University of Warwick

University of Warwick
MottoLatin: Mens agitat molem
Motto in English
"Mind moves matter"
TypePublic research university
Established1965; 59 years ago (1965)
Endowment£6.7 million (2023)[1]
Budget£828.2 million (2022/23)[1]
ChancellorBaroness Ashton of Upholland
Vice-ChancellorStuart Croft
Academic staff
3,500 (2022/23)[2]
Administrative staff
4,555 (2022/23)[2]
Students29,075 (2022/23)[3]
Undergraduates19,440 (2022/23)[3]
Postgraduates9,630 (2022/23)[3]
Location,
England, UK

52°22′48″N 1°33′42″W / 52.38000°N 1.56167°W / 52.38000; -1.56167
CampusSemi-Urban (West Midlands/Warwickshire), 290 ha (720 acres)
The Shard (WBS), London[4]
Newspapers and magazinesThe Boar
ColoursBlue, white, purple
Affiliations
Websitewarwick.ac.uk

The University of Warwick (/ˈwɒrɪk/ 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-hectare (720-acre) 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 2022–23 was £828.2 million of which £144.1 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £722.1 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'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, computing standards, including ISO and ECMA, complexity theory, contract theory, and the International Political Economy as a field of study.

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  2. ^ a b "Who's working in HE?". www.hesa.ac.uk. Higher Education Statistics Agency.
  3. ^ a b c "Where do HE students study? | HESA". hesa.ac.uk. Higher Education Statistics Agency.
  4. ^ "Warwick Business School to open London campus in the Shard". Financial Times. 31 January 2014. Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  5. ^ "University Calendar". Oxford University Gazette. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Oxford University Calendar Style Guide" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 August 2018.
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  8. ^ "People | University Profile". The University of Warwick. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.