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基尔大学始建于1949年，是英国环境最优美的大学校园之一。它提供高质量的理科、社会科学、管理学和人文学科及英语语言培训等学位课程和研究项目。

本大学内有一所设施完善的大型图书馆，馆内藏书50余万册、学术期刊2000多套。学校还提供免费上网服务。

基尔大学坐落在英格兰中部、斯塔福德郡的斯托克城附近。斯托克城的陶瓷制品在国际上享有盛誉。斯塔福德郡内有剧院、博物馆和音乐厅，其文化氛围非常浓厚。基尔大学的周围地区景色宜人，田地和林区比比皆是；不远处还有世界闻名的皮克区，其景色美不胜收。

每年，基尔大学都招收部分中国学生。如在1999-2000学年，就有6名本科生和12名研究生就读于我校。基尔大学的中国学生喜欢其绿色的校园，而且认为这里是一个安全且安静的学习之地。

基尔的交通极其便利，您可以乘飞机直接抵达曼彻斯特、伯明翰或伦敦国际机场。我们将于2000年9月20日星期三安排长途公共汽车到曼彻斯特、希斯罗迎接第一次来基尔的新生。

一到基尔，您便会发现从这里到英国的各地都很方便。乘火车或汽车去曼彻斯特和伯明翰均只需1小时的时间，乘火车到伦敦两个时、到格拉斯哥（苏格兰）3小时。

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Introduction to the Keele University

As the UK's largest campus university, Keele is set in a 600-acre estate just outside Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire.

The university, which was formed from the University College of North Staffordshire in 1949 and gained full university status in 1962, is committed to breadth of study. Keele pioneered the breaking down of barriers between arts and sciences and, to this day, about nine out of 10 students at the university study more than one subject. Many courses offer opportunities to study abroad.

Although the university traditionally does well in sciences and social sciences, the real developments in recent years have been in the field of health: to complement the courses in midwifery, nursing and physiotherapy, Keele opened a medical school in 2002.

Despite the fact that student numbers rose by 75% during the 1990s, the campus still has plenty of room for expansion, and accommodation is guaranteed to students for two years of their course.

Living on campus can make meeting people easier, but can become claustrophobic.

Newcastle-under-Lyme has undergone a bit of a renaissance since the late 1990s. Although the students' union runs regular nights and wins hands down in the entertainment stakes, Keele students are increasingly choosing to ditch campus in favour the trendy new bars and clubs that have sprung up in the town over the last few years.

If you have no idea what potential this university may unleash in you, look to those who have trod this way before you. Clare Short and Jack Straw were both young firebrands here.