University of Warwick

University of Warwick

Coat of arms
Motto	Latin: Mens agitat molem
Motto in English	"Mind moves matter"
Type	Public research university
Established	1965; 59 years ago (1965)
Endowment	£6.7 million (2023)[1]
Budget	£828.2 million (2022/23)[1]
Chancellor	Baroness Ashton of Upholland
Vice-Chancellor	Stuart Croft
Academic staff	3,500 (2022/23)[2]
Administrative staff	4,555 (2022/23)[2]
Students	29,075 (2022/23)[3]
Undergraduates	19,440 (2022/23)[3]
Postgraduates	9,630 (2022/23)[3]
Location	Coventry , England, UK 52°22′48″N 1°33′42″W / 52.38000°N 1.56167°W / 52.38000; -1.56167
Campus	Semi-Urban (West Midlands/Warwickshire), 290 ha (720 acres) The Shard (WBS), London[4]
Newspapers and magazines	The Boar
Colours	Blue, white, purple
Affiliations	AACSB ACU AMBA EQUIS EUA The Guild Midlands Innovation Russell Group Sutton 13 Universities UK
Website	warwick.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,^[update] 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.