Northcote House
The Queen’s Drive
Exeter EX4 4QJ

Tel 01392 263 035

admissions@exeter.ac.uk

www.exeter.ac.uk

Sunday Times ranking 17 (18)

Teaching excellence 69.2%

Student satisfaction 82.3%

Head teacher ranking 23 (31)

Peer ranking 30= (38)

Research quality 66.4%

A/AS-level points 390

A-levels for entry 95%

Unemployment 6.4%

Firsts and 2:1s 73.9%

Student/staff ratio 17.7:1

Dropout rate 5% (9%)

World ranking 224=

Undergraduates 8,666 (1,344)

Postgraduates 2,492 (2,126)

Teaching staff 508

Applications/places 19,482/3,275; 5.9:1 (+22.5%)

Clearing entry 3.6%

Bursaries 24%: £50-£2,000

Scholarships Variable: £1,000-£5,000

EU/overseas 3%/4.3%

Mature 9.7%

State school 73%

Lowest social classes 18%

Low-participation areas 5%

Live in 40% (95%) £63-£147

Exeter broke into the top 20 of our league table for the first time last year and finished a close second in our University of the Year contest to boot. Both achievements reflect the vitality and optimism that pervade this institution. Based on a scenic campus on a hillside above the cathedral city of Exeter with the seaside and Dartmoor a stone’s throw away, Exeter is a popular choice.

Applications are up this year by almost a quarter, fuelled by the expansion of the innovative Cornwall campus where courses in history, geography, law, politics and Cornish studies commence this month. With the average Ucas points score gained now pushing 400, Exeter is able to choose from the brightest students.

They are well rewarded, too, with £1m having been sunk into a scholarship scheme. Ten get £5,000 a year as vice-chancellor’s excellence scholarships and another 15 scholarships worth up to £2,000 a year are offered by the Camborne School of Mines on the Cornwall campus to geology, mining engineering or renewable energy students. There are scholarships for science, engineering, sport and music and bursaries for the quarter of those on state grants.

More than 100 academic appointments have been made this year – including 25 professors in areas as diverse as Arab and Islamic studies, psychology, bioscience, engineering, geography and modern languages – as Exeter seeks to build on its strong academic profile. A £28m dental school – the first in Britain in 40 years – admits students this month, the latest development at the Peninsula medical school which opened in 2002.

The student media scene is among Britain’s most developed; Xpression FM is one of just three student radio stations nationally to have a year-round FM licence.

With such high levels of student engagement, it is no surprise that Exeter has done so well in the first three national student surveys. This year it ranks eighth for student satisfaction (fifth among multifaculty institutions), helping Exeter retain its place in our elite top 20 overall.

Open days October 6 (Cornwall).

Student view Jess Dow, president of the students’ guild:

USP The bubble that is Exeter will give you a sense of security as well as blocking out the outside world.

Worst feature Lamenting the look of some halls of residence does help you to make friends quite quickly.

Location Sun, sea, surfing and scenery.

Social scene Going out is great because you know everyone.

Rated excellent (21) Allied health professions (diagnostic radiography); archeology; business and management; classics and ancient history; computer science; drama, dance and cinematics; economics; education (continuing professional development); English; French; geography; German; Italian; maths, statistics and operational research; molecular biosciences; organismal biosciences; physics and astronomy; politics; psychology; teacher training; theology and religious studies.

Degree of student satisfaction: 82.3%

Sports Science 94.9; Finance and Accounting 91.5; Business 90.2; Management 88.7; History and Archeology 85.8; Mathematical Sciences 85.4; English-based studies 84.7; Mechanically-based Engineering 84.0; Economics 83.1; European Languages and Area studies 81.7; Performing Arts 81.7; Philosophy, Theology and Religious studies 81.6; Psychology 81.3; Human and Social Geography 81.3; Sociology, Social Policy and Anthropology 80.8; Law 80.6; Computer Science 79.5; Physical Geography and Environmental Science 79.1; Education studies 78.9; Politics 78.5; Biology and related Sciences 75.9; Physical Science 75.6; Medicine and Dentistry 68.1

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