英国雷丁大学有很长历史吗？

　　雷丁大学（University of Reading）始建于1892年，于1926年得到皇家授权。雷丁大学是英国1994大学集团前成员，曾于1998、2005、2009、2011先后四次获得英国女王周年奖。由于其各方面的成就，如今已成为一所集研究和教学一体的综合大学，位于英国一流大学之列。

　　雷丁大学由艺术、人文和社会科学学院、理学院、生命科学学院和亨利商学院组成。亨利商学院（Henley Business School）成立于1945年，是同时通过欧洲质量认证体系（EQUIS）、英国工商管理硕士协会（AMBA）和国际高等商学院协会（AACSB）“三重认证”的商学院。留学360介绍说，全球商学院中仅有60所商学院获此殊荣。亨利商学院在金融时报（Financial Times）2013欧洲商学院排名上位居欧洲第53位，三年平均排名为38位。

　　立思辰留学360英国部首席留学顾问柯嘉老师介绍说，雷丁大学在2014/15QS世界大学排名上位居世界第202位，在2014-15泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名上位居世界201-225位，在2014世界大学学术排名上位居世界第301-400位。

　　学校历史

　　Our origins lie in the Schools of Art and Science established in Reading in 1860 and 1870. These became part of an extension college opened in 1892 by Christ Church, Oxford. The college thrived, receiving its first treasury grant in 1901. Three years later the local Palmer family, of the famous biscuit manufacturer Huntley & Palmers, donated our London Road campus that is home to our Institute of Education today. We received a Royal Charter in 1926, the only university to do so between the two world wars. At the same time, Dr William M Childs became the University‘s first Vice-Chancellor.

　　Since then a number of milestones have shaped the University’s history and made us the centre of excellence and vibrant community that we are today. In 1947 we purchased our main Whiteknights campus, the former country estate of the Marquis of Blandford. In 2008, the University‘s merger with Henley Management College gave us our Greenlands campus on the River Thames. These together with our historic London Road campus, are amongst the most beautiful places to study in the UK.