Essex is a lively community with some 8,780 students, 5,710 of whom are undergraduates. We have roughly equal numbers of men and women students and over 120 different nationalities are represented. Visitors to Essex almost invariably remark on the very friendly and informal atmosphere - one of the advantages of a compact campus where people quickly get to know each other.
The University also has a long tradition of admitting students, including mature students, who do not have standard entry qualifications but who will make good use of the opportunity to study for a degree.
The University of Essex, based at Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, received its Royal Charter in 1965. Over 200 acres of attractive parkland, much of it landscaped in the eighteenth century, provides the setting for the University's Colchester campus.
The close knit Colchester campus has shops, banks and restaurants, and the University is able to offer accommodation to a high proportion of its students. As part of its excellent range of sporting and leisure facilities, the University boasts four squash courts, fitness gym, climbing wall and an eighteen-hole frisbee golf course. The Arts are also well catered for at Essex - there is a University Theatre, an Exhibition Gallery, and an extensive programme of musical and dramatic events.
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