Founded in 1949 by A.D. Lindsay, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Keele has always been different from other universities – and, seventy years later, we still are.
Keele is a world-class campus University providing the highest quality learning and research environment for students and staff.
Located in Staffordshire in the centre of the United Kingdom, Keele is a cosmopolitan community of approximately 10,000 students and 2,000 staff many of whom live, work and study on site. Keele is set in over 600 acres of beautiful woodland and formal gardens and is the country’s largest integrated university campus by area.
The University is a place of academic excellence in Health, Humanities and Social Sciences and Natural Sciences. It delivers a unique learning experience through teaching in small groups, providing one-to-one access to its academics.
We value research and teaching equally highly and we are pleased to note that Keele has recently been recognised in the UK as one of a ‘new elite’ of universities that combines excellence in both these activities.
Keele University has a dedicated International Student Support Team and they are responsible for organising the Meet and Greet service at the beginning of term from Manchester Airport and London Heathrow for new students.
There are numerous events designed to introduce international students to each other and learn about other countries. Before Welcome Week, there is also International Orientation, which aims to help students settle into life in a different country. International students can choose to take pre-sessional English lessons, which last up to 12 weeks before the start of term, and a foundation year, which includes English language lessons alongside general study.
In the National Student Survey, Keele regularly excels as one of the ten best universities in the UK, while its Student Union was rated top five in the UK for a variety of activities available. The Daily Telegraph ranked Keele’s campus as the 6th most beautiful in the UK. Keele has been placed amongst the world’s top universities in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.