Region: Colchester

University of Essex

• University of Essex excellence in research as one of the UK's top 20 universities for research excellence.

  The university is an internationally oriented, research-intensive university with a commitment to excellence in research and research-led teaching, to the personal development of all students, and to offer an outstanding campus-based student experience.

  The University of Essex is a public research university in Essex, England. It was established by royal charter in 1965. The university comprises three campuses. Essex has been rated Gold for Teaching Excellence by the TEF since 2017, named the University of the Year at the Times Higher Education Awards in 2018, and is ranked an internationally excellent research-intensive university by the REF. Essex has produced many distinguished alumni in several fields across the world including but not limited to Nobel Prize laureates, a head of state, senior governors, politicians, executives and economists, and authors.