Emma Watson to return to Brown University next year to finish her degree

Emma Watson began studying at Brown University in 2009

Emma Watson will return to Brown University in 2013 to complete her degree after taking a break to work on film projects.

The actress deferred her place in August to shoot Sofia Coppola-directed movie The Bling Ring and new flick Noah, which also stars Russell Crowe.

Emma, 22, first began studying at Brown in September 2009 but took time out to promoted the final Harry Potter film.

She spent last year on a study abroad programme at the University Of Oxford - where she met boyfriend Will Adamowicz - before deciding not to return for the next semester.

She's previously reassured fans that she won't drop out of college for good.

'I love studying pretty much more than anything, but recently I've had so much to juggle that being a student AND fulfilling my other commitments has become a little impossible,' she wrote on her website last year.

'I will still be working towards my degree. It's just going to take me a semester or two longer than I thought.'

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