Welcome

Welcome to the University of Exeter

Dear Student,

Many congratulations on gaining a place at the University of Exeter. We are proud to welcome students, staff and visitors from around the world and we are looking forward to welcoming you here soon.

The University is a proud member of the Russell Group of elite UK research intensive universities based in the South West of England. We have two wonderful locations in the ancient city of Exeter. Our large campus, Streatham, is a national botanic garden and a thriving education and research hub. St Luke’s, a traditional ‘quad’ campus, is home to our College of Medicine and Health, Sport and Health Sciences and our Graduate School of Education. We also have a third campus, in a stunning location above the town of Falmouth in Cornwall. Our Penryn Campus has a range of science, humanities and social science programmes, and is known globally for its research and courses in environment, ecology and sustainability, mining engineering and geology, business, law, politics and humanities. We also have two clinical sites at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Cornwall Hospitals.

We employ around 4,900 staff and offer the extensive facilities you’d expect to find in an outstanding Russell Group university. It is known for its friendly and cosmopolitan atmosphere and by studying with us and enjoying the incredible opportunities we provide, your time here will help to set you on the path for success. We offer excellent graduate prospects, ranking 13th in the UK by the Times Good University Guide on this measure and our graduates earn more than the UK average across many of our subjects. We have many high profile alumni, indeed we can count Harry Potter author JK Rowling as one of them!

You are joining a vibrant, inclusive community of over 25,000 students, including 7,000 non-UK students from 130 different countries. We celebrate our diversity and pride ourselves on excellent student experiences and academic excellence. We hold a Gold award in the Teaching Excellence Framework for the quality of our education and are ranked third in the Russell Group of universities for student experience. Exeter was named The Times and The Sunday Times Sports University of the Year 2015-16. The University was also voted the Sunday Times University of the Year 2012/13.

We are ranked amongst the UK’s top universities in the Higher Education league tables produced by The Times and The Sunday Times and amongst the world’s top 200 universities in the QS and Times Higher Education rankings. In the latter, we count amongst the top 100 institutions in the world for our provision in Arts and Humanities, Law, Psychology and Life Sciences. We are 24th in the world in the Leiden ranking for the quality and impact of our research. As a result of our pioneering research in diabetes, child health and microplastics we have been awarded the very prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize on no less than four occasions.

Exeter is a special place to study. This guide has been written to help you prepare and make the most of your time here. It is designed to answer practical questions about living and studying at our campuses before you arrive. There is a lot of information but please do read it carefully. If you have further questions please contact any of the people listed in this brochure.

I wish you a safe journey and we look forward to supporting you as you become one of our exceptional students.

Professor Janice Kay CBE Provost and Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor