Brunel University generates hundreds of millions of pounds for Hillingdon borough per year, according to a new report.

The Uxbridge campus-based university was found to create £212 million annually, while supporting 2,512 jobs in the process.

The new report, by independent consultancy BiGGAR Economics, focuses on everything from the amount spent by the university on local goods and services, to student expenditure and part-time employment in the region.

It found that Brunel University is quite 'unique' among universities in London, in that it has demonstrated a huge stake in the local community in the past 50 years.

Paul Thomas, chief operating officer at Brunel University, said: “Whether through volunteering and student placements, through its impact on visitors to the region or through the sheer number of local suppliers and service providers that the university needs to run efficiently, we know that Brunel places itself at the very heart of Hillingdon.

“This report tells us just how much benefit the university brings locally and it demonstrates the value of having such a close relationship with the local community.”

The report shows Brunel’s gross valued added (GVA), measuring the monetary contribution of the university to the economy, in the 2013/14 financial year.

In the same period, the university generated £785m in the UK, with a total of 10,407 jobs supported.

For every £1 directly generated by the university there was a total economic impact of £6.60 on the UK economy.

The university’s work in widening participation was highlighted as a particular success.

Of more than 12,000 students, 94.8% of the year’s intake came from state schools, compared with 92.5% in the UK.

Meanwhile, in 2013/14, 1,397 Brunel students undertook work placements, while the student body contributed to 10,402 hours of volunteering in the same period.

Brunel University will celebrate it's 50th anniversary this year.