University of Reading

The University of Reading is a Top 30 UK University (ranked 27th out of 84 UK universities featured in the QS World University Rankings, 2021) based in the South East of England, 25 minutes from central London by train. Reading is also in the UK top 10 for Land & Property Management, Building, Agriculture & Forestry, Aural & Oral Sciences, and Earth & Marine Sciences (The Complete University Guide, 2020).

Reading prides itself on its pioneering history, bright prospects, green environment, central location, vibrant research hub, and the international community.

Founded in 1892 as a University of Oxford extension college, Reading gained its Royal Charter in 1926. More than 150,000 students from 180 different countries have studied at Reading, with their first international student from Kenya enrolling in 1908.

Reading is a campus university offering on-site student accommodation, with its beautiful parkland campus, Whiteknights, winning the Green Flag Award for the top university green space in the UK for the 9th consecutive year in 2019.

There is a wide range of programs available at the University of Reading from the pure and applied sciences to languages, humanities, social sciences, business, and the arts. New research continually feeds into teaching, with academic staff working at the forefront of their fields of expertise.