University of Warwick: Difference between revisions
Public university in Coventry, England
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| Motto | Latin: Mens agitat molem | |||||||||||
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Motto in English |
“Mind moves matter” | |||||||||||
| Type | Public research university | |||||||||||
| Established | 1965 | |||||||||||
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| Endowment | £6.9 million (2022)[1] | |||||||||||
| Budget | £770.6 million (2021–22)[1] | |||||||||||
| Chancellor | Baroness Ashton of Upholland | |||||||||||
| Vice-Chancellor | Stuart Croft | |||||||||||
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Academic staff |
3,160 (2021/22)[2] | |||||||||||
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Administrative staff |
4,270 (2021/22)[2] | |||||||||||
| Students | 28,825 (2021/22)[3] | |||||||||||
| Undergraduates | 18,955 (2021/22)[3] | |||||||||||
| Postgraduates | 9,870 (2021/22)[3] | |||||||||||
| Location | ,
England, UK |
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| Campus | Semi-Urban (West Midlands/Warwickshire), 290 ha (720 acres) The Shard (WBS), London[4] |
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| Newspapers and magazines | The Boar | |||||||||||
| Colours | Blue, white, purple
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| Website | warwick.ac.uk | |||||||||||
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The University of Warwick ( WORR-ik; abbreviated as Warw. in post-nominal letters[5]) is a public research university on the outskirts of Coventry between the West Midlands and Warwickshire, England.[6] The university was founded in 1965 as part of a government initiative to expand higher education. The Warwick Business School was established in 1967, the Warwick Law School in 1968, Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) in 1980, and Warwick Medical School in 2000. Warwick incorporated Coventry College of Education in 1979 and Horticulture Research International in 2004.
Warwick is primarily based on a 290 hectares (720 acres) campus on the outskirts of Coventry, with a satellite campus in Wellesbourne and a central London base at the Shard. It is organised into three faculties—Arts, Science Engineering and Medicine, and Social Sciences—within which there are thirty-two departments. As of 2021, Warwick has around 29,534 full-time students and 2,691 academic and research staff, with an average intake of 4,950 undergraduates out of 38,071 applicants (7.7 applicants per place).[7][8] The annual income of the institution for 2021–22 was £770.6 million of which £139.9 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £860.8 million.[1] Warwick Arts Centre is a multi-venue arts complex in the university’s main campus and is the largest venue of its kind in the UK, which is not in London.
Warwick is a member of AACSB, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the Association of MBAs, EQUIS, the European University Association, the Midlands Innovation group, the Russell Group, Sutton 13 and Universities UK. It is the only European member of the Center for Urban Science and Progress, a collaboration with New York University. The university has extensive commercial activities, including the University of Warwick Science Park and WMG, University of Warwick. Warwick is one of only five UK universities never to have been rated outside the top ten in terms of teaching excellence and research and is the second most-targeted university in the UK by top employers.
Warwick’s alumni and staff include winners of the Nobel Prize, Turing Award, Fields Medal, Richard W. Hamming Medal, Emmy Award, Grammy, and the Padma Vibhushan, and are fellows to the British Academy, the Royal Society of Literature, the Royal Academy of Engineering, and the Royal Society. Alumni also include heads of state, government officials, leaders in intergovernmental organisations, and a former chief economist at the Bank of England. Researchers at Warwick have also made significant contributions such as the development of penicillin, music therapy, the Washington Consensus, second-wave feminism, computing standards, including ISO and ECMA, complexity theory, contract theory, and the International Political Economy as a field of study.
History[edit]
Twentieth century[edit]
The idea for a university in Warwickshire was first mooted shortly after World War II, although it was not founded for a further two decades. A partnership of the city and county councils ultimately provided the impetus for the university to be established on a 400-acre (1.6 km2) site jointly granted by the two authorities.[9] There was some discussion between local sponsors from both the city and county over whether it should be named after Coventry or Warwickshire.[9] The name “University of Warwick” was adopted, even though Warwick, the county town, lies some 8 miles (13 km) to its southwest and Coventry‘s city centre is only 3.5 miles (5.6 km) northeast of the campus.[10][11][12][13] The establishment of the University of Warwick was given approval by the government in 1961 and it received its Royal Charter of Incorporation in 1965. Since then, the university has incorporated the former Coventry College of Education in 1979 and has extended its land holdings by the continuing purchase of adjoining farm land. The university also benefited from a substantial donation from the family of John Martin, a Coventry businessman who had made a fortune from investment in Smirnoff…
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