University of Wolverhampton
The University of Wolverhampton is a public university located on four campuses across the West Midlands, Shropshire and Staffordshire in England. The roots of the university lie in the Wolverhampton Tradesmen's and Mechanics' Institute founded in 1827 and the 19th-century growth of the Wolverhampton Free Library (1870), which developed technical, scientific, commercial and general classes. This merged in 1969 with the Municipal School of Art, originally founded in 1851, to form the Wolverhampton Polytechnic.
| Motto | Innovation and Opportunity | |||||||||||
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| Type | Public | |||||||||||
| Established | 1899 - Science, Technical and Commercial School 1926 - Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Technical College 1950 - Wolverhampton College of Art 1951 - Wolverhampton and Staffordshire College of Technology 1969 - The Polytechnic, Wolverhampton 1992 - university status | |||||||||||
| Endowment | £77,000 (2021) | |||||||||||
| Budget | £181.5 million (2020-21) | |||||||||||
| Chancellor | Lord Paul | |||||||||||
| Vice-Chancellor | John Raftery (Interim) | |||||||||||
| Students | 18,875 (2019/20) | |||||||||||
| Undergraduates | 15,205 (2019/20) | |||||||||||
| Postgraduates | 3,670 (2019/20) | |||||||||||
| Location | , | |||||||||||
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| Affiliations | Million+ Universities UK | |||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||||
The university has four faculties comprising eighteen schools and institutes. It has 18,875 students and currently offers over 380 undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
The city campus is located in Wolverhampton city centre, with a second campus at Walsall and a third in Telford. There is an additional fourth campus in Wolverhampton at the University of Wolverhampton Science Park.