University of Reading (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The University of Reading is a university in the English town of Reading, Berkshire. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it was established in 1892 as University College, Reading and received its Royal Charter in 1926. It is based on several campuses in, and around, the town of Reading.The University has a long tradition of research, education and training at a local, national and international level. It offers traditional degrees and also less usual and other vocationally relevant ones. It was awarded the Queen''s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in 1998, 2005 and again in 2009. It is one of the ten most research-intensive universities in the UK, and is ranked in the top 2.5% of universities in the world.