 The main building of Cardiff University Cardiff University (Welsh: Prifysgol Caerdydd) is a leading university located in the civic centre of Cardiff, Wales. It received its Royal charter in 1883 and is a member of the Russell Group of Universities. The university was shortlisted for the Sunday Times University of the Year award in 2003. Before August 2004, the university was officially known as University of Wales, Cardiff (Welsh: Prifysgol Cymru, Caerdydd), although it used the name Cardiff University publicly. The student population is diverse with 17% of students from overseas and 85% of students from state schools. Cardiff Univeritys Logo This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ...
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Motto: (Welsh for Wales forever) Anthem: Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau Capital Cardiff Largest city Cardiff Official language(s) English, Welsh Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP - First Minister Rhodri Morgan AM Unification - by Gruffudd ap Llywelyn 1056 Area - Total 20,779 km² (3rd in...
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History
The Aberdare Report of 1881 recommended the foundation of university colleges in north and south Wales to complement the already established University College, Wales (now the University of Wales, Aberystwyth) in Aberystwyth. Following a public appeal that raised £37,000, the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire opened on October 24, 1883 and was incorporated by Royal Charter the following year. The only college in Wales with its own degree awarding powers at this time was St David's University College. As such, Cardiff entered students for the examinations of the University of London until, in 1893, it became one of the founding institutions of the University of Wales and began awarding their degrees. 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
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Aberystwyth, viewed from the nature reserve on Penglais Hill Aberystwyth /aberˈəstwɪθ/ (Welsh Mouth of the Ystwyth) is a historic market town, administrative centre and holiday resort within Ceredigion, Mid Wales. ...
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1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
A Royal Charter is a charter given by a monarch to legitimize an incorporated body, such as a city, company, university or such. ...
University of Wales, Lampeter Prifysgol Cymru, Llanbedr Pont Steffan University of Wales, Lampeter (Welsh: Prifysgol Cymru, Llanbedr Pont Steffan) is a university in Lampeter, Wales, the oldest degree awarding institution in Wales, and the third oldest in England and Wales after Oxford and Cambridge. ...
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In 1885, Aberdare Hall opened as the first hall of residence, allowing women access to the university. This moved to its current site in 1895, but remains a single-sex hall. 1904 saw the appointment of the first female professor in the UK, Millicent McKenzie. 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
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Work began on the Main Building in Cardiff's Civic Centre in 1903 and this opened in 1909. Money ran short for this project, however, and although the side-wings were completed in the 1960s, the planned Great Hall has never been built. In 1931, the School of Medicine, which had been founded as part of the College in 1893 when the Departments of Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Pharmacology were founded, was split off to form the University of Wales College of Medicine. In 1972, the College was renamed University College, Cardiff. Cardiff (English: Welsh: ) is the capital of Wales and its largest city. ...
1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...
1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
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University of Wales College of medicine is re-united with Cardiff University in 2004 forming the Cardiff University School of Medicine. ...
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In 1988, financial problems caused University College, Cardiff and the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology to merge, forming the University of Wales College, Cardiff. Following changes to the constitution of the University of Wales in 1996, this became the University of Wales, Cardiff. 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
In the early 1990s, the university's computer systems served as the home for The Internet Movie Database. [1] In 1997, the College was granted full independent degree awarding-powers by the Privy Council (though, as a member of the University of Wales it could not begin using them) and in 1999 the public name of the university was changed to Cardiff University. Some considered this part of an effort at Cardiff to set itself apart from the other colleges of the University of Wales, none of which are members of the Russell Group. See also 1990s, the band The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, sometimes informally including popular culture from the late 1980s and shortly after the year 2000. ...
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about actors, films, television shows, television stars, video games and production crew personnel. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Old Farts by the Sometimes-United Nations. ...
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On 1 August 2004 the University of Wales, Cardiff merged with the University of Wales College of Medicine. The merged institution separated from the collegiate University of Wales and officially took the name Cardiff University. August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ...
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University of Wales College of medicine is re-united with Cardiff University in 2004 forming the Cardiff University School of Medicine. ...
The University of Wales (Prifysgol Cymru in Welsh) is a federal university founded in 1893. ...
Cardiff Today In 2002, ideas were floated to re-merge Cardiff with the University of Wales College of Medicine following the publication of the Welsh Assembly Government's review of higher education in Wales. This merger became effective on August 1, 2004, on which date Cardiff University ceased to be a constituent institution of the University of Wales and became an independent "link institution" affiliated to the federal University. The process of the merger was completed on December 1, 2004 when the Act of Parliament transferring UWCM's assets to Cardiff University received Royal Assent. On December 17 it was announced that the Privy Council had given approval to the new Supplemental Charter and had granted university status to Cardiff, legally changing the name of the institution to Cardiff University. Cardiff currently still awards University of Wales degrees but for students admitted from 2005 these are planned to be replaced by Cardiff degrees except for medicine, dentistry and other health-related areas, which will begin to admit students for Cardiff degrees from 2006. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...
The National Assembly for Wales (or NAW) (Welsh: Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru) was established in 1998, following a 1997 referendum in which a small majority of voters (but not the electorate) voted in favour of the Labour Governments plans for devolution. ...
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In 2004, the Universities of Cardiff and Swansea entered a partnership to provide a four-year graduate-entry medical degree. An annual intake of around 70 post-graduate students undertake an accelerated version of the Cardiff course at the University of Wales, Swansea for the first two years before joining undergraduate students at Cardiff for the final two years. All medicine/surgery graduates are awarded the degrees MB BCh.
In 2005, The Wales College of Medicine, which is part of the University, launched the North Wales Clinical School in Wrexham in collaboration with the North East Wales Institute of Higher Education in Wrexham and the University of Wales, Bangor and with the National Health Service in Wales. This has been funded with £12.5 Million from the Welsh Assembly and will lead to the tripling of the number of trainee doctors in clinical training in Wales over a four year period. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Wrexham (Welsh: Wrecsam) is an industrial town in north-east Wales, close to the English border with Cheshire. ...
The North East Wales Institute of Higher Education (NEWI) is a higher education institution based in Wrexham. ...
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The National Assembly for Wales (or NAW) (Welsh: Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru) was established in 1998, following a 1997 referendum in which a small majority of voters (but not the electorate) voted in favour of the Labour Governments plans for devolution. ...
The University is currently exploring closer links with the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama which is also based in Cardiff. It has been rumoured that this could lead to an eventual merger, as this is very similar to the wording used prior to the merger with UWCM. The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is a conservatoire located in Cardiff. ...
The university has a rivalry with nearby Swansea University, against whom every year they have a varsity match. Swansea University (officially the University of Wales, Swansea; Welsh: Prifysgol Cymru, Abertawe) is a constituent institution of the federal University of Wales, located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. ...
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Reputation
 Cardiff University - the main building (as seen from Cathays Park in spring time) Cardiff University has a long standing tradition of providing the best education in Wales, as shown in its five year standing as the best centre of excellence in Wales in the Sunday Times League Tables. Cardiff is also the only university in Wales to be a member of the Russell Group of Research Intensive Universities. Cardiff (along with Swansea University) is the only university in Wales to have a department (town and county planning) rated as a 'Gold Standard' (One that achieved 5* rating in both the RAE in 2001 and 1996. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2400x1800, 1767 KB) Back Of Cardiff University File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Cardiff University Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera...
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Swansea University (officially the University of Wales, Swansea; Welsh: Prifysgol Cymru, Abertawe) is a constituent institution of the federal University of Wales, located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. ...
Academic Ranking of the Worlds Universities - 2006 - placed 151-200 globally and 57-78 in Europe
- 2005 - placed 153-202 globally and 60-79 in Europe
- 2004 - placed 153-201 globally and 60-79 in Europe
- 2003 - placed 201-250 globally and 77-99 in Europe
Sunday Times 2007 Good University Guide - Ranked 22nd overall in the institution-wide league table
- Ranked 26th in a peer review survey (21 places above its nearest Welsh rival)[1]
- Ranked 23rd in a survey of Head Teachers and peer review (19 places above its nearest Welsh rival)[2]
- Ranked 38th in a student satisfaction survey (31 places below the top Welsh university)[3]
- Placed 29th in the survey of Head teachers (4 places above its nearest Welsh rival)[4]
Other Newspaper Tables - 16th overall in the Times good university guide 2007
- 24th by the Guardian university guide 2007
Schools and Colleges The 28 academic schools and four graduate schools are grouped into two colleges, with each college having a provost: the Wales College of Medicine, Biology, Life and Health Sciences and the College of Humanities and Sciences. The academic schools are: Provost is from the Latin praepositus (set over, from praeponere, to place in front). It may mean: Provost (religion), a church official. ...
College of Humanities and Sciences | Wales College of Medicine, Biology, Life and Health Sciences - Note* Known collectively as the Wales College of Medicine
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Facilities There are sporting facilities and sports teams in the BUSA university league, including men's and women's hockey. The British Universities Sports Association (BUSA) is the governing body for United Kingdom. ...
The Cardiff University Students' Union building is over the main railway going north from Cardiff to the Valleys, next door to Cathays railway station. It has shops, a nightclub and the studios of Xpress Radio (which is piped throughout the union) and gair rhydd (Welsh: 'Free Word'), the student newspaper. Cardiff University Students Union (Mywyfwyr Undeb Prifysgol Caerdydd in Welsh) is the students union for Cardiff University, which aims to promote the interests of its students. ...
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The station in Cathays is located immediately next to the Cardiff University Students Union building and the tracks actually run directly under it. ...
Xpress Radio is a student radio station based in Cardiff, founded in 1996, mainly run by the students of Cardiff University. ...
gair rhydd (free word in Welsh) is the official student newspaper of Cardiff University. ...
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Alumni
 Graduation Ceremony at St David's Hall Alumni of Cardiff University (and its predecessor) include: Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1280x960, 504 KB) Graduation Ceremony for Cardiff University students. ...
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Robin Attfield, MA (Oxon), PhD (Wales) has been Professor of Philosophy at Cardiff University since 1992 Robin Attfield read Greats at Christ Church and theology at Regents Park College, Oxford. ...
Dr Barham Salih (born 1960) is a Western educated politician, he received a BSc in civil and structural engineering at Cardiff University and a MSc in statistics and computer modelling at Liverpool University. ...
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Huw Edwards (born August 1961) is a newsreader, or anchor, with the BBC in the United Kingdom. ...
Alun Hoddinott (born 1929) is a Welsh composer. ...
Brian J. Ford is a British independent scientist, prolific author and popular interpreter of scientific issues for the general populace, whose scientific papers and numerous books have been published internationally. ...
Karl Jenkins (born February 17, 1944) is a Welsh musician and composer. ...
Glenys Elizabeth Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock (born July 7, 1944) is a Welsh politician. ...
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William Ernest Bill Rammell (born 10 October 1959) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ...
for other people of the same / or similar name Craig Thomas Craig David Thomas (born 24 November 1942) is a Welsh author of thrillers, notably the Mitchell Gant series. ...
Grace Mary Williams (February 19, 1906 - February 10, 1977) was a Welsh composer. ...
Rizwan Khan, better known as Riz Khan, reported world news as a Senior News Anchor for CNN International, based in Atlanta. ...
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// Swansea Institute of Higher Education Swansea Institute of Higher Education was born in 1992, when it achieved its status as an independent Higher Education Corporation, but its roots go back over 150 years. ...
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| | Affiliated/Linked Institutions: Cardiff | | Validated Insititutions: Coleg Sir Gâr | Herefordshire College of Art and Design Coleg Sir Gâr (English: Carmarthenshire College) is one of the largest providers of further education in Wales. ...
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