Keele International Summer Schools

Why Keele? 

With the UK’s largest single-site campus, our 600-acre estate offers a spacious, secure and supportive home for our community of staff and students. Based in the heart of England, Keele is known for excellence in both education and research and is world-renowned for the breadth of its teaching and its close-knit campus experience. 

Students benefit from the best of both worlds: a peaceful, semi-rural setting with everything they need on campus and in nearby Newcastle-under-Lyme, alongside easy access to vibrant cities. A short train journey takes them into a major city within an hour, and Keele is also within easy reach of Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham, with London just 1.5 hours away by train. Keele’s student community includes over 120 nationalities, creating a welcoming environment where diverse cultures, perspectives and ideas are celebrated. 

Keele University Facts 

• Excellence in both teaching and research: Keele ranks in a ‘Golden Quadrangle’ of the top 15 universities in England that excel in both teaching and research, all with a Gold award in the Teaching Excellence Framework and also high research intensity in the most-recent Research Excellence Framework. 🌟 

• Double Gold TEF: Keele is one of only 15 broad-based universities in England – out of over 100 – to have been awarded Gold in both the 2017 and 2023 TEF exercises, showing our consistent teaching excellence. 🌟 

• NSS 2025: We're proud that our students are some of the most satisfied in the country with their course, which is why 15 of our subjects were ranked among the Top 10 in England in the National Student Survey (2025).  

• Employability: Keele ranks in the UK Top 15 for Employability (2026 University Compare rankings). We are committed to helping students reach their full employment potential by providing the advice, guidance, and access to experiential learning opportunities that will prepare them for the world of work. 

• Global Sustainability Institution of the Year: Our research, expertise, and passion for sustainability is renowned around the world; it’s why we were named Global Sustainability Institution of the Year in the Green Gown Awards (2021).