The University of Reading is a public university located in Reading, Berkshire in England. It was established in 1892 as a satelite college of Christ Church, Oxford. It received the power to grant its own degrees by Royal Charter in 1926 from King George V, and was the only university to receive such a charter between the two world wars. The 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) placed the University 27th out of 154 institutions in the UK for Research Power, and 19th for Research Intensity.