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The School of Oriental and African Studies was founded in 1916 as the School of Oriental Studies. It took its current name in 1938 and moved to its new campus in 1941. Its iconic library was built in 1973. The university continues to expand slowly, maintaining itself as one of the premier centres for Asian […]
The University of York is a fairly young institution, but one which has made great strides in a short time. It was founded in 1963, and had only 230 students in its first year. Since then, of course, it has become a world recognised institution of higher learning. In fact, it is one of only […]
The University of Sussex received its Royal Charter n 1961, making it the first of the new wave of universities that would characterise the 1960s. Today, it is recognised as one of the UK’s top research universities. Sussex enrols more than 17,000 students, of which nearly ¼ are from overseas. It also has more than […]
The University of reading was first given the Royal Charter in 1926, and is already planning for its 100th anniversary. Reading was the only university to be honoured with a royal charter between World War 1 and World War 2. Before taking the name ‘University of Reading, though, it was an extension College of the […]
Newcastle University has been through quite a few names in its long history. It began as two separate institutions, Armstrong College which was founded in 1871 and the School of Medicine and Surgery which was founded in 1834, both in Newcastle upon Tyne, of course. Collectively, these schools were a division of the University of […]
The University of Manchester was England’s first civic university, which is fitting as Manchester is considered the world’s first industrial city. The institutions that came together to make up the University of Manchester themselves date back to the very early 20th century, and had been closely partnered for nearly 100 years. In 2004 the University […]
The University of Leeds was founded under that name in 1904. However, it was formed by merging two older institutions – the Yorkshire College of Science (founded 1874) and the Leeds School of Medicine (founded 1831). The University of Leeds today enrols more than 34,000 students from more than 150 different countries, more than 7000 […]
The University of Edinburgh is one of the most respected in the UK, with a fine history of scholars, traditions and prestigious alumni. Since its founding in 1583, the university has been the Alma Mater of prime ministers, Olympic athletes and space explorers – though admittedly rather few of the last group in its first […]