The University of Wales, Aberystwyth, a Member Institution of the federal University of Wales, was the first university institution to be established in Wales. As of 2005, the university has around 7,000 students spread across eighteen academic departments. It is often known simply as "Aber" to its students.
Although a thriving sea-side town in the summer, the historic town of Aberystwyth is better known as a university town and the centre of learning for Wales, as it is also home to the National Library of Wales and boasts the largest Arts Centre in Wales.
With the railway age came tourists and the heyday of Aberystwyth as a sea-side resort was during the late 19th to mid 20th century.
The University of WalesAberystwyth is the oldest founding member of the University of Wales and the main (modern) campus is to be found a mile or so out of town, close to the National Library and the hospital.
University of Wales, or Prifysgol Cymru, is the degree-awarding body for most of the higher education institutions in Wales.
The Chancellor of the University of Wales is HRH the Prince of Wales and the Pro-Chancellor is the ex-politician Dafydd Wigley.
The University was composed of colleges until 1996, when the University was reorganised with a two-tier structure of member institutions in order to absorb the Cardiff Institute of Higher Education (which became the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC)) and the Gwent College of Higher Education (which became University of Wales College, Newport (UWCN)).
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