University of Essex

The University of Essex is a public research university in Essex, England. It was established in 1963, welcomed its first students in 1964 and received its royal charter in 1965. Essex is a plate glass university, a group of universities which were established in the 1960s. Essex’s motto, ’Thought the harder, heart the keener’, is adapted from the Anglo-Saxon poem The Battle of Maldon.

University of Essex's most influential alumni faculty include professors and professionals in the fields of Political Science, Economics, and Computer Science. University of Essex’s most academically influential people include Daniel Libeskind, Ben Okri, and Ernesto Laclau.