泰晤士河谷大学（TVU）的规模和学生组成的多样性在英国都首屈一指。现在该校有47000多名学生，共来自140多个国家。该校的校园分别为伦敦（伊令）、雷丁和斯劳。这三个地方的铁路和公路交通都十分便利。你既能在20分钟内就从校园到伦敦市中心和希思罗机场，也能尽情领略波克郡和泰晤士河谷的乡村风光。
泰晤士河谷大学为公立大学，由英格兰高等教育拨款委员会（HEFCE）和学习与技能委员会共同负责其财政，接受高等教育质量保障局对其教学质量的监督。泰晤士河谷大学和用人单位密切合作，确保学校的课程紧跟现代职业市场的步伐，使毕业生们深受用人单位的欢迎。
学术实力
泰晤士河谷大学下设三个学院 – 文科学院、卫生与人类科学院、专业研究学院。2004年1月雷丁学院及艺术与设计学院并入泰晤士河谷大学。现在雷丁校园开设了广泛的本科课程和中学高级水平、英语语言等大学预科及国家文凭课程。
文科学院不仅赢得了许多业内奖项，还得到了媒体行业的许多机构的支持。艺术和设计系开设的课程十分全面。媒体系在摄影、电视、广播、电影、广告、公共关系和新闻等方面对学生进行培训。学校音乐系的前身是1887年成立的伦敦音乐学院，100多年来它的表演和创作方面的教学质量一直非常优异。
卫生与人类科学院是英国最大的护理和产科学课程教育机构之一。现约有4000名学生在这里学习心理学、社会学和卫生研究等与卫生保健相关的课程。此外该学院还和帝国学院一起开设了医学预科学位课程。
专业研究学院是英格兰东南部最大的管理教育和培训课程的教育机构之一。该学院开设的课程覆盖了以下领域：商务与管理、人力资源、信息技术和信息管理、法学、会计和金融、营销、旅游业、酒店业与休闲。专业研究学院的下属院校伦敦旅游、酒店业和休闲学院最近刚被高等教育质量保障局（QAA）评为“优秀”。
设施
学校定期评估课程，很多课程都紧跟时代的步伐。学校的设施一流，气氛友好，教职员工都兢兢业业地工作。
泰晤士河谷大学的国际办公室为国际学生提供建议和支持，开设的服务有：在希思罗机场和盖特威克机场免费接机；精心设计的学期前活动，帮助学生尽快适应新环境、结识朋友和提高学术英语水平与学习技巧；国际迎新简介活动；丰富多彩的社交活动；提供在伦敦的国际学生组织的信息；协助开设银行帐户；安装了计算机的公共休息室；为学生创造的交友的机会；按国际学生的需要提供指导；免费成为“国际学生之家”和“第一国际学生俱乐部”的会员。
学生生活
每名学生都自动成为泰晤士河谷大学学生会的会员。该学生会努力提高学生的参与性，代表全体学生的利益。学生会的体育办公室则是各类体育和休闲活动及学生会下设社团的中心基地。
Thames Valley University was formerly West London Polytechnic, which incorporated the Ealing School of Art. Its earlier incarnations have bred rock stars Ronnie Wood, Pete Townsend, Freddie Mercury and the less well known but equally rocktastic Janick Gers of metal monsters Iron Maiden.
Recent times have seen trouble for Thames Valley, although nothing as disturbing as Tommy or the haircuts sported by Wood, Mercury and Gers. In November 1998, the Quality Assessment Agency's report on TVU damned its "structures and procedures for safeguarding quality and standards". Numbers collapsed; the vice chancellor resigned and many courses - including the university's successful linguistics and sociology degrees - were forced to close.
Based on sites in Ealing and Slough, TVU is implementing a radical plan to save itself that involves focusing on its core strengths: business and management, law, digital arts, hospitality and catering, tourism and nursing and midwifery.
The students' union does its best to link the sites and the bars are vibrant enough. A very large proportion of students come from the immediate area - 82% were from within 50 miles in 1997/98 and 45% came from ethnic minorities. In terms of attracting a diverse and local student body then, TVU is succeeding.
TVU is a university for our region, working closely with local government, the Regional Development Agencies and regeneration bodies to enhance the social, cultural and economic lives of the communities we serve. We are one of the UK's largest universities with over 44,000 students, from over 117 countries. We: are a modern university with a long tradition provide high quality, relevant and vocational courses for the real world enhance your job, employment and career prospects provide excellent teaching and study support support you before and during your studies have an alumni network for all graduates.
