Facts and figures
| Level | 2019/0 | 2020/1 | 2021/2 | 2022/3 | 2023/4 | 5 Yr % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UG | 19,760 | 21,602 | 22,822 | 22,491 | 22,856 | 16% |
| PGT | 3,807 | 3,949 | 5,409 | 5,535 | 4,937 | 39% |
| PGR | 1,675 | 1,719 | 1,773 | 1,761 | 1,756 | 5% |
| Total | 25,241 | 27,270 | 30,005 | 29,786 | 29,549 | 17% |
About the Student Numbers
This data is taken from the annual 1st December student census and represents the most up to date information about students for the current academic year. Students which withdraw during the year will not be accounted for in these figures. The data is FTE including INTO, but excluding non-credit bearing students and inbound exchange students such as Erasmus.
| Fee Status | 2019/0 | 2020/1 | 2021/2 | 2022/3 | 2023/4 | 5 Yr % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home/EU | 19,790 | 22,132 | 23,285 | 22,383 | 22,648 | 14% |
| International | 5,451 | 5,139 | 6,720 | 7,403 | 6,901 | 27% |
| Total | 25,241 | 27,270 | 30,005 | 29,786 | 29,549 | 17% |
About the Student Numbers
This data is taken from the annual 1st December student census and represents the most up to date information about students for the current academic year. Students which withdraw during the year will not be accounted for in these figures. The data is FTE including INTO, but excluding non-credit bearing students and inbound exchange students such as Erasmus.
| Campus | 2019/0 | 2020/1 | 2021/2 | 2022/3 | 2023/4 | 5 Yr % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streatham* | 19,357 | 20,887 | 22,913 | 22,885 | 22,414 | 16% |
| St Lukes** | 3,327 | 3,674 | 4,357 | 4,305 | 4,474 | 34% |
| Penryn*** | 2,578 | 2,710 | 2,736 | 2,586 | 2,662 | 3% |
| Total | 25,241 | 27,270 | 30,005 | 29,786 | 29,549 | 17% |
* Streatham campus includes historic data from 2019/20 and 2020/21 for Dubai.
** Education, Sports Health Sciences, Medical Sciences, Medicine.
*** Includes students at Knowledge Spa.
About the Student Numbers
This data is taken from the annual 1st December student census and represents the most up to date information about students for the current academic year. Students which withdraw during the year will not be accounted for in these figures. The data is FTE including INTO, but excluding non-credit bearing students and inbound exchange students such as Erasmus.
The spreadsheet below below shows how many staff were employed at Exeter in the last academic year: 20230123_Staff_Numbers
UK league tables
| Publication Year: | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good University Guide | 7 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 13 |
| Guardian University Guide | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 18 |
| Complete University Guide | 10 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 14 |
International League Tables
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Publication Year: |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE | 154 | 93 | 126 | 130 | 141 | 146 | 174 | 143 | 137 | 177 | 172 |
| QS | 161 | 161 | 164 | 158 | 154 | 163 | 164 | 149 | 163 | 153 | 169 |
| Leiden* | 58 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 24 | 29 | 31 | 40 | 31 | 38 |
| ARWU | 250 | 175 | 175 | 175 | 160 | 175 | 160 | 151- 200 |
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* To view these results correctly, sort the Leiden results table by the “PP top 10%” (percentage of outputs in the top 10% most-cited)
The Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 is the national assessment of the strength of UK research. The results show that we at Exeter have increased the proportion of our research which is world-leading by more than 60% and increased the size of our research community by 70%.
The following link takes you to the Annual report and financial statements where details of our major sources of income for the last financial year can be found in the notes to the accounts using the chapter listing available.
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