University of East Anglia

University of East Anglia

The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a <a href="/en/Public_university" title="Public university" class="wl">public</a> <a href="/en/Research_university" title="Research university" class="wl">research university</a> in <a href="/en/Norwich" title="Norwich" class="wl">Norwich</a>, England. Established in 1963 on a 320-acre (130-hectare) campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study.<a href="#cite_note-8" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;">[8]</a> The annual income of the institution for 2021–22 was £295.5&nbsp;million, of which £30.2&nbsp;million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £370&nbsp;million,<a href="#cite_note-UEA_Financial_Statement_21/22-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;">[1]</a> and had an undergraduate offer rate of 85.1% in 2021.<a href="#cite_note-offer_rate-9" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;">[9]</a>

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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn">Quick facts: Motto, Type, Established, Endowment, Budget... ▼</header> <table class="infobox vcard mobile-collapse-element"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size:125%;">University of East Anglia</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/en/File:University_of_East_Anglia_coat_of_arms.png" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:University_of_East_Anglia_coat_of_arms.png"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/16/University_of_East_Anglia_coat_of_arms.png/220px-University_of_East_Anglia_coat_of_arms.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="250" data-file-type="bitmap" height="220" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/16/University_of_East_Anglia_coat_of_arms.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/16/University_of_East_Anglia_coat_of_arms.png 2x" alt="University_of_East_Anglia_coat_of_arms.png"></a><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/en/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms" class="wl">Coat of arms</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data">Do Different</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Public_university" title="Public university" class="wl">Public</a> <a href="/en/Research_university" title="Research university" class="wl">research university</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1963; 60&nbsp;years ago&nbsp;(1963)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/en/Financial_endowment" title="Financial endowment" class="wl">Endowment</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/£" title="£" class="mw-redirect wl">£</a>13.2 million (2022)<a href="#cite_note-UEA_Financial_Statement_21/22-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Pounds_sterling" title="Pounds sterling" class="mw-redirect wl">£</a>295.5 million (2021–22)<a href="#cite_note-UEA_Financial_Statement_21/22-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/en/Chancellor_(education)" title="Chancellor (education)" class="wl">Chancellor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Karen_Jones" title="Karen Jones" class="wl">Dame Karen Jones</a><a href="#cite_note-uea-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/en/Vice-Chancellor" title="Vice-Chancellor" class="mw-redirect wl">Vice-Chancellor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Professor Christine Bovis-Cnossen (acting)<a href="#cite_note-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;">[3]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Total staff</div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,910<a href="#cite_note-UEA_Facts_and_Figures-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;">[4]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Students</th><td class="infobox-data">18,035 (2019/20)<a href="#cite_note-HESA_citation-5" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;">[5]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/en/Undergraduate_education" title="Undergraduate education" class="wl">Undergraduates</a></th><td class="infobox-data">13,410 (2019/20)<a href="#cite_note-HESA_citation-5" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;">[5]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/en/Postgraduate_education" title="Postgraduate education" class="wl">Postgraduates</a></th><td class="infobox-data">4,625 (2019/20)<a href="#cite_note-HESA_citation-5" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;">[5]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline" class="locality"><a href="/en/Norwich" title="Norwich" class="wl">Norwich</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="state"><a href="/en/Norfolk" title="Norfolk" class="wl">Norfolk</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="country-name">England</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1073938472" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="//geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=University_of_East_Anglia&amp;params=52_37_18_N_1_14_30_E_type:edu_region:GB" class="external text" target="_blank">52°37′18″N 1°14′30″E</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Campus</th><td class="infobox-data">320 acres (130&nbsp;ha)<a href="#cite_note-6" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;">[6]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Chair of Council</th><td class="infobox-data">Dr Sally Howes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/en/School_colors" title="School colors" class="wl">Colours</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Blue &amp; yellow<a href="#cite_note-7" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;">[7]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Association_of_Commonwealth_Universities" title="Association of Commonwealth Universities" class="wl">ACU</a> <a href="/en/Association_of_MBAs" title="Association of MBAs" class="wl">AMBA</a> <a href="/en/Aurora_(university_network)" title="Aurora (university network)" class="wl">Aurora</a> <a href="/en/Eastern_ARC" title="Eastern ARC" class="wl">Eastern ARC</a> <a href="/en/European_University_Association" title="European University Association" class="wl">EUA</a> <a href="/en/Universities_UK" title="Universities UK" class="wl">Universities UK</a> <a href="/en/Norwich_Research_Park" title="Norwich Research Park" class="wl">Norwich Research Park</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="http://uea.ac.uk/" class="external text" target="_blank">uea.ac.uk</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/en/File:UEA_2016_Logo.png" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:UEA_2016_Logo.png"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/UEA_2016_Logo.png/220px-UEA_2016_Logo.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="711" data-file-height="147" data-file-type="bitmap" height="45" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/UEA_2016_Logo.png/330px-UEA_2016_Logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/UEA_2016_Logo.png/440px-UEA_2016_Logo.png 2x" alt="UEA_2016_Logo.png"></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'>Close ▲</footer></div>

UEA alumni and faculty include three Nobel laureates, a discoverer of <a href="/en/Hepatitis_C" title="Hepatitis C" class="wl">Hepatitis C</a> and of the <a href="/en/Hepatitis_D" title="Hepatitis D" class="wl">Hepatitis D</a> <a href="/en/Genome" title="Genome" class="wl">genome</a>,<a href="#cite_note-10" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 10;">[10]</a> a lead developer of the <a href="/en/Oxford–AstraZeneca_COVID-19_vaccine" title="Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine" class="wl">Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine</a>,<a href="#cite_note-11" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 11;">[11]</a> one <a href="/en/List_of_presidents_of_the_Royal_Society" title="List of presidents of the Royal Society" class="wl">President of the Royal Society</a>,<a href="#cite_note-12" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;">[12]</a> and at least 48 <a href="/en/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society" title="Fellow of the Royal Society" class="wl">Fellows of the Royal Society</a>. Alumni also include heads of state, government and intergovernmental organisations, as well as three <a href="/en/Booker_Prize" title="Booker Prize" class="wl">Booker Prize</a> winning authors.<a href="#cite_note-13" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 13;">[13]</a>

The University of East Anglia is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a 320-acre campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. UEA alumni and faculty include three Nobel laureates, a discoverer of Hepatitis C and of the Hepatitis D genome, 