The University of Essex (lies on eastern of England) is an UK public research university, established in 1964. Essex has three campuses in Colchester, Southend and London. We are a world-leading social science University, also called a "double top" UK University which refers to excellent in teaching quality (TEF Gold Award) and excellent in research (top 25 in the UK). Essex is truly international university, with students and academic staff from more than 140 different countries. Essex is ranked 22nd for international outlook in the THE Rankings 2021.

The determination of University of Essex to make a difference in society means we’re in the global top 100 of the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, which ranked more than 1,400 universities around the world.

Making an impact through research is at the heart of our University. We're in the UK top 10 for research quality in four subjects (Grade Point Average, REF2021) and in the UK top 10 for research power in five subjects (Times Higher Education 2022).