Students
A total of 14,313 students are currently studying at UEA - 11,804 undergraduates and 2,509 postgraduates. Of these, 2,493 are non-UK/EU students from more than 100 countries worldwide.
Former students include Booker Prize winning authors Ian McEwan, Anne Enright and Kazuo Ishiguro; comedy writers and performers Charlie Higson, Arthur Smith and Paul Whitehouse; explorer Benedict Allen; meteorologist Penny Tranter; Radio 1 DJ Greg James; actors Jack Davenport, James Frain, Matt Smith and Tim Bentinck; and Gareth Malone from the BBC's The Choir.
Staff
The University employs around 2,500 staff - around two thirds of which are full time, and one third part time.
More than 1,000 members of staff are academic including around 400 researchers. Administration, support, technical and general staff make up just over 1,500 in total.
Courses
The University offers a choice of more than 300 courses through 23 Schools of Study.
As well as this, over 160 evening and day courses are available to local people at locations throughout Norfolk - including the award-winning Science Starter programme.
Campus
The University campus is located two miles outside Norwich city centre in 362 acres of parkland with award-winning architecture by Sir Denys Lasdun, Lord (Norman) Foster and Rick Mather. It is home to 3,500 student residences.
The campus is also home to the prestigious Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, which houses the Sainsbury Collection - a stunning combination of modern Western works with fine and applied arts from across the globe.
The University's multi-million pound Sportspark is the largest indoor sports centre in Britain. It includes a 50m competition swimming pool, a climbing wall, fitness centre and a human performance laboratory.
Click here to find out more about facilities on campus, and here to find out about the history of the university.
Partnerships
The University is a leading member of the Norwich Research Park (NRP) - a powerful co-operative including the John Innes Centre, the Institute of Food Research, the Sainsbury Laboratory and the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust. The NRP has 6,500 staff and over 900 postgraduate research science students.
We also have strong links with the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust and other health providers, in all aspects of bio-medical research involving UEA's Schools of Health, Biological Sciences and Environmental Sciences.
The university also works with partner colleges including City College and University Campus Suffolk.
