29.Cardiff University ｜卡迪夫大学

创校：1883年为南威尔士与蒙默思郡学院大学（University College of South Wales Monmouthshire）

2004年为卡迪夫大学

类型：公立大学（Public university）

校长：尼尔 基诺克

校监：尼尔 基诺克

副校监：大卫 葛兰特（David Grant）

所在： 英国威尔士加地夫

校园：城区（Urban area）

教员：5,230人

学生：30,685人

大学部 21,625 人

研究所 7,450 人

机构成员：罗素大学集团，欧洲大学协会（European University Association，EUA），威尔士大学（University of Wales）

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OVERVIEW

Cardiff University (Welsh: Prifysgol Caerdydd) is a leading university located in the Cathays Park area of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. It received its Royal charter in 1883 and is a member of the Russell Group of Universities. Ranked within the World s top 100 Universities, it is one of the original red brick universities. Bore August 2004, the university was officially known as University of Wales, Cardiff (Welsh: Prifysgol Cymru, Caerdydd), although it used the name Cardiff University publicly.

HISTORY

The Aberdare Report of 1881 recommended the foundation of university colleges in North Wales and South Wales to complement the already established University College, Wales (now the University of Wales, Aberystwyth) in Aberystwyth. Following a public appeal that raised ￡37,000, the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire opened on October 24, 1883, offering studies in Biology, Chemistry, English, French, German, Greek, History, Latin, Mathematics, Music, Welsh, Philosophy and Physics. The University College was incorporated by Royal Charter the following year. John Viriamu Jones was appointed as the University s first Principal, at age 27. The only college in Wales with its own degree awarding powers at this time was St David s University College. As such, Cardiff entered students for the examinations of the University of London until, in 1893, it became one of the founding institutions of the University of Wales and began awarding their degrees.

In 1885, Aberdare Hall opened as the first hall of residence, allowing women access to the university. This moved to its current site in 1895, but remains a single-sex hall. 1904 saw the appointment of the first female professor in the UK, Millicent McKenzie.

n 1988, financial problems caused University College, Cardiff and the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology to merge, forming the University of Wales College, Cardiff. Following changes to the constitution of the University of Wales in 1996, this became the University of Wales, Cardiff.

In the early 1990s, the university s computer systems served as the home for The Internet Movie Database. In 1997, the College was granted full independent degree awarding-powers by the Privy Council (though, as a member of the University of Wales it could not begin using them) and in 1999 the public name of the university was changed to Cardiff University. Some considered this part of an fort at Cardiff to set itself apart from the other colleges of the University of Wales, none of which are members of the Russell Group.

In 2004, Cardiff University and the University of Wales, Swansea entered a partnership to provide a four-year graduate-entry medical degree. An annual intake of around 70 post-graduate students undertake an accelerated version of the Cardiff course at the University of Wales, Swansea for the first two years bore joining undergraduate students at Cardiff for the final two years. All medicine/surgery graduates are awarded the degrees MB BCh.

In 2005, The Wales College of Medicine, which is part of the University, launched the North Wales Clinical School in Wrexham in collaboration with the North East Wales Institute of Higher Education in Wrexham and the University of Wales, Bangor and with the National Health Service in Wales. This has been funded with ￡12.5 Million from the Welsh Assembly[2] and will lead to the tripling of the number of trainee doctors in clinical training in Wales over a four year period.

The university has a rivalry with nearby Swansea University, against whom every year they have a varsity match termed the Welsh Varsity.

Reputation

Cardiff University - the main building (as seen from Cathays Park in spring time)Cardiff University has a long standing tradition of providing the best education in Wales, as shown in its five year standing as the best centre of excellence in Wales in the Sunday Times League Tables. Cardiff is also the only university in Wales to be a member of the Russell Group of Research Intensive Universities. Cardiff (along with Swansea University) is the only university in Wales to have a department (town and county planning) rated as a Gold Standard (One that achieved 5* rating in both the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in 2001 and 1996).

Times Higher Education ranked Cardiff University 99th in the top 100 universities in the world in 2007.

The Times Higher-QS World University Rankings

2008 - Moved into the top 100 globally at position 99

2007 - placed 100-150 globally and 8-25 in Europe

2006 - placed 151-200 globally and 57-78 in Europe

2005 - placed 153-202 globally and 60-79 in Europe

2004 - placed 153-201 globally and 60-79 in Europe

2003 - placed 201-250 globally and 77-99 in Europe

The Times Online - Good University Guide 2009

Ranked 29th overall

Ranked 1st for Architecture

Ranked 11th for Biological Sciences

Ranked 20th in Business Studies

The Complete University Guide 2007

Ranked 37th overall out of 113 universities in the institution-wide league table

Ranked 17th out of 109 universities for Business Studies

The Guardian University Guide 2007

Ranked 33th overall out of 149 universities in the institution-wide league table

Ranked 38th out of 140 universities for business and management studies

The Sunday Times University Guide 2007

Ranked 28th out of 123 universities overall in the institution-wide league table。

Schools and colleges

The 28 academic schools and four graduate schools are grouped into two colleges, with each college having a provost: the Wales College of Medicine, Biology, Life and Health Sciences and the College of Humanities and Sciences. The academic schools are:

College of Humanities and Sciences

Architecture

Business Economics

Chemistry

City Regional Planning

Computer Sciences

Cymraeg

Earth, Ocean and Planetary Sciences

Engineering

English, Communication and Philosophy

European Studies

History and Archaeology

Japanese Studies

Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies

Law

Lifelong Learning

Manufacturing Engineering Centre

Mathematics

Music

Physics/Astronomy

Religious and Theological Studies

Social Sciences (including Criminology)

Wales College of Medicine, Biology, Life and Health Sciences

Biosciences

Dentistry*

Healthcare Studies*

Medicine*

Nursing and Midwifery*

Optometry and Vision Sciences

Pharmacy

Medical and Dental Education (Postgraduate)*

Psychology

Note: Subjects with asterisk (*) known collectively as the Wales College of Medicine

Research and graduate schools

Humanities

Social Sciences

Biomedical and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences and Engineering

Research centres

Manufacturing Engineering Centre (MEC)- The MEC is an autonomous research centre within Cardiff University, having the same status as the University s academic Schools.

Facilities

There are sporting facilities and sports teams in the BUCS university league, including men s and women s hockey.

The Cardiff University Students Union building is over the main railway going north from Cardiff to the Valleys, next door to Cathays railway station. It has shops, a nightclub and the studios of Xpress Radio (which is piped throughout the union) and Gair Rhydd (Welsh: Free Word ), the student newspaper.