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University of Exeter

The University of Exeter has campuses in Exeter and Cornwall in the south-west of England. The University combines world-class research with excellent student satisfaction – it is both a member of the Russell Group and has a Gold award from the UK Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). Exeter’s well established international reputation for excellence in teaching and research is built on a strong partnership with students and staff, and a clear focus on high performance.


Changing lives through education since 1851
The University of Exeter has been dedicated to discovery and changing lives through education since 1851 when the Exeter Schools of Art and Science were founded. In 1922 it became the University College of the South West, receiving its Charter in 1955, achieving full university status and becoming the University of Exeter.
The University was joined in 1978 by St Luke’s College of Education (est. 1840) and in 2004 opened the Penryn Campus, expanding the provision of higher education in Cornwall. You can learn more about the University’s history here.

Global Exeter
The University has over 25,000 students from 130 countries and over 125,000 alumni in 183 countries. The academic community of staff, students and visiting researchers have a global experience and are part of a diverse, inclusive environment. Exeter’s strategic partnerships across the world bring together leading academics and the resources of outstanding universities to deliver transformative impact in key global challenges such as global sustainability and wellbeing.

Research Excellence
Research is at the heart of what the University does, uniting expertise from across the academic disciplines, breaking down barriers to create innovative solutions to complex, global challenges.

Recent breakthroughs to come out of the University of Exeter’s research include using drone surveys and computer modelling to plot extreme arctic erosion, improving diagnosis and treatment for cancer and diabetes (leading to the award of a prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize) and developing a 7-point plan to battle the climate emergency via economic reform.

Exeter scientists and clinicians are part of a £20 million investment to battle the spread of coronavirus utilising the University’s state-of-the-art equipment to sequence the virus from patients in the county of Devon, to help combat the disease.

Excellent facilities
Exeter has excellent teaching and research facilities and laboratories for science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine, as well as humanities and science across all of its campuses. These include the Environment and Sustainability Institute at the Penryn Campus, the Living Systems Institute and Digital Humanities Lab at the Streatham Campus, and the Research, Innovation, Learning and Development Centre (RILD) at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.

The University of Exeter in Cornwall
Exeter has two Cornwall campuses: the Truro Campus and the Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site, and the Penryn Campus where challenges relating to the environment, health and sustainability are tackled. The Truro Campus is a base for a proportion of students from the University’s College of Medicine and Health, as well as the European Centre for Environment and Human Health. On the Penryn Campus, investments to the Science and Engineering Research Support Facility (SERSF) and the Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) put the University and Cornwall at the forefront of research aiming to solve problems associated with environmental change. This commitment to sustainability underpins Exeter’s ethos and recurs throughout its degree programmes as well as in student societies, clubs and the running of the campus.

University of Exeter Sport
Sport is an important part of the Exeter experience, reflected in the investment of over £25 million during the last decade in the highest quality training environments, resources and services for the development, coaching and playing of sport.
The Sports Park at the Streatham Campus includes an athlete Development Centre, all-weather pitches, Cricket, Golf and Tennis Centres as well as the Russell Seal Fitness Centre and outdoor swimming pool. St Luke’s has an indoor pool and a gym on the campus. Exeter students have access to a range of facilities off-site such as the Boathouse and sports grounds. Students at the Penryn Campus have access to a range of excellent facilities including a 90-station gym, outdoor gym equipment, sports hall and all-weather multi-use games area.

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Exeter | International Summer School 2022
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Exeter | International Summer School and Sustainability Summer Programme 2022
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University of Exeter | International Summer School 2022

From June 30th to July 21st, 2022
Applications open from November 1st.

Take the chance in the summer to study abroad on University of Exeter's International Summer School accredited courses, whether it’s for credit transfer towards your degree, study something completely different to your normal course of study or even just a chance to interact with people from all over the world with similar interests from different perspectives.

Each course is worth up to 7.5 ECTS/4 US credits and is taught by world-class faculty along with external experts in the field brought in to ensure understanding of the subject area from different angles and small class sizes to maximise the chance to engage with your classmates and the academic staff at each turn.

The programme also includes an engaging social programme designed to help you meet and connect with new people from all over the world at a time when the world has seemed to have gotten smaller for a lot us. Also within the programme is the chance to learn new skills and acquire knowledge to help you meet your future targets, including study skills and postgraduate study guidance and potential scholarships.

One of the greatest advantages of joining the International Summer School is the chance to meet people from all over the world, get to know each and most importantly expand your knowledge and understanding of the world from many more perspectives. The entire academic programme and social programme is geared towards ensuring you can make the most of the opportunity to explore each part of the world from the people around you.

The on campus programme includes accommodation, several day trips and social programme as well incredible academic courses, with choices among the following topics:

_Adapting Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to Improve Access to Psychological Therapies
_Britain and the Making of the Modern World
_British Cultures
_Contract Law
_Engineering Biology
_Global Climate Change: Science, the Environment & Society
_Human Rights Law
_International Relations: Security, Conflict & Peace
_Preventive Medicine: Exercise and the Environment
_Project Management
_Rethinking Shakespeare: Beyond the Bard
_Theatre: Applied Puppetry
_Victorian Decadents, Degenerates, Goths and Global Citizens

The application window will be open from 1st November 2021 until 13th May 2022 5pm GMT. Please check the How to Apply guidelines to ensure you have everything you need to complete your application.

There are several partial scholarships available both from University of Exeter and external organisations for the International Summer School. See the Fees and Scholarships area for more information.

University of Exeter | International Summer School and Sustainability Summer Programme 2022

As announced in the previous call, University of Exeter is planning for its annual International Summer School to take place on the Streatham campus this year from 30th June until 21st July 2022.

Within the programme, students have the chance to study up to 2 accredited courses worth 7.5 ECTS each as well as undertake a Global Challenge, explore the UK on day trips, experience London during our 4 day orientation trip and take part in an engaging social programme designed to help people make friends from all over the world. There is currently a choice of 13 different courses from four colleges, including the new Project Management course.

New for 2022, the Project Management course is delivered by the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences but takes a broader look at the practical aspects of managing a project outside of these areas as well. The module is designed to give students an understanding of how projects create value to organisations and society as a whole through the lens of project management theories and industrial case studies. Students will learn how to start projects, manage integration and communication, as well as delivery of projects in different areas including construction, healthcare, IT, and other major industries.

The full programme fee is £2,500 for one course and £3,250 for two courses and includes all accommodation, airport transfers and all other programme transport for field trips and day trips, the social programme and all registration and academic fees. The accommodation is self-catered, but students can choose to pay for meal vouchers on campus for breakfast and lunch, and some dinners are also provided as part of the social programme.

Scholarships contributions of £500 are also available for the programme for any students who apply and are able to evidence a current GPA of 3.7 or above.

The application window will remain open until 13th May 2021 but places will be awarded on a first come first serve basis. For more information on the programme or for students to apply, please see the website (www.exeter.ac.uk/internationalsummerschool).

 

For the first time ever, University of Exeter is also running a Sustainability Summer Programme on campus, delivered by the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences.

This programme is also a credit bearing programme of one core theme and other optional mini modules to help students explore the concept of sustainability within the realms of STEM and how we can build towards that ultimate goal.

The programme will give students the chance to learn from keynote speakers who are leaders in their field and work on group projects to learn from and with other students from all over the world and truly gain a global perspective on the issues facing us and the challenge of sustainability. The programme is split into two smaller modules, the first segment will look at practical areas of STEM from engineering to sustainable materials. The second part of the programme will focus on one option from a variety of different specialisms from across the college including Urban Analytics (Computer Science), and Tackling Sustainability Challenges Using Data and Models (Mathematics with delivery from the Centre for Environmental Mathematics). There will also be optional mini modules from Renewable Energy, Engineering and Physics.

The Sustainability Summer Programme will run alongside the International Summer School, providing students with the chance to truly make global connections across all a variety of disciplines that could have an impact far into their future.

As with the International Summer School, students will have the chance to explore London at the start of the trip, with a focus on sustainable practice in the areas they visit, and enjoy field trips to some key areas to the theme of sustainability.

The programme fee for the Sustainability Summer Programme is £2,500 for the entire programme and includes the same elements as the International Summer School; accommodation, transport etc.

Applications are not yet open for this programme but students can register their interest and be notified of the opening of the application window on UOE website (https://www.exeter.ac.uk/internationalsummerschool/apply/onlineryi/).
Application window will open at the end of January on Monday 31st January 2022.