University of Wales, Swansea

Swansea University

Welsh: Prifysgol Abertawe
Former names	University College of Swansea, University of Wales Swansea
Motto	Gweddw crefft heb ei dawn (Technical skill is bereft without culture)
Type	Public
Established	1920– University College of Swansea 1996 – University of Wales, Swansea 2007 – Swansea University
Endowment	£5.7M (2015)
Budget	Total Income: £205 million (2013/14)
Chancellor	The Rt Hon. Rhodri Morgan
Vice-Chancellor	Richard B. Davies
Administrative staff	1187
Students	16,020 (2014/15)
Undergraduates	13,465 (2014/15)
Postgraduates	2,555 (2014/15)
Location	Swansea, UK
Campus	Suburban/Coastal
Colours	Academic: Red, silver and black Athletic Union: Green and white
Affiliations	University of Wales, EUA, ACU
Website	www.swansea.ac.uk

Swansea University (Welsh: Prifysgol Abertawe) is a public research university located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. It was chartered as University College of Swansea in 1920, as the fourth college of the University of Wales and in 1948 became the first campus university in UK. In 1996, it changed its name to the University of Wales Swansea following structural changes within the University of Wales. The title of Swansea University was formally adopted on 1 September 2007 when the University of Wales became a non-membership confederal institution and the former members became universities in their own right.

Swansea University has two campuses located adjacent to the coast at the north of Swansea Bay. The Singleton Park Campus is set in the grounds of Singleton Park to the west of Swansea city centre. The Bay Campus which opened in September 2015, is located adjacent to Jersey Marine Beach to the east of Swansea city centre.

It is the third largest university in Wales in terms of number of students. It currently offers about 330 undergraduate courses and 120 post-graduate courses to 16,020 undergraduate and postgraduate students.In 2014 Swansea was named University of the Year in the WhatUni.com Student Choice Awards and shortlisted in the same category in the Times Higher Education awards.

In 2016, Swansea University was named as the best university in Wales by The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017 League Table. It was also awarded the inaugural Welsh University of the Year title.

The university is divided between two campuses. The 46-acre Singleton Park campus, set in parkland two miles west of Swansea city centre, houses the colleges of Arts and Humanities, Human and Health Sciences, Medicine, Science and Law. It lies on the eastern approach to the Gower Peninsula, the UK’s first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and is also home to the Taliesin Arts Centre.