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Cardiff University

Cardiff University (Welsh: Prifysgol Caerdydd) is a public research university in Cardiff, Wales. It was established in 1883 as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire and became a founding college of the University of Wales in 1893. It was renamed University College, Cardiff in 1972 and merged with the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology in 1988 to become University of Wales College, Cardiff and then University of Wales, Cardiff in 1996. In 1997 it received degree-awarding powers, but held them in abeyance. It adopted the operating name of Cardiff University in 1999; this became its legal name in 2005, when it became an independent university awarding its own degrees.

Cardiff University
Welsh: Prifysgol Caerdydd
Coat of arms of Cardiff University
Former names
  • University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire (1893–1972)
  • University College, Cardiff (1972–1988)
  • University of Wales College, Cardiff (1988–1996)
  • University of Wales, Cardiff (1996–2005)
MottoWelsh: Gwirionedd, Undod a Chytgord[1]
Motto in English
Truth, Unity and Concord[1]
TypePublic
Established
  • 1883 (college)
  • 2005 (independent university status)
Endowment£46.2 million (2023)[2]
Budget£627.2 million (2022/23)[2]
ChancellorJenny Randerson[3]
Vice-ChancellorWendy Larner
Academic staff
3,400 (2021/22)[4]
Administrative staff
3,535 (2021/22)[4]
Students33,985 (2021/22)[5]
Undergraduates23,765 (2021/22)[5]
Postgraduates10,220 (2021/22)[5]
Location,
51°29′N 3°11′W / 51.49°N 3.18°W / 51.49; -3.18
CampusUrban
Colours
Affiliations
Websitecardiff.ac.uk

Cardiff University is the only Welsh member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities.[6] Academics and alumni of the university have included two heads of state or government and two Nobel laureates. As of 2023, the university's academics include 17 fellows of the Royal Society, 11 fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering, seven fellows of the British Academy, 21 fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences and 32 fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences.[7]

History edit

University college edit

 
Lord Aberdare was instrumental in the university's founding.

The foundation of the university college in Cardiff that was to become Cardiff University was part of the Welsh university movement of the second half of the 19th century, which also led to the foundation of the colleges at Aberystwyth and Bangor (now Aberystwyth and Bangor universities) and the federal University of Wales. The movement began at a meeting in London in 1854 called by Hugh Owen, including leaders of Welsh theological colleges and members of parliament. This meeting discussed establishing university colleges in Wales along the same lines as the Queen's Colleges established the previous decade in Ireland, and produced a formal proposal, the "Outline of Constitution for Proposed Welsh Queen's Colleges".[8]

Discussions on the founding of a university college in South Wales were revived in 1879, when a group of Welsh and English MPs urged the government to consider the poor provision of higher and intermediate education in Wales and "the best means of assisting any local effort which may be made for supplying such deficiency."[9]

In August 1880, William Ewart Gladstone's government appointed a departmental committee to conduct "an enquiry into the nature and extent of intermediate and higher education in Wales", chaired by Lord Aberdare and consisting of Viscount Emlyn, Reverend Prebendary H. G. Robinson, Henry Richard, John Rhys and Lewis Morris.[10] The Aberdare Report, as it came to be known, took evidence from a wide range of sources and over 250 witnesses and recommended a college each for North Wales and South Wales, the latter to be located in Glamorgan and the former to be the established University College of Wales in Aberystwyth (now Aberystwyth University). The committee cited the unique Welsh national identity and noted that many students in Wales could not afford to travel to University in England or Scotland. It advocated a national degree-awarding university for Wales, composed of regional colleges, which should be non-sectarian in nature and exclude the teaching of theology.[11][12]

 
John Viriamu Jones was the founding principal of the college.

After the recommendation was published, Cardiff Corporation sought to secure the location of the college in Cardiff, and on 12 December 1881 formed a University College Committee to aid the matter.[13] There was competition to be the site between Swansea and Cardiff. On 12 March 1883, after arbitration, a decision was made in Cardiff's favour.[13] This was strengthened by the need to consider the interests of Monmouthshire, at that time not legally incorporated into Wales, and the greater sum received by Cardiff in support of the college, through a public appeal that raised £37,000 and a number of private donations, notably from the Lord Bute and Lord Windsor.[14][15] In April Lord Aberdare was appointed as the college's first president.[13] The possible locations considered included Cardiff Arms Park, Cathedral Road, and Moira Terrace, Roath, before the site of the Old Royal Infirmary buildings on Newport Road was chosen.[13]

The University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire opened on 24 October 1883 with courses in biology, chemistry, English, French, German, Greek, history, Latin, mathematics and astronomy, music, Welsh, logic and philosophy, and physics. It was incorporated by royal charter the following year; this was the first charter in Wales to allow the enrolment of women and to specifically forbid religious tests for entry.[15] John Viriamu Jones was appointed as the college's first principal at the age of 27. As the college was not an independent university and could not award its own degrees, it prepared its students for examinations of the University of London or for further study at Oxford or Cambridge.[16]

In 1888 the university college at Cardiff and the University College of North Wales (now Bangor University) proposed to the University College Wales at Aberystwyth joint action to gain a university charter for Wales, modelled on that of the Victoria University, a federal university in northern England with colleges in Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool. This led to a charter being granted to the University of Wales in 1893, with the colleges becoming members of the new university. The position of operational head would rotate among heads of the colleges.[15]

In 1885, Aberdare Hall opened as the first hall of residence, allowing women access to the college. This moved to its current site in 1895, but remains a single-sex hall. In 1904 the college appointed the first female associate professor in the UK, Millicent Mackenzie, who in 1910 became the first female full professor at a fully chartered UK university.

In 1901 John Viriamu Jones persuaded Cardiff Corporation to give the college a five-acre site in Cathays Park (instead of selling it as they would have done otherwise).[17] Soon after, in 1905, work on a new building commenced under the architect W. D. Caröe. Money ran short for the project, however,and although the side-wings were completed in the 1960s the planned great hall was never built. Caroe sought to combine the charm and elegance of his alma mater (Trinity College, Cambridge) with the picturesque balance of many Oxford colleges. On 14 October 1909 the "New College" building in Cathays Park (now Main Building) and the "Drapers' Library" (now the Science Library) was opened in a ceremony involving a procession from the "Old College" in Newport Road.[18]

In 1931, the medical school, founded as part of the college in 1893 along with the departments of anatomy, physiology, pathology and pharmacology, was split off to form the Welsh National School of Medicine, renamed the University of Wales College of Medicine in 1984.

The University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire was renamed University College, Cardiff in 1972.[19]

1988 merger edit

In 1988, University College Cardiff ran into financial difficulties and a declaration of insolvency was considered.[20] This led to a merger with the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (UWIST) to form the University of Wales College of Cardiff. The principal of the new institution was Sir Aubrey Trotman-Dickenson, who had been the principal of UWIST. After changes to the constitution in 1996, its name was changed to the University of Wales, Cardiff.

In the early 1990s, the university's computer systems served as the home for The Internet Movie Database.[21]

Independence and 2004 merger edit

 
Queen Elizabeth II with Anthony J. Moses during her visit in Cardiff University in 2000

The college was granted degree-awarding powers by the Privy Council in 1997 although, as a member of the University of Wales, it did not use them at that time. In 1999, the public name of the university was changed to Cardiff University.

In 2002, ideas were floated to re-merge Cardiff with the University of Wales College of Medicine (UWCM), after the publication of the Welsh Assembly Government's review of higher education in Wales. This set in train a series of constitutional reforms. On 1 August 2004, Cardiff University ceased to be a member of the University of Wales and became an independent "link institution" affiliated to the federal university. The process of the merger with UWCM was completed on 1 December 2004, when the Act of Parliament transferring UWCM's assets to Cardiff University received royal assent. On 17 December it was announced that the Privy Council had given approval to a new supplemental charter for the keys institution. This was sealed on 11 March 2005, granting university status to Cardiff and legally changing the name of the institution to Cardiff University.[22] Cardiff awarded University of Wales degrees to students admitted before 2005, but has subsequently awarded its own degrees.[23]

 
A Cardiff University graduation ceremony in 2006

In 2005, Wales College of Medicine, as 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, the University of Wales, Bangor, and the National Health Service in Wales. This received funds of £12.5 million from the Welsh Assembly[24] and trebled the number of trainee doctors in clinical training in Wales over a four-year period.

The university also has a Centre for Lifelong Learning, which has been teaching a wide range of courses for over 125 years.[25] However, in July 2009, the university announced it was ending over 250 humanities courses at the centre, making over 100 staff redundant. The university has since reintroduced a number of humanities courses for a trial period beginning in 2010.[26]

In June 2010, the university launched three new research institutes,[27] each offering a new approach to a major modern research issue. The Neurosciences and Mental Health Research Institute and the Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute are housed in the purpose-built Hadyn Ellis Building and in the Sustainable Places Research Institute. Another part of the Science and Development Campus, the Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), opened in June 2016 for neuroimaging research.[28]

Workload controversy edit

On 19 February 2018, Malcolm Anderson, a university lecturer committed suicide at age 48 by jumping off a university building.[29][30][31][32][33] The inquiry determined that Anderson's suicide was the result of a high-pressure workload.[31][32]

In 2020, Grace Krause, a PhD student employed at Cardiff University started experiencing headaches and back pain after lengthy work at a computer.[32][34] She tweeted that "Staff are marking hundreds of essays in an impossibly short time. It is exhausting. Everyone is in crisis mode. Stressed, moody, morose, everyone feels like they’re drowning."[32] Soon after, an email from the university was sent to all PhD students asking for these comments to be deleted, in order to avoid negative media attention, which sparked a debate about freedom of speech between employers and employees.[32]

Vice chancellors and principals edit

List of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of Cardiff University and its predecessors (shown in brackets):

Campus edit

Academic facilities edit

 
The main reading room of the Science Library, pictured in 2017

The university's academic facilities are centred around Cathays Park in central Cardiff,[35] which contains the university's grade II* listed main building,[36] housing administrative facilities and the science library, previously called the Drapers' library;[37][38] the grade II listed Bute building,[39] which contains the Welsh School of Architecture,[40] the grade I listed Glamorgan building,[41] which houses the Cardiff Schools of Planning and Geography and Social Sciences,[42] the Redwood Building (named in 1979 after the Redwood Family of Boverton near Llantwit Major by a 1978 suggestion by J. D. R. Thomas), which houses the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences;[43] the law building which houses the Cardiff Law School;[44] and the biosciences building, which provides facilities for both biosciences and medical teaching.[45] The School of Engineering and School of Physics and Astronomy are located in the Queen's Buildings, off Newport Road, the Schools of Computer Science of Informatics and Mathematics at the Abacws Building,[46] and the School of Journalism, Media and Culture at 2 Central Square.

A number of university academic facilities are located at the Heath Park campus, based at the University Hospital of Wales. This covers the Cardiff University School of Medicine, the School of Dentistry, the School of Healthcare Sciences, and the School of Optometry and Vision Sciences.[47]

Buildings of Cardiff University

Athletics facilities edit

Most of the university's sports facilities are located at the sports training village in the Talybont Halls complex. This includes facilities for football, badminton, basketball, tennis, hockey and gym.[48] Additional gym facilities and squash courts are located at the university fitness and squash centre, near the city centre campus at Cathays Park.[49] Extensive playing fields for Rugby, football and lacrosse are located at the university playing fields near Llanrumney.[50] The university also utilises the nearby Millennium Stadium for rugby fixtures such as the annual varsity tournament.[51]

Organisation edit

Schools and colleges edit

The 26 academic schools of the university are divided into three colleges: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; and Physical Sciences.[52]

Cardiff also has a Doctoral Academy,[53] that brings together the work of four previous discipline-based Graduate Schools and the postgraduate research activity of the university's Graduate Centre.

Finances edit

In the financial year ended 31 July 2022, the annual income of the institution was £627.6 million (£634.2 million for the group). The operating expenditure was £604.2 million (£606.5 million for the group), with a pensions provision of £118.8 million for a total expenditure of £725.3 million. The consolidated group income and expenditure includes University College Cardiff Consultants Limited and International Learning Exchange Programme Limited, but does not include the University Students’ Union or the Cardiff Partnership Fund Limited as Cardiff University's council does not control the financial and operating activities of those bodies.[54]

Key sources of income included £125.4 million from research grants and contracts, £98.9 million from Funding Council grants and £323.5 million from tuition fees and support grants. As of 31 July 2022, Cardiff had endowments of £45.6 million and total reserves of £648.7 million.[54]

Academic profile edit

Rankings and reputation edit

 
Glamorgan Building
Rankings
National rankings
Complete (2024)[55]21
Guardian (2024)[56]29
Times / Sunday Times (2024)[57]25
Global rankings
ARWU (2023)[58]151–200
QS (2024)[59]154=
THE (2024)[60]190
 
Cardiff University's national league table performance over the past ten years

Cardiff University is a highly renowned for several subjects in its department. Cardiff has produced two Nobel Laureates on its staff, Sir Martin Evans and Robert Huber.[61] A number of Cardiff University staff have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society, these include Graham Hutchings FRS, professor of Physical Chemistry and Director of the Cardiff Catalysis Institute, School of Chemistry,[62] Ole Holger Petersen, MRC Professor and Director of Cardiff School of Biosciences.[63] and John M. Pearce, Professor of Psychology.[64]

In 2013, Cardiff University was ranked as one of the best UK universities for supporting LGBT students, by the charity Stonewall in its annual Gay by Degree guide. The university was one of only two in the UK and the only one in Wales to achieve top marks in a Stonewall checklist of priorities for LGBT+ students.[65]

Cardiff University was ranked joint 168th in Best Global Universities by US News in 2021.[66] It was ranked 164th among universities around the world by SCImago Institutions Rankings in 2021.[67] The Round University Rankings ranked Cardiff University 162nd globally in 2021.[68] The Center for World University Rankings listed Cardiff University 159th in the world in 2021.[69]

According to QS World University Rankings by Subject in 2021, Cardiff University ranked within the world's top 50 universities in communication and media studies (28), in Architecture and Built environment (37) and Psychology (59).[70] Other subjects ranked within the top 100 are dentistry, and mineral and mining engineering (49) civil and structural engineering, geography, social policy and administration, pharmacy and pharmacology, English language and literature, and sociology.[70]

Admissions edit

UCAS Admission Statistics
2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Applications[α][71] 46,345 44,155 39,225 34,465 33,320
Accepted[α][71] 7,375 7,915 7,500 6,940 6,770
Applications/Accepted Ratio[α] 6.3 5.6 5.2 5.0 4.9
Offer Rate (%)[β][72] 68.2 70.3 73.4 72.5 71.1
Average Entry Tariff[73] 153 148 144 153
  1. ^ a b c Main scheme applications, International and UK
  2. ^ UK domiciled applicants
HESA Student Body Composition (2022)
Domicile[74] and Ethnicity[75] Total
British White 63% 63
 
British Ethnic Minorities[a] 15% 15
 
International EU 3% 3
 
International Non-EU 19% 19
 
Undergraduate Widening Participation Indicators[76][77]
Female 60% 60
 
Private School 14% 14
 
Low Participation Areas[b] 9% 9
 

According to the 2017 Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide, approximately 15 per cent of Cardiff's undergraduates come from independent schools.[78] In the 2016–2017 academic year, the university had a domicile breakdown of 76:5:19 of UK:EU:non-EU students respectively with a female to male ratio of 59:41.[79]

Student life edit

Student accommodation edit

The university maintains 15 student halls and a number of student houses throughout the city of Cardiff; providing a total of 5,362 student places in accommodation.[80] They are in a variety of architectural styles and ages, from the Gothic Aberdare Hall, built in 1895, to the modern Talybont Gate Building, completed in 2014. All first-year students are guaranteed a place in university owned and managed halls.[81] The Cardiff University Halls are:

  • Aberconway Hall
  • Aberdare Hall
  • Cartwright Court
  • Clodien House
  • Colum Hall
  • Hodge Hall
  • Gordon Hall
  • Roy Jenkins Hall
  • Senghennydd Court
  • Senghennydd Hall
  • The Talybont 'Student Village' (Including Talybont North, South, Court and Gate Halls)
  • University Hall
  • Houses in Colum Road and Colum Place
  • Student Village Houses

Students' Union edit

The Cardiff University Students' Union is a student-run organisation aiming to promote student interests within the university and further afield. The Cardiff University Students' Union building is near Cathays Park, next to Cathays railway station. It has shops, a night club and the studios of Xpress Radio and Gair Rhydd, the student newspaper. It is democratically controlled by the student body through the election of seven full-time officers, who manage the running of the Union.[82] The Union provides a range of services, including a number of cafes, bars and shops, as well as advice, training and representation. The Union is an affiliated member of the National Union of Students.[83]

Groups and societies edit

The Union also supports over 260 other clubs and societies across a wide range of interests,[84] including: Cardiff University Debating Society,[85] and Act One, the student dramatic society.[86] All clubs offer opportunities for beginners and the more experienced students.

Media edit

 
Nick Clegg at Cardiff University Students' Union conducting an interview with CUTV in 2010

The Union provides facilities and support for several student media groups, including: Gair Rhydd, an award-winning, free student newspaper that is released every Monday of term;[87] Quench, a monthly arts and lifestyle magazine that specialises in the local music scene as well as original investigative feature articles;[88] and CUTV, the student television channel.[89]

Xpress Radio is the student radio station.[90] It broadcasts daily during term from studios in the Students' Union building, with programming such as comedy panel shows, new music showcases, local music showcases, and film reviews.[91][92]

Athletics edit

 
Swansea and Cardiff Universities Men's Senior eights during The Welsh Boat Race in 2006

The Cardiff University Athletic Union is the body that supports student sport at Cardiff, it oversees more than 60 competitive and non-competitive sports clubs, many of which compete in the British Universities and Colleges Sport league.[93] The university's Ice Hockey team, the Cardiff Redhawks (which also recruits players from other Welsh universities) competes in the British Universities Ice Hockey Association leagues.[94]

The university's sports teams also take part in the annual Welsh Varsity against Swansea University, which includes the Welsh Boat Race, and several other sporting competitions.[95] The Welsh Varsity rugby match has been described as "probably... the second biggest Varsity Game next to Oxford vs Cambridge".[96]

Cardiff participates in British Universities and Colleges Sport which manages a sporting framework of competitive fixtures and events for over 150 institutions around the UK. Cardiff registers nearly 100 teams in the various leagues and competitions each year and sees students travelling around the country to represent Cardiff University. In 2013 Cardiff team achieved 15th position overall across the 50 different sports hosting events.

Insignia and other representations edit

Motto edit

Cardiff University's motto is Gwirionedd, Undod a Chytgord. The Welsh motto translates as Truth, Unity and Concord or Truth, Unity and Harmony. It is taken from the prayer for the Church militant as it appears in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.[97]

Coat of arms edit

Cardiff University's current coat of arms was granted by the College of Arms in 1988 following the merger of University College Cardiff and the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology.[97] The coat of arms incorporates features from the heraldry of both former institutions. The three chevrons are derived from the arms of the de Clare lords of Glamorgan. The open book signifies learning; on it are the crescent and annulet, marks of cadence that indicate that University College Cardiff was the second of the University of Wales' institutions, and that the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology was the fifth.[98]

A notable feature of the arms are the supporters, which in heraldry are rarely granted to universities. The supporters are an angel from University College Cardiff and a Welsh Dragon from the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology. The crest is a Welsh dragon in the stance of a lion; it stands on the helmet. Both the dragon and the helmet are distinguished by being front-facing rather than in profile as is more usually found in Welsh heraldry.[98]

Notable alumni and academics edit

Heads of state and government edit

Politics edit

 
Roy Jenkins, former President of the European Commission
 
Neil Kinnock, former Leader of the Opposition, Vice President of the European Commission and President of Cardiff University

Academia edit

 
Martin Evans, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
 
Robert Huber, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

Business edit

Religion edit

Sport edit

Arts and journalism edit

 
Huw Edwards, BAFTA award-winning journalist
 
Tim Hetherington, nominee of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2011

Law and Justice edit

See also edit

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cardiff, university, welsh, prifysgol, caerdydd, public, research, university, cardiff, wales, established, 1883, university, college, south, wales, monmouthshire, became, founding, college, university, wales, 1893, renamed, university, college, cardiff, 1972,. Cardiff University Welsh Prifysgol Caerdydd is a public research university in Cardiff Wales It was established in 1883 as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire and became a founding college of the University of Wales in 1893 It was renamed University College Cardiff in 1972 and merged with the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology in 1988 to become University of Wales College Cardiff and then University of Wales Cardiff in 1996 In 1997 it received degree awarding powers but held them in abeyance It adopted the operating name of Cardiff University in 1999 this became its legal name in 2005 when it became an independent university awarding its own degrees Cardiff UniversityWelsh Prifysgol CaerdyddCoat of arms of Cardiff UniversityFormer namesUniversity College of South Wales and Monmouthshire 1893 1972 University College Cardiff 1972 1988 University of Wales College Cardiff 1988 1996 University of Wales Cardiff 1996 2005 MottoWelsh Gwirionedd Undod a Chytgord 1 Motto in EnglishTruth Unity and Concord 1 TypePublicEstablished1883 college 2005 independent university status Endowment 46 2 million 2023 2 Budget 627 2 million 2022 23 2 ChancellorJenny Randerson 3 Vice ChancellorWendy LarnerAcademic staff3 400 2021 22 4 Administrative staff3 535 2021 22 4 Students33 985 2021 22 5 Undergraduates23 765 2021 22 5 Postgraduates10 220 2021 22 5 LocationCardiff Wales51 29 N 3 11 W 51 49 N 3 18 W 51 49 3 18CampusUrbanColours AffiliationsACUEUAGW4Russell GroupUniversities UKWebsitecardiff wbr ac wbr ukCardiff University is the only Welsh member of the Russell Group of research intensive British universities 6 Academics and alumni of the university have included two heads of state or government and two Nobel laureates As of 2023 update the university s academics include 17 fellows of the Royal Society 11 fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering seven fellows of the British Academy 21 fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences and 32 fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences 7 Contents 1 History 1 1 University college 1 2 1988 merger 1 3 Independence and 2004 merger 1 4 Workload controversy 1 5 Vice chancellors and principals 2 Campus 2 1 Academic facilities 2 2 Athletics facilities 3 Organisation 3 1 Schools and colleges 3 2 Finances 4 Academic profile 4 1 Rankings and reputation 4 2 Admissions 5 Student life 5 1 Student accommodation 5 2 Students Union 5 2 1 Groups and societies 5 2 2 Media 5 3 Athletics 6 Insignia and other representations 6 1 Motto 6 2 Coat of arms 7 Notable alumni and academics 7 1 Heads of state and government 7 2 Politics 7 3 Academia 7 4 Business 7 5 Religion 7 6 Sport 7 7 Arts and journalism 7 8 Law and Justice 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksHistory editUniversity college edit nbsp Lord Aberdare was instrumental in the university s founding The foundation of the university college in Cardiff that was to become Cardiff University was part of the Welsh university movement of the second half of the 19th century which also led to the foundation of the colleges at Aberystwyth and Bangor now Aberystwyth and Bangor universities and the federal University of Wales The movement began at a meeting in London in 1854 called by Hugh Owen including leaders of Welsh theological colleges and members of parliament This meeting discussed establishing university colleges in Wales along the same lines as the Queen s Colleges established the previous decade in Ireland and produced a formal proposal the Outline of Constitution for Proposed Welsh Queen s Colleges 8 Discussions on the founding of a university college in South Wales were revived in 1879 when a group of Welsh and English MPs urged the government to consider the poor provision of higher and intermediate education in Wales and the best means of assisting any local effort which may be made for supplying such deficiency 9 In August 1880 William Ewart Gladstone s government appointed a departmental committee to conduct an enquiry into the nature and extent of intermediate and higher education in Wales chaired by Lord Aberdare and consisting of Viscount Emlyn Reverend Prebendary H G Robinson Henry Richard John Rhys and Lewis Morris 10 The Aberdare Report as it came to be known took evidence from a wide range of sources and over 250 witnesses and recommended a college each for North Wales and South Wales the latter to be located in Glamorgan and the former to be the established University College of Wales in Aberystwyth now Aberystwyth University The committee cited the unique Welsh national identity and noted that many students in Wales could not afford to travel to University in England or Scotland It advocated a national degree awarding university for Wales composed of regional colleges which should be non sectarian in nature and exclude the teaching of theology 11 12 nbsp John Viriamu Jones was the founding principal of the college After the recommendation was published Cardiff Corporation sought to secure the location of the college in Cardiff and on 12 December 1881 formed a University College Committee to aid the matter 13 There was competition to be the site between Swansea and Cardiff On 12 March 1883 after arbitration a decision was made in Cardiff s favour 13 This was strengthened by the need to consider the interests of Monmouthshire at that time not legally incorporated into Wales and the greater sum received by Cardiff in support of the college through a public appeal that raised 37 000 and a number of private donations notably from the Lord Bute and Lord Windsor 14 15 In April Lord Aberdare was appointed as the college s first president 13 The possible locations considered included Cardiff Arms Park Cathedral Road and Moira Terrace Roath before the site of the Old Royal Infirmary buildings on Newport Road was chosen 13 The University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire opened on 24 October 1883 with courses in biology chemistry English French German Greek history Latin mathematics and astronomy music Welsh logic and philosophy and physics It was incorporated by royal charter the following year this was the first charter in Wales to allow the enrolment of women and to specifically forbid religious tests for entry 15 John Viriamu Jones was appointed as the college s first principal at the age of 27 As the college was not an independent university and could not award its own degrees it prepared its students for examinations of the University of London or for further study at Oxford or Cambridge 16 In 1888 the university college at Cardiff and the University College of North Wales now Bangor University proposed to the University College Wales at Aberystwyth joint action to gain a university charter for Wales modelled on that of the Victoria University a federal university in northern England with colleges in Manchester Leeds and Liverpool This led to a charter being granted to the University of Wales in 1893 with the colleges becoming members of the new university The position of operational head would rotate among heads of the colleges 15 In 1885 Aberdare Hall opened as the first hall of residence allowing women access to the college This moved to its current site in 1895 but remains a single sex hall In 1904 the college appointed the first female associate professor in the UK Millicent Mackenzie who in 1910 became the first female full professor at a fully chartered UK university In 1901 John Viriamu Jones persuaded Cardiff Corporation to give the college a five acre site in Cathays Park instead of selling it as they would have done otherwise 17 Soon after in 1905 work on a new building commenced under the architect W D Caroe Money ran short for the project however and although the side wings were completed in the 1960s the planned great hall was never built Caroe sought to combine the charm and elegance of his alma mater Trinity College Cambridge with the picturesque balance of many Oxford colleges On 14 October 1909 the New College building in Cathays Park now Main Building and the Drapers Library now the Science Library was opened in a ceremony involving a procession from the Old College in Newport Road 18 In 1931 the medical school founded as part of the college in 1893 along with the departments of anatomy physiology pathology and pharmacology was split off to form the Welsh National School of Medicine renamed the University of Wales College of Medicine in 1984 The University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire was renamed University College Cardiff in 1972 19 1988 merger edit In 1988 University College Cardiff ran into financial difficulties and a declaration of insolvency was considered 20 This led to a merger with the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology UWIST to form the University of Wales College of Cardiff The principal of the new institution was Sir Aubrey Trotman Dickenson who had been the principal of UWIST After changes to the constitution in 1996 its name was changed to the University of Wales Cardiff In the early 1990s the university s computer systems served as the home for The Internet Movie Database 21 Independence and 2004 merger edit nbsp Queen Elizabeth II with Anthony J Moses during her visit in Cardiff University in 2000The college was granted degree awarding powers by the Privy Council in 1997 although as a member of the University of Wales it did not use them at that time In 1999 the public name of the university was changed to Cardiff University In 2002 ideas were floated to re merge Cardiff with the University of Wales College of Medicine UWCM after the publication of the Welsh Assembly Government s review of higher education in Wales This set in train a series of constitutional reforms On 1 August 2004 Cardiff University ceased to be a member of the University of Wales and became an independent link institution affiliated to the federal university The process of the merger with UWCM was completed on 1 December 2004 when the Act of Parliament transferring UWCM s assets to Cardiff University received royal assent On 17 December it was announced that the Privy Council had given approval to a new supplemental charter for the keys institution This was sealed on 11 March 2005 granting university status to Cardiff and legally changing the name of the institution to Cardiff University 22 Cardiff awarded University of Wales degrees to students admitted before 2005 but has subsequently awarded its own degrees 23 nbsp A Cardiff University graduation ceremony in 2006In 2005 Wales College of Medicine as 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 the University of Wales Bangor and the National Health Service in Wales This received funds of 12 5 million from the Welsh Assembly 24 and trebled the number of trainee doctors in clinical training in Wales over a four year period The university also has a Centre for Lifelong Learning which has been teaching a wide range of courses for over 125 years 25 However in July 2009 the university announced it was ending over 250 humanities courses at the centre making over 100 staff redundant The university has since reintroduced a number of humanities courses for a trial period beginning in 2010 26 In June 2010 the university launched three new research institutes 27 each offering a new approach to a major modern research issue The Neurosciences and Mental Health Research Institute and the Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute are housed in the purpose built Hadyn Ellis Building and in the Sustainable Places Research Institute Another part of the Science and Development Campus the Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre CUBRIC opened in June 2016 for neuroimaging research 28 Workload controversy edit On 19 February 2018 Malcolm Anderson a university lecturer committed suicide at age 48 by jumping off a university building 29 30 31 32 33 The inquiry determined that Anderson s suicide was the result of a high pressure workload 31 32 In 2020 Grace Krause a PhD student employed at Cardiff University started experiencing headaches and back pain after lengthy work at a computer 32 34 She tweeted that Staff are marking hundreds of essays in an impossibly short time It is exhausting Everyone is in crisis mode Stressed moody morose everyone feels like they re drowning 32 Soon after an email from the university was sent to all PhD students asking for these comments to be deleted in order to avoid negative media attention which sparked a debate about freedom of speech between employers and employees 32 Vice chancellors and principals edit List of Vice Chancellors and Principals of Cardiff University and its predecessors shown in brackets 1883 1901 University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire John Viriamu Jones 1901 1918 University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire Ernest Howard Griffiths 1918 1929 University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire A H Trow 1929 1949 University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire Frederick Rees 1949 1966 University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire Anthony Steel 1966 1972 University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire C W L Bevan 1972 1987 University College Cardiff C W L Bevan 1968 1988 University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology Sir Aubrey Trotman Dickenson 1988 1993 Aubrey Trotman Dickenson 1993 2001 Brian Smith 2001 2012 David Grant 2012 2023 Colin Riordan 2023 Present Wendy LarnerCampus editAcademic facilities edit nbsp The main reading room of the Science Library pictured in 2017The university s academic facilities are centred around Cathays Park in central Cardiff 35 which contains the university s grade II listed main building 36 housing administrative facilities and the science library previously called the Drapers library 37 38 the grade II listed Bute building 39 which contains the Welsh School of Architecture 40 the grade I listed Glamorgan building 41 which houses the Cardiff Schools of Planning and Geography and Social Sciences 42 the Redwood Building named in 1979 after the Redwood Family of Boverton near Llantwit Major by a 1978 suggestion by J D R Thomas which houses the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 43 the law building which houses the Cardiff Law School 44 and the biosciences building which provides facilities for both biosciences and medical teaching 45 The School of Engineering and School of Physics and Astronomy are located in the Queen s Buildings off Newport Road the Schools of Computer Science of Informatics and Mathematics at the Abacws Building 46 and the School of Journalism Media and Culture at 2 Central Square A number of university academic facilities are located at the Heath Park campus based at the University Hospital of Wales This covers the Cardiff University School of Medicine the School of Dentistry the School of Healthcare Sciences and the School of Optometry and Vision Sciences 47 Buildings of Cardiff University nbsp The Main Building completed in 1909 nbsp School of Chemistry nbsp Sir Martin Evans Building School of Biosciences nbsp Cardiff School of Engineering nbsp Bute Building nbsp Cardiff University School of Music nbsp Cardiff Business School nbsp Hadyn Ellis Building nbsp Psychology Tower Building nbsp Glamorgan Building nbsp Arts and Social Sciences Library nbsp McKenzie House nbsp School of Optometry and Vision Sciences nbsp Redwood Building School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences nbsp Aberdare Hall nbsp Exterior view of the Centre for Student Life from Park PlaceAthletics facilities edit Most of the university s sports facilities are located at the sports training village in the Talybont Halls complex This includes facilities for football badminton basketball tennis hockey and gym 48 Additional gym facilities and squash courts are located at the university fitness and squash centre near the city centre campus at Cathays Park 49 Extensive playing fields for Rugby football and lacrosse are located at the university playing fields near Llanrumney 50 The university also utilises the nearby Millennium Stadium for rugby fixtures such as the annual varsity tournament 51 Organisation editSchools and colleges edit The 26 academic schools of the university are divided into three colleges Arts Humanities and Social Sciences Biomedical and Life Sciences and Physical Sciences 52 College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences Business English Communication and Philosophy Geography and Planning History Archaeology and Religion Journalism Media and Cultural Studies Law and Politics Modern Languages Music Social Sciences Welsh College of Biomedical and Life Sciences Biosciences Dentistry Healthcare Sciences Medicine Optometry and Vision Sciences Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education Wales Deanery Psychology College of Physical Sciences and Engineering Architecture Chemistry Computer Science amp Informatics Earth and Environmental Sciences Engineering Mathematics Physics and Astronomy Cardiff also has a Doctoral Academy 53 that brings together the work of four previous discipline based Graduate Schools and the postgraduate research activity of the university s Graduate Centre Finances edit In the financial year ended 31 July 2022 the annual income of the institution was 627 6 million 634 2 million for the group The operating expenditure was 604 2 million 606 5 million for the group with a pensions provision of 118 8 million for a total expenditure of 725 3 million The consolidated group income and expenditure includes University College Cardiff Consultants Limited and International Learning Exchange Programme Limited but does not include the University Students Union or the Cardiff Partnership Fund Limited as Cardiff University s council does not control the financial and operating activities of those bodies 54 Key sources of income included 125 4 million from research grants and contracts 98 9 million from Funding Council grants and 323 5 million from tuition fees and support grants As of 31 July 2022 Cardiff had endowments of 45 6 million and total reserves of 648 7 million 54 Academic profile editRankings and reputation edit nbsp Glamorgan BuildingRankingsNational rankingsComplete 2024 55 21Guardian 2024 56 29Times Sunday Times 2024 57 25Global rankingsARWU 2023 58 151 200QS 2024 59 154 THE 2024 60 190 nbsp Cardiff University s national league table performance over the past ten yearsCardiff University is a highly renowned for several subjects in its department Cardiff has produced two Nobel Laureates on its staff Sir Martin Evans and Robert Huber 61 A number of Cardiff University staff have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society these include Graham Hutchings FRS professor of Physical Chemistry and Director of the Cardiff Catalysis Institute School of Chemistry 62 Ole Holger Petersen MRC Professor and Director of Cardiff School of Biosciences 63 and John M Pearce Professor of Psychology 64 In 2013 Cardiff University was ranked as one of the best UK universities for supporting LGBT students by the charity Stonewall in its annual Gay by Degree guide The university was one of only two in the UK and the only one in Wales to achieve top marks in a Stonewall checklist of priorities for LGBT students 65 Cardiff University was ranked joint 168th in Best Global Universities by US News in 2021 66 It was ranked 164th among universities around the world by SCImago Institutions Rankings in 2021 67 The Round University Rankings ranked Cardiff University 162nd globally in 2021 68 The Center for World University Rankings listed Cardiff University 159th in the world in 2021 69 According to QS World University Rankings by Subject in 2021 Cardiff University ranked within the world s top 50 universities in communication and media studies 28 in Architecture and Built environment 37 and Psychology 59 70 Other subjects ranked within the top 100 are dentistry and mineral and mining engineering 49 civil and structural engineering geography social policy and administration pharmacy and pharmacology English language and literature and sociology 70 Admissions edit UCAS Admission Statistics 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018Applications a 71 46 345 44 155 39 225 34 465 33 320Accepted a 71 7 375 7 915 7 500 6 940 6 770Applications Accepted Ratio a 6 3 5 6 5 2 5 0 4 9Offer Rate b 72 68 2 70 3 73 4 72 5 71 1Average Entry Tariff 73 153 148 144 153 a b c Main scheme applications International and UK UK domiciled applicantsHESA Student Body Composition 2022 Domicile 74 and Ethnicity 75 TotalBritish White 63 63 British Ethnic Minorities a 15 15 International EU 3 3 International Non EU 19 19 Undergraduate Widening Participation Indicators 76 77 Female 60 60 Private School 14 14 Low Participation Areas b 9 9 According to the 2017 Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide approximately 15 per cent of Cardiff s undergraduates come from independent schools 78 In the 2016 2017 academic year the university had a domicile breakdown of 76 5 19 of UK EU non EU students respectively with a female to male ratio of 59 41 79 Student life editStudent accommodation edit The university maintains 15 student halls and a number of student houses throughout the city of Cardiff providing a total of 5 362 student places in accommodation 80 They are in a variety of architectural styles and ages from the Gothic Aberdare Hall built in 1895 to the modern Talybont Gate Building completed in 2014 All first year students are guaranteed a place in university owned and managed halls 81 The Cardiff University Halls are Aberconway Hall Aberdare Hall Cartwright Court Clodien House Colum Hall Hodge Hall Gordon Hall Roy Jenkins Hall Senghennydd Court Senghennydd Hall The Talybont Student Village Including Talybont North South Court and Gate Halls University Hall Houses in Colum Road and Colum Place Student Village Houses Students Union edit The Cardiff University Students Union is a student run organisation aiming to promote student interests within the university and further afield The Cardiff University Students Union building is near Cathays Park next to Cathays railway station It has shops a night club and the studios of Xpress Radio and Gair Rhydd the student newspaper It is democratically controlled by the student body through the election of seven full time officers who manage the running of the Union 82 The Union provides a range of services including a number of cafes bars and shops as well as advice training and representation The Union is an affiliated member of the National Union of Students 83 Groups and societies edit The Union also supports over 260 other clubs and societies across a wide range of interests 84 including Cardiff University Debating Society 85 and Act One the student dramatic society 86 All clubs offer opportunities for beginners and the more experienced students Media edit nbsp Nick Clegg at Cardiff University Students Union conducting an interview with CUTV in 2010The Union provides facilities and support for several student media groups including Gair Rhydd an award winning free student newspaper that is released every Monday of term 87 Quench a monthly arts and lifestyle magazine that specialises in the local music scene as well as original investigative feature articles 88 and CUTV the student television channel 89 Xpress Radio is the student radio station 90 It broadcasts daily during term from studios in the Students Union building with programming such as comedy panel shows new music showcases local music showcases and film reviews 91 92 Athletics edit nbsp Swansea and Cardiff Universities Men s Senior eights during The Welsh Boat Race in 2006The Cardiff University Athletic Union is the body that supports student sport at Cardiff it oversees more than 60 competitive and non competitive sports clubs many of which compete in the British Universities and Colleges Sport league 93 The university s Ice Hockey team the Cardiff Redhawks which also recruits players from other Welsh universities competes in the British Universities Ice Hockey Association leagues 94 The university s sports teams also take part in the annual Welsh Varsity against Swansea University which includes the Welsh Boat Race and several other sporting competitions 95 The Welsh Varsity rugby match has been described as probably the second biggest Varsity Game next to Oxford vs Cambridge 96 Cardiff participates in British Universities and Colleges Sport which manages a sporting framework of competitive fixtures and events for over 150 institutions around the UK Cardiff registers nearly 100 teams in the various leagues and competitions each year and sees students travelling around the country to represent Cardiff University In 2013 Cardiff team achieved 15th position overall across the 50 different sports hosting events Insignia and other representations editMotto edit Cardiff University s motto is Gwirionedd Undod a Chytgord The Welsh motto translates as Truth Unity and Concord or Truth Unity and Harmony It is taken from the prayer for the Church militant as it appears in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer 97 Coat of arms edit Cardiff University s current coat of arms was granted by the College of Arms in 1988 following the merger of University College Cardiff and the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology 97 The coat of arms incorporates features from the heraldry of both former institutions The three chevrons are derived from the arms of the de Clare lords of Glamorgan The open book signifies learning on it are the crescent and annulet marks of cadence that indicate that University College Cardiff was the second of the University of Wales institutions and that the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology was the fifth 98 A notable feature of the arms are the supporters which in heraldry are rarely granted to universities The supporters are an angel from University College Cardiff and a Welsh Dragon from the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology The crest is a Welsh dragon in the stance of a lion it stands on the helmet Both the dragon and the helmet are distinguished by being front facing rather than in profile as is more usually found in Welsh heraldry 98 Notable alumni and academics editMain article List of Cardiff University people Heads of state and government edit Barham Salih president of Iraq former prime minister of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and former deputy prime minister of the Iraqi federal government Faisal Al Fayez Prime Minister of JordanPolitics edit nbsp Roy Jenkins former President of the European CommissionLord Jenkins former Chancellor of the Exchequer Home Secretary President of the European Commission and Chancellor of the University of Oxford did not graduate nbsp Neil Kinnock former Leader of the Opposition Vice President of the European Commission and President of Cardiff UniversityRhun ap Iorwerth MS and leader of Plaid Cymru David Bahati State Minister of Finance for Planning in the Cabinet of Uganda Jeffrey Cuthbert Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner MS for Caerphilly and Welsh Government Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty Wayne David MP for Caerphilly and UK Shadow Minister for Europe Shadow Minister for Defence Procurement and Shadow Minister for the Armed Forces Elin Jones MS for Ceredigion Llywydd of the Senedd and former Welsh Government Minister for Rural Affairs Fatou Sanyang Kinteh Gambian Minister for Women s Affairs Children and Social Welfare Glenys Kinnock MEP and UK Foreign Office Minister Neil Kinnock MP for Bedwellty and for Islwyn Leader of the Labour Party Leader of the Opposition Hilary Marquand MP for Cardiff East and Minister for Health Robert Minhinnick co founder of Friends of the Earth Cymru 99 Adam Price MS and former leader of Plaid Cymru David Rees MS for Aberavon and Deputy Presiding Officer of the Senedd Cymru Brian Wilson MP for Cunninghame North and Minister of State Academia edit nbsp Martin Evans Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine nbsp Robert Huber Nobel Laureate in ChemistryMartin J Ball emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Bangor University Cymru Wales Paul E A Barbier Professor of French at the University of Leeds Jason Barker professor Yehuda Bauer Professor of Holocaust Studies at the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Leszek Borysiewicz Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge Archie Cochrane pioneer of scientific method in medicine Peter Coles Professor of Astrophysics Martin Evans Nobel Prize for Medicine 100 2007 John S Fossey Professor of synthetic chemistry at the University of Birmingham Burt Goldberg university professor microbiologist Robert Huber Professor of Chemistry Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1988 101 102 John Loughlin Professor of Politics Vaughan Lowe Chichele Professor of Public International Law in the University of Oxford Patrick Minford Professor of Applied Economics John Warwick Montgomery American lawyer and theologian Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy and Christian Thought at Patrick Henry College 103 Keith Peters Regius Professor of Physic in the University of Cambridge Leighton Durham Reynolds emeritus Professor of Classical Languages and Literature University of Oxford H W Lloyd Tanner Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy 1883 1909 Pamela Taylor Professor of Forensic Psychiatry since 2004 Keith Ward philosopher Gresham Professor of Divinity Gresham College Chandra Wickramasinghe mathematician astronomer and astrobiologist Professor of Applied Mathematics Rheinallt Nantlais Williams professor of the philosophy of religion principal of the United Theological College AberystwythBusiness edit Spencer Dale Chief economist Bank of England Andrew Gould chairman and former CEO Schlumberger 104 Dame Mary Perkins co founder Specsavers John Pettigrew businessman CEO National Grid plc Lorenzo Simonelli CEO Baker Hughes Company Philip Jansen CEO BT GroupReligion edit Gregory Cameron Bishop of St Asaph Paul Colton Bishop of Cork Cloyne and Ross Dominic Walker Bishop of MonmouthSport edit Nathan Cleverly professional boxer and former WBO light heavyweight world champion Gareth Davies former Wales and British and Irish Lions international rugby union player and former chief executive of Cardiff Rugby Football Club Gerald Davies former Wales and British and Irish Lions international rugby union player Mike Hall former Wales and British and Irish Lions international rugby union player Heather Knight English cricketer Steven Outerbridge Bermudian cricketer Jamie Roberts Wales and British and Irish Lions international rugby union player James Tomlinson English cricketer Bradley Wadlan Welsh cricketer Alex Gough Squash playerArts and journalism edit nbsp Huw Edwards BAFTA award winning journalist nbsp Tim Hetherington nominee of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2011Paul Atherton television and film producer and director Matt Barbet journalist Manish Bhasin journalist and television presenter Nick Broomfield documentary filmmaker and receiver of the BAFTA Lifetime Achievement Award for Contribution to Documentary Philip Cashian composer Suw Charman Anderson journalist and social software consultant Adrian Chiles television presenter Gillian Clarke poet and receiver of the Queen s gold medal for Poetry Huw Edwards journalist Ken Elias artist painter Brian J Ford author editor columnist Television host commentator personality Radio presenter and contributor Max Foster CNN anchor CNN Today 105 M A Griffiths poet Julia Hartley Brewer journalist and television presenter Jiang Heping executive director of the CCTV Sports Programming Centre and Controller of CCTV 5 Tim Hetherington photo journalist and co director of Academy Award nominated Restrepo Elis James stand up comedian and actor Alun Hoddinott composer Sioned James 1974 2016 choral conductor Karl Jenkins composer Alan Johnston journalist Riz Khan journalist and television interviewer Bernard Knight crime writer Simon Lane co founder and Creative director of The Yogscast Ltd Gwilym Lee actor Sian Lloyd television presenter Los Campesinos six piece indie pop band Philip Madoc actor Paul Moorcraft writer Sharon Morgan actress Joanna Natasegara documentary producer Academy Award winner for Netflix documentary The White Helmets Sian Phillips actress Susanna Reid television presenter James Righton musician Leo Rowlands Welsh musical composer Catholic priest Arlene Sierra composer Mari Strachan novelist and librarian Richard Tait former BBC governor and BBC trustee Craig Thomas author Alex Thomson journalist amp television presenter Vedhicka Indian actress Grace Williams composer Ron Smerczak actor 106 Law and Justice editSee also edit nbsp Wales portalArmorial of UK universities College of advanced technology United Kingdom Education in Wales List of 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