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Bournemouth University (BU) is located in the seaside town of Bournemouth, in Dorset, on England south coast.
Its roots can be traced back to the early 20th century, with the establishment of the Bournemouth Municipal College, which became Bournemouth University in 1992.
Today, the institution offers more than 150 undergraduate degrees and over 100 masterโs and doctoral degrees.
It is home to two campuses: the Talbot Campus, which is where students can find the majority of the universityโs faculties and facilities, and the Lansdowne Campus, which accommodates the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences
As well as being just a short walk from Bournemouthโs bustling town centre, BU is within easy access to some of Britainโs best beaches, the New Forest National Park and the largest natural harbor in Europe, Poole Harbour, which formed from a drowned valley at the end of the last Ice Age.
The university lays claims to a strong professional orientation with a focus on academic excellence and graduate employability.
It is particularly renowned for its media courses and BU is recognised as the only Centre for Excellence in Media Practice in the UK. Bournemouthโs National Centre for Computer Animationโs former students have gone on to work on numerous award-winning productions in Hollywood, on films such as Gravity, Star Wars, Gladiator and Lord of the Rings.
Other areas of expertise include forensic archaeology and crime scene science, with some of BUโs faculty currently engaged in research into genocide in Iraq, Bosnia and Rwanda.
The universityโs motto, Discere Mutari Est, can be found on its coat of arms and translates into English as: โTo learn is to be changedโ.