Aberystwyth University
Aberystwyth University (Welsh: Prifysgol Aberystwyth) is a public research university in Aberystwyth, Wales. Aberystwyth was a founding member institution of the former federal University of Wales. The university has over 8,000 students studying across three academic faculties and 17 departments.
Prifysgol Aberystwyth | |||||||||||||
Former names | University of Wales, Aberystwyth | ||||||||||||
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| Motto | Welsh: Nid Byd, Byd Heb Wybodaeth | ||||||||||||
Motto in English | A world without knowledge is no world at all | ||||||||||||
| Type | Public | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1872 (as The University College of Wales) | ||||||||||||
| Endowment | £33.5 million (2023) | ||||||||||||
| Budget | £130.8 million (2022/23) | ||||||||||||
| Chancellor | John, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd | ||||||||||||
| Vice-Chancellor | Jon Timmis | ||||||||||||
Academic staff | 700 (2021/22) | ||||||||||||
Administrative staff | 1,100 (2021/22) | ||||||||||||
| Students | 7,845 (2021/22) | ||||||||||||
| Undergraduates | 6,465 (2021/22) | ||||||||||||
| Postgraduates | 1,380 (2021/22) | ||||||||||||
| Location | , | ||||||||||||
| Campus | Campus, 1,709 hectares (4,220 acres) | ||||||||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||||||||
Founded in 1872 as University College Wales, Aberystwyth, it became a founder member of the University of Wales in 1894, and changed its name to the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. In the mid-1990s, the university again changed its name to become the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. On 1 September 2007, the University of Wales ceased to be a federal university and Aberystwyth University became independent again. The annual income of the institution for 2022–23 was £130.8 million of which £22.2 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £127.8 million.