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.
The University is participating in the Brazilian Government’s Science without Borders scholarship programme.
Since September 2012, more than 40 Brazilian students have received scholarships to study at Surrey. Subjects taken range from music and film to physics and engineering.
Our participation in this programme further strengthens our links with universities in Brazil, a country of increasing importance to the world economy.
One of our Business Management and German students received the award for best performance during the Professional Training year following her placement at Mazda Motors Europe headquarters in Germany.
