University of Reading

United Kingdom

The University of Reading is a public university located in Reading, Berkshire in England. It was established in 1892 as a satellite college of Christ Church, Oxford. It received the power to grant its own degrees by Royal Charter in 1926 from King George V, and was the only university to receive such a charter between the two world wars.

Each program at the university is managed by a school or an intra-school department. Each school belongs any of the four faculties: Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science (includes the Institute of Education); Henley Business School; Faculty of Life Sciences and Faculty of Science.

The university has a total student population of more than 17,000 of which over 11,900 are enrolled in the undergraduate courses. The student to faculty ratio at the University of Reading is 16:1.

The university has a partnership with ONCAMPUS that offers Undergraduate Foundation Program in Arts and Design. The program provides a guaranteed opportunity (subject to fulfillment of specified criteria) for progression to Year-1 of the University of Reading’s undergraduate degrees in Arts, Design, Film and Theatre.

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