University of Essex
If you're into historic charm, diverse culture, and green countryside, then University of Essex could be perfect for your study abroad experience. Founded in 1964, this public university sits in Colchester—England's oldest recorded town—about an hour northeast of London.
The campus is in Wivenhoe Park, which basically means you're studying in a huge green space with lakes, meadows, and enough room to actually think. Colchester Castle and the historic town center are nearby, and London is close enough for day trips or weekend adventures. The university has a strong reputation for social sciences, law, and the arts, and it's known for being politically active and internationally minded—there's a serious mix of students from around the world.
What international students find appealing about Essex is the campus vibe combined with the location. You get that traditional British university experience (campus accommodation, societies, the whole thing) but without London prices. The academic approach is less formal than Oxford or Cambridge but still rigorous, and the exchange programs are well-organized. Plus, being near London means you can access the capital's opportunities without paying capital rent.
Location
Essex, United Kingdom
Founded: 1964
Type: Public
Programmes at University of Essex
BA (Hons) Acting (bachelors) BA (Hons) Acting (International) (bachelors) BA (Hons) Acting and Community Engagement (bachelors) BA (Hons) Acting and Fight Performance (bachelors) BA (Hons) Acting and Physical Theatre (bachelors) BA (Hons) Art History (bachelors) BA (Hons) Art History (Including Foundation Year) (bachelors) BA (Hons) Art History and History (bachelors) BA (Hons) Art History and Language Studies (bachelors) BA (Hons) Art History and Modern Languages (bachelors) BA (Hons) Art History with Modern Languages (bachelors) BA (Hons) Business Management and Modern Languages (bachelors) BA (Hons) Childhood Studies (bachelors) BA (Hons) Childhood Studies (Including Foundation Year) (bachelors) BA (Hons) Creative Producing (Theatre and Short Film) (bachelors) BA (Hons) Creative Writing (bachelors) BA (Hons) Criminology (bachelors) BA (Hons) Criminology (Including Foundation Year) (bachelors) BA (Hons) Criminology with Counselling Skills (bachelors) BA (Hons) Criminology with Criminal Law (bachelors) BA (Hons) Criminology with Social Psychology (bachelors) BA (Hons) Curating (bachelors) BA (Hons) Drama (bachelors) BA (Hons) Drama and Creative Writing (bachelors) BA (Hons) Drama and Literature (bachelors) BA (Hons) Economics (bachelors) BA (Hons) English and Comparative Literature (bachelors) BA (Hons) English Language and Linguistics (bachelors) BA (Hons) English Language and Linguistics (Including Foundation Year) (bachelors) BA (Hons) English Language and Literature (bachelors) BA (Hons) English Language with Media Communication (bachelors) BA (Hons) English Literature (bachelors) BA (Hons) European Studies (bachelors) BA (Hons) European Studies and Modern Languages (bachelors) BA (Hons) European Studies with French (bachelors) BA (Hons) European Studies with Spanish (bachelors) BA (Hons) Film and Creative Writing (bachelors) BA (Hons) Film and Drama (bachelors) BA (Hons) Film and Journalism (bachelors) BA (Hons) Film Studies (bachelors) BA (Hons) Film Studies (Including Foundation Year) (bachelors) BA (Hons) Film Studies and Art History (bachelors) BA (Hons) Financial Economics (bachelors) BA (Hons) Global Studies (bachelors) BA (Hons) Global Studies and Latin American Studies (bachelors) BA (Hons) Global Studies and Modern Languages (Including Year Abroad) (bachelors) BA (Hons) Global Studies with Business Management (bachelors) BA (Hons) Global Studies with Human Rights (bachelors) BA (Hons) Global Studies with Politics (bachelors) BA (Hons) Global Studies with Sustainability (bachelors) BA (Hons) History (bachelors) BA (Hons) History and Criminology (bachelors) BA (Hons) History and Drama (bachelors) BA (Hons) History with Human Rights (bachelors) BA (Hons) International Affairs (bachelors) BA (Hons) International Affairs and Economics (bachelors) BA (Hons) International Relations (bachelors) BA (Hons) Journalism (bachelors) BA (Hons) Journalism and Criminology (bachelors) BA (Hons) Journalism and Language Studies (bachelors) BA (Hons) Journalism and Politics (bachelors) BA (Hons) Journalism with Human Rights (bachelors) BA (Hons) Language Studies with Latin American Studies (bachelors) BA (Hons) Latin American Studies with Business Management (bachelors) BA (Hons) Latin American Studies with Human Rights (bachelors) BA (Hons) Liberal Arts (bachelors) BA (Hons) Liberal Arts (Including Foundation Year) (bachelors) BA (Hons) Linguistics (bachelors) BA (Hons) Literature and Creative Writing (bachelors) BA (Hons) Modern History (bachelors) BA (Hons) Modern Languages (bachelors) BA (Hons) Modern Languages and English Language (bachelors) BA (Hons) Modern Languages and Linguistics (bachelors) BA (Hons) Modern Languages and Teaching English as a Foreign Language (bachelors) BA (Hons) Modern Languages Translation, Interpreting and Cultural Mediation (bachelors) BA (Hons) Modern Languages with Latin American Studies (bachelors) BA (Hons) Philosophy (bachelors) BA (Hons) Philosophy and Law (bachelors) BA (Hons) Philosophy and Politics (bachelors) BA (Hons) Philosophy with Human Rights (bachelors) BA (Hons) Philosophy, Politics and Economics (bachelors) BA (Hons) Philosophy, Religion and Ethics (bachelors) BA (Hons) Politics (bachelors) BA (Hons) Politics and International Relations (bachelors) BA (Hons) Psychodynamic Practice (bachelors) BA (Hons) Psychology (bachelors) BA (Hons) Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies (bachelors) BA (Hons) Social Change (bachelors) BA (Hons) Social Sciences (bachelors) BA (Hons) Social Work (bachelors) BA (Hons) Sociology (bachelors) BA (Hons) Sociology and Criminology (bachelors) BA (Hons) Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) (bachelors) BA (Hons) Urban Sustainability Studies (bachelors) BA (Hons) World Performance (bachelors) BA Events Management (bachelors) BA Events Management with Hospitality (Final Year Entry) (bachelors) BA Hospitality Management (bachelors) BA Hotel Management (Final Year Entry) (bachelors) BA International Tourism Management (bachelors) BBA (Hons) Business Administration (bachelors) BEng (Hons) Communications Engineering (bachelors) BEng (Hons) Computer Systems Engineering (bachelors) BEng (Hons) Electronic Engineering (bachelors) BEng (Hons) Mechatronic Systems (bachelors) BEng (Hons) Neural Engineering with Psychology (bachelors) BEng (Hons) Robotic Engineering (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Accounting (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance (Including Foundation Year) (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Actuarial Science (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science (NHS placement) (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Artificial Intelligence (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Banking and Finance (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Biochemistry (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences (Including Foundation Year) (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science (Including Foundation Year) (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Biotechnology (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Business Administration and Supply Chain Management (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Business and Human Resource Management (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Business Management (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Computer Games (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Computer Science (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Data Science and Analytics (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Dental Hygiene and Therapy (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Ecology and Environmental Biology (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Economics (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Economics and Mathematics (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Economics and Politics (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Economics with Data Science (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Finance (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Finance and Management (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Finance and Mathematics (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Financial Economics (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Genetics (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Global Sustainability (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Human Biology (bachelors) BSc (Hons) International Business and Entrepreneurship (bachelors) BSc (Hons) International Business and Finance (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Marine Biology (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Marketing (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Marketing Management (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Mathematics (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Mathematics (Including Foundation Year) (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Physics (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Microbiology (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Nursing (Adult) (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Nursing (Mental Health) (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Oral Health Science (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Politics and International Relations (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Psychology (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Psychology with Cognitive Neuroscience (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Psychology with Sport and Exercise (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Speech and Language Therapy (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Sport Coaching (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Sports and Exercise Science (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Sports Therapy (bachelors) BSc (Hons) Statistics (bachelors) FdA Events Management (bachelors) FdA Hospitality Management (bachelors) FdA International Tourism Management (bachelors) FdSc Dental Hygiene (bachelors) Integrated Master in Accounting: Accounting and Finance (bachelors) Integrated Master in Management: Marketing Management (bachelors) Integrated Master in Mathematics: Mathematics (bachelors) Integrated Master in Modern Languages: Modern Languages (Translation) (bachelors) Integrated Master in Politics: International Relations (bachelors) Integrated Master in Politics: Politics and International Relations (bachelors) Integrated Master in Science: Actuarial Science and Data Science (bachelors) Integrated Master in Science: Biochemistry and Biotechnology (bachelors) Integrated Master in Science: Biomedical Science (bachelors) Integrated Master in Science: Mathematics and Data Science (bachelors) Integrated Master in Science: Sports and Exercise Science (bachelors) Integrated Master in Science: Tropical Marine Biology (bachelors) LLB (Hons) Law (bachelors) LLB (Hons) Law (Senior Status) (bachelors) LLB (Hons) Law with Human Rights (bachelors) LLB (Hons) Licence English and French Law (Double Degree) (bachelors) Certificate Psychological Wellbeing Practice (masters) Diploma Actuarial Science (masters) Diploma Mathematics and Finance (masters) Full (masters) Graduate Certificate Psychological Wellbeing Practice (masters) Graduate Certificate Specialist Adult Mental Health (Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner) (masters) Graduate Diploma Philosophy (masters) Graduate Diploma Politics (masters) Integrated Master in Literature: Literature (masters) Integrated Master in Science: Nursing (Dual Award in Adult and Mental Health) (masters) LLM Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (masters) LLM International Commercial and Business Law (masters) LLM International Human Rights Law (masters) LLM International Humanitarian Law (masters) LLM International Trade and Maritime Law (masters) LLM International Trade Law (masters) LLM Law, Environment and Sustainability (masters) LLM Maritime Law (masters) MA (by Dissertation) Film Studies (masters) MA (by Dissertation) Literature (masters) MA (by Dissertation) Philosophy (masters) MA Acting (masters) MA Acting (International) (masters) MA Acting for Digital Media (masters) MA Advanced Interpreting with Specialised Translation (Chinese (masters) MA Advertising, Marketing and the Media (masters) MA Applied Linguistics (masters) MA Art History and Theory (masters) MA Audiovisual and Literary Translation (masters) MA Childhood Studies (masters) MA Chinese (masters) MA Conference Interpreting and Translation (Chinese (masters) MA Conflict Resolution (masters) MA Creative Writing (masters) MA Criminology (masters) MA Curating (masters) MA Economics (masters) MA Economics with Public Policy (masters) MA English Language and Linguistics (masters) MA Environment, Society and Culture (masters) MA Environmental Futures with Climate Change (masters) MA Film and Literature (masters) MA Film Studies (masters) MA Financial Economics (masters) MA Gender and Sexuality Studies (masters) MA Global and Comparative Politics (masters) MA Heritage and Museum Studies (masters) MA History (masters) MA History, Power, and Identity (masters) MA International Development (masters) MA International Journalism (masters) MA International Relations (masters) MA Linguistics (masters) MA Literature (masters) MA Literature and Creative Writing (masters) MA Organised Crime, Terrorism and Security (masters) MA Philosophy (masters) MA Policing (masters) MA Politics (masters) MA Psychoanalytic Studies (masters) MA Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy (masters) MA Scriptwriting (Theatre and Digital Media) (masters) MA Social and Political Thought (masters) MA Social Work (masters) MA Sociological Research Methods (masters) MA Sociology (masters) MA Sociology and Criminology (masters) MA Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) (masters) MA Theatre Directing (masters) MA Theatre Practice (masters) MA Theory and Practice of Human Rights (masters) MA Translation and Professional Practice (masters) MA Translation, Interpreting and Subtitling (masters) MA War, Culture and Society (masters) MA Western Marxism (masters) MA Western Marxism and Translation (masters) MA Wild Writing: Literature, Landscape and the Environment (masters) Master of Business Management MBM (masters) MFA Acting (International) (masters) MFA Theatre Directing (masters) MPhil Computational Finance (masters) MPhil Criminology (masters) MPhil Data Science (masters) MPhil Film Studies (masters) MPhil Film Studies (Creative Practice) (masters) MPhil Government (masters) MPhil Literature (masters) MPhil Philosophy (masters) MPhil Statistics (masters) MPhil Theatre Studies (Playwriting) (masters) MRes Accounting (masters) MRes Health and Care Research (masters) MRes International Relations (masters) MRes Linguistics (masters) MSc (by Dissertation) Biochemistry (masters) MSc (by Dissertation) Computational Finance (masters) MSc (by Dissertation) Environmental Biology (masters) MSc (by Dissertation) Statistics (masters) MSc 5G and Emerging Communication Systems (masters) MSc Accounting and Finance (masters) MSc Accounting and Financial Management (masters) MSc Actuarial Science (masters) MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (masters) MSc Advanced Computer Science (masters) MSc Advanced Musculoskeletal Assessment and Practice (masters) MSc Advanced Periodontal Practice (masters) MSc Applications of Artificial Intelligence (masters) MSc Applied Data Science (masters) MSc Artificial Intelligence (masters) MSc Biotechnology (masters) MSc Business Analytics (masters) MSc Cancer Biology (masters) MSc Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology (masters) MSc Computer Engineering (masters) MSc Computer Networks and Security (masters) MSc Conflict Resolution (masters) MSc Corporate and Investment Banking (masters) MSc Corporate Sustainability (masters) MSc Cyber Security (masters) MSc Data Science (masters) MSc Data Science and its Applications (masters) MSc Data Science with Professional Placement (masters) MSc Digital Marketing and Analytics (masters) MSc Economics (masters) MSc Electronic Engineering (masters) MSc Entrepreneurship and Innovation (masters) MSc Finance (masters) MSc Finance and Management (masters) MSc Financial Data Analytics (masters) MSc Financial Economics and Accounting (masters) MSc Financial Engineering and Risk Management (masters) MSc Financial Technology (Computer Science) (masters) MSc Financial Technology (Economics) (masters) MSc Financial Technology (Finance) (masters) MSc Global and Comparative Politics (masters) MSc Global Project Management (masters) MSc Health Genomics (masters) MSc Human Resource Management (masters) MSc Intelligent Systems and Robotics (masters) MSc International Business and Entrepreneurship (masters) MSc International Events Management (masters) MSc International Hospitality Management (masters) MSc International Logistics and Supply Chain Management (masters) MSc International Marketing and Business Intelligence (masters) MSc International Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Imaging (masters) MSc International Relations (masters) MSc International Tourism Management (masters) MSc Investment and Wealth Management (masters) MSc Management (masters) MSc Management (Marketing) (masters) MSc Marine Science and Sustainable Development (masters) MSc Marketing (masters) MSc Mathematics (masters) MSc Mathematics and Finance (masters) MSc Molecular Medicine (masters) MSc Musculoskeletal Practice (masters) MSc Occupational Therapy (Pre‑Registration) (masters) MSc Organised Crime, Terrorism and Security (masters) MSc Periodontology (masters) MSc Physiotherapy (Pre (masters) MSc Policing and Data Analytics (masters) MSc Politics, Communications and Data Analytics (masters) MSc Professional Accounting (masters) MSc Psychology (masters) MSc Research Methods in Psychology (masters) MSc Speech and Language Therapy (Pre‑Registration) (masters) MSc Sport and Exercise Psychology (masters) MSc Sport and Exercise Science (masters) MSc Strength and Conditioning (masters) MSc Tropical Marine Biology (masters) Part (masters) PhD (Research) in Latin American Studies (masters) PhD Accounting (masters) PhD Accounting and Finance (masters) PhD Actuarial Science (Full‑time) (masters) PhD Actuarial Science (Full‑time/Part‑time) (masters) PhD Applied Linguistics (masters) PhD Applied Mathematics (masters) PhD Applied Psychology (masters) PhD Art History and Theory (masters) PhD Biochemistry (masters) PhD Bioinformatics (masters) PhD Biological Sciences (masters) PhD Business Administration (masters) PhD Business Analytics (masters) PhD Cell and Molecular Biology (masters) PhD Childhood Studies (masters) PhD Computational Finance (masters) PhD Computer Science (masters) PhD Computing and Electronic Systems (masters) PhD Creative Writing (masters) PhD Criminology (masters) PhD Curating (masters) PhD Data Science (masters) PhD Drama and Performance (masters) PhD Economics (masters) PhD Electronic Systems Engineering (masters) PhD English Language Teaching (masters) PhD Entrepreneurship (Full‑time, Colchester) (masters) PhD Entrepreneurship (Full‑time/Part‑time) (masters) PhD Environmental Biology (masters) PhD Film Studies (masters) PhD Film Studies (Creative Practice) (masters) PhD Finance (Full‑time) (masters) PhD Finance (Part‑time) (masters) PhD Government (masters) PhD Health and Organisational Research (masters) PhD Health and Physical Activity (masters) PhD Health Studies (masters) PhD History (masters) PhD Human Resource Management and Organisation Studies (Full‑time) (masters) PhD Human Resource Management and Organisation Studies (Part‑time) (masters) PhD Human Rights (masters) PhD Human Rights and Research Methods (masters) PhD Journalism (masters) PhD Law (masters) PhD Linguistics (masters) PhD Literature (masters) PhD Management (masters) PhD Marine Biology (masters) PhD 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