Students, particularly international students, who do not have the necessary qualifications for enrolling onto a degree course, can apply for the Certificate of International Foundation Studies. In 1996, the university joined with the former Bradford and Airedale College of Health, which then became the School of Health Studies within the university. One of the university's most popular courses, The National Student Survey ranked Psychology at Bradford as being within the Top 5 in the UK with 94% Student Satisfaction. The Horton building was extended and another floor added to accommodate the School of Nursing. The University of Bradford officially became a university in 1966, but can trace its origins back to the establishment of the industrial West Yorkshire town’s Mechanics Institute in 1832. A non-linear video editing / training suite is named in honour of the Shipley born film director Tony Richardson, and was opened by his daughter, the film actress Natasha Richardson in 1996. [54] It was less successful in 2004, achieving only 35 points, the joint 3rd lowest score ever recorded on the show. [53] There is a wide variety of both, including many course related societies such as the Bradford Ophthalmic Optics Student Association. Team Bradford ensures that your time at Bradford is more than just achieving a degree, The University strongly supports entrepreneurship among its students and graduates to help shape their future, Students have fantastic work placement opportunities and benefit from the University’s global network of potential employers, The University has a strong track record of graduates entering professional and managerial level jobs, Triple accredited business school, one of an elite group of business schools to achieve this, Top 10 in the UK for Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Optometry & Opthalmics, Medical Technology and Forensic Science by The Complete University Guide 2019, Silver awardee for the excellence of teaching (Teaching Excellence Framework 2017), Top 4 in the UK for Chemical Engineering (Guardian University Guide 2020), 94% of Bradford’s graduates go into work or further study within six months of graduation – (HESA 2017), 71st in the Guardian University Guide 2020. The £84m investment in the campus included a major refurbishment of the laboratories in the school of life sciences, creation of a new MBA suite and library at the school of management, refurbishment of the student union building, Student Central. It was also the first British university to open a Department of Peace Studies, in 1973, and Bradford now boasts the largest higher education centre for the study of conflict resolution and peace in the world. Bradford collaborates closely with local, regional, national and multinational businesses from across all sectors of the global economy ranging from associations with local employers through its employer engagement initiatives, to overseas partnerships including those in Singapore, Poland, Malaysia, Pakistan and India. [17] The university's cancer therapeutics research centre was moved from a separate site on All Saint's Road onto the main campus, into a new building which also provides conference facilities; the buildings on the old site were demolished in February 2008.