Background Brunel University London is a leading research-intensive University, which was recently ranked 29th in the world among institutions under 50 years old. Founded in 1966, It is one of four technological universities that were established by virtue of a Royal Charter following the Robbins Report. From the outset, it embraced an ethos of working with industry to develop research partnerships and pioneer ‘sandwich courses’ as a means of ensuring students acquire the skills sought by employers. Initially focused on science, engineering and technology, Brunel gained a reputation for combining academic excellence and rigour with the practical, entrepreneurial and imaginative approach of its namesake, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Today, the university has a reputation for high-impact academic research in a range of disciplines, organised into three institutes and 15 themes. Within this structure Brunel works extensively with industry partners, contributing to global innovation and policy change. In recent years the university has invested more than £400 million into a campus redevelopment programme and now possesses an impressive range of modern, state-of-the-art facilities. It has a diverse population of nearly 13,500 students, of whom around 3,725 are pursuing postgraduate studies as well as 2,874 international students from more than 90 countries. Academic staff are expected to be research active (85% were returned in the 2014 REF – Research Excellence Framework) and to deliver high quality education to our student body. The University has a strong reputation for research excellence with 40% of the portfolio being funded by the Research Councils and Technology Strategy Board. The university has the 21st largest EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) portfolio and the 12th largest Technology Strategy Board portfolio in the UK. Our achievements • Brunel University London is ranked 1st in London, 4th in the UK and 29th in the world in the Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 Rankings 2015 • Brunel University London is ranked 1st among London universities and in the top five of London’s Higher Education institutes for student satisfaction, according to the National Student Survey 2014 • The Financial Times placed our Masters in Management programme at 8th globally for Career Progression in 2011 • Brunel is ranked 355th in the world in the 2014 QS World University Rankings • Brunel University London has been awarded the prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Further and Higher Education for its ground-breaking research • Brunel Business School won the Business School of the Year Award in the Times Higher Education Awards, held in association with Santander Universities and supported by the Higher Education Academy in 2013 • Brunel was placed 33rd in the UK in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework for its research power – an overall ranking that combines the university’s average research quality rating by number of submissions
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