The latest available figures* show that 94% of our recent graduates were in employment or further study. This is a higher figure than that achieved by graduates from Oxford, Cambridge, Southampton and Warwick.
* Figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
Our Professional Training placement programme is admired by other universities around the world.
Over 1,000 partner organisations work with us to provide students from all parts of the University with vital experience of the professional environment. What makes our Professional Training placements so good? They’re built into your degree programme, not bolted onto it.
Our campus hosts major national facilities such as the Ion beam Centre, which academics from other universities come here to use. These facilities allow our Award-winning researchers to change the world in important fields such as safe water, sustainable energy, communication, disease control and health.
£12m Ivy Arts Centre and Guildford School of Acting; £36m Surrey Sports Park, host to 15 teams; £35m 5G Research Centre for the next generation of mobile communications; £47m School of Veterinary Science; £70m Manor Park student village; £13m new Library & Learning Centre.
Our campus has more than 300 different types of trees and over 1,000 different species of flowers. Together they provide beautiful and engaging scenery all year round.
The campus is situated within sight of the idyllic Surrey Hills, named as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and filled with endless opportunities to relax and unwind – from pretty country pubs and National Trust sites such as Box Hill and Polesden Lacey, to local breweries and vineyards, and acres of rolling countryside for walking and cycling.
The region is rich with heritage and culture (Hampton Court, Windsor Castle and Kew Gardens are easily accessible) and with outstanding sporting venues too — tennis at Wimbledon, rugby union at Twickenham, horse racing at Epsom and Ascot, and cricket at the Oval.
For those seeking more metropolitan pleasures, London is only half an hour away by train, putting world-class shopping, entertainment and nightlife right on your doorstep. And if you really need to get away from it all, or fly home for the holidays, major airports — including Heathrow and Gatwick — are conveniently close at hand.
Located a short walk along the spine road from the main entrance, this building is home to:
Many of our events take place in the £4.5 million Ivy Arts Centre, opened in June 2011.
Housed in a former sports building that became redundant with the opening of the University’s new Surrey Sports Park, the Ivy Arts Centre provides a theatre, studios, workshops, dressing rooms and various other spaces, including a large wardrobe store, costume-making room and laundry. The theatre seats 200 people and includes a box office, foyer and bar area.
Giving students a competitive edge for their future. That’s what we do, and it’s what we have been doing since our very first students passed through our doors in 1894.
The University was established with an aim to educate men and women who had a thirst for knowledge and a hunger to succeed. Whilst times have changed, our belief in the power of education and innovation remains the same.
The Surrey Sports Park made the University of Surrey the perfect choice.
