University of East Anglia (UEA) is a world-leading research university based in Norwich, United Kingdom. It was established in 1963 and has since become one of the UK’s leading universities, ranked joint 10th in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2018. The university has also been ranked within the top 1% of universities worldwide by all major global university rankings.
The University of East Anglia is a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive UK universities and the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN). UEA is also one of only four Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to hold both National Teaching Fellowships (NTFs) and National Research Foundation (NRF) awards. In addition, UEA was named University Of The Year by The Sunday Times in 2017.
UEAs strengths lie in its research excellence and world-class facilities across a wide range of disciplines, including arts and humanities, business, law, sciences, social sciences, health sciences, environmental sciences and engineering. UEA has over 4500 full time students from over 130 countries studying at its three main campuses in Norwich – Earlham Park campus for undergraduate study; Sportspark for sports facilities; Enterprise Centre for business incubation – as well as at its Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital site. All UEA students have access to excellent library provision on all three sites 24/7 throughout the year.
In terms of teaching quality, student satisfaction levels are high with 84% overall satisfaction rate in the National Student Survey 2018. Employability rates are also strong with 96% of graduates finding employment or further study within six months of graduating according to DestinationOfLeaversFromHigherEducation 2016/17 data published by HEFCE .
The University Of East Anglia provides an academically rigorous yet supportive environment where independent thinking is nurtured and new ideas can flourish. Our passionate commitment to interdisciplinary working means that we break down barriers between subjects so our staff and students can explore problems from multiple perspectives – something that our world desperately needs right now if we are to meet the challenges facing us such as climate change , energy supply , food security , pandemics etc.. We believe that this approach produces more original thought , better solutions and more employable graduates .