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Welsh: Prifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd | |||||||||||||
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Former names | University of Wales Institute, Cardiff | ||||||||||||
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| Motto | The most valuable possession is knowledge | ||||||||||||
| Type | Public | ||||||||||||
| Established | 2011 – Cardiff Metropolitan University 1996 – University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC) 1976 – South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education 1865 – Cardiff School of Art | ||||||||||||
| President | Cara Aitchison | ||||||||||||
| Vice-Chancellor | Cara Aitchison | ||||||||||||
| Students | 10,995 (2016/17) | ||||||||||||
| Undergraduates | 8,790 (2016/17) | ||||||||||||
| Postgraduates | 2,200 (2016/17) | ||||||||||||
| Location | , | ||||||||||||
| Campus | Llandaff, Cyncoed | ||||||||||||
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| Affiliations | Association of Commonwealth Universities Wallace Group | ||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||
Cardiff Metropolitan University (Welsh: Prifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd), formerly University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC), is a university situated in Cardiff, Wales. It operates from two campuses: Llandaff on Western Avenue and Cyncoed campus on Cyncoed Road.
In the 2016/17 academic year, the university has just under 11,000 students. The university offers degree courses in a variety of disciplines. Study is available at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, full-time and part-time, and research opportunities are offered. Cardiff Metropolitan University has a number of research and enterprise centres, including the Food Industry Centre, the Welsh Centre for Tourism Research, and the National Centre for Product Design and Development Research.