Founded in 1884, Bangor University has a long tradition of excellence and exceeds expectations, both for academicstandards and student experience. We have over 11,000 students and over 650 teaching staff based in 23 Academic Schools grouped into five Colleges The national Research Assessment Exercise shows that world leading research is being carried out at Bangor. Areas of particular excellence include Accounting & Finance which is rated as the best for research in the UK, and Electronic Engineering which is rated second in the UK. Sports Science is placed in the top 10 in the UK and Psychology is 11th in the UK. A recent review by the UK Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) resulted in the highest possible endorsement of the University’s academic standards. The ‘confidence’ judgement by the QAA confirms the University’s academic standing and profile.