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Motto | Unity in Diversity |
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Type | Private university |
Established | 1972[1] |
Endowment | £8.4 million (2018)[2] |
Budget | £25 million (2017)[3] |
Chairman | William Durden |
President | Phil Deans |
Academic staff | 83 (2017)[3] |
Students | 1,600 (2016)[4] |
Location | , England |
Affiliations | Independent Universities Group Association of American International Colleges and Universities[5] |
Website | richmond |
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Richmond American University London is a private university in London, United Kingdom. Richmond was founded in 1972, by British educator Cyril Taylor.
The university awards US degrees from the American state of Delaware,[6] where Richmond is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.[7][8] Until 2018, Richmond's UK degrees were awarded by the Open University; but from the 2018/2019 academic year, Richmond has been able to grant its own UK degrees, after receiving Taught Degree Awarding Powers from the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education.[9] This means that all students at Richmond gain both a UK and US degree studying one programme.
The Richmond dual degree is possible because, in addition to being able to award its own degrees in the UK, the University holds US degree-granting authority from the State of Delaware under accreditation by The Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Richmond is the first and only University to achieve this combination of US and UK degree-awarding powers.