A mere 25 minutes from London by rail, Reading University’s five faculties offer over 200 study programmes to 17,040 students from 141 countries – SUMMIYA YASMEEN Conferred a royal charter in 1926 ” the only British varsity to be chartered between the two World Wars ” the 89-year-old University of Reading is ranked among Britain’s Top 35 varsities. The Guardian University Guide 2015 ranks Reading #30 while the Times and Sunday Times University Guide 2015 ranks it #33 nationally. Internationally, the university is ranked 201-225 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2014. Moreover, 98 percent of the university™s research is rated as being of international standard by the UK™s Research Excellence Framework 2014. Sited in Reading, a mere 25 minutes from London by rail, the eponymous university™s five faculties ” life sciences; science; arts, humanities and social sciences; Henley Business School and Graduate School ” offer over 200 study programmes to 17,040 students from 141 countries mentored by 4,000 faculty and staff. The Henley B-school is highly-reputed and consistently ranked among the world™s Top 50 business schools by the Financial Times and The Economist. Reading is a global university with a world-class reputation for teaching, research and enterprise. We offer three scenic campuses, which have recently benefited from an ambitious multi-million pound UK-government investment programme to deliver 21st century facilities, says Sir David Bell, vice chancellor of the university which traces its origins to the Schools of Art and Science established in 1860 and 1870, which were affiliated with Oxford University. Reading. Sited in the county of Berkshire, Reading (pop.235,000) is a prosperous town ranked in the top two towns/cities of the UK for high economic growth and well-being by the 2012 Good Growth for Cities report. It offers students side streets and arcades with quirky small shops and cafes, shopping centres, a host of coffee shops, traditional pubs, bars and nightclubs and a ten-screen cinema. It also hosts the world-famous three-day Reading Festival, which attracts over 87,000 music aficionados every year. Reading’s centre is a short walk/bus ride from the university’s Whiteknights and London Road campuses. Students also have easy access to London’s Heathrow airport (35 minutes by road) and the rolling downs of southern England. Like the rest of the United Kingdom, Reading has a maritime climate with cold winters and warm summers, and moderate rainfall through the year. The coldest month is February when the mercury could drop to near freezing point, while summer temperatures range from 10.8-22.4°C. Campus facilities. The university’s main Whiteknights campus is set amidst 130 hectares of rolling parklands with green spaces, a lake, rare trees and wildlife. Indoors, Reading offers cutting-edge teaching and learning facilities, including 24-hour IT resources and a library housing over 1 million books, manuscripts and electronic resources, catered and self-catered student accommodation, and three specialist museums ” the Cole (zoology), Ure Museum (Greek archaeology) and Museum of English Rural Life. Sports options include athletics facilities of the University Sports Park featuring a state-of-the-art fitness studio, squash…
