The University of Essex is one of the UK's leading academic institutions. It has a well established reputation, with researchers and scholars of international distinction, and in recent UK assessments was rated eighth nationally for teaching quality and ninth for research. Essex re-confirmed its place as the UK's leading university for the social sciences, with Politics top, Sociology joint top, Economics third and Linguistics fourth nationally. The highest proportions of world-leading research at Essex were in Politics and Economics with 45 per cent and 40 per cent respectively classed as 4-star, while 35 per cent of research in Sociology was classed as 4-star.

However, Essex also scored strongly in other fields, featuring in the UK's top ten in half of the 14 subject areas submitted. This included being rated second in the UK for History and Essex Business School (Accounting and Finance subject area), ninth for Art History and tenth for Philosophy.

Essex is the UK's most internationally diverse campus university, with students drawn from 130 countries making for a varied cultural experience.

Our campuses enjoy excellent road and rail links across the surrounding area and are based under an hour away from London.