This 30-year-old varsity with an enrolment of 50,000 students has consistently been ranked among Britain’s Top 15 for five years (2016- 2020) by the Guardian University Guide Sited in the West Midlands, Coventry University (CU, estb.1992) is a nationally respected public research higher ed institution providing undergrad and postgrad study programmes to 50,000 students including 20,000 from abroad. This 30-year-old varsity has consistently been ranked among Britain’s Top 15 for five years (2016-2020) by the Guardian University Guide. Moreover, in the UK’s latest Teaching Excellence Framework which assesses 134 higher education institutions under parameters of teaching quality, student satisfaction, student retention rates and placements, CU was awarded Gold rating. The history of CU harks back to 1843 with the establishment of Coventry College of Design which merged with the Lanchester College of Technology and Rugby College of Engineering Technology to morph into Lanchester Polytechnic in 1970. Subsequently in 1987, it was christened Coventry Polytechnic followed by grant of university status. Currently, the university’s four faculties — arts and humanities; engineering, environment and computing; health and life sciences and law and business schools — offer over 130 undergrad and 100 postgraduate study programmes. Despite the new Omicron variant of the novel Coronavirus causing a huge upsurge of Covid infections in the UK, the university is committed to offering “full-time students on most courses at least 10 hours of on-campus timetabled teaching and learning each week. On-campus sessions will be complemented by additional timetabled online teaching and learning”. Coventry. England’s ninth largest urban habitat, Coventry (pop.430,000) is reputed for its heritage and historic buildings. Prominent among them is the medieval Cathedral Church of St. Michael, aka Coventry Cathedral; Lunt Fort and the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum which hosts a rich collection of paintings, including of local heroine Lady Godiva. Sited on the banks of the River Sherbourne, Coventry boasts an award-winning indoor waterpark, the Coventry City Football Club, Coventry Blaze (hockey team), and semi-pro rugby league clubs. The city will host some events of the Commonwealth Games 2022. A popular shopping destination with retail parks in and around the city, Coventry is well-connected by road, rail and air with all major cities of the UK. London and Oxford are an hour and Birmingham 30 minutes away by train. Summer in Coventry is short and warm. Winters long, cold and windy. Temperatures range between 9°C-21°C in summer and 1°C-8°C in winter. Campus facilities. CU’s main campus sprawls over 33 acres in Coventry City Centre adjacent to Coventry Cathedral and the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum. The centrepiece of the campus is The Hub, which hosts the Coventry University Students’ Union, student support services, a bar/nightclub, and food outlets. Other campus landmarks include the Lanchester Library, Coventry University Technology Park, sports centre, Tank studio furbished with modern multimedia production equipment, spiritual, health and well-being centres, and a High Performance Engineering Centre. Its main city centre campus apart, the university has four other campuses — Coventry University London, CU Coventry, CU London and CU…
