About University of Reading
Overview
- The University of Reading is a public university in Reading, Berkshire, England.
- It was founded in 1892 as University College, Reading, a University of Oxford extension college.
- The institution received the power to grant its own degrees in 1926 by royal charter from King George V and was the only university to receive such a charter between the two world wars.
- The university is usually categorised as a red brick university reflecting its original foundation in the 19th century.
- Reading has four major campuses. In the United Kingdom the campuses on London Road and Whiteknights are based in the town of Reading itself and Greenlands is based on the banks of the River Thames, Buckinghamshire.
- It also has a campus in Iskandar Puteri, Malaysia.
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Reputation
Things you should know
- Departments in the University have been awarded the biannual Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education four times: in 1998 in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Law category for work on Shakespeare; in 2005, in the Environment category; in 2008, again in Humanities, Social Sciences and Law; and in 2011 for "teaching and design applications in typography through print and new technologies" in Typography & Graphic Communication.
- Reading was ranked 35th in the UK amongst multi-faculty institutions for the quality (GPA) of its research and 28th for its Research Power in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework.
- In total, 98% of the University's research is labelled as 'internationally recognised', 78% as 'internationally excellent and 27% as 'world leading'.
- Its School of Agriculture Policy and Development was ranked top in the UK and 11th in the world, according to the QS classification of universities by subject.
Alumni
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- Richard Sambrook – Director of the BBC World Service.
- Gavin Grant – Chief Executive of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
- Noel Stockdale – Co-founder of Asda.
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