Richmond, The American International University in London
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| Motto | Unity in Diversity |
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| Type | Private (Registered charity) |
| Established | 1972 (The original Richmond College, University of London, was founded in 1843) |
| Endowment | £9 million |
| Chairman | Michael Hoffman |
| Chancellor | Sir Cyril TaylorGBE |
| President | John Annette |
| Provost | Phil Deans |
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Academic staff
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305 (2015) |
| Students | 1,554 (2016) |
| Location | London, England |
| Campus | Richmond Hill, Kensington |
| Colors |
Navy blue & gold |
| Mascot | Stag |
| Affiliations |
Independent Universities Group Association of American International Colleges and Universities |
| Website | http://www.richmond.ac.uk/ |
Navy blue & gold
Richmond, The American International University in London, is a private non-profit, American liberal arts and business studies university located in London, United Kingdom, and established in 1972. It is one of nine private universities (and one of six non-profit) in the country. The university has over 1,500 students, representing over 100 nationalities, with an average student-to-faculty ratio of sixteen to one. 52% of its students come from the US, 23% from the UK and the rest from across the world.
The university's degrees are accredited in the United States by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, and are validated in the UK by the Open University Validation Services (OUVS). Richmond's Business School is an accredited Higher Education Partner of the Chartered Management Institute while its psychology degree is accredited by the British Psychological Society giving Richmond graduates the opportunity to gain graduate and/or chartered membership of the society and access to the widest range of training, development and employment opportunities. It is one of eight members of the Independent Universities Group, whose objective is to differentiate between their academic credentials and the more commercial elements of the alternative sector.
Richmond was founded in 1972 by the social entrepreneur and politician Sir Cyril Taylor, chairman of the American Institute For Foreign Study (AIFS), as Richmond College, The American College in London. It began teaching on the site of the former Richmond Theological College, part of the University of London founded in 1843 as a Methodist theological college. AIFS had been previously using the college site for a number of years for their London study abroad programmes. AIFS purchased half of the colleges 10 acre site for £300,000 (equivalent to £3.82 million in 2015), including the majority of its building and front lawns to form a new American liberal arts college. A second campus was opened in Kensington in 1978 for third and fourth year students as well as the Colleges US Study Abroad Programme, its buildings located on St Albans Grove and Ansdell Street.
In its early years Richmond served mainly to house study abroad programmes to US students, however this changed in 1981 when Richmond obtained a license to award US undergraduate degrees from the Washington DC Board of Education and formal accreditation from the Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges (now the Middle States Commission on Higher Education). With this licence it became a fully accredited independent liberal university. Following the closure of the Washington DC Board of Education, Richmond moved its accreditation to Delaware where it still issues degrees.
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