Cardiff University is one of the most ambitious and successful universities in the UK. World-class academic staff at Cardiff ensure that students are exposed to a stimulating learning environment and the very latest thinking in their disciplines. Centrally located amidst the parks, Portland-stone buildings and tree-lined avenues of the city’s elegant civic centre, Cardiff University students and staff come from all over the world to experience its international reputation and commitment to innovation. Those schools offering healthcare courses (excluding optometry and pharmacy) are based at the Heath Park campus, home of the University Hospital of Wales which provides an ideal environment for teaching in a modern clinical setting.