The University of Reading is one of the UK's leading research intensive universities and ranked in the top 1% of in the world. We have a proud history In 1926, we celebrate our 90th anniversary of be...
The University of Reading is one of the UK's leading research intensive universities and ranked in the top 1% of in the world. We have a proud history In 1926, we celebrate our 90th anniversary of being granted a Royal Charter, with have a rich heritage dating back 150 years – originally as a satellite agricultural culture of Oxford. We appointed the UK's first woman professor Edith Morley to the social reform campaigner Lord Wolfenden being our Vice-Chancellor – with 100,000 alumni network and students at the top of their professions in academia, arts, broadcasting, business, government and sport. We have a global outlook, with 17,000 current students from 150 countries and our state-of-the-art University of Reading Malaysia campus opened in 2015. We offer 250 undergraduate and 150 postgraduate courses, with great research-led teaching, a top-class 24/7 library and 94% of our graduates in work or further study after six months. We have a 89% student satisfaction rate with a top 10-ranked Student's Union, which runs 150 clubs and societies. We do world-leading research, across the sciences, arts and humanities, including tackling the planet's biggest challenges – climate change; food security; poor nutrition; and disease. The national Research Excellence Framework 2014 classed 78% of our research was classed as internationally excellent and 27% world-leading – ranking us 19th in the UK for research intensity and 27th for research power. We have invested more than £400m in excellent research, teaching and student facilities in the last decade. We have three UK campuses, including our award-winning 130-hectare main Whiteknights Campus and our London Road campus, home to the Institute of Education and from September 2016, our new School of Architecture. We are home to the triple-accredited Henley Business School – one of the leading business schools in the UK and Europe, with outstanding facilities at Whiteknights, alongside the stunning Greenlands Campus in the UK and Henley Africa in Johannesburg. We generate growth, jobs and innovation across the Thames Valley – working with businesses from start-ups to multinationals. We will be opening our £50m new science park from 2017 – offering outstanding facilities to scores of businesses. For more information see our main website: http://www.reading.ac.uk/