University of Surrey

The is a public research university in University of Surrey

Guildford, England. The university received its royal charter in 1966, along with a number of other institutions following recommendations in the Robbins Report. The institution was previously known as Battersea College of Technology and was located in Battersea Park, London. Its roots however, go back to Battersea Polytechnic Institute, founded in 1891 to provide further and higher education in London, including its poorer inhabitants. The university's research output and global partnerships have led to it being regarded as one of the UK's leading research universities.

The university is a member of the Association of MBAs and is one of four universities in the University Global Partnership Network. It is also part of the SETsquared partnership along with the University of Bath, the University of Bristol, the University of Southampton Coat of arms of the University of and the University of Exeter. The university's main campus is on Surrey Stag Hill, close to the centre of and adjacent to Guildford Former name Battersea Cathedral. Surrey Sports Park is situated at the nearby Manor Park, Polytechnic the university's secondary campus. Among British universities, the Institute (1891– University of Surrey had the 14th highest average UCAS Tariff for 1956) new entrants in 2015. Battersea College

A major centre for satellite and mobile communications research, the of Technology university is in partnership with King's College London and the (1956–1966)

University of Dresden to develop 5G technology worldwide. It also Type Public research holds a number of formal links with institutions worldwide, university including the Surrey International Institute, launched in partnership with the Dongbei University of Finance and Economics. The Established 1966 (gained university owns the Surrey Research Park, providing facilities for university status) over 110 companies engaged in research. Surrey has been awarded Endowment £2.6 million (as of 31 three Queen's Anniversary Prizes for its research, with the 2014 July 2017) Research Excellence Framework ranking 78% of the university's research outputs as "world leading" or "internationally excellent". It Budget £267.3 million was named as The Sunday Times University of the Year in 2016. (2016–17)

Chancellor The Duke of Kent The chancellor of the university is Prince Edward, Duke of Kent. Current and emeritus academics at the university include ten Vice-Chancellor Gaoqing Max Lu Fellows of the Royal Society, twenty-one Fellows of the Royal Administrative 2,338 Academy of Engineering, one Fellow of the British Academy and staff six Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences. Surrey has Students 16,815 (2018/19) educated many notable alumni, including Olympic gold medallists, several senior politicians. Undergraduates 13,430 (2018/19) Postgraduates 3,385 (2018/19) Location Guildford, England Campus Stag Hill, Manor Park

Colours Blue and gold History Athletics Team Surrey Foundation and early period Affiliations Association of MBAs The University of Surrey was preceded by the Battersea Polytechnic ACU Institute which was founded in 1891 and admitted its first students in EUA 1894. Its aim was to provide greater access to further and higher SETsquared education for Londoners, including some of the city's "poorer UGPN inhabitants". In 1901, evening classes consisted of some of Universities UK Mechanical Engineering and Building, Electrical Engineering, Chemical and other trades, Physics and Natural Science, Maths, Website surrey.ac.uk (http:// Languages, Commercial subjects, Music and special classes for surrey.ac.uk) women including Domestic Economy subjects. Day classes consisted of Art, Science, Women's Subjects and Gymnastics, and classes were also offered in preparation for university and professional examinations. The institute focused on science and technology subjects, and from about 1920 taught University of London students, awarding University of London external degrees.

Academic profile

Research

The university conducts extensive research on small satellites, with its Surrey Space Centre and spin-off commercial company, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. In the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise, the University of Surrey received a rating in the categories of "Sociology", "Other Studies and Professions Allied to Medicine", and "Electrical and Electronic Engineering" and a rating in the categories of "Psychology", "Physics", "Applied Mathematics", "Statistics and Operational Research", "European Studies" and "Russian, Slavonic and East European Languages".

The 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) at the University of Surrey opened in September 2015, for the purpose of research for the development of the first worldwide 5G network. It has gained over £40m support from international telecommunications companies including Aeroflex, MYCOM OSI, BBC, BT Group, EE (telecommunications company), Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe, , Ofcom, Rohde & Schwarz, The Austin Pearce Building Samsung, Telefonica and Vodafone – and a further £11.6m from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).

In addition, the Surrey Research Park is a 28 ha (69-acre) low density development which is owned and developed by the university, providing large landscaped areas with water features and facilities for over 110 companies engaged in a broad spectrum of research, development and design activities. The university generates the third highest endowment income out of all UK universities "reflecting its commercially- orientated heritage."

Reputation and rankings

The university has consistently been in the top 60 of the three main Rankings ranking compilations of universities in the United Kingdom, placing it National rankings 39th in The Times and Sunday Times, 34th in The Good University Complete (2021) Guide and the Complete University Guide, and 54th in The Guardian 34 University Guide for 2021. International rankings have seen a steady Guardian (2021) 54 improvement over the past five years. Subjects ranked in the top 20 Times / Sunday Times 39 include Hospitality & Leisure Management and Petroleum (2021) engineering. The university was ranked 7th in the Times Higher

Education Student Experience Survey 2018. In 2019, Surrey was Global rankings ranked 161-170th in the QS World Employability Rankings, and 1st in ARWU (2020) 301– the UK and 12th in the world for research partnerships with employers 400 . CWTS Leiden (2020) 599 In 1991 the university was granted the Queen's Award for Export QS (2021) 267 Achievement, and in 1996 was awarded a Queen's Anniversary Prize THE (2021) for Higher & Further Education in recognition of the university's 251– outstanding achievement in satellite engineering and communications, 300 teaching and research by the Centre for Satellite Engineering Research and associated companies. In 1998, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd British Government assessment was awarded the Queen's Award for Technological Achievement, Teaching Excellence Gold presented in person by the Queen on her second visit to the university, Framework accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh and The Duke of Kent, Chancellor of the University.

Notable academics and alumni

Notable alumni

Theoretical physicist President of Former Labour Conservative peer Jim Al-Khalili (BSc; Mauritius Ameenah Member of Jim O'Neill, Baron PhD) Gurib (BSc) Parliament Liz O'Neill of Gatley McInnes (MSc) (PhD, 1982)

Psychologist Linda Wolf Prize in Former Governor of the Papadopoulos Agriculture laureate Conservative Central Bank of (MSc) John Pickett (BSc, Member of the Barbados Marion 1967; PhD, 1971) European Vernese Williams Parliament Kay (PhD) Swinburne (MBA)

Indonesian Cabinet Conservative peer Minister Arief Yahya George Young, Baron Young of Cookham (MPhil)