HistoryThe University of Reading gloats more than 150 years of history, with beginnings as a University of Oxford augmentation school.
The first Schools of Art and Science were set up in 1860 and 1870.
The University got its Royal Charter in 1926; the main college to do as such between the two world wars.
In 1947 the college acquired the excellent Whiteknights grounds, the previous home of the Marquess of Blandford.
In 2008, the University converged with Henley Management College to make the Henley Business School as a key part of the University.
Area and Transport
Perusing is just 30 minutes from focal London and 40 minutes from Heathrow.
The University offers the best of all universes as far as area: a sheltered green grounds, a humming town on the doorstep, and London close by.
Perusing is splendidly put for solid boss connections: it lies at the heart of the Thames Valley in south east England, and has the quickest developing economy in England.
Perusing town focus is inside of strolling separation of the University's Whiteknights and London Road grounds.
Transports in the middle of town and grounds keep running up to like clockwork, every minute of every day.
From the as of late extended mainline rail station in the town focus, trains keep running from Reading all through the UK.
Perusing sits adjacent to the M4 motorway, which associates London with South Wales. Universal air terminals Heathrow and Gatwick are likewise inside simple reach.
Passage Requirements
Passage principles remain reliably high, with a normal section levy of well more than 340 focuses.
Discover more about passage prerequisites at Reading on the web.
Understudy Mix
The 13,595 understudies enlisted in the scholarly year 2013/14 include:
Level of study
Undergrad
69%
Postgraduate
31%
Method of study
Full Time
88%
Low maintenance
12%
Residence
UK
75%
EU
6%
Other
19%
Understudy sex
Male
43%
Female
57%
There is a decent blend of home and abroad understudies, with 17,000 understudies from more than 150 distinct nations.
There is a high application to places proportion (7 to 1), mirroring Reading's notoriety.
The male/female split is 0.8:1.
Course Flexibility
We offer more than 200 courses, in expressions, humanities, business, sociology and science.
Our degree projects are intended to give you more decision how study and how you contemplate it.
The particular structure of our courses implies you can have some expertise in the zones that intrigue you most, while as yet creating center subject information.
Numerous joint degrees are accessible, so in the event that you are keen on two related subjects, why not check whether you can consolidate them?
Most degree projects permit concentrate abroad, so you could spend between a term and a year of your degree at one of our various accomplice foundations.
For more data on our courses visit: http://discover.reading.ac.uk/Study
Instructing Standards
At the University of Reading, you'll appreciate the absolute best instruction, conveyed by scholastics with an uncommon energy for their subject, sponsored by a scope of exceptional assets.
Our attention on forefront inquire about – covering subjects from environmental change to coronary illness – not just directly affects the more extensive world, additionally affects on your learning. On the off chance that our scholastics make a revelation one day, you'll find out about it in the address theater the following day.
There is balanced scholarly backing accessible when you require it.
Scrutinize Standards
98% of University of Reading research is universally perceived by Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014. 78% of our exploration is classed as globally brilliant and 27% of our examination is world driving. This affirms the our place as a world-driving research-escalated college.
The REF puts the University of Reading nineteenth in the UK by research force (a measure of value balanced by the extent of scientists submitted), and 27th in the UK by research control (out of 154 submitted organizations). Inquire about power perceives both the quality and amount of research submitted into the work out.
Scholarly Strengths
We have won the Queen's Anniversary Prize four times: for work on early present day organizing, meteorology, archaic exploration and typographic research.
Our Department of Meteorology was granted a prestigious Regius Professorship by HM The Queen in 2013. The Department is perceived as a standout amongst the most remarkable of its kind on the planet.
Enter topical research qualities in the five regions of: environment; sustenance; wellbeing; thriving and versatility; and legacy, inventiveness and values.
Particular territories of qualities as perceived in the national Research Excellence Framework 2014 include: horticulture; nourishment science; meteorology; natural science; engineering, the fabricated environment and arranging; business and administration; typography; archaic exploration; and works of art.
Rankings by subject:
sixth – Agriculture and Forestry
sixth – Art and Design
second – Building
third – Food Science
second – Land and Property Management
seventh – Town and Country Planning and Landscape Design
College classes
Kind of Qualification:
All Postgraduate (468)
All Undergraduate (233)
Initially Degree (227)
Establishment Degree (6)
LLB (2)
LLM (24)
MBA (4)
Postgraduate (Research) (159)
Postgraduate (Taught) (309)
Method of study:
Separate/online (8)
Full-time (453)
Full-time with time abroad (25)
Other (21)
Low maintenance (175)
Sandwich (18)
Variable (1)
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Understudy Facilities
A best aspect concerning the University of Reading is grounds life – your opportunity to appreciate a protected and lovely environment and a group climate, with all that you need on the doorstep. Yet, venture off grounds and there's much more to find: a humming town, with awesome nightlife and world-class shops; notable towns and dazzling English field in simple reach; and the numerous attractions of London simply 30 minutes away via prepare.
Our principle Whiteknights grounds is set in 130 hectares of lovely parkland. It's the genuine heart of University life: a green and inviting place in which to concentrate, live and unwind, with a genuine feeling of group and all that you require on your doorstep.
Grounds offices include:
Complimentary wireless internet right crosswise over grounds and corridors
Concentrate on ranges – our address corridors, classrooms, IT suits and the library are all inside simple reach of each other
Lobbies – most first years live in corridors, found either on grounds or close-by
An extensive focal Library which is experiencing an awesome repair
An extensive variety of shops - The general store is the biggest understudy union shop in the UK, offering everything from stationery to nourishment. The Student Union working at the focal point of grounds incorporates a bookshop, oriental sustenance store and beautician, alongside mail and tying benefits.
The Student Union is additionally home to Café Mondial, Mojo's bar and our honor winning club, 3sixty.
The Reading Film Theater is additionally on grounds demonstrating a scope of autonomous, craftsmanship house and outside dialect movies (subtitled in English) and the intermittent blockbuster.
Places to eat – you'll locate an extensive variety of places to get a chomp to eat or an espresso on grounds, including Dol.cHe Vita, our advanced coffee bar and Index Café, which serves extraordinary espresso and crisp leaf tea in the Henley Business School.
Wellbeing benefits - the college therapeutic practice and dental surgery are a short stroll from grounds and you can enlist rapidly and effortlessly on grounds in your first week.
Wellbeing and security - we have various activities to keep you protected, both in lobbies and on grounds. This incorporates a chaperone administration to keep you safe when strolling crosswise over grounds during the evening. Standard security watches and a committed crisis number mean you can unwind and focus on your studies.
On the off chance that you have to address somebody about any issue by any means – from handy needs and inquiries, to making the change in accordance with living far from home, to stresses over missing a due date – there are different individuals you can contact, including:
Your own coach, who can offer you private, coordinated backing and exhortation from the minute you arrive
The understudy counsel focus, which has a helpdesk right in the focal point of grounds with prepared staff accessible each weekday.
Your corridor staff superintendents, who are neighborly, experienced and constantly close-by
A scope of extra backing to help you apply and get settled in case you're a universal understudy, in addition to part driving backing to build up your English dialect abilities.
Maths bolster – Many courses draw on maths abilities that you won't not have utilized since school. In case you're feeling corroded, the committed Mathematics Support Center can help with numeracy and a scope of maths points, balanced or through email.
The library has as of late experienced a colossal restoration. It is open 24 hours a day amid term time, and gives you access to:
More than 1 million books.
More than 29,000 e-diaries.
A completely prepared IT suite.
Bunch dialog spaces.
Peaceful and quiet zones.
Inability Services
On the off chance that you have an incapacity, long haul medicinal condition, emotional well-being issue or learning trouble, our Disability Advisory Service can give you secret exhortation and direction at each stage, from now directly through to the finishing of your studies.
On the off chance that you have particular inquiries you can contact the Disability Advisory Service by messaging disability@reading.ac.uk.
Understudies' Union
Perusing University Students' Union (RUSU) is controlled by understudies, for understudies, and gives offices, excitement and chances to help you benefit as much as possible from your time at college.
RUSU is one of the nation's Top 10 understudies' unions (National Student Survey 2014) with 84.6% general fulfillment.
The Students' Union champions your voice, guaranteeing all understudies are spoken to and driving effort on the things that are essential to you.
RUSU keeps running more than 100 social orders and 50 dons clubs, and in addition offering many moving volunteering extends and an understudy run daily paper, radio statio