University of Essex, details of Essex university

Essex

University ranking

• 2010  30
• 2009  25
• 2008  34

History

• Granted Royal Charter in 1965.
• One of the UK's leading academic institutions with an international reputation for the quality of its research and teaching, particularly in the social sciences.
• From the outset has been an international university – both through student and staff body and academic programs

Location and Transport

• Colchester Campus is set in 200 acres of parkland on outskirts of Colchester.
• Good road (A12), rail (Colchester main line station, 40 minutes from London) and airport links (Stansted airport), port of Harwich also nearby
• Southend Campus, adjacent to the Southend Central railway station and Southend High Street, is in a new multi-million pound campus.
• Loughton Campus is the home of East 15 Acting School and is a five-minute walk from the nearest London Underground station, Debden, at the east end of the Central Line and 35 minutes by tube, from Liverpool Street.

Accommodation

• Every first year student at the Colchester Campus is offered campus accommodation in single study bedrooms (as long as application received by deadline).
• University-owned accommodation at the Colchester Campus is guaranteed for all international students for duration of study (as long as application received by deadline).
• Essex can provide accommodation for more than 50% of its students at the Colchester Campus.
• The Southend Campus endeavours to offer university administered accommodation to all first year undergraduates and overseas fee status postgraduates.
• Self-catering accommodation on the Colchester Campus from costs £58–91 per week.
•  More information about accommodation at the University of Essex is available here.

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