University of Warwick

Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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Website: www.warwick.ac.uk

Recent news

British Conference of Undergraduate Research 2012
Warwick Business School ranked in global Top 30
European University Association Conference
The Warwick Higher Education Summit
Winter Degree Ceremonies 2012

About the University of Warwick

University of Warwick (Picture: Necrothesp)Warwick is one of the UK's leading universities, with an acknowledged reputation for excellence in research and teaching, for innovation, and for links with business and industry.

By 2015 Warwick will be in the top 50 world Universities.

Rankings

  • THE 2009: 58
  • THE 2008: 69
  • THE 2007: 57
  • SJT 2009: 152-200
  • SJT 2008: 152-200
  • SJT 2007: 203-304

Landmark buildings

The campus has recently been voted the best in the UK. It includes a number of outstanding features including:

  • The Piazza
  • Warwick Arts Centre
  • University House
  • The International Digital Laboratory

International partnerships

Collaborating with other universities and sharing knowledge and resources with universities and academic communities throughout the world is an important part of Warwick's international mission. Warwick has developed strategic alliances through formal agreements with five core partners: Boston and Vanderbilt Universities (USA); Jawaharlal Nehru University (India); Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), and Monash University (Australia).

It is a member of The Association of Commonwealth Universities, Academic Consortium 21, Groupe Maastricht and the British Universities Iraq Consortium.

Famous academics

Current and former notable members of academic staff at Warwick include:

  • Sir Brian Follett (Biological Sciences)
  • Mike Paterson (Computer Science)
  • Kevin Warwick (Engineering)
  • Robert Skidelsky (Economics)
  • Ian Stewart FRS (Maths)
  • Jonathan Bate (English)
  • Germaine Greer (English)
  • Jeremy Treglown (English)
  • Professor Lord Kumar Bhattachayyra (WMG)
  • Professor Nigel Thrift (Vice-Chancellor)

Notable research areas

Warwick was ranked seventh for quality of research out of 159 of the institutions which took part in the UK Funding Councils 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. Over 65% of the University's academic staff are located in "world-leading" or "internationally excellent" departments with top research ratings of 4* or 3*. Warwick is particularly renowned for its research in environmental science, history, mathematics, statistics, economics, French, Italian, classics, business and management, film studies and theatre studies in which it ranked in the top 5 of the Research Assessment Exercise. Furthermore, 19 Warwick departments are in the top 10 in the UK and Warwick has achieved a 35% increase in the number of staff submitted with almost 90% taking part.

Most significant research breakthrough in the last 12 months

The designing and building of an environmentally sustainable Formula 3 racing car.

Mission

The mission of the University of Warwick is:

  • To become a world leader in research and teaching
  • Through research of international excellence, to increase significantly the range of human knowledge and understanding
  • To equip graduates to make an important contribution to the economy and to society
  • To serve our local region - academically, culturally and economically
  • To continue to make a Warwick education available to all those able to benefit from it, regardless of economic or social circumstances

Vision

To be in the top 50 world universities by 2015

Student profile

  • Total Number: 21,598
  • Undergraduate: 12,510
  • Postgraduate: 9,088
  • International Students (undergraduate and postgraduate: 5,743