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New Starters Welcome Guide

CHOOSE HULL
Well connected
The city-based rail company, Hull Trains, offers
seven direct services to London King’s Cross every
day, clocking in at just over two and half hours.

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Heritage and Innovation

Listed buildings
High-speed,
high-capacity wifi
A progressive University, rightly proud of
it's heritage, Grade II listed buildings nestle
alongside state-of-the-art teaching and
research facilities, all covered by our highspeed, high-capacity WiFi network.

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Humberside airport operates regular
services to destinations in northern
Europe – for example, a direct flight
to Amsterdam, with its gateway to the
world, is only an hour.

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The University of Hull

Campus University – with everything
you need closeby across our 125-acre
site: from shops to sports facilities,
from cafes to computer rooms, from
nightlife to library.

World class research inspired in Hull
Two of the University’s research breakthroughs – the development
of liquid crystal technology and a bone density scanner – made it
into a recent list of ’100 discoveries in UK universities that changed
the world’ (‘Eureka UK’ published by Universities UK).

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Careers
Government research shows that people with a degree will, on
average, earn around £130,000 more over their working life than
a non-graduate*. Last year over 87%† of our full-time students
were in work or further study within six months of graduating.