Address

University of Plymouth
Drake Circus
Plymouth
PL4 8AA

Website

http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/

Plymouth University is one of the UK's most prominent and dynamic universities with an educational history dating back to 1862.

Consistently ranked as one of the top three modern universities, Plymouth has

• over 30,000 students
• almost 3,000 staff
• an annual income of around £160 million
• a major role in the Combined Universities in Cornwall

High academic standards

Plymouth has performed very well in all teaching reviews carried out by external bodies since 1996.

The University has a long record of high quality innovative research as demonstrated by its achievements in the RAE. The university submitted twenty-five Units of Assessment in the 2008 RAE. The results show that the majority of research submitted by the university included world-leading research, achieving the highest rating possible - scoring 4-stars. Overall, 80% of the research was judged as being of international repute.

In the Research Fortnight research power league table , on the basis of the results of the 2008 RAE Plymouth has leapt 15 places to join the top 50 universities, showing the greatest improvement in the UK in research performance since the last RAE, in 2001.

Our investment in your future

The University is committed to improving the experience of its students, demonstrated by a high level of investment in new facilities.  You can view our new campus developments at www.plymouth.ac.uk/location .

 

November 2012

University of Plymouth presently has no vacancies listed in our database.