The University occupies
an important part of the city and also has some departments in Wrexham. One of
the key universities of outlets is its location between Snowdonia and the Isle
of Anglesey.
Arts Building
The university was originally based on an old inn called the Penrhyn Arms Hotel (which housed its 58 students and 12 teachers), but in 1911 moved to a much larger new building which is now the old part of the Main Arts building. This building, designed by Henry Hare, had its first stone laid by King Edward VII, on July 9, 1907, and was officially opened by King George V in 1911. This building in a prominent location overlooking the city, gave his school nickname Wales and Coleg ar y Bryn ("The School of the Hill"). The building includes a large Prichard-Jones Hall, named after Sir John Prichard-Jones a local man who became a partner of the London department store Dickins & Jones and had been a major benefactor of the building.
The building became a Grade 1 listed building in 1949.
A modern extension, completing a square on the side of the road from the college building was completed in 1969.
This is now known as the Main Arts Building.
The residences
Development
The history of the colleges is complicated by name changes associated with particular buildings.
The red brick 'University Hall, built in Queen Anne style, was the first substantial block, opened in 1897. This building became the Welsh room 'Neuadd John Morris-Jones in 1974 (the name of Professor John Morris Jones and is the current Neuadd Rathbone.
Neuadd Reichel, built on the site Ffriddoedd Farm, designed in a neo-Georgian style by architect Thomas Percy, was opened in 1942 as a hostel for male students.
The expansion in the 1960s led to the development of Plas Gwyn and Nedda Emrys in 1963-64 Evans in 1965, both onsite and Neuadd Rathbone Ffriddoedd on top of Love Lane in 1965. Neuadd Rathbone, Colwyn Foulkes work and the name of the second president of the university, was originally only for female students. Neuadd Rathbone names and Neuadd John Morris-Jones were later exchanged with each other. The building originally opened as Neuadd Rathbone now known as Neuadd Garth.
Plas Gwyn and Neuadd Emrys Evans were demolished in 2008-09 to make way for the current rooms.
The current offer
Accommodation is guaranteed to all unmarried students, college freshmen in Bangor. There are more than 2,000 rooms in the residences, and the whole house is within walking distance of the university.
All sites are managed directly by the Office of Halls. Support is available during the day in the Office of Facilities, Security and Major University Student Services and after hours and on weekends from the Guardians Older residents. The university also has a team of guards students to live in each dorm.
There are four residential sites currently in use:
Site Ffriddoedd
The largest accommodation site is the top site Friddoedd in Bangor about 10 minutes walk from the top university, the Science Site and city center. This site has 11 en suite rooms completed in 2009, another 6 en suite rooms built in the 1990s and Neuadd Reichel built in the 1940s, and includes a cafeteria, laundry, convenience stores, Bar One and Maes Glas Sports Hall.
Two of the bathrooms, and Tegfan Bryn Dinas, now incorporate the new Neuadd John Morris Jones, who began life in 1974 on the way to the university and has, together with its equivalent Neuadd Pantycelyn in Aberystwyth, became a center of Welsh identity. It is also the main focal point of languageactivities Welsh College and is an integral part of UMCB, which is the union, the students of the main "Welsh Students Union body. The room itself is known affectionately as' JMJ 'to all its students and alumni.
The hallways in "Ffridd" (pronounced frith) site include: Cefn Coed, Glyder And Borth And Elidir, JMJ JMJ Bryn Dinas and Tegfan, all of which were built in the 1990s, Adda, Alaw, Braint, Crafnant , Enlli, Peris, Glaslyn, Llanddwyn, Ffraw, Idwal and Gwynant, which were built in the 2000s and recently restored late Neuadd Reichel, built in the 1940s.
"Ffridd" is the Welsh word for mountain pastures or sheep path; "ffriddoedd" is the plural form.
Normal site
The usual site is on the banks of the Menai Strait next to the School of Education and the Faculty of Sports Science & Fitness, and the closest residences to the School of Ocean Sciences in Menai Bridge. The site has two self-catering halls: Neuadd Seiriol and Neuadd Arfon.
The site is named after the former Bangor Normal College, which has since been incorporated into the university (see story above), and was established for the training of teachers (see Normal School).
Bryn Eithin
Bryn Eithin Bangor overlooking downtown and near the Departments of Science and the School of Computing. This site is a graduate and has three housing units ninety-six students. Although at the beginning of the new century, and possibly earlier years, this shared a site office, laundry and common room with the neighboring site of Santa Maria and Barlow, until the latter closed to students in 2004 . The three parts of the rooms have been used predominantly for students at this time.
In Welsh, "Bryn" means "hill" and "Eithin" means "gorse".
College Road
College Road has a room situated therein, Neuadd Garth (formerly Neuadd John Morris Jones, before Neuadd Rathbone), this is the only separate room. The site is within walking distance of the Main Building in Bangor Arts superior and departments such as Psychology, Music and the School of Business, Social Sciences and Law. Neuadd Rathbone (formerly Neuadd John Morris Jones, before Hall University) located on the site, was previously a student residence, but will be renovated during the 2011-12 academic year, to accommodate Student Services and cease to be occupied by students as a student residence.
Private dining rooms
A private room of the residence called 'Neuadd Willis (named after a much loved and respected architect) was constructed (2006), the incorporation of the former British Hotel is a listed company with a newly built extension to the rear and an extra room at the site of the old cinema Plaza. This is not a university hall owned or managed.
Old Refectory and Student Union Buildings
Arts Building
The university was originally based on an old inn called the Penrhyn Arms Hotel (which housed its 58 students and 12 teachers), but in 1911 moved to a much larger new building which is now the old part of the Main Arts building. This building, designed by Henry Hare, had its first stone laid by King Edward VII, on July 9, 1907, and was officially opened by King George V in 1911. This building in a prominent location overlooking the city, gave his school nickname Wales and Coleg ar y Bryn ("The School of the Hill"). The building includes a large Prichard-Jones Hall, named after Sir John Prichard-Jones a local man who became a partner of the London department store Dickins & Jones and had been a major benefactor of the building.
The building became a Grade 1 listed building in 1949.
A modern extension, completing a square on the side of the road from the college building was completed in 1969.
This is now known as the Main Arts Building.
The residences
Development
The history of the colleges is complicated by name changes associated with particular buildings.
The red brick 'University Hall, built in Queen Anne style, was the first substantial block, opened in 1897. This building became the Welsh room 'Neuadd John Morris-Jones in 1974 (the name of Professor John Morris Jones and is the current Neuadd Rathbone.
Neuadd Reichel, built on the site Ffriddoedd Farm, designed in a neo-Georgian style by architect Thomas Percy, was opened in 1942 as a hostel for male students.
The expansion in the 1960s led to the development of Plas Gwyn and Nedda Emrys in 1963-64 Evans in 1965, both onsite and Neuadd Rathbone Ffriddoedd on top of Love Lane in 1965. Neuadd Rathbone, Colwyn Foulkes work and the name of the second president of the university, was originally only for female students. Neuadd Rathbone names and Neuadd John Morris-Jones were later exchanged with each other. The building originally opened as Neuadd Rathbone now known as Neuadd Garth.
Plas Gwyn and Neuadd Emrys Evans were demolished in 2008-09 to make way for the current rooms.
The current offer
Accommodation is guaranteed to all unmarried students, college freshmen in Bangor. There are more than 2,000 rooms in the residences, and the whole house is within walking distance of the university.
All sites are managed directly by the Office of Halls. Support is available during the day in the Office of Facilities, Security and Major University Student Services and after hours and on weekends from the Guardians Older residents. The university also has a team of guards students to live in each dorm.
There are four residential sites currently in use:
Site Ffriddoedd
The largest accommodation site is the top site Friddoedd in Bangor about 10 minutes walk from the top university, the Science Site and city center. This site has 11 en suite rooms completed in 2009, another 6 en suite rooms built in the 1990s and Neuadd Reichel built in the 1940s, and includes a cafeteria, laundry, convenience stores, Bar One and Maes Glas Sports Hall.
Two of the bathrooms, and Tegfan Bryn Dinas, now incorporate the new Neuadd John Morris Jones, who began life in 1974 on the way to the university and has, together with its equivalent Neuadd Pantycelyn in Aberystwyth, became a center of Welsh identity. It is also the main focal point of languageactivities Welsh College and is an integral part of UMCB, which is the union, the students of the main "Welsh Students Union body. The room itself is known affectionately as' JMJ 'to all its students and alumni.
The hallways in "Ffridd" (pronounced frith) site include: Cefn Coed, Glyder And Borth And Elidir, JMJ JMJ Bryn Dinas and Tegfan, all of which were built in the 1990s, Adda, Alaw, Braint, Crafnant , Enlli, Peris, Glaslyn, Llanddwyn, Ffraw, Idwal and Gwynant, which were built in the 2000s and recently restored late Neuadd Reichel, built in the 1940s.
"Ffridd" is the Welsh word for mountain pastures or sheep path; "ffriddoedd" is the plural form.
Normal site
The usual site is on the banks of the Menai Strait next to the School of Education and the Faculty of Sports Science & Fitness, and the closest residences to the School of Ocean Sciences in Menai Bridge. The site has two self-catering halls: Neuadd Seiriol and Neuadd Arfon.
The site is named after the former Bangor Normal College, which has since been incorporated into the university (see story above), and was established for the training of teachers (see Normal School).
Bryn Eithin
Bryn Eithin Bangor overlooking downtown and near the Departments of Science and the School of Computing. This site is a graduate and has three housing units ninety-six students. Although at the beginning of the new century, and possibly earlier years, this shared a site office, laundry and common room with the neighboring site of Santa Maria and Barlow, until the latter closed to students in 2004 . The three parts of the rooms have been used predominantly for students at this time.
In Welsh, "Bryn" means "hill" and "Eithin" means "gorse".
College Road
College Road has a room situated therein, Neuadd Garth (formerly Neuadd John Morris Jones, before Neuadd Rathbone), this is the only separate room. The site is within walking distance of the Main Building in Bangor Arts superior and departments such as Psychology, Music and the School of Business, Social Sciences and Law. Neuadd Rathbone (formerly Neuadd John Morris Jones, before Hall University) located on the site, was previously a student residence, but will be renovated during the 2011-12 academic year, to accommodate Student Services and cease to be occupied by students as a student residence.
Private dining rooms
A private room of the residence called 'Neuadd Willis (named after a much loved and respected architect) was constructed (2006), the incorporation of the former British Hotel is a listed company with a newly built extension to the rear and an extra room at the site of the old cinema Plaza. This is not a university hall owned or managed.
Old Refectory and Student Union Buildings
Organization
More than half of the academic departments at Bangor received an "excellent" for the quality of education, and various departments very high score in the National Student Survey 2007, School of Music ranks first in the UK .
After a renovation in August 2006, the University is divided into six universities. These are divided into Schools and Research Institutes. One of the departments that closed as a result of the reorganization was Mathematics. The Guardian league table placed Bangor fifth in the UK despite mathematics from the University no longer admitting students.
Universities of Bangor, and their constituent Schools and Research Institutes are:
Faculty of Arts, Education and Humanities
• School of Creative Studies and Media
• School of Education
• English School
• School of History, Welsh History and Archaeology
• School of Linguistics and English Language
• School of Modern Languages
• School of Music
• School of Theology and Religious Studies
• School of Wales
• NIECI (National Institute for Excellence in the Creative Industries)
• ELCOS (English Language Center for International Students)
• WISCA (Welsh Institute for Social and Cultural Affairs)
• ESRC Centre for Research on Bilingualism
School of Business, Social Sciences and Law
• Bangor Business School
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Social Sciences
College of Lifelong Learning
• School of Lifelong Learning
Faculty of Natural Sciences
• School of Biological Sciences (includes Treborth Botanic Garden)
• School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography
• Faculty of Marine Sciences
• Welsh Institute of Natural Resources
Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences
• Faculty of Health Sciences
• Faculty of Medical Sciences
• School of Psychology at Bangor University
• School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences
• Research Institute of Medical and Social Care
Faculty of Physical and Applied Sciences
• Department of Chemistry
• School of Computer Science (formerly School of Computing)
• School of Electronics
We belong to one of such sectors that provide student accommodations.
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