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 services and facilities are constantly being improved. We aim to create an environment which welcomes disabled and dyslexic students, enabling you to participate fully in university life.
Few universities can match our ability for enterprise. Whether it’s supporting our students and academics as they seek to turn their ideas into successful business propositions, working with industry to share our expertise for everyone’s benefit, or creating our own ‘spin-out’ companies to get the results of our world-class research out into the world, our naturally entrepreneurial culture has achieved success after success.
Applications for accommodation can be made through the Accommodation Services web pages. Please make sure you read the full conditions on how to apply.
We have launderettes on all our sites, a post office, bank, bookstore, pharmacy, convenience store and health centre on the Stag Hill campus, and a café-bar on the Manor Park Campus. There is a large Tesco supermarket nearby, with global cuisine and dietary needs catered for by the Students’ Union international food shop. A weekly fruit and vegetable market is held on the Stag Hill campus too.
All campus accommodation has a residential warden service and 24-hour cover from our in-house security team, ensuring that you feel safe and secure. Student mentors are also on hand to help you settle in and keep your social diaries busy.
We recently celebrated the 120th anniversary of our foundation.
The institution has evolved significantly in that time, but some things have remained constant. We strongly believe that we should turn the new knowledge we generate into practical innovations that improve people’s lives. We want our students and academics to make a real impact on the world, for their own benefit as well as the advances they can help to bring about.
These are the attitudes that most clearly define us, and have done so for over 120 years.
Situated on the side of Stag Hill not far from Guildford’s town centre, the University campus is self contained.
All facilities are close to each other and the campus setting offers a controlled environment to live and study. Staff are easily contactable and amenities are on hand.
As the campus is on the side of a hill, ground floor levels between buildings can vary widely. Level changes in footpaths are generally stepped which can cause difficulty for students with mobility problems. However, there are routes to most places on campus using ramps.
If you have mobility difficulties, you should also contact the Faculty Fire Officer (through the Academic Faculty Office) who will discuss an evacuation plan with you. We recommend that you visit the campus in advance to ensure that we meet your needs.
We are extremely proud of our Professional Training placement programme.
Our prestigious placement partner organisations— which include EDF, Unilever, Sony, Sainsbury's and Microsoft — provide opportunities for students from right across the University to put their knowledge and skills into practice in a real professional environment. In return, the enthusiasm, ambition and creativity of a Surrey undergraduate enhances the organisation's workplace for up to a year.
Pre-entry days take place in mid-September and are designed to help with the transition to higher education.
Each event covers some of the key issues around studying and living at university, including how higher education differs from school or college, what is expected of you as a first-year student, and how to manage your finances.
There is the opportunity to take a tour of the campus, and Student Ambassadors are on hand to provide an insight into what life at Surrey is really like.
