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University of Exeter

The University of Exeter is a public research university in Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom. Its predecessor institutions, St Luke's College, Exeter School of Science, Exeter School of Art, and the Camborne School of Mines were established in 1838, 1855, 1863, and 1888 respectively. These institutions later formed the University of Exeter after receiving its royal charter in 1955.[6][7] In post-nominals, the University of Exeter is abbreviated as Exon. (from the Latin Exoniensis), and is the suffix given to honorary and academic degrees from the university.

University of Exeter
MottoLatin: Lucem sequimur
Motto in English
"We Follow the Light"
TypePublic
Established1838 - St Luke's College
1855 - Exeter School of Art
1863 - Exeter School of Science
1955 - University of Exeter (received royal charter)
Endowment£49.5 million (2021)[1]
Budget£503.1 million (2020-21)[1]
ChancellorSir Michael Barber
Vice-ChancellorLisa Roberts
VisitorCharles III ex officio
Academic staff
3,145 (2020) [2]
Administrative staff
2,647 (2018/19)[3]
Students23,613 (2018/19)
Undergraduates18,932 (2018/19)
Postgraduates4,681 (2018/19)
Location,
England

50°44′10″N 03°32′06″W / 50.73611°N 3.53500°W / 50.73611; -3.53500Coordinates: 50°44′10″N 03°32′06″W / 50.73611°N 3.53500°W / 50.73611; -3.53500
CampusStreatham – 350 acres (140 ha)[4]

Penryn – 70 acres (28 ha)[5]

St Luke's – 16 acres (6.5 ha)
ColoursGreen and white
AffiliationsRussell Group
Universities UK
EUA
ACU
AMBA
SETsquared
GW4
Websiteexeter.ac.uk

The university has four campuses: Streatham and St Luke's (both of which are in Exeter); and Truro and Penryn (both of which are in Cornwall). The university is primarily located in the city of Exeter, Devon, where it is the principal higher education institution. Streatham is the largest campus containing many of the university's administrative buildings.[8] The Penryn campus is maintained in conjunction with Falmouth University under the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC) initiative. The Exeter Streatham Campus Library holds more than 1.2 million physical library resources, including historical journals and special collections.[9] The annual income of the institution for 2020–21 was £503.1 million of which £94.6 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £512.8 million.[1]

It was one of the pre-WW2 local university colleges granted university status in the 1950s, as part of the second wave of civic universities. In 2012, Exeter joined the Russell Group of research-intensive UK universities.[10] It is also a member of Universities UK, the European University Association, and the Association of Commonwealth Universities and an accredited institution of the Association of MBAs (AMBA).

History

The university's origins can be traced back to three separate educational institutions that existed in the city of Exeter and in Cornwall in the middle of the 19th century.

University College of the South West of England

 
The Royal Albert Memorial Museum building housed the Exeter Schools of Art and Science
 
Bradninch Place, which the Exeter Schools occupied as the Royal Albert Memorial College
 
Business School, Streatham Campus

To celebrate the educational and scientific work of Prince Albert,[11] and inspired by the Great Exhibition of 1851,[12] Exeter School of Art in 1855 and the Exeter School of Science in 1863 were founded. In 1868, the Schools of Art and Science relocated to Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Queen Street, Exeter, and, with support from the University of Cambridge, became the Exeter Technical and University Extension College in 1893.[6]

In 1900 its official title was changed to the Royal Albert Memorial College and the college moved to Bradninch Place in Gandy Street.[7] The college was again renamed to the University College of the South West of England in 1922 after the college was incorporated under the Companies Act[12] and included on the list of institutions eligible to receive funds from the then University Grants Committee. As was customary for new university institutions in England in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the college prepared students for external degrees of the University of London.[13]

Alderman W. H. Reed, a former mayor of Exeter, donated Streatham Hall on the Streatham Estate to the new University College in 1922. Streatham Hall was renamed to Reed Hall after its benefactor. At the same time, the first principal of the University College, later Sir Hector Hetherington (1920–24), persuaded the Council of the College to buy a major portion of the Streatham Estate. A slow move to the Streatham Estate from the centre of the city occurred over time. The first new building erected on the Streatham Estate was the Washington Singer building; the foundation stone was laid by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII), then President of the University College of the South West of England. The building was opened in 1931. The first of the purpose-built halls of residence, Mardon Hall, opened in 1933. The second academic building on the estate was the Roborough Library named in recognition of the interest taken in the development of the college by the first Lord Roborough, one of its early benefactors. Roborough Library was completed around 1939.[12]

The University College of the South West of England became the University of Exeter and received its Royal Charter in 1955, exactly one hundred years after the formation of the original Exeter School of Art. Queen Elizabeth II presented the Charter to the university on a visit to Streatham the following year.[6]

The university underwent a period of considerable expansion in the 1960s. Between 1963 and 1968, a period when the number of students at Exeter almost doubled, no fewer than 10 major buildings were completed on the Streatham estate as well as halls of residence for around 1,000 students. These included homes for the Chemistry and Physics departments, the Newman, Laver and Engineering Buildings and Streatham Court. Queen's Building had been opened for the Arts Faculty in 1959 and the Amory Building, housing Law and Social Sciences, followed in 1974. In the following two decades, considerable investment was made in developing new self-catering accommodation for students.[6]

Gifts from the Gulf States made it possible to build a new university library in 1983 and more recently have allowed for the creation of a new Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies; as of 2017, Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad al-Qasimi, the ruler of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates– had given more than £8 million to Exeter University, and was described by the university as its "single most important supporter" in its 2007 annual report.[14]  A further major donation enabled the completion of the Xfi Centre for Finance and Investment. Since 2009, significant further investment has been made into new student accommodation, new buildings in The Exeter Business School, and the Forum: a new development for the centre of Streatham Campus.[6][15]

St Luke's College Exeter

 
University of Exeter Forum

In 1838, the Exeter Diocesan Board of Education resolved to found an institution for the education and training of schoolmasters, the first such initiative in England. As a result, a year later, the Exeter Diocesan Training College was created in Cathedral Close, Exeter at the former house of the Archdeacon of Totnes, adjacent to Exeter Cathedral. The first principal was appointed and the college opened in 1840.[11]

Expansion followed, and in 1853, John Hayward (who was later responsible for the design of the Royal Albert Memorial Museum) was commissioned to design a purpose built premises for the college on Heavitree Road. The building, largely built in grey limestone from Torbay with Bath Stone dressings, was completed by the autumn of the following year. On 18 October 1854, after a service in Exeter Cathedral, an opening ceremony for the new buildings was held. From this date in 1854 (St Luke's Day), the college was unofficially known as St Luke's. The college's intake in 1854 was 40 students.[11]

In parallel, at the Royal Albert Memorial College, an initiative within the Arts and Sciences department in 1912 eventually led to the formation of an Institute of Education (of which St Luke's College was a constituent member) and a separate department of Extra Mural Studies for the purposes of teacher training. Exeter Diocesan Training College was formally renamed to St Luke's College Exeter in 1930 and became co-educational in 1966.[11]

In 1978, St Luke's College Exeter was incorporated into the University of Exeter. A faculty was created incorporating the university's Institute of Education and St Luke's College Exeter into a new School of Education.[11]

The Peninsula Medical School was established in 2000 in conjunction with the University of Plymouth and the National Health Service, based at St Luke's and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. The School of Dentistry opened in 2007 and, together with the Peninsula Medical School, created the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry.[6] St Luke's campus is the main site for the University of Exeter Medical School, which accepted its first students in 2013.[16]

Camborne School of Mines

During the 18th and 19th centuries, Cornwall was among the most significant metalliferous mining regions in the world. Camborne School of Mines was founded in 1888 to meet the needs of this local industry.[17]

Camborne School of Mines was located in the centre of Camborne for almost a century but, following major investment by the international mining industry and others, relocated in 1975 to purpose-built facilities midway between Camborne and Redruth. Significant expansion and diversification of teaching and research provision occurred during the 1980s and early 1990s, including the development of undergraduate and taught postgraduate degree programmes in geology, environmental science and surveying. In 1993, Camborne School of Mines was incorporated into the University of Exeter.[17]

Initiatives by the university and others to expand the provision of higher education in Cornwall resulted in the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC) initiative in 1999. As part of this initiative, Penryn, just outside Falmouth, became the site of the Penryn Campus, a facility shared with Falmouth University. Camborne School of Mines relocated to Penryn during 2004 when the university's new Cornwall Campus opened.[6][17]

Campuses

Streatham Campus

 
The Piazza, outside the Great Hall and University Reception

Streatham is the main campus, sitting on a hillside one side of which looks down across Exeter city centre. The Independent has described the campus environment as "sublime".[18] The campus has several galleries, including the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum. A Sculpture Walk includes pieces by Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth.[19] There is a bar called the "Ram" and a bar (previously called the "Ewe") within a nightclub called the Lemon Grove (or "Lemmy"), both run by the Students' Guild. The campus hosts a medical centre, a counselling service, a children's day-care centre and numerous catering outlets. Many halls of residence and some self-catering accommodation are located on this campus or in the near vicinity. The Northcott Theatre resides on the campus. In the early 2000s, the university benefited from an investment program worth more than £235 million.[20] New student accommodation was constructed, including Holland Hall, named after the former vice-chancellor of the same name. Sports facilities, including a professional-standard tennis centre, have been completed in addition to an upgrade of the Students' Guild building.

 
The Hatherly Laboratories

After a donation from the ruler of the Sharjah emirate, Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, an alumnus of the university, an extension was added to the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies building. He has donated more than £5m since 2001.[21] In 2006, the Department of Drama completed a major renovation with the construction of the state of the art Alexander Building, named after the university's former Chancellor Lord Alexander. The Department of Biosciences is based in three buildings on the Streatham Campus: Geoffrey Pope, the Henry Wellcome building for Biocatalysis and the Hatherly Laboratories. The department has recently received significant investment to further develop its facilities, particularly with improvements to the Geoffrey Pope building.[22]

 
Mardon Hall

On the Streatham Campus, the Business School is spread over three buildings, located in close proximity to each other: Building:One, Xfi Building and Streatham Court. Building:One houses the Business School's MBA suite, La Touche café and several modern lecture theatres and seminar rooms. The Xfi Building is home to the school’s Bloomberg Suite, a specialist IT room for detailed financial market data, and next to this is the Student IT Suite, also equipped with specialist software. Streatham Court is where you will find the Business School's Career Zone and Study Abroad Team, as well as the specialist Finance and Economics Experimental Laboratory at Exeter (FEELE), and high capacity, recently refurbished teaching rooms.

The Exeter Innovation Centre, based at the Streatham Campus, has been completed in two phases. Phase I of the Innovation Centre was finished in 2000 with Phase II opening in 2008, creating a 37,000 sq ft (3,400 m2) building for use by new and growing businesses within the development and research sectors. A base for 55 firms in the city, the centre houses high-tech businesses from the software and biomedical sectors to advanced manufacturing and internet firms. The Innovation Centre is host to some of the most upwardly mobile small firms in the country, according to Experian in a report commissioned by the BBC.[23]

As a result of a £48 million investment, The Forum building includes new facilities including a 400-seat auditorium, a student services centre, learning spaces and retail facilities. The Forum is located at the centre of the Streatham Campus and features the refurbished main library, the Great Hall and the area between it. Designed as a glass structure of modernist design, The Forum also acts as the university reception area.[24] The Forum was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 2 May 2012.[25] The Forum's structural engineers, Buro Happold, won the 2013 Institution of Structural Engineers award for Education or Healthcare structures for the project.

In 2017, the £52 million Living Systems Institute was opened to pioneer research into living systems and the diagnosis and treatment of disease.[26]

St Luke's Campus

 
Geoffrey Pope Building

St Luke's Campus is just over a mile from the larger Streatham campus and ten minutes' walk from the centre of Exeter. The campus is home to the largest academic school of the university, the Graduate School of Education. It shares the campus with the Department of Sport and Health Sciences.

The future of St. Luke's Campus was the subject of a feasibility study in 2007, and a proposal was considered by the university to relocate one of the departments to the Streatham Campus to facilitate future expansion at St. Luke's.[27] A final decision was taken by the university management team in July 2007, with the Graduate School of Education, the Department of Sport and Health Sciences, and the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry remaining in residence at St. Luke's.

The Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry has now split into the University of Exeter Medical School (UEMS) and the University of Plymouth Medical School. UEMS is still situated on St. Luke's Campus. UEMS was re-branded as the College of Medicine & Health in 2019.

Penryn Campus

 
Tremough House, Penryn campus

The Penryn Campus is a campus of the university in Penryn, Cornwall. The campus is part of the Combined Universities in Cornwall project, and is shared with Falmouth University. University of Exeter departments on the site include the internationally renowned Camborne School of Mines, whose graduates are highly sought after by mining and civil engineering industries as well as the renewable energy sector. Other departments at Penryn include the rapidly growing Centre for Ecology and Conservation (CEC), the Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI), and the Institute of Cornish Studies.

Built in 2015, the Business School is based in the SERSF Building on our Penryn Campus. The building features a specially designed area for business engagement called ‘The Collaboratory’, and hosts the new BSc Business and Environment course.

The campus is set in 100 acres (40 ha) of countryside, but close to the towns of Penryn and Falmouth. The campus has a population of around 4,000 students. All the Cornwall departments are constitutionally parts of departments also represented at the University's Exeter campuses, including the Camborne School of Mines, which is part of the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences.

A driving force behind Cornish concentrated research is that of the Institute of Cornish Studies, directed by Dr Garry Tregidga. It seeks to promote a greater knowledge of historical and contemporary Cornwall with a particular emphasis on the use of oral history through the Cornish Audio Visual Archive (CAVA) which is based at the institute.[28]

Cornwall Council is building the Tremough Innovation Centre (TIC) on land adjacent to the campus, with the aim of enabling existing and start-up companies to grow and thrive.

Organisation and administration

Governance

 
Clock Tower, Northcote House

The governance framework of the university is in its royal charter[29] which was granted in 1955.[6] The council is the university's governing body, with responsibility for institutional policies and financial, estates and legal matters. Academic governance is provided by the Senate which is responsible for teaching and learning, examinations and research.[30]

The chancellor is the chief ceremonial officer of the university and presides over occasions such as degree ceremonies. The vice-chancellor is the chief academic and executive officer and is supported by four deputy vice-chancellors. The current chancellor is Paul Myners, Baron Myners. He took over from Floella Benjamin in July 2016, and has announced his intention to retire as of the end of 2021.[31] The vice-chancellor and chief executive is Professor Lisa Roberts who joined the University as Vice-Chancellor in September 2020, following Sir Steve Smith's retirement.[32]

The university's visitor is Charles III.[33]

The university organises its academic and administrative departments into six academic colleges.[34] Each college contains a number of subject disciplines, institutes and research centres. The colleges are led by a dean who works in partnership with a college manager and is supported by two associate deans, one for research and knowledge transfer and one for education.[35] The university annually measures its performance relative to another ten peer universities which includes Durham, St Andrews, UCL and Warwick. The universities are chosen because, like Exeter, they are research-intensive, offer a broad range of disciplines, perform strongly in league tables, and function with similar quantities of financial resources.[36]

Colleges and departments

Centre for Maritime Historical Studies

The Centre for Maritime Historical Studies was formed in 1991 to promote a wider understanding of the significance of maritime history within the world of historical scholarship. Some of the supported programmes are:[38]

  • Naval History
  • Maritime History

Coat of arms

The university coat of arms symbolises the university's historical associations with the locality. The triangular gold castle with three towers comes from Exeter's coat of arms and represents Rougemont Castle, as alluded to by the red background. The 15 gold bezants (Byzantine gold coins) that appear around the edge of the shield are from the arms of the Duchy of Cornwall and represent Cornwall, while the green cross on the white background is from the city of Plymouth's coat of arms.

The theme of learning is symbolised by the book with gold edges and a Latin motto, Lucem sequimur ("We follow the light").

Academic profile

Admissions

UCAS admission statistics
2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Applications[39] 41,000 42,335 39,670 37,280 33,825
Offer Rate (%)[40] 89.7 86.4 90.8 88.6 86.8
Enrols[41] 6,065 5,960 5,810 5,820 5,505
Yield (%) 16.5 16.3 16.1 17.6 18.7
Applicant/Enrolled Ratio 6.76 7.10 6.83 6.41 6.14
Average Entry Tariff[42][a] n/a 176 471 466 463

Admission to the university is very competitive,[43] with an average of more than seven students applying for every undergraduate place (2012/2013).[44] Nearly half the number of undergraduate applicants (49%) apply with expected grades of at least three As at GCE Advanced Level (A-level) examinations (or equivalent).[44] Exeter had the 13th highest average entry qualification for undergraduates of any UK university in 2015, with new students averaging 471 UCAS points,[45] equivalent to AAAab in A-level grades. The university gives offers of admission to 90.8% of its applicants, the 2nd highest amongst the Russell Group.[46]

In the 2018/19 admission cycle, the university gave out offers to only 4.7% of international applicants to the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of surgery (BMBS) programme making it one of the most competitive medical school for international applicants in the UK; in comparison 24.7% of UK/EU applicants received offers in the same admission cycle.[47] In the 2016–17 academic year, the university had a domicile breakdown of 75:6:19 of UK:EU:non-EU students respectively with a female to male ratio of 55:45.[48]

Exeter was in the first group of UK universities to require an A*grade in A-level examinations as part of its standard offer for entry into some undergraduate courses.[43] The Undergraduate Prospectus 2013 lists ten-degree programmes that require at least one A*grade as part of the conditional standard offer, including Economics, English, History, and Mathematics.[49]

Research

There are approximately 70 research centres and institutes within the university,[50] including the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, the Institute of Cornish Studies, the Environment and Sustainability Institute and the Marchmont Observatory.

The Centre for Leadership Studies, now part of the University of Exeter Business School, was established in 1997 as an institute for research and advanced study into leadership theory. It is the only specialist centre in Europe dedicated to scholarship in leadership studies.[citation needed]

Exeter had a total research income of £70.2 million in 2016/17.[51] In addition to the traditional MPhil and PhD route, professional doctorates and split-site PhDs for International students are also offered.[52]

 
Extrasolar planetary research using the Hubble Space Telescope

Research at Exeter focuses on a number of interdisciplinary themes. Research strengths and key themes include:[53]

Research into extrasolar planets – planets located outside our solar system – is strong at Exeter. A team of international scientists led by the university are exploring the atmospheric conditions of exoplanets using the Hubble Space Telescope.[54] Other international astronomical facilities available to facilitate the detection of exoplanets include the VLT Survey Telescope, the Gemini Observatory and the Spitzer Space Telescope. The university has developed links with the Met Office,[55] also based in Exeter, to build sophisticated climate prediction models.

Exeter was ranked 30th in the UK for the quality (GPA) of its research[56] and 21st for its Research Power in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework.[57] In the 2008 UK Research Assessment Exercise, nearly 90% of Exeter's research was rated as being at internationally recognised levels; 17% of the submitted research was rated 4*("world-leading"). 16 of the 31 subjects evaluated were ranked in the top 10, with 27 in the top 20.[58] It is important to note that apart from the traditional MPhil and PhD route, university also offers professional doctorates and split-site PhDs for International students.[59]

Exeter Law Review

The university is also home to the student-led publication, the Exeter Law Review.[60] The Review publishes once annually, covering a wide area of legal topics from academics at all levels of university education.[61] It also has a distinguished history stemming from its original inception as the Bracton Law Journal in 1965,[62] making it the oldest student-led law review in the United Kingdom.

Since 2017, they have also been operating ExeterLaw.org, which acts as a spotlight publication for shorter and more contemporary legal publications all year round.[63]

Rankings and reputation

Rankings
National rankings
Complete (2023)[64]19
Guardian (2023)[65]15
Times / Sunday Times (2022)[66]13
Global rankings
THE (2023)[67]137
QS (2023)[68]149
ARWU (2022)[69]101–150

In the main rankings of universities in the United Kingdom the university is currently placed between 10th and 12th. In The Sunday Times 10-year (1998–2007) average ranking of British universities based on consistent league table performance, Exeter was ranked joint 26th overall in the UK.[70] For 2016, it climbed to 7th place in the UK by The Times, 9th place by The Guardian and 10th place by The Complete University Guide.[71][72] Entering the Times Higher Education World University Rankings Top 200 world universities for the first time[73] in 2010/2011 (in 184th place),[74] Exeter increased its global standing in 2011/2012, by ranking in 156th place.[75] In the 2015/16 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, Exeter placed 93rd.[76] Exeter was ranked 34th on the annual list of the top 500 major universities worldwide in the Leiden Rankings (2015).[77]

In the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020 Subject Rankings, Exeter University ranked 11th in the world for public administration.[78] In the QS World University Subject Rankings 2020, Exeter ranked 10th in the world for sport and health sciences and 14th for engineering in minerals and Mining.

The university was named the Sunday Times University of the Year 2013.[71] It was named Times Higher Education University of the Year 2007.[79]

Student life

Students' Guild

Students at Exeter are represented by a Students' Guild,[80] which has an active role in campaigning at local and national levels. It is run by four elected sabbatical officers who act as executive directors and trustees: Lily Margaroli (Guild President), Isabel Harrison (VP Opportunities), Bella Enoizi (VP Education), and Marion Ojua (VP Liberation & Equality).[81] Additionally to this, there are eight non-executive directors, four of which are elected student trustees and the remaining four external trustees. There are also other non-sabbatical officers representing areas of the student population and student activities areas. These are elected by students in a series of elections throughout the academic year.

There are more than 250 affiliated student societies,[82] including a large variety of hobbies, communities, and political interests.

The Debating Society, which predates establishment of the university, started life in 1893 as the Exeter Debating Society at the Royal Albert Memorial College, and has played host to many notable speakers including Anthony Eden, H. H. Asquith, Ludovic Kennedy, Michael Foot and Stephen Fry. From 2012, a debating scholarship supported by alumni of the Debating Society has been made available.[83]

 
Bracton Law Society

Bracton Law Society (or "BLS") was established in 1965 and became the largest student society at the University of Exeter in October 2016, with more than 1,040 members. The society has received national recognition as one of the largest and most successful student law societies in the United Kingdom.[84] In 2018, BLS was disbanded after 5 of its members, including committee members, were found to be engaged in a racist and misogynist group chat.[85][86]

Exeter Student Volunteers is a volunteering agency within the students' guild which runs its own projects with members of the local community that are run by volunteers and provides further volunteering opportunities through links with external partner organisations.[87] There is a RAG (Raising and Giving) group[88] which exists to raise money for five nominated charities, and collects in town centres around Britain every weekend. RAG events are run by students, under the co-ordination of a full-time member of staff. The main aim of these societies and activities groups is to provide opportunities for student development.

Sport

 
Exeter Tennis Centre, University of Exeter

The Exeter University Athletic Union (AU) is the organisation responsible for administering all aspects of sporting activity at the university. Activities range from recreational sport to competitive fixtures at local, regional, national, and international level. The AU is a separate body from the Students' Guild and is run by four members of staff based in the Athletic Union Office.[89] The AU runs 50 Sports Clubs which have a combined membership of more than 5,000 students. An additional 3,000 students take part in intramural sport and sports volunteering in the local community.[89]

The university facilitates American football,[90] association football, rugby football, hockey, lacrosse, golf, and many more.

Many clubs compete in the inter-university fixtures in the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) competition in a range of sports including cricket, golf, hockey, netball, rowing, rugby union, sailing, squash, surfing, and tennis.

Theatre

The university has seven registered theatre societies which produce shows throughout the year, including Exeter University Theatre Company (EUTCo), Exeter Footlights, Exeter University Shakespeare Company, Shotgun Theatre, UoE Opera Society, Exeter Comedy Society, and Theatre with Teeth. The campus is home to the Northcott Theatre, where student societies such as EUTCo or the Exeter Footlights annually perform. In addition, the university regularly has a large presence at the Edinburgh Festival, and has produced alumni including comedian Rhod Gilbert, BAFTA winning actress Vanessa Kirby, and Felix Barrett, founder of Punchdrunk.[91][92][93]

Music

Whilst Exeter itself no longer runs a music course,[94] it has multiple orchestral, vocal, classical and popular groups contained within the university under the umbrella society Extunes. The a cappella group Semi-Toned, one of eight a cappella groups within the university are the current Voice Festival UK champions, toured the East Coast of America in 2015 and often sing at alumni events.[95]

Separate from Student Guild affiliated groups, the university chaplaincy also maintains a 24-person mixed choir with paid scholarships. The chapel choir performs multiple services per week and has close ties to Exeter Cathedral, performing a mix of secular and liturgical music in the Anglican tradition.[96]

Journalism

Exeposé is the official student newspaper of the Guild, it has been in print since 1987 and is published every two weeks. The Falmouth Anchor is the official student newspaper of the university's Cornwall campuses. The television station XTV and radio station Xpression FM are guild-affiliated news sources that aim to cover a variety of life at Exeter. Xpression FM traces its routes back to 1976 and continues the tradition of hosting student written and run shows throughout term time. It is one of three student stations in the country to have a year-round FM licence.[97]

EUOTC

Exeter University Officers Training Corps (EUOTC) is one of 19 university OTCs in the United Kingdom. It mainly serves the Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, but also serves other Higher Education establishments in the South West of England.[98]

BUAS

Exeter University also affiliates with Bristol University Air Squadron (BUAS), which serves the Universities of Bristol, Bath, Exeter, UWE, Bath Spa and Plymouth.[99]

Halls of residence

Notable alumni

A number of Exeter's alumni have made significant contributions in many fields, including science, academia, government and law, arts, journalism and sport.

Notable alumni in the fields of government and law include Abdullah Gül, the 11th President of Turkey,[100] Ameenah Gurib, 6th President of Mauritius, Mehmet Şimşek, former Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, Zewde Gebre-Sellassie former Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Prem Nababsing, former Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius, Sigrid Kaag, Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (Netherlands) since October 2017, Lau Kong Wah, Secretary for Home Affairs of Hong Kong, Tengku Zafrul Aziz, Minister of Finance (Malaysia), Gabriel Makhlouf, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland since September 2019, and Secretary to the New Zealand Treasury between 2011–19, Ambiga Sreenevasan, Malaysian lawyer and human rights advocate (LLB Law, 1970s),[101] and Jean-Marie Seroney, Kenyan human rights advocate, legislator, and an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience, Tito Karnavian, retired police general and Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia (Police Studies, 1993), Patrick Kwateng Acheampong, former Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service (MA Police Studies and Criminal Justice, 1990), Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Sultan of Pahang, constitutional monarch, and head of state of Malaysia (1979-1984), George L. Savvides, Attorney-General of the Republic of Cyprus and former Minister of Justice and Public Order, and Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, ruler of the Sharjah emirate.

In UK domestic politics and government, alumni include Sajid Javid, former Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary of the United Kingdom (Economics and politics), James Brokenshire, Minister for Security and former Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Jeremy Wright QC, former Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Mark Lancaster, Minister of State for the Armed Forces since June 2017, John Pullinger, the National Statistician, Andrew Lansley, former Secretary of State for Health, and Leader of the House of Commons (BA Politics), Caroline Lucas, MP and former leader of the Green Party of England and Wales (BA English, 1983, PhD, 1990),[102][103] Fiona Shackleton, Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia, family law solicitors and personal solicitor to Prince William and Prince Harry (Law, 1970s),[104] Luke Pollard, Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Lynne Owens, Director-General of the National Crime Agency.

Alumni in arts, journalism and entertainment include J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books (French and Classics, 1986),[105] Robert Bolt, Tony Award-winning playwright and two-time Academy Award award-winning screenwriter,[106] Vanessa Kirby, BAFTA award-winning actress in Netflix's The Crown (English, 2008), Stephen Dillane, BAFTA and Tony Award-winning actor best known for his work in Game of Thrones (History and political science), Thom Yorke lead singer of Radiohead (English and Fine Arts),[107] Nina Allan, author of speculative fiction and winner of the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel in 2014 (Russian literature), Steve Backshall, BAFTA award-winning television presenter, Samantha Baines, actress and comedian (BA(Hons) Drama),[108] Steve Bell, political cartoonist, Tom Deacon, comedian and Radio 1 DJ (Drama, 2007), Frank Gardner, the BBC's Security Correspondent (Arabic, 1980s),[109] Tim Montgomerie, British political activist and blogger, Clemmie Moodie, associate features editor at the Daily Mirror (English, 2003), James Pearce, journalist and presenter for BBC Sport (Politics), Rob Walker, British sports commentator and television presenter, Ben Collins, racing driver known for being The Stig on the BBC motoring television show Top Gear (Law, 1997),[110] Matthew Wright, broadcaster and journalist (English and Drama),[111] and Will Young, singer (Politics).[112]

In academia, graduates include Andrew D. Hamilton, president of New York University and former vice-chancellor of University of Oxford (Chemistry), Sir Michael Berry FRS and is known for the Berry Phase in quantum mechanics and receiving an Ig Nobel Prize for magnetically levitating a frog (BSc Physics, 1962),[113] Imogen Coe, biochemist and Dean of Ryerson University, James Mourilyan Tanner, British paediatric endocrinologist known for the Tanner scale.

In business, graduates include Neil Woodford, British fund manager and the founding partner of Woodford Investment Management, Belabbes Benkredda, Algerian-German social innovator, founder of The Munathara Initiative (MA in Middle East Politics),[114] Dennis Gillings, British-born American billionaire statistician and entrepreneur, and the founder of the Fortune 500 company Quintiles (BA, 1966 and PhD, 1972),[115] and Henry Staunton, chairman of WHSmith.

Graduates within the military include General Sir Patrick Sanders, Chief of the General Staff, Admiral Sir Jonathon Band, former First Sea Lord of the United Kingdom (Economics, 1970s),[116] Lieutenant Colonel Lucy Giles, first female College Commander at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst commanding New College[117] and Otto Kretschmer (Silent Otto), the most successful German U-boat commander in the Second World War.

The Princess Royal's two children attended the university:

Other royal alumni include:

See also

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The University of Exeter is a public research university in Exeter Devon England United Kingdom Its predecessor institutions St Luke s College Exeter School of Science Exeter School of Art and the Camborne School of Mines were established in 1838 1855 1863 and 1888 respectively These institutions later formed the University of Exeter after receiving its royal charter in 1955 6 7 In post nominals the University of Exeter is abbreviated as Exon from the Latin Exoniensis and is the suffix given to honorary and academic degrees from the university University of ExeterCoat of armsMottoLatin Lucem sequimurMotto in English We Follow the Light TypePublicEstablished1838 St Luke s College1855 Exeter School of Art1863 Exeter School of Science 1955 University of Exeter received royal charter Endowment 49 5 million 2021 1 Budget 503 1 million 2020 21 1 ChancellorSir Michael BarberVice ChancellorLisa RobertsVisitorCharles III ex officioAcademic staff3 145 2020 2 Administrative staff2 647 2018 19 3 Students23 613 2018 19 Undergraduates18 932 2018 19 Postgraduates4 681 2018 19 LocationExeter DevonPenryn Cornwall England50 44 10 N 03 32 06 W 50 73611 N 3 53500 W 50 73611 3 53500 Coordinates 50 44 10 N 03 32 06 W 50 73611 N 3 53500 W 50 73611 3 53500CampusStreatham 350 acres 140 ha 4 Penryn 70 acres 28 ha 5 St Luke s 16 acres 6 5 ha ColoursGreen and white AffiliationsRussell GroupUniversities UKEUAACUAMBASETsquaredGW4Websiteexeter wbr ac wbr ukThe university has four campuses Streatham and St Luke s both of which are in Exeter and Truro and Penryn both of which are in Cornwall The university is primarily located in the city of Exeter Devon where it is the principal higher education institution Streatham is the largest campus containing many of the university s administrative buildings 8 The Penryn campus is maintained in conjunction with Falmouth University under the Combined Universities in Cornwall CUC initiative The Exeter Streatham Campus Library holds more than 1 2 million physical library resources including historical journals and special collections 9 The annual income of the institution for 2020 21 was 503 1 million of which 94 6 million was from research grants and contracts with an expenditure of 512 8 million 1 It was one of the pre WW2 local university colleges granted university status in the 1950s as part of the second wave of civic universities In 2012 Exeter joined the Russell Group of research intensive UK universities 10 It is also a member of Universities UK the European University Association and the Association of Commonwealth Universities and an accredited institution of the Association of MBAs AMBA Contents 1 History 1 1 University College of the South West of England 1 2 St Luke s College Exeter 1 3 Camborne School of Mines 2 Campuses 2 1 Streatham Campus 2 2 St Luke s Campus 2 3 Penryn Campus 3 Organisation and administration 3 1 Governance 3 2 Colleges and departments 3 2 1 Centre for Maritime Historical Studies 3 3 Coat of arms 4 Academic profile 4 1 Admissions 4 2 Research 4 2 1 Exeter Law Review 4 3 Rankings and reputation 5 Student life 5 1 Students Guild 5 2 Sport 5 3 Theatre 5 4 Music 5 5 Journalism 5 6 EUOTC 5 7 BUAS 5 8 Halls of residence 6 Notable alumni 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksHistory EditThe university s origins can be traced back to three separate educational institutions that existed in the city of Exeter and in Cornwall in the middle of the 19th century University College of the South West of England Edit The Royal Albert Memorial Museum building housed the Exeter Schools of Art and Science Bradninch Place which the Exeter Schools occupied as the Royal Albert Memorial College Business School Streatham Campus To celebrate the educational and scientific work of Prince Albert 11 and inspired by the Great Exhibition of 1851 12 Exeter School of Art in 1855 and the Exeter School of Science in 1863 were founded In 1868 the Schools of Art and Science relocated to Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Queen Street Exeter and with support from the University of Cambridge became the Exeter Technical and University Extension College in 1893 6 In 1900 its official title was changed to the Royal Albert Memorial College and the college moved to Bradninch Place in Gandy Street 7 The college was again renamed to the University College of the South West of England in 1922 after the college was incorporated under the Companies Act 12 and included on the list of institutions eligible to receive funds from the then University Grants Committee As was customary for new university institutions in England in the 19th and early 20th centuries the college prepared students for external degrees of the University of London 13 Alderman W H Reed a former mayor of Exeter donated Streatham Hall on the Streatham Estate to the new University College in 1922 Streatham Hall was renamed to Reed Hall after its benefactor At the same time the first principal of the University College later Sir Hector Hetherington 1920 24 persuaded the Council of the College to buy a major portion of the Streatham Estate A slow move to the Streatham Estate from the centre of the city occurred over time The first new building erected on the Streatham Estate was the Washington Singer building the foundation stone was laid by the Prince of Wales later King Edward VIII then President of the University College of the South West of England The building was opened in 1931 The first of the purpose built halls of residence Mardon Hall opened in 1933 The second academic building on the estate was the Roborough Library named in recognition of the interest taken in the development of the college by the first Lord Roborough one of its early benefactors Roborough Library was completed around 1939 12 The University College of the South West of England became the University of Exeter and received its Royal Charter in 1955 exactly one hundred years after the formation of the original Exeter School of Art Queen Elizabeth II presented the Charter to the university on a visit to Streatham the following year 6 The university underwent a period of considerable expansion in the 1960s Between 1963 and 1968 a period when the number of students at Exeter almost doubled no fewer than 10 major buildings were completed on the Streatham estate as well as halls of residence for around 1 000 students These included homes for the Chemistry and Physics departments the Newman Laver and Engineering Buildings and Streatham Court Queen s Building had been opened for the Arts Faculty in 1959 and the Amory Building housing Law and Social Sciences followed in 1974 In the following two decades considerable investment was made in developing new self catering accommodation for students 6 Gifts from the Gulf States made it possible to build a new university library in 1983 and more recently have allowed for the creation of a new Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies as of 2017 Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad al Qasimi the ruler of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates had given more than 8 million to Exeter University and was described by the university as its single most important supporter in its 2007 annual report 14 A further major donation enabled the completion of the Xfi Centre for Finance and Investment Since 2009 significant further investment has been made into new student accommodation new buildings in The Exeter Business School and the Forum a new development for the centre of Streatham Campus 6 15 St Luke s College Exeter Edit University of Exeter Forum In 1838 the Exeter Diocesan Board of Education resolved to found an institution for the education and training of schoolmasters the first such initiative in England As a result a year later the Exeter Diocesan Training College was created in Cathedral Close Exeter at the former house of the Archdeacon of Totnes adjacent to Exeter Cathedral The first principal was appointed and the college opened in 1840 11 Expansion followed and in 1853 John Hayward who was later responsible for the design of the Royal Albert Memorial Museum was commissioned to design a purpose built premises for the college on Heavitree Road The building largely built in grey limestone from Torbay with Bath Stone dressings was completed by the autumn of the following year On 18 October 1854 after a service in Exeter Cathedral an opening ceremony for the new buildings was held From this date in 1854 St Luke s Day the college was unofficially known as St Luke s The college s intake in 1854 was 40 students 11 In parallel at the Royal Albert Memorial College an initiative within the Arts and Sciences department in 1912 eventually led to the formation of an Institute of Education of which St Luke s College was a constituent member and a separate department of Extra Mural Studies for the purposes of teacher training Exeter Diocesan Training College was formally renamed to St Luke s College Exeter in 1930 and became co educational in 1966 11 In 1978 St Luke s College Exeter was incorporated into the University of Exeter A faculty was created incorporating the university s Institute of Education and St Luke s College Exeter into a new School of Education 11 The Peninsula Medical School was established in 2000 in conjunction with the University of Plymouth and the National Health Service based at St Luke s and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital The School of Dentistry opened in 2007 and together with the Peninsula Medical School created the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry 6 St Luke s campus is the main site for the University of Exeter Medical School which accepted its first students in 2013 16 Camborne School of Mines Edit During the 18th and 19th centuries Cornwall was among the most significant metalliferous mining regions in the world Camborne School of Mines was founded in 1888 to meet the needs of this local industry 17 Camborne School of Mines was located in the centre of Camborne for almost a century but following major investment by the international mining industry and others relocated in 1975 to purpose built facilities midway between Camborne and Redruth Significant expansion and diversification of teaching and research provision occurred during the 1980s and early 1990s including the development of undergraduate and taught postgraduate degree programmes in geology environmental science and surveying In 1993 Camborne School of Mines was incorporated into the University of Exeter 17 Initiatives by the university and others to expand the provision of higher education in Cornwall resulted in the Combined Universities in Cornwall CUC initiative in 1999 As part of this initiative Penryn just outside Falmouth became the site of the Penryn Campus a facility shared with Falmouth University Camborne School of Mines relocated to Penryn during 2004 when the university s new Cornwall Campus opened 6 17 Campuses EditStreatham Campus Edit Main article Streatham Campus The Piazza outside the Great Hall and University ReceptionStreatham is the main campus sitting on a hillside one side of which looks down across Exeter city centre The Independent has described the campus environment as sublime 18 The campus has several galleries including the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum A Sculpture Walk includes pieces by Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth 19 There is a bar called the Ram and a bar previously called the Ewe within a nightclub called the Lemon Grove or Lemmy both run by the Students Guild The campus hosts a medical centre a counselling service a children s day care centre and numerous catering outlets Many halls of residence and some self catering accommodation are located on this campus or in the near vicinity The Northcott Theatre resides on the campus In the early 2000s the university benefited from an investment program worth more than 235 million 20 New student accommodation was constructed including Holland Hall named after the former vice chancellor of the same name Sports facilities including a professional standard tennis centre have been completed in addition to an upgrade of the Students Guild building The Hatherly LaboratoriesAfter a donation from the ruler of the Sharjah emirate Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi an alumnus of the university an extension was added to the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies building He has donated more than 5m since 2001 21 In 2006 the Department of Drama completed a major renovation with the construction of the state of the art Alexander Building named after the university s former Chancellor Lord Alexander The Department of Biosciences is based in three buildings on the Streatham Campus Geoffrey Pope the Henry Wellcome building for Biocatalysis and the Hatherly Laboratories The department has recently received significant investment to further develop its facilities particularly with improvements to the Geoffrey Pope building 22 Mardon HallOn the Streatham Campus the Business School is spread over three buildings located in close proximity to each other Building One Xfi Building and Streatham Court Building One houses the Business School s MBA suite La Touche cafe and several modern lecture theatres and seminar rooms The Xfi Building is home to the school s Bloomberg Suite a specialist IT room for detailed financial market data and next to this is the Student IT Suite also equipped with specialist software Streatham Court is where you will find the Business School s Career Zone and Study Abroad Team as well as the specialist Finance and Economics Experimental Laboratory at Exeter FEELE and high capacity recently refurbished teaching rooms The Exeter Innovation Centre based at the Streatham Campus has been completed in two phases Phase I of the Innovation Centre was finished in 2000 with Phase II opening in 2008 creating a 37 000 sq ft 3 400 m2 building for use by new and growing businesses within the development and research sectors A base for 55 firms in the city the centre houses high tech businesses from the software and biomedical sectors to advanced manufacturing and internet firms The Innovation Centre is host to some of the most upwardly mobile small firms in the country according to Experian in a report commissioned by the BBC 23 As a result of a 48 million investment The Forum building includes new facilities including a 400 seat auditorium a student services centre learning spaces and retail facilities The Forum is located at the centre of the Streatham Campus and features the refurbished main library the Great Hall and the area between it Designed as a glass structure of modernist design The Forum also acts as the university reception area 24 The Forum was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 2 May 2012 25 The Forum s structural engineers Buro Happold won the 2013 Institution of Structural Engineers award for Education or Healthcare structures for the project In 2017 the 52 million Living Systems Institute was opened to pioneer research into living systems and the diagnosis and treatment of disease 26 St Luke s Campus Edit Geoffrey Pope Building Main article St Luke s Campus St Luke s Campus is just over a mile from the larger Streatham campus and ten minutes walk from the centre of Exeter The campus is home to the largest academic school of the university the Graduate School of Education It shares the campus with the Department of Sport and Health Sciences The future of St Luke s Campus was the subject of a feasibility study in 2007 and a proposal was considered by the university to relocate one of the departments to the Streatham Campus to facilitate future expansion at St Luke s 27 A final decision was taken by the university management team in July 2007 with the Graduate School of Education the Department of Sport and Health Sciences and the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry remaining in residence at St Luke s The Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry has now split into the University of Exeter Medical School UEMS and the University of Plymouth Medical School UEMS is still situated on St Luke s Campus UEMS was re branded as the College of Medicine amp Health in 2019 Penryn Campus Edit Main article Penryn Campus Tremough House Penryn campus The Penryn Campus is a campus of the university in Penryn Cornwall The campus is part of the Combined Universities in Cornwall project and is shared with Falmouth University University of Exeter departments on the site include the internationally renowned Camborne School of Mines whose graduates are highly sought after by mining and civil engineering industries as well as the renewable energy sector Other departments at Penryn include the rapidly growing Centre for Ecology and Conservation CEC the Environment and Sustainability Institute ESI and the Institute of Cornish Studies Built in 2015 the Business School is based in the SERSF Building on our Penryn Campus The building features a specially designed area for business engagement called The Collaboratory and hosts the new BSc Business and Environment course The campus is set in 100 acres 40 ha of countryside but close to the towns of Penryn and Falmouth The campus has a population of around 4 000 students All the Cornwall departments are constitutionally parts of departments also represented at the University s Exeter campuses including the Camborne School of Mines which is part of the College of Engineering Mathematics and Physical Sciences A driving force behind Cornish concentrated research is that of the Institute of Cornish Studies directed by Dr Garry Tregidga It seeks to promote a greater knowledge of historical and contemporary Cornwall with a particular emphasis on the use of oral history through the Cornish Audio Visual Archive CAVA which is based at the institute 28 Cornwall Council is building the Tremough Innovation Centre TIC on land adjacent to the campus with the aim of enabling existing and start up companies to grow and thrive Organisation and administration EditGovernance Edit Clock Tower Northcote House The governance framework of the university is in its royal charter 29 which was granted in 1955 6 The council is the university s governing body with responsibility for institutional policies and financial estates and legal matters Academic governance is provided by the Senate which is responsible for teaching and learning examinations and research 30 The chancellor is the chief ceremonial officer of the university and presides over occasions such as degree ceremonies The vice chancellor is the chief academic and executive officer and is supported by four deputy vice chancellors The current chancellor is Paul Myners Baron Myners He took over from Floella Benjamin in July 2016 and has announced his intention to retire as of the end of 2021 31 The vice chancellor and chief executive is Professor Lisa Roberts who joined the University as Vice Chancellor in September 2020 following Sir Steve Smith s retirement 32 The university s visitor is Charles III 33 The university organises its academic and administrative departments into six academic colleges 34 Each college contains a number of subject disciplines institutes and research centres The colleges are led by a dean who works in partnership with a college manager and is supported by two associate deans one for research and knowledge transfer and one for education 35 The university annually measures its performance relative to another ten peer universities which includes Durham St Andrews UCL and Warwick The universities are chosen because like Exeter they are research intensive offer a broad range of disciplines perform strongly in league tables and function with similar quantities of financial resources 36 Colleges and departments Edit College of HumanitiesDepartment of Archaeology Department of Classics and Ancient History Department of Drama Department of English Department of Film Studies Department of History Department of Modern Languages Department of Theology and ReligionCollege of Social Sciences and International StudiesLaw School Department of Politics Department of Sociology Philosophy and Anthropology Graduate School of Education Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies College of Life and Environmental SciencesDepartment of Biosciences Department of Geography Department of Psychology Department of Sport and Health SciencesCollege of Engineering Mathematics and Physical Sciences 37 Camborne School of Mines Department of Natural Sciences Department of Engineering Department of Mathematics Department of Computer Science Department of Physics and Astronomy The Business SchoolCentre for Leadership Studies Department of Accounting Department of Economics Department of ManagementCollege of Medicine and HealthDepartment of Medicine Department of Medical Imaging Department of Medical Sciences Centre for Maritime Historical Studies Edit The Centre for Maritime Historical Studies was formed in 1991 to promote a wider understanding of the significance of maritime history within the world of historical scholarship Some of the supported programmes are 38 Naval History Maritime HistoryCoat of arms Edit The university coat of arms symbolises the university s historical associations with the locality The triangular gold castle with three towers comes from Exeter s coat of arms and represents Rougemont Castle as alluded to by the red background The 15 gold bezants Byzantine gold coins that appear around the edge of the shield are from the arms of the Duchy of Cornwall and represent Cornwall while the green cross on the white background is from the city of Plymouth s coat of arms The theme of learning is symbolised by the book with gold edges and a Latin motto Lucem sequimur We follow the light Academic profile EditAdmissions Edit UCAS admission statistics 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013Applications 39 41 000 42 335 39 670 37 280 33 825Offer Rate 40 89 7 86 4 90 8 88 6 86 8Enrols 41 6 065 5 960 5 810 5 820 5 505Yield 16 5 16 3 16 1 17 6 18 7Applicant Enrolled Ratio 6 76 7 10 6 83 6 41 6 14Average Entry Tariff 42 a n a 176 471 466 463Admission to the university is very competitive 43 with an average of more than seven students applying for every undergraduate place 2012 2013 44 Nearly half the number of undergraduate applicants 49 apply with expected grades of at least three As at GCE Advanced Level A level examinations or equivalent 44 Exeter had the 13th highest average entry qualification for undergraduates of any UK university in 2015 with new students averaging 471 UCAS points 45 equivalent to AAAab in A level grades The university gives offers of admission to 90 8 of its applicants the 2nd highest amongst the Russell Group 46 In the 2018 19 admission cycle the university gave out offers to only 4 7 of international applicants to the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of surgery BMBS programme making it one of the most competitive medical school for international applicants in the UK in comparison 24 7 of UK EU applicants received offers in the same admission cycle 47 In the 2016 17 academic year the university had a domicile breakdown of 75 6 19 of UK EU non EU students respectively with a female to male ratio of 55 45 48 Exeter was in the first group of UK universities to require an A grade in A level examinations as part of its standard offer for entry into some undergraduate courses 43 The Undergraduate Prospectus 2013 lists ten degree programmes that require at least one A grade as part of the conditional standard offer including Economics English History and Mathematics 49 Research Edit There are approximately 70 research centres and institutes within the university 50 including the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum the Institute of Cornish Studies the Environment and Sustainability Institute and the Marchmont Observatory The Centre for Leadership Studies now part of the University of Exeter Business School was established in 1997 as an institute for research and advanced study into leadership theory It is the only specialist centre in Europe dedicated to scholarship in leadership studies citation needed Exeter had a total research income of 70 2 million in 2016 17 51 In addition to the traditional MPhil and PhD route professional doctorates and split site PhDs for International students are also offered 52 Extrasolar planetary research using the Hubble Space Telescope Research at Exeter focuses on a number of interdisciplinary themes Research strengths and key themes include 53 Climate change and sustainable futures Extrasolar planets Functional materials Genomics Ecology Conservation Biology Medical history Middle Eastern and Islamic studies Migration and identity Systems Biology Translational medicine personalised healthcare and public healthResearch into extrasolar planets planets located outside our solar system is strong at Exeter A team of international scientists led by the university are exploring the atmospheric conditions of exoplanets using the Hubble Space Telescope 54 Other international astronomical facilities available to facilitate the detection of exoplanets include the VLT Survey Telescope the Gemini Observatory and the Spitzer Space Telescope The university has developed links with the Met Office 55 also based in Exeter to build sophisticated climate prediction models Exeter was ranked 30th in the UK for the quality GPA of its research 56 and 21st for its Research Power in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework 57 In the 2008 UK Research Assessment Exercise nearly 90 of Exeter s research was rated as being at internationally recognised levels 17 of the submitted research was rated 4 world leading 16 of the 31 subjects evaluated were ranked in the top 10 with 27 in the top 20 58 It is important to note that apart from the traditional MPhil and PhD route university also offers professional doctorates and split site PhDs for International students 59 Exeter Law Review Edit The university is also home to the student led publication the Exeter Law Review 60 The Review publishes once annually covering a wide area of legal topics from academics at all levels of university education 61 It also has a distinguished history stemming from its original inception as the Bracton Law Journal in 1965 62 making it the oldest student led law review in the United Kingdom Since 2017 they have also been operating ExeterLaw org which acts as a spotlight publication for shorter and more contemporary legal publications all year round 63 Rankings and reputation Edit RankingsNational rankingsComplete 2023 64 19Guardian 2023 65 15Times Sunday Times 2022 66 13Global rankingsTHE 2023 67 137QS 2023 68 149ARWU 2022 69 101 150In the main rankings of universities in the United Kingdom the university is currently placed between 10th and 12th In The Sunday Times 10 year 1998 2007 average ranking of British universities based on consistent league table performance Exeter was ranked joint 26th overall in the UK 70 For 2016 it climbed to 7th place in the UK by The Times 9th place by The Guardian and 10th place by The Complete University Guide 71 72 Entering the Times Higher Education World University Rankings Top 200 world universities for the first time 73 in 2010 2011 in 184th place 74 Exeter increased its global standing in 2011 2012 by ranking in 156th place 75 In the 2015 16 Times Higher Education World University Rankings Exeter placed 93rd 76 Exeter was ranked 34th on the annual list of the top 500 major universities worldwide in the Leiden Rankings 2015 77 In the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020 Subject Rankings Exeter University ranked 11th in the world for public administration 78 In the QS World University Subject Rankings 2020 Exeter ranked 10th in the world for sport and health sciences and 14th for engineering in minerals and Mining The university was named the Sunday Times University of the Year 2013 71 It was named Times Higher Education University of the Year 2007 79 Student life EditStudents Guild Edit Students at Exeter are represented by a Students Guild 80 which has an active role in campaigning at local and national levels It is run by four elected sabbatical officers who act as executive directors and trustees Lily Margaroli Guild President Isabel Harrison VP Opportunities Bella Enoizi VP Education and Marion Ojua VP Liberation amp Equality 81 Additionally to this there are eight non executive directors four of which are elected student trustees and the remaining four external trustees There are also other non sabbatical officers representing areas of the student population and student activities areas These are elected by students in a series of elections throughout the academic year There are more than 250 affiliated student societies 82 including a large variety of hobbies communities and political interests The Debating Society which predates establishment of the university started life in 1893 as the Exeter Debating Society at the Royal Albert Memorial College and has played host to many notable speakers including Anthony Eden H H Asquith Ludovic Kennedy Michael Foot and Stephen Fry From 2012 a debating scholarship supported by alumni of the Debating Society has been made available 83 Bracton Law Society Bracton Law Society or BLS was established in 1965 and became the largest student society at the University of Exeter in October 2016 with more than 1 040 members The society has received national recognition as one of the largest and most successful student law societies in the United Kingdom 84 In 2018 BLS was disbanded after 5 of its members including committee members were found to be engaged in a racist and misogynist group chat 85 86 Exeter Student Volunteers is a volunteering agency within the students guild which runs its own projects with members of the local community that are run by volunteers and provides further volunteering opportunities through links with external partner organisations 87 There is a RAG Raising and Giving group 88 which exists to raise money for five nominated charities and collects in town centres around Britain every weekend RAG events are run by students under the co ordination of a full time member of staff The main aim of these societies and activities groups is to provide opportunities for student development Sport Edit Exeter Tennis Centre University of Exeter The Exeter University Athletic Union AU is the organisation responsible for administering all aspects of sporting activity at the university Activities range from recreational sport to competitive fixtures at local regional national and international level The AU is a separate body from the Students Guild and is run by four members of staff based in the Athletic Union Office 89 The AU runs 50 Sports Clubs which have a combined membership of more than 5 000 students An additional 3 000 students take part in intramural sport and sports volunteering in the local community 89 The university facilitates American football 90 association football rugby football hockey lacrosse golf and many more Many clubs compete in the inter university fixtures in the British Universities and Colleges Sport BUCS competition in a range of sports including cricket golf hockey netball rowing rugby union sailing squash surfing and tennis Theatre Edit The university has seven registered theatre societies which produce shows throughout the year including Exeter University Theatre Company EUTCo Exeter Footlights Exeter University Shakespeare Company Shotgun Theatre UoE Opera Society Exeter Comedy Society and Theatre with Teeth The campus is home to the Northcott Theatre where student societies such as EUTCo or the Exeter Footlights annually perform In addition the university regularly has a large presence at the Edinburgh Festival and has produced alumni including comedian Rhod Gilbert BAFTA winning actress Vanessa Kirby and Felix Barrett founder of Punchdrunk 91 92 93 Music Edit Whilst Exeter itself no longer runs a music course 94 it has multiple orchestral vocal classical and popular groups contained within the university under the umbrella society Extunes The a cappella group Semi Toned one of eight a cappella groups within the university are the current Voice Festival UK champions toured the East Coast of America in 2015 and often sing at alumni events 95 Separate from Student Guild affiliated groups the university chaplaincy also maintains a 24 person mixed choir with paid scholarships The chapel choir performs multiple services per week and has close ties to Exeter Cathedral performing a mix of secular and liturgical music in the Anglican tradition 96 Journalism Edit Exepose is the official student newspaper of the Guild it has been in print since 1987 and is published every two weeks The Falmouth Anchor is the official student newspaper of the university s Cornwall campuses The television station XTV and radio station Xpression FM are guild affiliated news sources that aim to cover a variety of life at Exeter Xpression FM traces its routes back to 1976 and continues the tradition of hosting student written and run shows throughout term time It is one of three student stations in the country to have a year round FM licence 97 EUOTC Edit Exeter University Officers Training Corps EUOTC is one of 19 university OTCs in the United Kingdom It mainly serves the Universities of Exeter and Plymouth but also serves other Higher Education establishments in the South West of England 98 BUAS Edit Exeter University also affiliates with Bristol University Air Squadron BUAS which serves the Universities of Bristol Bath Exeter UWE Bath Spa and Plymouth 99 Halls of residence Edit Main article University of Exeter Halls of ResidenceNotable alumni EditMain article List of University of Exeter people Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi ruler of the Emirate of Sharjah Sigrid Kaag Minister of Finance Netherlands Tito Karnavian Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia Sajid Javid Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Abdullah Gul 11th President of Turkey Ameenah Gurib 6th President of Mauritius Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur 1st president of Somaliland Gabriel Makhlouf Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland George L Savvides Attorney General of the Republic of Cyprus J K Rowling author Thom Yorke of Radiohead Caroline Lucas MP Ex leader of the Green Party of England and Wales Zara Tindall Olympic medalist and member of the British royal family Lau Kong wah former Secretary for Home Affairs of Hong Kong Yip Hon Weng Singaporean MPA number of Exeter s alumni have made significant contributions in many fields including science academia government and law arts journalism and sport Notable alumni in the fields of government and law include Abdullah Gul the 11th President of Turkey 100 Ameenah Gurib 6th President of Mauritius Mehmet Simsek former Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Zewde Gebre Sellassie former Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia Prem Nababsing former Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius Sigrid Kaag Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Netherlands since October 2017 Lau Kong Wah Secretary for Home Affairs of Hong Kong Tengku Zafrul Aziz Minister of Finance Malaysia Gabriel Makhlouf Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland since September 2019 and Secretary to the New Zealand Treasury between 2011 19 Ambiga Sreenevasan Malaysian lawyer and human rights advocate LLB Law 1970s 101 and Jean Marie Seroney Kenyan human rights advocate legislator and an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience Tito Karnavian retired police general and Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia Police Studies 1993 Patrick Kwateng Acheampong former Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service MA Police Studies and Criminal Justice 1990 Ahmad Shah of Pahang Sultan of Pahang constitutional monarch and head of state of Malaysia 1979 1984 George L Savvides Attorney General of the Republic of Cyprus and former Minister of Justice and Public Order and Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi ruler of the Sharjah emirate In UK domestic politics and government alumni include Sajid Javid former Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary of the United Kingdom Economics and politics James Brokenshire Minister for Security and former Secretary of State for Housing Communities and Local Government Jeremy Wright QC former Secretary of State for Digital Culture Media and Sport Mark Lancaster Minister of State for the Armed Forces since June 2017 John Pullinger the National Statistician Andrew Lansley former Secretary of State for Health and Leader of the House of Commons BA Politics Caroline Lucas MP and former leader of the Green Party of England and Wales BA English 1983 PhD 1990 102 103 Fiona Shackleton Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia family law solicitors and personal solicitor to Prince William and Prince Harry Law 1970s 104 Luke Pollard Shadow Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs and Lynne Owens Director General of the National Crime Agency Alumni in arts journalism and entertainment include J K Rowling author of the Harry Potter books French and Classics 1986 105 Robert Bolt Tony Award winning playwright and two time Academy Award award winning screenwriter 106 Vanessa Kirby BAFTA award winning actress in Netflix s The Crown English 2008 Stephen Dillane BAFTA and Tony Award winning actor best known for his work in Game of Thrones History and political science Thom Yorke lead singer of Radiohead English and Fine Arts 107 Nina Allan author of speculative fiction and winner of the Grand Prix de l Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel in 2014 Russian literature Steve Backshall BAFTA award winning television presenter Samantha Baines actress and comedian BA Hons Drama 108 Steve Bell political cartoonist Tom Deacon comedian and Radio 1 DJ Drama 2007 Frank Gardner the BBC s Security Correspondent Arabic 1980s 109 Tim Montgomerie British political activist and blogger 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