Brighton Polytechnic
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1858 (as Brighton College of Art) 1992 (university status) |
| Endowment | £0.06 million (2015) |
| Vice-Chancellor | Professor Debra Humphris |
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Administrative staff
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2,700 |
| Students | 21,135 (2015/16) |
| Undergraduates | 17,170 (2015/16) |
| Postgraduates | 3,965 (2015/16) |
| Location | Brighton, Eastbourne, Hastings, England |
| Affiliations | University Alliance |
| Website | www |
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THE (2016/17, national) |
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THE (2016/17, world) |
601-800 | |
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Complete (2018, national) |
73 | |
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The Guardian (2018, national) |
68 | |
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Times/Sunday Times (2017, national) |
76 | |
The University of Brighton is a public university based on five campuses in Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings on the south coast of England. Its roots can be traced back to 1858 when the Brighton School of Art was opened in the Royal Pavilion and it achieved university status in 1992.
The university focuses on professional education, with the majority of degrees awarded also recognised by professional organisations or leading to professional qualifications. Subjects include pharmacy, engineering, computing, mathematics, architecture, geology, nursing, teaching, sport science, journalism, criminology and business. It has 21,135 students and 2,700 staff.
In 1858 the Brighton School of Art opened its doors to its first 110 students, in rooms adjacent to the kitchens of the Royal Pavilion. It moved in 1876 to its own building in Grand Parade, with the Prime Minister, William Gladstone, witnessing the laying of the new building's foundation stone. The Municipal School of Science and Technology opened in Brighton in 1897 with 600 enrolled students. In the 1960s new buildings were constructed in Moulsecoomb for what had become the Brighton College of Technology. In 1970 the School of Art and Brighton College of Technology merged to form Brighton Polytechnic.
In 1976 the Brighton College of Education (the teacher training college) merges with Brighton Polytechnic, giving the polytechnic a campus at Falmer. It had opened in 1909 as the Municipal Day Training College in Richmond Terrace, Brighton. There was a further merger in 1979, when the East Sussex College of Higher Education merged with the polytechnic, creating a campus in Eastbourne. That institution had opened in London in 1898 as an institution training women and girls in physical education and moved to Eastbourne in 1949.
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