The University of Essex was rated ninth in the UK in the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE, 2008) and was in the top 20 for student satisfaction, amongst mainstream English universities, following the National Student Survey (NSS, 2011).
В последнем официальном рейтинге научно-исследовательских достижений (Research Assessment Exercise, RAE 2008) Эссекский университет занял девятое место среди 150 университетов Великобритании.