University of Warwick Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
The University of Warwick is a campus university which, despite its name, is located mainly inside the southern boundary of Coventry, England, some 11 km (c. 7 miles) from the town of Warwick, the remainder of the campus (the Cryfield site) being situated across Gibbet Hill Road on land donated by Warwickshire.Despite being one of the UK's younger universities (founded in 1965), Warwick University has a strong reputation in many departments, notably Mathematics, History, Computer Science and Business. It is also home to the Modern Records Centre, Britain's largest repository of the archives of trade unions and industrial relations.
A recent addition is the Leicester-Warwick Medical School, one of the first graduate medical schools opened in an attempt to respond to the chronic lack of doctors in the UK.
It is a member of both the Russell Group and the 1994 Group.
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2 Staff 3 Alumni 4 Chancellors 5 Vice-Chancellors 6 Students' Union 7 University Arts Centre 8 Information 9 External Link |
Attainment
The University was ranked 5th among the UK's 100 universities for quality of research in the UK Funding Councils' 2001 Research Assessment Exercise. Over 91% of the University's academic staff are located in departments with top research ratings of 5 or 5*.
22 of the 24 University academic departments which have been assessed under the Subject Review process conducted by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education have been rated 'excellent' (scored 21 or more points out of 24) for the quality of their teaching. Seven departments have achieved the maximum score of 24 out of 24.
The Guardian University Guide ranks Warwick eighth overall. The Times Good University Guide 2004 ranks Warwick fifth overall.
Staff
Famous lecturers at Warwick include:
The Mathematics Department and Mathematics Institute was founded by Sir Christopher Zeeman, famous topologist and exponent of Catastrophe theory.
Alumni
The following notable people attended the University of Warwick:
Chancellors
Vice-Chancellors
Students' Union
The University of Warwick Students' Union is one of the largest in the UK.
University Arts Centre
Situated in the centre of the University, the Warwick Arts Centre is the second largest arts centre in the UK (after London's Barbican).
The centre comprises:
- The Butterworth Hall, a 1500 seat capacity concert hall
- A 550 seat Theatre
- A 180 seat Studio
- A 220 seat Cinema
- The Mead Gallery, an art gallery
Information
In 2002, the total number of students was 17,904. This figure comprises:- undergraduates: 10,077
- postgraduates: 6,272
- overseas undergraduate and postgraduate students: 2,948
- other programmes: 1,555
- overseas students on other programmes: 1,484
including:
- academic: 824
- other research: 728
- 2.9 km² (720 acres)