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==Academic profile== In October 2018, Warwick had 26,531 students, with around two-fifths being postgraduates.<ref name="Univ Profile People"/> About 43% of the student body comes from outside the UK<ref name="Univ Profile People"/> and over 120 countries are represented on the campus. The university has twenty-nine academic departments and over forty research centres and institutes, in three faculties: [[Arts]], Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics ([[STEM]]), and Social Sciences. There were 2,492 academic and research staff in October 2018.<ref name="Univ Profile People"/> ===International partnerships=== Warwick students can study abroad for a semester or a year and may obtain a double degree. International partners include [[Columbia University]], [[University of Waterloo]], [[McGill University]], [[Cornell University]], [[UC Berkeley]], [[Sciences Po Paris]], and the [[Balsillie School of International Affairs]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Our partners|url=https://warwick.ac.uk/services/studentopportunity/studentmobility/studyabroad/partnerinstitutions/|website=warwick.ac.uk}}</ref> ===Rankings and reputation=== {{Infobox UK university rankings | QS_W = 69 | THE_W = 106 | ARWU_W = 101–150 | LEIDEN_W = 75 | LINE_1 = 0 | Complete = 10 | The_Guardian = 8 | Times/Sunday_Times = 9 | Daily Mail = 7 | LINE_2 = 0 | TEF = Silver | REF = 15 }} [[File:Warwick 10 Years.png|thumb|upright=1.2|University of Warwick's [[Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom|national league table]] performance over the past ten years]] Warwick has a number of subjects within the 2022 [[Academic Ranking of World Universities|ARWU]]'s global top 50:<ref>{{cite web|title=Academic Ranking of World Universities: University of Warwick|url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/institution/university-of-warwick|access-date=15 October 2023|website=shanghairanking.com}}</ref> * 20th in Mathematics * 22nd in Management * 29th in Economics * 31st in Statistics * 41st in Political Sciences * 50th in Sociology In broad subject rankings, Warwick is ranked 36th globally for Social Sciences, 42nd for Humanities, and 78th for Natural Sciences, 164th for Engineering and Technology, and 204th for Life Sciences and Medicine according to the 2020 [[QS World University Rankings]]. In subject rankings, Warwick has a number of subjects within the global top 50 including:<ref>{{cite web|date=16 July 2015|title=The University of Warwick|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-warwick|access-date=7 June 2020|website=Top Universities}}</ref> * 16th in Statistics * 19th in Mathematics * 23rd in English and Literature * 23rd in Business and Management * 25th in Economics and Econometrics * 38th in Philosophy * 39th in History * 42nd in Modern Languages * 47th in Accounting and Finance * 48th in Sociology * 48th in Development Studies * 49th in Politics and International Studies The [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings|Times Higher Education]] rankings has ranked six out of eleven subjects at Warwick within the global top 100 in 2020:<ref>{{cite web|date=4 February 2020|title=University of Warwick|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-warwick|access-date=7 June 2020|website=Times Higher Education }}</ref> * 4th in Teaching Rankings * 26th in Economics and Business * 51st in Arts and Humanities * 64th in Law * 81st in Physical Sciences * 81st in Social Sciences * 85th in Psychology Warwick's Economics department and Politics and International Studies (PAIS) department were ranked 1st in the UK by the [[Good University Guide]] 2020 ahead of Oxbridge.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Times and the Sunday Times | Education – UniversityGuide|url=https://st.hitcreative.com/education/university_guide/active/UniversityGuide/index/goto/league-tables|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101215805/https://st.hitcreative.com/education/university_guide/active/UniversityGuide/index/goto/league-tables|archive-date=1 January 2019|access-date=22 October 2018}}</ref> The Mathematics department was ranked 10th in the world (3rd in the UK) in 2019 by [[Academic Ranking of World Universities]] and 19th in the world (4th in the UK) in 2020 by QS.<ref>{{cite web|date=25 February 2020|title=Mathematics|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2020/mathematics|access-date=6 June 2020|website=Top Universities}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/Shanghairanking-Subject-Rankings/mathematics.html |title=ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2017 - Mathematics |date=2017 |website=www.shanghairanking.com |access-date=10 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701105815/http://www.shanghairanking.com/Shanghairanking-Subject-Rankings/mathematics.html |archive-date=1 July 2017 }}</ref> [[The Guardian]] University Guide ranks Warwick Business School (WBS) second only after [[University of Oxford|Oxford's]] Saïd Business School in Business and Management in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|date=4 June 2013|title=University guide 2014: league table for business and management studies|url=http://www.theguardian.com/education/table/2013/jun/04/university-guide-business-management-studies|access-date=6 June 2020|website=The Guardian}}</ref> The 2020 [[QS World University Rankings]] ranked WBS 4th in the UK and 23rd globally.<ref>{{cite web|date=24 February 2020|title=Business & Management Studies|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2020/business-management-studies|access-date=6 June 2020|website=Top Universities}}</ref> However, Law and Legal Studies at Warwick has dropped from 36th globally in 2013 to 51–100th in 2020. Warwick is consistently ranked amongst the top ten in the three major [[Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom|national rankings of British universities]]. Warwick is a member of the '[[Sutton Trust#Sutton Trust 13|Sutton 13]]' of top ranked universities in the UK.<ref name="Old school 'key to student place'">{{cite news|date=20 September 2007|title=Old school 'key to student place'|publisher=BBC|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7003253.stm|url-status=live|access-date=31 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920150126/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7003253.stm|archive-date=20 September 2018}}</ref> Warwick was declared as ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'' "[[Sunday Times University of the Year|University of the Year]]" 2015.<ref>[http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/University_Guide/ The Sunday Times University Guide 2015—University of the Year] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719070112/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/University_Guide/|date=19 July 2014}}. Retrieved 25 September 2014</ref> Overall, nineteen of the twenty-seven subjects offered by Warwick were ranked within the top 10 nationally in 2019 by the Complete University Guide.<ref>{{cite news|title=League Table Performance—The University of Warwick|work=Complete University Guide|url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/warwick/performance|url-status=live|access-date=27 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428012014/https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/warwick/performance|archive-date=28 April 2018}}</ref> In 2017, Warwick was named as the university with the joint second highest graduate employment rate of any UK university, with 97.7% of its graduates in work or further study three and a half years after graduation.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last1=Grove|first1=Jack|title=Russell Group dominates UK's graduate employment charts|work=Times Higher Education|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/russell-group-dominates-uk-graduate-employment-charts|url-status=live|access-date=11 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811165700/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/russell-group-dominates-uk-graduate-employment-charts|archive-date=11 August 2017}}</ref> ===Admissions=== {| class="floatright" | {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; margin-bottom: 5px" |+UCAS Admission Statistics ! !2024 !2023 !2022 !2021 !2020 |- | '''Applications'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}<ref name=UCASEoC>{{cite web |title=UCAS Undergraduate Sector-Level End of Cycle Data Resources 2024 |url=https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-data-resources-2024 |at=Show me... Domicile by Provider |website=ucas.com |date=December 2024 |publisher=UCAS |access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref> | 45,100 | 47,130 | 43,735 | 42,260 | 42,840 |- | '''Accepted'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}<ref name=UCASEoC/> | 6,045 | 5,825 | 5,735 | 6,000 | 6,370 |- | '''Applications/Accepted Ratio'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}} | 7.5 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 6.7 |- | '''Offer Rate (%)'''{{efn-lg|name=ukjune}}<ref name="UCAS Offer Rate">{{cite web|title=2024 entry UCAS Undergraduate reports by sex, area background, and ethnic group|date=7 February 2025|url=https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-data-resources-2024/2024-entry-ucas-undergraduate-reports-sex-area-background-and-ethnic-group|publisher=[[UCAS]]|access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref> | 70.8 | 62.7 | 62.0 | 65.1 | 68.7 |- | '''[[UCAS Tariff|Average Entry Tariff]]'''<ref name="CUG Entry">{{Cite web | url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?tabletype=full-table&sortby=entry-standards | title=University League Tables entry standards 2024 |work=The Complete University Guide}}</ref> | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | 173 | 167 |} {| style="font-size:80%;float:left" |{{notelist-lg|refs= {{efn-lg|name=mainscheme|Main scheme applications, International and UK}} {{efn-lg|name=ukjune|UK domiciled applicants}} }} |} |} {| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible mw-collapsible"; style="font-size:85%; text-align:right;" |+ class="nowrap" |HESA Student Body Composition (2023/24) |- !Domicile<ref name="Table 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-1|title=HE student enrolments by HE provider, permanent address, level of study, mode of study, entrant marker, sex and academic year|publisher=[[Higher Education Statistics Agency|HESA]]|access-date=3 April 2025}}</ref> and Ethnicity<ref name="HESA ethnicity">{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/whos-in-he/characteristics|title=Who's studying in HE?: Personal characteristics|date=3 April 2025|publisher=[[Higher Education Statistics Agency|HESA]]|access-date=3 April 2025}}</ref> ! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total |- |[[White people in the United Kingdom|British White]]{{efn|Not be confused solely with [[White British]]}} |align=right| {{bartable|37|%|2||background:red}} |- |[[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom#Collective terms for minority ethnic groups|British Ethnic Minorities]]{{efn|Includes those who indicate that they identify as [[British Asian|Asian]], [[Black British people|Black]], [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed Heritage]], [[British Arabs|Arab]] or any other ethnicity except White.}} |align=right| {{bartable|26|%|2||background:green}} |- |[[European Union|International EU]] |align=right| {{bartable|5|%|2||background:blue}} |- |[[International students in the United Kingdom|International Non-EU]] |align=right| {{bartable|32|%|2||background:gray}} |- ! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |Undergraduate [[Widening participation|Widening Participation]] Indicators<ref name="Table 1"/><ref name="Times25">{{cite web |date=24 September 2024 |title=Good University Guide: Social Inclusion Ranking |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk-university-rankings/league-table |work=[[The Times]]}}</ref> |- |[[Feminism in the United Kingdom#Education|Female]] |align=right| {{bartable|48|%|2||background:purple}} |- |[[Private schools in the United Kingdom|Independent School]] |align=right| {{bartable|20|%|2||background:orange}} |- |Low Participation Areas{{efn|Calculated from the Polar4 measure, using Quintile1, in England and Wales. Calculated from the [[Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation]] (SIMD) measure, using SIMD20, in Scotland.}} |align=right| {{bartable|7|%|2||background:black}} |} Warwick students also average top A-Level grades with new entrants in 2015 amassing an average of 478 UCAS points, the equivalent of AAAaa at A-level—the 13th highest in the country.<ref name="CUG UCAS">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?o=Entry+Standards|title=University League Table 2018|publisher=Complete University Guide|access-date=26 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427003846/https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?o=Entry+Standards|archive-date=27 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The university gave offers of admission to 62% of its undergraduate applicants in 2022, the 34th lowest offer rate across the country.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cambridge to scrap 'unjust' state school targets|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/11/cambridge-to-scrap-state-school-targets/|work=The Telegraph|access-date=11 March 2024|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331190103/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/11/cambridge-to-scrap-state-school-targets/|archive-date=31 March 2024}}</ref> For 2017 entry, the university was one of only a few mainstream universities (along with [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], [[Imperial College London|Imperial College]], [[London School of Economics|LSE]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], [[University of St Andrews|St Andrews]], and [[University College London|UCL]]) to have no courses available in [[UCAS#Confirmation and clearing|Clearing]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Bhardwa|first1=Seeta|title=Clearing 2017: Top 10 UK universities with courses available|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/advice/clearing-2017-top-10-uk-universities-courses-available#survey-answer|magazine=Times Higher Education|access-date=15 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831045113/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/advice/clearing-2017-top-10-uk-universities-courses-available#survey-answer|archive-date=31 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> 22% of Warwick's undergraduates are [[Independent school (United Kingdom)|privately educated]], the fifteenth highest proportion amongst mainstream British universities.<ref>{{cite web|title=Widening participation: UK Performance Indicators 2016/17|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/01-02-2018/widening-participation-tables|website=hesa.ac.uk|publisher=Higher Education Statistics Authority|access-date=1 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210002143/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/01-02-2018/widening-participation-tables|archive-date=10 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 2016–17 academic year, the university had a domicile breakdown of 66:9:25 of UK:EU:non-EU students respectively with a female to male ratio of 50:50.<ref>{{cite web|title=Where do HE students study?|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study#provider|website=hesa.ac.uk|publisher=Higher Education Statistics Authority|access-date=9 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210120926/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study#provider|archive-date=10 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Library=== The main university library is located in the middle of the main campus. It houses approximately 1,265,000 books<ref>{{cite web| url = https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/main/basics/about/facts/| title = Library Statistics| date = 9 November 2011| work = University of Warwick| publisher = University of Warwick Library| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120110103836/http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/basics/about/facts| archive-date = 10 January 2012| url-status = dead| access-date = 10 January 2012 }}</ref> and over 13 kilometres of archives and manuscripts. The main library houses services to support Research and Teaching practice and collaboration between departments. The [[Wolfson Research Exchange]] opened in October 2008 and provides collaboration spaces, seminar rooms, conference facilities and study areas for Postgraduate Research students. The Teaching Grid, which opened in 2008, is a flexible space which allows teaching staff to try out new technologies and techniques. Adjacent to the main library building is the [[Modern Records Centre]], a sizeable archive collection, including the UK's largest industrial relations collection.
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