Global InformationCardiff Metropolitan University information
Welsh: Prifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd | |||||||||||||
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Former names | University of Wales Institute, Cardiff | ||||||||||||
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| Motto | Welsh: Gorau Meddiant Gwybodaeth | ||||||||||||
Motto in English | The most valuable possession is knowledge | ||||||||||||
| Type | Public | ||||||||||||
| Established | 2011 – Cardiff Metropolitan University 1996 – University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC) 1990 – Cardiff Institute of Higher Education (CIHE) 1976 – South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education 1865 – Cardiff School of Art | ||||||||||||
| President | Rachael Langford | ||||||||||||
| Vice-Chancellor | Rachael Langford | ||||||||||||
| Students | 10,920 (2019/20)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Undergraduates | 8,100 (2019/20)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postgraduates | 2,820 (2019/20)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Location | Cardiff , Wales | ||||||||||||
| Campus | Llandaff, Cyncoed | ||||||||||||
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| Affiliations | Association of Commonwealth Universities Wallace Group | ||||||||||||
| Website | cardiffmet | ||||||||||||
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Cardiff Metropolitan University (Welsh: Prifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd), formerly the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC; Welsh: Athrofa Prifysgol Cymru, Caerdydd; APCC) and commonly referred to as Cardiff Met, is a university located in the city of Cardiff.
The university offers degree courses in a variety of disciplines. Study is available at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, full-time and part-time, and research opportunities are offered. In the 2021/22 academic year, the university has 11,500 students from over 140 countries studying on two campuses in Cardiff, and more than 10,000 at 17 partner institutions in 15 countries around the world.
In November 2021, Cardiff Met was awarded the title of UK and Ireland University of the Year 2021 by the Times Higher Education.[2]
In September 2020 Cardiff Met was named the Times and Sunday Times Welsh University of the Year.
Cardiff Met was deemed to be the most financially sustainable university in Wales by the Wales Governance Centre in 2020
In January 2023, Professor Cara Aitchison announced that she would retire as Vice-Chancellor and President of Cardiff Metropolitan University, and in November 2023, the University announced that Professor Rachael Langford would be the next Vice-Chancellor and President, taking up the role in February 2024.
- ^ a b c "Where do HE students study?". Higher Education Statistics Agency. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "THE Awards 2021 – Winners". Times Higher Education. November 2021.