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The University’s origins can be traced back to 1894, with a commitment to first-rate academic activity and to real-world solutions. Today, we still remain true to those goals and have an ambitious strategic agenda to be in the top 100 universities in the world by 2017.
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Ground-breaking research at Surrey is bringing direct benefits to many spheres of life – helping industry to maintain its competitive edge and creating improvements in the areas of health, medicine, space science, the environment, communications, defense and social policy.
The results of the UK Universities’ Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008, confirmed that the University of Surrey continues to consolidate its strength as a world-class, research-intensive institution. Nearly 90% of Surrey’s research activity was rated either ‘world class’ or ‘internationally excellent’.
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As part of the University Global Partnership Network (UGPN), whose members include North Carolina State University and The University of São Paulo, we are engaged in a new approach to partnerships, focusing on deep engagement with a small number of institutions across the world.
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Head of Department of Politics, University of Surrey
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Lecturer in Social Psychology, University of Surrey
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Energy Economist, University of Surrey
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Professor of Politics and Co-Director of the Centre for Britain and Europe, University of Surrey
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Surrey Future Fellow and Lecturer in English Literature, University of Surrey
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Professor of Mathematics, University of Surrey
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Visiting Research Fellow in Environmental Psychology, University of Surrey
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Senior Teaching Fellow in Accounting, University of Surrey
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Reader in Structural Robustness, University of Surrey
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Reader, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Surrey
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Associate Professor of Metabolic Medicine, University of Surrey
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Lecturer in Media and Communication, University of Surrey
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Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics, University of Surrey
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Lecturer in Ecology and Conservation, University of Surrey
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Professor of Sustainable Development and Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP), University of Surrey
