Our work in Leicester’s prison has even been
figures* show that DMU students clocked up credited by the governor as helping to
an impressive 20,465 hours of volunteering transform the jail and reduce violence.
during 2019/20, with the average student
giving 28 hours of their time to good causes.
A positive impact throughout
Our student volunteers came from 55
different countries, making 36 per cent of all the world
DMU Local volunteers international students During trips to the United Nations’
who enjoyed learning more about Leicester headquarters in New York, our students also
and UK culture through volunteering. volunteered within local communities in the
In addition, students and staff from DMU city. They transformed an overgrown garden at
contributed more than 2,000 hours of a refugee centre to create a space people
volunteering to help city projects during the could enjoy, and worked at a soup kitchen
Covid-19 pandemic, which ranged from providing meals for homeless people and
distributing DMU-made low-income families. During winter, volunteers
PPE kit to schools, hospitals and care homes worked with Leicester-based charity LE
to volunteering at city food banks. Solidarity to donate clothes and sleeping bags
to refugees fighting the cold in Paris.
Students have benefited from opportunities to
volunteer worldwide, which have included Meanwhile, the volunteering work by students
supporting refugees across Europe and in Ahmedabad, as part of our Square Mile
helping disadvantaged communities in India India project, has previously won an award for
and the US. International Strategy. In India, students have
been involved in rebuilding flood-risk homes,
Not only does this support those in need
supporting children to get an education,
across the community, but the life lessons
providing tests that are improving hearing in
and skills you’ll learn through volunteering
the community and putting on dance and
can help you get ready for the real world
drama lessons for youngsters.
when you graduate.
*DMU Local report 2019/20 dmu.ac.uk/dmulocal
28 29Voice Life
As your students’ union, DSU is here to There’s entertainment during the day, weekly
represent your academic interests and amplify nights out, student essentials at our very
your voice. It’s led by an officer team made up of own stationery and merchandise shop and
five full-time Executive Officers plus seven eating out at SU’s Diner – our great value
STUDENTS’
part-time Liberation Representatives, and all are American-style diner. Every penny of profit
current or former DMU students. DSU also has a spent at your students’ union is reinvested
brilliant team of more than 400 course back into making its services and events both
representatives who are all current DMU awesome and affordable.
students who are in place to represent your Not sure what you’re interested in? No worries,
UNION
course’s interests. DSU puts on regular ‘Give It a Go’ events where
you can try different activities, learn something
Activities new, meet new people and get involved.
We look after more than 200 student groups Every DMU student is automatically a member
and societies, close to 40 sports clubs, of DSU so, once you’re settled into your new
numerous volunteering groups and Demon surroundings, why not come and say hello?
De Montfort Students’ Union (DSU) is an independent student-run and Media – all of which offer you a chance to be
student-led organisation. It’s there to involve, represent and inspire our involved with something amazing while at DMU demontfortsu.com
and make memories that will last.
students to make the most of their time at DMU and is based in the
Campus Centre at the heart of campus. Support
The DSU team is happy to help you with course
University is not only about education, but also developing and shaping your future through the queries, as well as matters related to finance,
experiences and memories you make. DSU helps you to create an unforgettable journey while wellbeing and housing. The team are here to
looking out for wellbeing, creating a sense of belonging and providing opportunities to get make sure you feel safe, well and welcome and
actively involved. it’s all completely free and impartial.
30 31H E A LT H Y D M U
We believe your university experience should give you the opportunity
to meet your full potential. We work to create an environment that
focuses on your health and wellbeing, so you can live a healthy, happy
and productive life at university and in the future.
Healthy DMU is our university-wide approach to student wellbeing. Our Healthy DMU Hub is an Disability support No Space for Hate
online resource to support your wellbeing, offering exercise and volunteering opportunities, and
We want every student to have a rewarding No Space for Hate is a student support service
top tips to help you adjust to university life at DMU. Alongside this, during term time we run
experience and reach their full potential. Our which can signpost you towards practical
Healthy DMU masterclasses, which focus on a variety of topics such as mindfulness, managing
disability advice and support team offers support if you have experienced a hate incident
pressure effectively and building confidence.
services tailored to the individual needs of linked to a protected characteristic, such as
dmu.ac.uk/healthy students with physical and sensory disabilities, race, religion, sexual orientation, transgender
medical conditions and Specific Learning identity or disability.
Wellbeing and counselling Mental health support Differences (SpLD).
• Our wellbeing team can give you the Our experienced mental health inclusion team
The Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) covers Religious support
a wide range of conditions and is designed to Our OpenFaith initiative incorporates faith and
opportunity to talk in confidence with aims to deliver the support and signposting
help students pay for extra costs associated spirituality into wellbeing and welfare services.
someone who is impartial and separate from that students need to reach their full potential.
with the effects of disabilities or long-term
work, social and family life. Our team can offer practical advice on OpenFaith encourages students of all faiths
medical conditions.
• They can help you find and activate your managing mental health difficulties and and no faith to celebrate diversity and
short-term interventions including: The DMU Centre for Accessibility Needs humanitarian values. Spiritual facilities on
own resources to resolve your difficulties.
(DMU-CAN), accredited by the Department of campus include a prayer room, the Breathing
• We are committed to providing an • Assessment of whether practical
Education, is set up to perform assessments of Space, and the chaplaincy.
environment which is free from harassment adjustments could be made to teaching, students’ needs as part of the DSA process, and
and discrimination. Our Mandala Project coursework hand-in times or exams. you don’t have to wait until you’ve started your dmu.ac.uk/chaplaincy
signposts students towards practical • Support when discussing needs to course to book your assessment.
support if they experience such behaviours teaching staff. Our goal is to help each student to manage the DMUfreedom
on campus, including sexual violence, • Practical goal-setting and suggestions impact of a condition or SpLD on their studies. DMUfreedom, our equality, diversity and
domestic violence, forced marriage and of how to address certain issues you may The funding can support with the cost of lots of inclusion charter, was created to put
coercive control, sexual harassment be experiencing. things, such as specialist equipment, non- inclusivity at the heart of everything we do
including stalking, unwanted contact and
• Support accessing local services such as medical helpers, autism and mental health at DMU.
abusive language. Visit our website for a full
the NHS. mentors, specialist study skills tutors, or travel We believe that your university experience
range of the advice and services available,
• Signposting to agencies who are able to costs specifically related to your condition. should give you all the time, space and
or to arrange an appointment.
support students with alcohol and dmu.ac.uk/disability support you need to choose your own life and
dmu.ac.uk/wellbeing substance use issues. career path.
• Signposting to counselling services.
Student Gateway Stay active while you study
dmu.ac.uk/mentalhealth We have dedicated student support teams DMU Active offers free recreational sports
and a wide range of services accessible opportunities throughout the academic year
through the Student Gateway, which offers for students to become physically active
information and guidance in areas including, alongside their studies. It can help you
student finance and welfare, jobs and maintain a fit and healthy lifestyle and
careers, mature student support and care manage your physical and mental wellbeing.
leaver support.
dmu.ac.uk/studentgateway
32 33Recreational sport A sporting city
We’re committed to providing opportunities for Leicester is a city with sporting achievements
all students to enjoy a social and active lifestyle. to be proud of, and DMU shares that spirit.
Our student-led DMUactive programme offers Official partner to Premier League football club
an extensive range of free activities such as Leicester City, our long-standing links
pilates, yoga and zumba and sports including generate placement opportunities for
basketball, netball and tennis. We also offer a students, as well as ticket offers that mean
number of internal competitive leagues and you could see some of the world’s best
one-off events such as UV badminton. players in action just five minutes from
campus. We also have partnerships with other
Performance sport major competitive teams, including 10-time
English rugby union champions Leicester Tigers
Successful scholars will benefit from a bespoke
and Britain’s oldest professional basketball
and enhanced sport scholarship programme.
team, Leicester Riders, the three-year
We offer a comprehensive package of support
back-to-back British Basketball League
for scholars including dedicated strength and
champions, as well as Leicester Hockey Club
conditioning coaches, nutrition, psychology,
and Leicestershire County Cricket Club.
performance lifestyle, physiotherapy. Scholars
will also benefit from financial assistance
through a cash bursary and services-in-kind Sporting facilities
scheme. The Watershed, our indoor training The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee
environment for clubs and societies, offers Leisure Centre has a 25-metre six-lane
SPORT
land-training facilities for rowing, as well as a swimming pool, sauna, 13-metre climbing wall,
dedicated strength and conditioning gym for sports hall, free-weights area, fitness suite and
selected club members. a comprehensive fitness programme with a
variety of activities, from aerobics and abs
blast, to yoga and Zumba.
Our Beaumont Park facility boasts a clubhouse,
DMUsport offers dozens of sports clubs and activities, ranging from two all-weather 3G artificial pitches, two
FA-standard grass pitches and floodlights for
triathlon and boxing to cheerleading and volleyball. We have night games.
something for everyone, whether you’re trying an activity for the first
time or representing DMU at national competitions. dmu.ac.uk/sport
34 35Airport pick-ups Talk to a current student
DMU operates a bus pick-up service from If you want to find out more about DMU, ask
London Heathrow Airport, which will take you questions about your course or find out what
directly to DMU campus. The service it’s like being a student in Leicester, you can
IN T ER N AT ION A L A ND E U coincides with key arrival dates, including
pre-sessional English language courses in
June, July and August and our International
chat to one of our friendly advisers who are
also currently studying at DMU.
dmu.ac.uk/chatwithastudent
S T UDE N T S UP P OR T
Welcome Week in September.
dmu.ac.uk/heathrow
Health
Your student visa should allow you to use
English language support the National Health Service throughout your
International and EU Student International Welcome Week Free English language support is available for stay. It is important that you register with a
Support team We host a week of events and activities international students on undergraduate local doctors’ practice during your time in the
to help you settle into life in the UK and courses, offering two hours of sessions each UK. We recommend De Montfort Surgery,
For international and EU students, our
make new friends. You can attend our week alongside your studies. We also offer which is located on campus and has close
dedicated support team is on hand to provide
welcome event, take a trip to a local intensive pre-sessional English courses that links with DMU.
help and guidance before and during your
time at DMU. The team runs our International attraction, and learn more about working can be taken in the summer before starting
in the UK, how to manage money and about your degree course.
Welcome Week, airport pick-ups and a Religious support
‘buddies’ scheme, which offers opportunities academic requirements and expectations
at a UK university. dmu.ac.uk/cell There is a Christian prayer room and a Muslim
to be matched with a current DMU student to prayer room (with washing facilities) on
help you settle in. dmu.ac.uk/internationalwelcome campus. Anyone can visit the on campus
Accommodation
dmu.ac.uk/internationalsupport chaplaincy for non-denominational religious
DMU offers guaranteed accommodation support. The Christian chaplains and Muslim
iss@dmu.ac.uk Explore the UK for undergraduate international students imam provide advice and guidance to students
During term-time our Explore UK programme looking to start in 2022/23 who make DMU of all faiths and on matters relating to faith
runs regular trips and visits at the weekends to their firm choice.* All of our modern student and religion, alongside spiritual, pastoral,
other towns, cities and tourist attractions across accommodation is close to campus and the moral and social care.
the UK. city centre, with many of Leicester’s
attractions only minutes away.
dmu.ac.uk/exploreuk See pages 20-24 for more information. *Subject to terms and conditions, for further information visit
dmu.ac.uk/accommodation-guarantee
36 37FEES AND
FUNDING
Tuition fees for Tuition fee payment options
international students International students are required to pay
We set our fees so that students receive a 50 per cent of their fees in advance of
high-quality and distinctive education while registration. The easiest and quickest
enjoying excellent facilities and a fantastic way to pay your fees is online at
experience. Currently, international student dmu.ac.uk/epayment
fees are:* You can opt to pay tuition fees in full or follow
• BA/BSc (Hons) (including a foundation an instalment plan:
year or year zero) / MPharm / MDes
Further to the payment of 50 per cent of fees
degrees: £14,250 - £14,750 per year
prior to registration, the following instalment
• MA/MSc: £14,600 - £18,820 plans are available:
dmu.ac.uk/internationalfees Instalment Plan 1: The remaining 50 per
*Please note the above costs are for students cent can be paid in three instalments across
studying in 2021. For students studying in October, January and April.
2022 costs are to be confirmed. Costs are Instalment Plan 2: The remaining 50 per
subject to an annual review and therefore cent can be paid in seven instalments across
subject to change. For updates on costs visit: November, December, January, February,
dmu.ac.uk/internationalfees March, April and May.
dmu.ac.uk/internationalfees
Weekly budget
The UK National Union of Students (NUS) Scholarships and bursaries
estimates that for a student outside London, DMU offers a range of scholarships and
the average annual cost of living is around bursaries to help students with the cost of
£12,000. This does not include your fees, international study and to make the most of
or the cost of traveling to the UK. their time with us. For the most up-to-date
We recommend using Which? Student Budget information please visit
Calculator to find out how other students have dmu.ac.uk/internationalscholarships
budgeted for life at university in the UK. You
can also find more information about weekly Students from the EU
expenditure and budget planning at UKCISA
EU, other EEA and Swiss nationals are
ukcisa.org.uk/Information--Advice/
no longer eligible for home fee status or
Studying--living-in-the-UK/How-much-
financial support from Student Finance
will-it-cost-to-study-in-the-UK
England for courses starting after academic
year 2021/22.
Please note that expenditure can vary
considerably, depending on factors such as
your choice of accommodation and lifestyle.
No costs have been included for social life, as
this tends to vary from student to student.
which.co.uk/budget-calculator
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