Keele University

Keele University

Keele University coat of arms
Motto	Thanke God for All
Type	Public
Established	1949 (as University College of North Staffordshire) 1962 Royal Charter granted for university status
Endowment	£0.95 million (2015)
Chancellor	Jonathon Porritt CBE
Vice-Chancellor	Trevor McMillan
Visitor	The Lord President of the Council ex officio
Academic staff	860
Administrative staff	875
Students	9,635 (2014/15)
Undergraduates	7,325 (2014/15)
Postgraduates	2,310 (2014/15)
Location	Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, United Kingdom 53°00′11″N 2°16′23″W / 53.003°N 2.273°W / 53.003; -2.273Coordinates: 53°00′11″N 2°16′23″W / 53.003°N 2.273°W / 53.003; -2.273
Campus	Rural
Colours
Mascot	Herbert the Dragon
Affiliations	ACU EUA UUK UWM
Website	www.keele.ac.uk

Keele University Library

Country	United Kingdom
Type	Academic library
Established	1962 (1962)
Location	Keele University, Newcastle Under Lyme
Collection
Items collected	books, journals, newspapers, magazines, maps, prints, drawings and manuscripts
Size	590,000 volumes 300,000 ebooks
Legal deposit	Included in the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003
Access and use
Access requirements	Union Square
Members	Students and staff of Keele University
Other information
Director	Paul Reynolds
Website	https://www.keele.ac.uk/library/about/contact/

Keele University, officially known as the University of Keele, is a public research university located about 3 miles (5 km) from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. Keele was granted university status by Royal Charter in 1962 and was originally founded in 1949 as the University College of North Staffordshire. It is the oldest and highest research-ranked university in Staffordshire. A science park and a conference centre complements the academic buildings, making it the largest main campus university in the UK. The university's School of Medicine operates the clinical part of its courses from a separate campus at the Royal Stoke University Hospital with the School of Nursing and Midwifery is based at the nearby Clinical Education Centre.

The university occupies a 620-acre (250 ha) rural campus close to the village of Keele and consists of extensive woods, lakes and Keele Hall set in historic Staffordshire Potteries heartland. The estate was originally given by King Henry II of England to the Knights Templars, AD 1180. When the Templars were condemned and dissolved by the Council of Vienne in the time of Pope Clement V AD 1311, their possessions were annexed by the Knights Hospitallers until their dissolution by Henry VIII. The estate was purchased from the Crown by the Sneyd family and remained in their property until acquisition by the Stoke-on-Trent Corporation in 1948.