University Profile

Coventry University is a dynamic, global and transformational university whose roots can be traced back to 1843 to the Coventry School of Design. With a proud tradition as a provider of innovative teaching and learning and a focus on impactful research, the University has established a reputation for pushing the boundaries of higher education.

In recent years Coventry’s student satisfaction levels and teaching quality have been rated amongst the best in the UK, which in turn has led to impressive rises in every major university league table. The combination of these successes and its unique approach to developments in the sector earned Coventry a gold rating in the UK government’s Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) in 2017, and it ranks as the country’s top modern university in the Guardian University Guide 2020 for the seventh year running – and was in 15th place overall in the table. It also achieved University of the Year for Student Experience in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019.