Facts and figures

Level 2019/0 2020/1 2021/2 2022/3 2023/4 5 Yr
% Change
UG 19,760 21,602 22,822 22,491 22,856 16%
PGT 3,807 3,949 5,409 5,535 4,937 39%
PGR 1,675 1,719 1,773 1,761 1,756 5%
Total 25,241 27,270 30,005 29,786 29,549 17%

About the Student Numbers

This data is taken from the annual 1st December student census and represents the most up to date information about students for the current academic year. Students which withdraw during the year will not be accounted for in these figures. The data is FTE including INTO, but excluding non-credit bearing students and inbound exchange students such as Erasmus.

Fee Status 2019/0 2020/1 2021/2 2022/3 2023/4 5 Yr
% Change
Home/EU 19,790 22,132 23,285 22,383 22,648 14%
International 5,451 5,139 6,720 7,403 6,901 27%
Total 25,241 27,270 30,005 29,786 29,549 17%

About the Student Numbers

This data is taken from the annual 1st December student census and represents the most up to date information about students for the current academic year. Students which withdraw during the year will not be accounted for in these figures. The data is FTE including INTO, but excluding non-credit bearing students and inbound exchange students such as Erasmus.

Campus 2019/0 2020/1 2021/2 2022/3 2023/4 5 Yr
% Change
Streatham* 19,357 20,887 22,913 22,885 22,414 16%
St Lukes** 3,327 3,674 4,357 4,305 4,474 34%
Penryn*** 2,578 2,710 2,736 2,586 2,662 3%
Total 25,241 27,270 30,005 29,786 29,549 17%

* Streatham campus includes historic data from 2019/20 and 2020/21 for Dubai.
​​​​​​​** Education, Sports Health Sciences, Medical Sciences, Medicine.
*** Includes students at Knowledge Spa.

About the Student Numbers

This data is taken from the annual 1st December student census and represents the most up to date information about students for the current academic year. Students which withdraw during the year will not be accounted for in these figures. The data is FTE including INTO, but excluding non-credit bearing students and inbound exchange students such as Erasmus.

The spreadsheet below below shows how many staff were employed at Exeter in the last academic year: 20230123_Staff_Numbers

UK league tables

Publication Year:  2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Good University Guide  7 7 9 14 12 12 12 21 13 11  
Guardian University Guide 12 9 11 13 14 10 16 15 15 18  
Complete University Guide 10 10 13 14 12 11 12 13 19 15  

International League Tables

Publication Year: 

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
THE 154 93 126 130 141 146 174 143 137 177  
QS  161  161  164 158 154 163 164 149 163 153  
Leiden*  58  34  35  35 35 24 29  31  40 31 38
ARWU 250 175 175 175 160 175 160 151-
200
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150
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200
 

* To view these results correctly, sort the Leiden results table by the “PP top 10%” (percentage of outputs in the top 10% most-cited)

The Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 is the national assessment of the strength of UK research. The results show that we at Exeter have increased the proportion of our research which is world-leading by more than 60% and increased the size of our research community by 70%.

The following link takes you to the Annual report and financial statements where details of our major sources of income for the last financial year can be found in the notes to the accounts using the chapter listing available.

Internal members of staff can find out more information on the MI HUB.

If you would like to submit a request under the Freedom of Information (FOI) act 2000 you can find out more here.

The University is an exempt charity, incorporated by Royal Charter (RC000653).