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| Chancellor | Lord Phillips of Sudbury OBE |
| Vice-Chancellor | Professor Ivor Crewe |
| Students Num. | over 5000 (UG), 2000 (PG) |
| Campus size | 200 acres |
The University of Essex is a campus university based at Wivenhoe Park on the outskirts of Colchester in the English county of Essex, less than a mile from the town of Wivenhoe. It is one of the New Universities and received its Royal Charter in 1965.
The University has 17 departments spanning the Humanities, Social Sciences, Science, and Engineering. Its departments of economics, government, and sociology are particularly well-known and belong to the best in all of Europe. It has many overseas students due to its good reputation.
Essex is known as one of the smaller universities in the United Kingdom, but its academic research excellency is evaluated as one of the top universities. It is a member of the 1994 Group.
Alumni
- BBC foreign correspondent Brian Hanrahan;
- British Conservative politician Mrs Virginia Bottomley;
- British Conservative politician John Bercow;
- Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh;
- the former President of Costa Rica and 1987 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Dr Oscar Arias Sanchez;
- the Chief Constable of Warwickshire, Mr Peter Joslin;
- Mexico's first and only astronaut, Dr Rodolfo Neri Vela;
- Booker Prize Winner, Ben Okri.
- Creator of MUD1, the first ever MUD, Richard Bartle.