Keele University

We're Keele and we're different. Founded 75 years ago to meet the demands of a new kind of society, economy and world, our principles resonate now more than ever.We are a campus university with over 15,000 students, nestled in 600 acres of Staffordshire countryside and just an hour from Manchester and Birmingham. It's a big campus but a small and cosmopolitan community, with space to think and plenty to do.

Keele University was born from a pioneering vision, one of a different kind of university. Established in 1949 by Lord Lindsay - the former Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University - in a country still recovering from the Second World War, the University’s founding aim was to produce graduates who not only had the technical and specialist knowledge to move society forward, but who understood the social and political landscape that drove this need.

Fast-forward 75 years and this original ethos remains at the core of the University’s mission, and our global network of over 100,000 alumni in 120 countries is creating positive impact across the world in a range of diverse careers.

Our research seeks to improve lives and address the most pressing challenges across our region, country, and world.

Our academics are actively studying matters of global importance: from food security, climate change and smart energy, to neglected tropical diseases, global health and sustainable futures.

It’s no wonder that 80% of our research is deemed world-leading or internationally excellent in the Research Excellence Framework (2021).

We were awarded the highest rating of Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework 2023, maintaining the Gold that we achieved in 2017 – making Keele one of only 15 broad-based universities in England to have been awarded Gold in both exercises, demonstrating our consistent teaching excellence.

Ofsted awarded our skills bootcamps “Outstanding” in 2023, with an overall judgment of “Good” for our apprenticeship and skills provision.