There are currently eight universities operating in Wales, all of which receive funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW).[1][2] Although university status in Wales only requires taught degree awarding powers (since 2004),[3] most Welsh universities have the power to award both taught and research degrees (research degrees at Wrexham University are validated by the University of Chester[4][needs update]). University status in Wales is conferred by the Privy Council following advice from the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education.[5][6] The criteria for university status were set by the UK government in 2004; since then higher education in Wales has become a devolved matter under the Government of Wales Act 2006 and is the responsibility of the Minister for Education & Skills in the Welsh Government.
In 2022–23 global rankings, three Welsh universities (Bangor, Cardiff and Swansea) featured in all three of the major global rankings: the Academic Ranking of World Universities, the QS World University Rankings, and the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.[7][8][9] No Welsh university features in the top 100 of any of the global tables, although Cardiff makes the top 200 in all three and also places within the top 40 universities of all three major domestic rankings.
All Welsh universities are public universities and funded in part by the Welsh Government through HEFCW, with an allocation of just over £217 million in 2022-23.[10] Welsh universities also charge tuition fees capped at £9,000 per year for UK students, unlike other parts of the UK which have fees capped at £9,250, on undergraduate courses.[11] In 2021–22, approximately 149,000 students studied at universities or institutes of higher education in Wales, 25,090 of which are international students.[12] Welsh universities generate over £5.3 billion for the Welsh economy.[13]
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^"Studying for a Research Degree". Wrexham Glyndŵr University. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
^"The Privy Council, Standard Note: SN/PC/3708" (PDF). The Privy Council. 5 July 2005. pp. 5–6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
^"A brief guide to QAA's involvement in degree-awarding powers and university title". Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. Archived from the original on 15 July 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
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^"THE World University Rankings 2023". Times Higher Education. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
^"Funding for higher education in 2022/23". hefcw.ac.uk. Higher Education Funding for Wales. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^"Universities' finances unsustainable - Cardiff vice-chancellor". BBC News. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
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