TEACHING
QUALITY
University of Exeter
7
th
NATIONAL
RANK
RANK
84.6%
FIRSTS
2:1s
2:1s
96.5%
COMPLETION
RATE
RATE
Key Stats
n/a
6th
STUDENT
EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE
13th=
RESEARCH
QUALITY
QUALITY
15th
GRADUATE
PROSPECTS
PROSPECTS
Contact details
ADDRESS
Northcote House,
The Queen's Drive, Exeter, EX4 4QJ View on map >
Telephone
Email
Website
Open days
September 27 (Penryn only); campus talks/subject talks, October 27-31 (Exeter)
University Profile
A perfect storm that has brought together one of the largest campus investment programmes in Britain, admission to the elite Russell Group of research intensive universities and The Sunday TimesUniversity of the Year title in 2012, has generated an unprecedented surge in popularity for Exeter.
The university has seen huge growth in applications – 29% – and an undergraduate intake that has increased by a quarter (or more than 1,000 students) through the government’s relaxation of recruitment restrictions on well-qualified candidates.
Consistently high levels of student satisfaction – repeated again this year – combined with good research grades, are making the university a fixture in the top 10 of our league table, creating a demand for places that looks set to keep on growing.
The university has been introducing a raft of new degrees and will add a BSc in criminology and five new pathways in the Medical Sciences programme in 2015.
The main Streatham Campus, close to the centre of Exeter, is one of the most attractive settings of any university, and has benefited from £380m of investment. This
The jewel in the crown of the new developments is the Forum, a £50m development which creates a central hub and features an extended library, new student services centre, technology-rich learning spaces, a new auditorium and additional social and retail facilities. An £8.1m investment in the sports facilities, featuring a well-equipped new fitness centre, is due to be completed this month.
Another £50m facility, the Living Systems Building, will follow in 2016, housing interdisciplinary research on food security, health and a sustainable environment.
Elsewhere in Exeter, the Medical School is being extended on the St Luke’s Campus, with new teaching and research facilities scheduled to open in September 2015. A £27.5m health education and research centre has already opened at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
The school grew out of the former Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, which was established in association with Plymouth University in 2006. The partners have gone their separate ways, with Plymouth taking dentistry and Exeter offering a BSc in medical sciences in addition to the established Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BMBS).
The new pathways, in genetics and genomics, neuroscience, pharmacology, environment and public health, and health research, will include the option of a competitive entry Professional Training Year.The highly-rated department of sport and health sciences and the graduate school of education are also located at St Luke’s, which is a mile away from the main campus.
Theuniversity’s other base is the £100m Penryn Campus, in Cornwall, which has helped boost applications in recent years. Shared with Falmouth University, the campus offers Exeter degrees in biosciences, geography, geology, clean energy, English, history, politics and mining engineering. A £30m Environment and Sustainability Institute has opened on the campus and a new £5.5m facility will enable the Business School to expand into Cornwall in 2015. This new building will also provide space for marine research and the growing Centre for Ecology and Conservation.
The 2008 RAE saw Exeter move up the pecking order of research universities, with most of its work judged to be world-leading or internationally excellent despite a much larger submission (involving 95% of academics) than most of its peers. English, classics, archeology, and accounting and finance did particularly well.
Almost a third of Exeter’s undergraduates come from independent schools – a much higher proportion than the national average for the university’s subjects and entry qualifications, although this figure has been coming down gradually. The university used to focus its attempts to broaden the intake mainly on the rural South West, but is now targeting schools and colleges further afield.
The share of places taken by students from working-class homes is among the lowest in the UK, at less than 16%. However, the dropout rate of 3.3% is also among the lowest.
Exeter’s longstanding international focus is exemplified by a large range of four-year programmes “with international study” and by its partner universities in over 40 countries. All students are offered tuition in foreign languages and even some three-year degrees include the option of a year abroad.
Career management skills are built in and students have a wide range of work experience opportunities. The Career Zone has been expanded to increase career support and internships and graduate employment rates have been improving. The university’s Exeter Award provides official recognition of all the extracurricular activities that students undertake.
Over £20m has been invested in first-class sports facilities in the last few years. Exeter, for example, is one of only nine UK universities to have indoor tennis facilities to national competition standards. There is no shortage of student-oriented bars and clubs in the city, as well as more sophisticated cultural events.
The university has seen huge growth in applications – 29% – and an undergraduate intake that has increased by a quarter (or more than 1,000 students) through the government’s relaxation of recruitment restrictions on well-qualified candidates.
Consistently high levels of student satisfaction – repeated again this year – combined with good research grades, are making the university a fixture in the top 10 of our league table, creating a demand for places that looks set to keep on growing.
The university has been introducing a raft of new degrees and will add a BSc in criminology and five new pathways in the Medical Sciences programme in 2015.
The main Streatham Campus, close to the centre of Exeter, is one of the most attractive settings of any university, and has benefited from £380m of investment. This
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has included £130m for student residences, substantial investment in the Business School, a new Mood Disorders Centre and new facilities for biosciences and the Law School.The jewel in the crown of the new developments is the Forum, a £50m development which creates a central hub and features an extended library, new student services centre, technology-rich learning spaces, a new auditorium and additional social and retail facilities. An £8.1m investment in the sports facilities, featuring a well-equipped new fitness centre, is due to be completed this month.
Elsewhere in Exeter, the Medical School is being extended on the St Luke’s Campus, with new teaching and research facilities scheduled to open in September 2015. A £27.5m health education and research centre has already opened at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
The school grew out of the former Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, which was established in association with Plymouth University in 2006. The partners have gone their separate ways, with Plymouth taking dentistry and Exeter offering a BSc in medical sciences in addition to the established Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BMBS).
The new pathways, in genetics and genomics, neuroscience, pharmacology, environment and public health, and health research, will include the option of a competitive entry Professional Training Year.The highly-rated department of sport and health sciences and the graduate school of education are also located at St Luke’s, which is a mile away from the main campus.
Theuniversity’s other base is the £100m Penryn Campus, in Cornwall, which has helped boost applications in recent years. Shared with Falmouth University, the campus offers Exeter degrees in biosciences, geography, geology, clean energy, English, history, politics and mining engineering. A £30m Environment and Sustainability Institute has opened on the campus and a new £5.5m facility will enable the Business School to expand into Cornwall in 2015. This new building will also provide space for marine research and the growing Centre for Ecology and Conservation.
The 2008 RAE saw Exeter move up the pecking order of research universities, with most of its work judged to be world-leading or internationally excellent despite a much larger submission (involving 95% of academics) than most of its peers. English, classics, archeology, and accounting and finance did particularly well.
Almost a third of Exeter’s undergraduates come from independent schools – a much higher proportion than the national average for the university’s subjects and entry qualifications, although this figure has been coming down gradually. The university used to focus its attempts to broaden the intake mainly on the rural South West, but is now targeting schools and colleges further afield.
The share of places taken by students from working-class homes is among the lowest in the UK, at less than 16%. However, the dropout rate of 3.3% is also among the lowest.
Exeter’s longstanding international focus is exemplified by a large range of four-year programmes “with international study” and by its partner universities in over 40 countries. All students are offered tuition in foreign languages and even some three-year degrees include the option of a year abroad.
Career management skills are built in and students have a wide range of work experience opportunities. The Career Zone has been expanded to increase career support and internships and graduate employment rates have been improving. The university’s Exeter Award provides official recognition of all the extracurricular activities that students undertake.
Over £20m has been invested in first-class sports facilities in the last few years. Exeter, for example, is one of only nine UK universities to have indoor tennis facilities to national competition standards. There is no shortage of student-oriented bars and clubs in the city, as well as more sophisticated cultural events.
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Detailed Statistics
PERFORMANCE
PERFORMANCE
CATEGORY
SCORE
RANK
Ranking
-
7 (8)
Student experience
86.4
6th
Research quality
28
13th=
Ucas entry points
459
15th
Graduate prospects
79.6
15th
Firsts and 2:1s
84.6
7th
Completion rate
96.5
5th
Student-staff ratio
16.6:1
49th=
Services/facilities spend (£)
2,356
12th
World ranking
-
161 (168=)
VITAL STATISTICS
Undergraduates
(Full-time)
14,080
Undergraduates
(Part-time)
155
Postgraduates
(Full-time)
3,475
Postgraduates
(Part-time)
1,155
Applications/places
33,815/5,505
Applications/places ratio
6.1:1
STUDENT CITIES
Rachael Gillies, students’ guild president
We have a botanical garden on site, you constantly bump into friends and it’s a short stroll into the city.
Life can get overshadowed by the fear of what comes next, despite being a top ten university, jobs aren’t always easy to find.
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Cost of living
Nightlife
Transport
Culture
ACCOMMODATION
Places in accommodation
5,242
Accommodation costs
£81-£147
Catered costs
£148-£218
Accommodation contact
FEES
UK/EU fees
£9,000
Fees (placement year)
£1,800
Fees (overseas year)
£1,350
Fees (international)
£15,000-£17,500
Fees (international, medical)
£17,500-£29,500
Finance website
Graduate salaries
£22,058
BURSARIES/SCHOLARSHIPS
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Household income below £16K, bursary of £2,000, year 1, £1,500 year 2 onwards; household income 16K–£25K, £1,000 bursary each year.
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A range of scholarships, including music and sports, and bursaries are available.
SPORT
Sports points/rank
2818, 6th
Sport website
Student satisfaction
91.7%
91.5%
90.9%
90.6%
90.6%
90.6%
90.6%
90.1%
89.9%
88.5%
88.4%
87.5%
86.5%
86.0%
85.6%
85.5%
85.2%
84.9%
84.2%
84.2%
83.2%
80.1%
76.6%
76.4%