The University of Reading
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1926 (university status) 1892 (as University College, Reading) |
| Endowment | £13.9 million (as of 31 July 2015) |
| Chancellor | Lord William Waldegrave |
| Vice-Chancellor | Sir David Bell |
| Visitor | The Lord President of the Council ex officio |
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Administrative staff
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1,860 |
| Students | 14,980 (2015/16) |
| Undergraduates | 10,315 (2015/16) |
| Postgraduates | 4,665 (2015/16) |
| Location | Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom |
| Colours | Red, black and white |
| Website | www.reading.ac.uk |
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ARWU (2017, national) |
21–28 | |
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ARWU (2017, world) |
201–300 | |
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QS (2018, national) |
28 | |
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QS (2018, world) |
175 | |
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THE (2016/17, national) |
32 | |
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THE (2016/17, world) |
192 | |
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CWTS Leiden (2017, world) |
90 | |
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Complete (2018, national) |
26 | |
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The Guardian (2018, national) |
29 | |
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Times/Sunday Times (2017, national) |
31 | |
The University of Reading is a public university located in Reading, Berkshire in England. It was established in 1892 as a satelite 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.
The 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) placed the University 27th out of 154 institutions in the UK for Research Power, and 19th for Research Intensity. In total, 98% of the University's research is labelled as 'internationally recognised', 78% as 'internationally excellent and 27% as 'world leading'.
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 the Arts. Reading was the first university to win a Queen's Award for Export Achievement, in 1989. 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.
The university is usually categorised as a red brick university, reflecting its original foundation in the 19th century. It has four main campuses both in the United Kingdom and internationally. London Road and Whiteknights are based in the town of Reading itself, and Greenlands is based on the banks of the River Thames. It also has a campus in Iskandar Puteri, Malaysia.
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