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Cambridge College of Arts and Technology

Anglia Ruskin University
Anglia Ruskin University logo.svg
Former names
Cambridge School of Art,
Cambridge College of Arts and Technology,
Mid-Essex Technical College,
Chelmer Institute of Higher Education,
Essex Institute of Higher Education,
Anglia Polytechnic University
Motto Excellentia per societatem (Latin)
Motto in English
Excellence through partnership
Type Public university
Established 1858 (as a school)
1992 (as a university)
Endowment £ 0.7 m (2015)
Chancellor Michael Ashcroft
Vice-Chancellor Iain Martin
Students 20,935 (2015/16)
Undergraduates 17,270 (2015/16)
Postgraduates 3,665 (2015/16)
Location Cambridge, Chelmsford and Peterborough, United Kingdom
Coordinates: 52°12′11.1″N 0°8′1.3″E / 52.203083°N 0.133694°E / 52.203083; 0.133694
Campus Urban
Colours Blue and yellow          
Affiliations
Website anglia.ac.uk
Rankings
THE
(2016/17, national)
39
THE
(2016/17, world)
301-350
Complete
(2018, national)
=110
The Guardian
(2017, national)
=66
Times/Sunday Times
(2017, national)
108

Anglia Ruskin University is a public university in East Anglia, United Kingdom. It has 39,400 students worldwide and has campuses in Cambridge, Chelmsford and Peterborough. It also shares campuses with the College of West Anglia in King's Lynn, Wisbech and Cambridge.

It has its origins in the Cambridge School of Art, founded by William John Beamont in 1858. The school became Anglia Polytechnic after it joined with the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology and the Essex Institute of Higher Education. It became a university in 1992 and was renamed Anglia Ruskin University (after John Ruskin) in 2005.

It has been listed in the Times Higher Education’s (THE) World University Rankings – being named as one of the top 350 institutions in the world and joint 38th best in the UK. Anglia Ruskin University has also been named as one of the most upwardly mobile universities in the world. It is the only UK university to feature in the top 20. Its academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 12 areas classed as generating “world-leading” research. The results of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 show that Anglia Ruskin University is making a significant impact on economies, societies, the environment and culture in all corners of the globe.

Anglia Ruskin University has its origins in the Cambridge School of Art, founded by William John Beamont in 1858. The inaugural address was given by John Ruskin (often incorrectly described as the founder; in fact he founded the Ruskin School of Drawing in Oxford). The original location was near Sidney Sussex College, later moving to its present location in East Road, Cambridge. In 1960 this became the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology (CCAT). In 1989 CCAT merged with the Essex Institute of Higher Education to form the Anglia Higher Education College. The merged college became a polytechnic in 1991, using the name Anglia Polytechnic, and was then awarded university status in 1992.


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