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Keele University

Keele University
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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
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Rankings
QS
(2016/17, national)
53
QS
(2016/17, world)
551–600
THE
(2016/17, national)
53
THE
(2016/17, world)
401–500
Complete
(2017, national)
46
The Guardian
(2017, national)
34
Times/Sunday Times
(2017, national)
42
Keele University Library
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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.


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