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Brunel University London

Brunel University London
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Arms of Brunel University London
Type Public
Established 1966 – gained University Status by Royal Charter
1962 – Brunel College of Advanced Technology
1928 – Acton Technical College
1902 – Shoreditch College of Education
1878 – Maria Grey College
1798 – Borough Road College
Endowment £2.0 million (at 31 July 2015)
Chancellor Sir Richard Sykes
Vice-Chancellor Julia Buckingham
Administrative staff
2,500
Students 13,720 (2014/15)
Undergraduates 9,695 (2014/15)
Postgraduates 4,025 (2014/15)
974
Location Uxbridge, London, England
51°31′58″N 0°28′22″W / 51.53278°N 0.47278°W / 51.53278; -0.47278Coordinates: 51°31′58″N 0°28′22″W / 51.53278°N 0.47278°W / 51.53278; -0.47278
Campus Suburban
Affiliations Association of Commonwealth Universities
European University Association
Website www.brunel.ac.uk
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Rankings
ARWU
(2016, national)
34–37
ARWU
(2016, world)
401–500
QS
(2016/17, national)
43
QS
(2016/17, world)
345
THE
(2016/17, national)
41
THE
(2016/17, world)
301-350
Complete
(2017, national)
52
The Guardian
(2017, national)
77
Times/Sunday Times
(2017, national)
54

Brunel University London is a public research university located in Uxbridge, London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1966, it was named after the Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

Brunel's campus is located on the outskirts of Uxbridge. It is organised into three colleges and three major research institutes, a structure adopted in August 2014 which also changed the university's name to Brunel University London. Brunel has over 12,900 students and 2,500 staff and had a total income of £200.7 million in 2014/15, of which 25% came from grants and research contracts.

In 1957 Brunel College of Technology separated from Acton Technical College with a focus on the education of engineers. Brunel College of Technology was awarded the status of College of Advanced Technology in 1960 and became Brunel College of Advanced Technology in 1962. In June 1966 Brunel College of Advanced Technology was awarded a Royal Charter and became Brunel University London. It is sometimes described as a British "plate glass university".

Brunel is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association and Universities UK.

Brunel is one of a number of British universities which were established in the 1960s following the Robbins Report on higher education. It is sometimes described as a "plate glass university". The university's origins lie in Acton Technical College, which was split into two in 1957 – Acton Technical College continued to cater for technicians and craftsmen, and the new Brunel College of Technology (named after Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the British engineer) was dedicated to the education of chartered engineers.


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