The University of Suffolk is a public university situated in Suffolk and Norfolk, England. The modern university was established in 2007 as University Campus Suffolk (UCS), the institution was founded as a unique collaboration between the University of East Anglia and the University of Essex.[2] The university's current name was adopted after it was granted independence in 2016 by the Privy Council and was awarded university status.[3][4][5][6]
The University of Suffolk is spread over four campuses: a central hub in Ipswich, and further campuses which focus on foundation courses which are located in Bury St Edmunds, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth (the latter in Norfolk, not Suffolk).[7] The university operates six academic faculties and in 2019/20 had 9,565 students. Some 8% of the student body are classed as international students, 53% are classed as mature students, and 66% of the university's students are female.[8]
The university was ranked in the top 10 for Course and Lecturers in the WhatUni Student Choice Awards 2019.[9]
The current Chancellor of the University of Suffolk is Helen Pankhurst, an appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), as well as a scholar, writer, and the great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst .