News - Top 20 University for Cornwall
University of Exeter press release
The University of Exeter, which has a campus near Penryn, Cornwall, is listed 17th in The Times Good University Guide 2007, published today (16 August 2007). Data from both the Exeter and Tremough campuses was used to give the University a rating of 726 out of a possible 1000. This is the first time the University of Exeter has been in the top 20. The 113 universities were marked on eight criteria, including student satisfaction, research quality and staff-student ratio.
'Our Tremough Campus students, including the additional 450 we will welcome this October, can be proud of the fact that they will be getting a degree from one of the country's top 20 universities,' said Professor Keith Atkinson, Provost of the University of Exeter's Cornwall Campus. 'The Tremough Campus gives people from within and outside the county the opportunity to benefit from a world-class education with a research-led University in the unique environment of Cornwall.'
In October, the University will welcome over 450 new students to Tremough when the second phase of the Campus opens, offering new degrees in Cornish Studies, History, Law and Politics. With a growing team of world-class academics, the University has brought some £5.4M in new research income to Cornwall since 2004.
The University of Exeter established its Cornwall Campus, which it shares with University College Falmouth, in 2002 as part of the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC) initiative. The University has been undertaking research and teaching in Cornwall since 1970, when it established its Cornish Studies department. Camborne School of Mines became part of the University of Exeter in 1993 and is now based at Tremough. This year, applications to study with the University of Exeter on the Tremough Campus rose by 146%.
The £100 million Tremough campus is a Combined Universities in Cornwall initiative of which the University of Exeter and University College Falmouth are two of the founding partners. It is funded mainly by the European Union (Objective One), the South West Regional Development Agency, and the Higher Education Funding Council for England, with support from Cornwall County Council. Set in 70 acres of countryside, but close to the waterside towns of Penryn and Falmouth, the campus offers a lively student community. The University of Exeter now offers degrees in Biology, Cornish Studies, English, Geology, Geography, History, Law, Mining Engineering, Politics and Renewable Energy on its Tremough Campus, which has expanded rapidly as part of the Combined Universities in Cornwall initiative.