University of Essex
Ranked #56

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• It holds a TEF (Teaching Excellence Framework) Gold Award. 
• The university received the only Regius professorship in political science in the awards to mark the Queen’s diamond jubilee. 
• The courses available are organised into three faculties: humanities, science and health and social science. Within these three faculties there are 20 different schools and departments.
• Essex counts two Nobel Laureates, as well as filmmaker David Yates, author Ben Okri and architect Daniel Libeskind, as alumni.