Motto | Discere Mutari Est (Latin) |
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Motto in English | To Learn is to Change |
Type | Public |
Established | 1992 |
Endowment | £1.85 million (2022)[1] |
Budget | £169.6 million (2021-22)[1] |
Chancellor | Kate Adie |
Vice-Chancellor | Alison Honour |
Students | 18,925 (2022/23)[2] |
Undergraduates | 13,525 (2022/23)[2] |
Postgraduates | 5,405 (2022/23)[2] |
Location | Bournemouth, England 50°44′36″N 1°53′49″W / 50.743213°N 1.896901°W |
Campus | Talbot Campus Lansdowne Campus |
Colours | |
Affiliations | EUA |
Website | bournemouth |
Bournemouth University is a public university in Bournemouth, England, with its main campus situated in neighbouring Poole. The university was founded in 1992; however, the origins of its predecessor date back to the early 1900s.
The university currently has over 16,000 students, including over 3,000 international students. The university is recognised for its work in the media industries. Graduates from the university have worked on a number of Hollywood films, including Gravity, which was awarded the Achievement in Visual Effects Oscar at the 86th Academy Awards in 2015.[3]
In 2023, Bournemouth University received a silver rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework, a government assessment of the quality of undergraduate teaching in universities and other higher education providers in England.[4]