About the University of Exeter
The University of Exeter combines world-class research and education with an outstanding student experience. We welcome over 30,000 students from more than 150 countries to our four campuses: Streatham and St Luke’s in Exeter (Devon), and Penryn and Truro in Cornwall.
About the University of Exeter
The University of Exeter combines world-class research and education with an outstanding student experience. We welcome over 30,000 students from more than 150 countries to our four campuses: Streatham and St Luke’s in Exeter (Devon), and Penryn and Truro in Cornwall.
Our success is built upon strong foundations of leadership, governance and management, and a sector-leading partnership with our students. We have University-wide institutes and research groups that are highly interdisciplinary. While we are one community, each campus has its own unique identity.
Formed in 1955, we are a member of the Russell Group, which comprises the UK’s leading research-intensive universities. We are proud of our achievements but we remain ambitious for the future. The University of Exeter has gone from strength to strength becoming the UK’s fastest rising research university over the past decade.
The Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 review showed that we are doing more research, of better quality, with a bigger impact on the world than ever before. Our world-leading research impact grew more than any other Russell Group university, more than 99 per cent of our research was rated of international quality◇ and 12 of our subjects were in the Top 10 for world-leading impact.†
The National Student Survey (NSS) 2022 showed that we have the highest level of student satisfaction in the Russell Group.
In January 2022, Exeter appeared for the first time in the Times Higher Education (THE) Most International Universities in the World Ranking. The University ranked 46th in the world and 13th in the UK out of 193 global institutions.
Infrastructure investments in support of interdisciplinary research include the establishment of our four Research Institutes: the Environment and Sustainability Institute; Global Systems Institute; the Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence; the Living Systems Institute and the recent development of a new Societies and Cultures Institute.
We are the Russell Group’s number one provider of degree apprenticeships and have a long history of working in partnership with business. Since 2016, we have worked hard with our partners to develop programmes that meet specific business needs and address crucial skills gaps. Today, we partner with more than 200 employers from across the UK and have over 1,400 apprentices learning with us.
◇ Research rated 4* + 3* + 2* in REF 2021.
† Based on ranking for 4* impact in REF 2021.
Top 150 in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2022.
Top 50 in the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2022*.
Top 50 in the Times Higher Education (THE) Most International Universities in the World 2022.
Top 15 in the Guardian University Guide 2022 and The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023.
99.3% of our research is rated of international quality◇ in REF 2021 with 12 of our subjects in the Top 10 for world-leading impact.†
◇ Research rated 4* + 3* + 2* in REF 2021.
† Based on ranking for 4* impact in REF 2021.
* The THE Impact Rankings assess universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
30,000 students from more than 150 countries.
In touch with over 155,000 alumni in 183 countries.
6,700 staff from more than 100 countries.
A world-class, research-intensive University.
Runner-up for the University of the Year award in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023.