Editing East of England (section)

===Universities===
The most famous university in the region is the [[University of Cambridge]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/sample-page/|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20180918150902/http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/sample-page/|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 September 2018|title=The National Archives – UK Government Web Archive|first=The National|last=Archives|website=www.nationalarchives.gov.uk|access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref> The university has been officially rated as the best in the world in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/sep/08/worlds-top-100-universities-2010|title=The world's top 100 universities, 2010|author=Jeevan Vasagar|work=The Guardian|date=8 September 2010 |access-date=30 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530204442/http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/sep/08/worlds-top-100-universities-2010|archive-date=30 May 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> It has the second-best medicine course in the world, and in 2010 became the only university outside of the US to raise over £1 billion in charitable donations.

There are eight universities in the region. Cambridge hosts two universities: the [[University of Cambridge]] and [[Anglia Ruskin University]]. It is also the home of the [[Open University]]'s East of England branch. Norwich also hosts two universities: the [[University of East Anglia]] and [[Norwich University of the Arts]]. There are also other towns and cities in the region which have universities including Bedford and Luton ([[University of Bedfordshire]]), Colchester ([[University of Essex]]) and Hatfield ([[University of Hertfordshire]]). Other higher education centres in the region include [[University Centre Peterborough]], [[University of Suffolk]] and [[Writtle College]].<ref name="Winters 75–88">{{Citation |last=Winters |first=Jane| author-link =Jane Winters|title=Negotiating the archives of UK web space |date=2019-03-07 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315231662-6 |work=The Historical Web and Digital Humanities |pages=75–88 |location=Abingdon, Oxon|publisher=Routledge |doi=10.4324/9781315231662-6 |isbn=9781315231662 |s2cid=149676241 |access-date=2022-03-24}}</ref>

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[[File:University of Essex.jpg|thumb|left|University of Essex near Colchester]]
The University of Cambridge receives almost three times as much funding as any other university in the region, due to its huge research grant—the largest in England (and the UK). The next largest, by funding, is [[University of East Anglia|UEA]] in Norwich. The [[University of Essex]] and [[Cranfield University]] also have moderately large research grants, but no other universities in the region do. The largest university by student numbers is ARU, and the next biggest is Cambridge. The smallest is Essex.<ref name="Winters 75–88"/>

For total income to universities, Cambridge receives around £1 billion—around six times larger than any other university in the region. The [[University of Bedfordshire]] receives the least income. Cambridge has the lowest drop-out (discontinuation) rate in the region. Once graduated, over 50% of students stay in the region, with 25% going to London and 10% going to the South East. Very few go elsewhere—especially the North of England.<ref name="Winters 75–88"/>

* University of Cambridge
* University of East Anglia
* University of Essex
* University of Hertfordshire
* Anglia Ruskin University
* University of Bedfordshire