We welcome students from all corners of the globe and have a number of events and activities to help you make new friends and settle in. Don’t just take our word for it – we were ranked 16th (out of 131 universities) in the ‘University of the Year’ category of the Whatuni Student Choice Awards (WUSC) 2019, and 9th in the ‘Student Support’ category. The WUSC are the only national awards voted for by students. Sunderland was also recently named University of the Year for Social Inclusion (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021) and our We Care programme picked up the Widening Access Initiative (Retention and Progression) Award at the 2020 NEON awards.