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What Essex has to offer
• One of the U.K.’s leading academic institutions
• Modern buildings set in beautiful parkland, with six towers that create a skyline for the university
• Fifteen academic departments grouped into four undergraduate schools of study: humanities and comparative studies; social sciences; law; and science and engineering
• A friendly and cosmopolitan campus with facilities and amenities on one compact site
• More than 100 student societies for social and cultural interests
• An active students' union that sponsors on-campus entertainment, including concerts and clubs
• Great athletic facilities for 40 sports clubs, including a clubhouse at Brightlingsea for the sailing, windsurfing, and canoeing clubs

Housing
• Housing is in university housing near the main university buildings
• Students purchase or prepare their own meals

Academics
• Many science departments offer courses for students majoring in the arts or social sciences who want to earn credit in science
• Students take four courses per semester

Top departments
• Human rights studies
• Business studies
• English
• Psychology
• Computer science
• Sociology