Why Exeter?

We deliver a first class education and the personal and professional skills required for a successful career. We engage with students and put them at the centre of all that we do. We help you become who you want to be.

A first class education

• The University of Exeter has been named University of the Year 2013 by The Sunday Times.
• Exeter is ranked 7th in the UK in The Sunday Times University Guide 2013 and is also ranked 10th in The Times and in The Guardian.
• Added to this, Exeter is also ranked in the top one per cent of universities in the world, according to the Times Higher Education international rankings.
• University of Exeter students are among the most satisfied in the UK: we are ranked 6th in the UK in the National Student Survey 2012 amongst traditional universities and 3rd for the quality of our teaching
• From 2012 we offer first years a weekly minimum of 10 hours of teaching time for humanities and social sciences and 15 hours for science.
• We recruit leading academics: people who extend the boundaries of knowledge through their research. This makes for exciting and challenging teaching and equips you with the very latest knowledge.
• We see academic research and teaching as complementary activities: you will be taught how to undertake research, which is an important workplace skill.
• ‘Beautiful, friendly, fun, exciting, green’ and ‘welcoming’ are the most popular words chosen by our students to describe their University.
• Our campuses are among the finest in the UK. Iconic new buildings like the Forum and more than 2,500 on-campus student rooms have been created through a £350 million investment programme.
• Undeniably, Devon and Cornwall are great places to live: that’s why the world comes here on holiday. But forget notions of Westcountry sleepiness: the University is an academic powerhouse ranked among the top 70 fastest growing organisations in Europe and the top 25 in the UK.

We develop your personal and professional skills so you can enjoy a successful career

• We are committed from day one to helping you build the right skills to develop a successful career. That support extends throughout your studies and even after you graduate.
• Despite the tough economic times, we have improved our employment record year-on-year: more than 90 per cent of students  get a job or further study place within six months of graduating.
• Exeter is one of a leading group of universities targeted by major graduate recruiters.
• We help you discover career options for your degree, to research employment sectors, and to plan for your future. You can access help from alumni working in your chosen field and get support from our careers consultants.
• We boost your career chances through skills training in areas like assertiveness, enterprise, commercial awareness, communication and leadership: we are the only university in the UK to offer this to all of our undergraduates.
• We provide over 900 employment focused events a year, ranging from employer presentations and mock interviews to careers fairs.
• We help you search for jobs by providing the latest graduate level vacancies from top employers and many smaller organisations specifically targeting University of Exeter students.
• Work experience, internships and volunteering opportunities are available to help you gain practical experience and make your CV stand out from the crowd.
• All undergraduates* have the chance to spend part of their studies abroad, which helps enhance your CV: we have links with over 100 international universities, including summer schools in places like Beijing and Hong Kong.
• And, of course, we offer plenty of practical help so you can create a brilliant CV, complete job application forms, shine at interviews, tackle assessment centres, get through psychometric testing and more.

We engage with students and put you at the centre of all that we do

• We listen carefully to what students tell us about their experience at Exeter and involve them in our decision-making.
• We see the involvement of students in their own learning as essential to providing a high quality student experience. We strongly believe the more you put into something the more you get out: so we encourage you to get involved, whether in sport, society or the University.
• The involvement ethos goes beyond graduation: many of our 80,000 alumni are advocates and active supporters, engaged with helping the current generation of students to succeed.
• We have the highest level of student engagement in the UK – through clubs and societies, volunteering, Students’ Guild elections and even helping to run the University. 8,000 students take part in 165 societies.
• Exeter is a top 10 UK university for sport, whether students are seeking to be national or international performers or just for fun.

*Except those studying BSc Medical Imaging