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Key Statistics

Students in Ivor Crewe

  • We have 12,240 students: 8,891 undergraduates and 3,349 postgraduates
  • Close to 5,000 international students - including students from the EU and the rest of Europe - are studying at Essex
  • We are ranked ninth for the quality of our research in the most recent national Research Assessment Exercise (2008)
  • The National Student Survey ranked us 20th in England for overall student satisfaction in 2011

Performance in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise:

  • Ranked 9th in the UK by The Times, The Independent, and The Guardian.
  • The UK's leading university in the social sciences with Politics and Sociology ranked in first position.
  • 22 per cent of our research rated as 'world-leading'.

Student experience

  • Students expressing overall satisfaction with their course: 88 per cent, National Student Survey 2011. This places the University 20th out of English mainstream universities, five per cent above the national average of 83 per cent.

University finances 2010-2011

Annual turnover £146.2 million
Research income £25.5 million

Staff numbers 2011-2012

Total staff (FTE) 1,971 (1,808)

Students 2011-2012

Undergraduates 8,891
Postgraduates 3,349
Total 12,240

Origin of students

UK 7,242
EU 1,954
Rest of Europe 332
Rest of World 2,652
Total number of countries represented in the student body 132

Students by campus

Colchester 10,833
Loughton 444
Southend 963

Students at partner institutions

Colchester Institute 1,296
South Essex College 1,019
Writtle College 1,036
Kaplan Open Learning 823
Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust 171
Total 4,345
University Campus Suffolk 5,404