Cardiff University

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Cardiff University is a constituent institute of the University of Wales and currently awards degrees of that body, holding its own degree awarding powers in abeyance (although it is planned that students will be admitted to study for Cardiff degrees from 2005). It is the largest of the pre-1992 institutes in Wales and the country's only member of the Russell Group of Universities. It was shortlisted for the Sunday Times 'University of the Year' award in 2003.

Table of contents

1 History
2 Merger
3 College Yell
4 External links

History

Cardiff University was founded in 1883 and incorporated by Royal Charter in 1884 under the name University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire following a public appeal that had raised £37,000. In 1885 Aberdare Hall opened as the first hall of residence, allowing women access to the university. This moved to its current site in 1895, but remains a single-sex hall. In 1903, work began on the Main Building in Cardiff's Civic Centre, which opened in 1909. Money ran short for this project, however, and although the side-wings were completed in the 1960s, the planned Great Hall has never been built. Thus the St David's Hall in the city centre is used for graduations.

Originally the college entered students for the examinations of the University of London until, in 1893, it became one of the founding institutions of the University of Wales. In 1931 the School of Medicine, which had been founded as part of the college, was split off to form the University of Wales College of Medicine (UWCM). In 1967 the college was renamed as University College Cardiff (UCC), when the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (UWIST) joined the federal University as a third college in Cardiff.

Financial problems in 1988 saw UCC and UWIST merge to form the University of Wales College Cardiff (UWCC). Following changes to the constitution of the University of Wales in 1996, this became the University of Wales, Cardiff. In 1997, the university was granted full degree awarding powers by the Privy Council and 1999 the public name of the university was changed to Cardiff University.

Merger

In 2002, ideas were floated to merge Cardiff with UWCM following the publication of the Welsh Assembly Government's Review of Higher Education in Wales. In 2003, these ideas became concrete proposals and were approved by the governing bodies of both institutions, with the merger to take effect from August 1, 2004. A petition for a supplemental charter for Cardiff University and the surrender of UWCM's charter was submitted to the Privy Council on March 8, 2004. Under this, Cardiff will continue to have the legal name of the University of Wales, Cardiff and to use Cardiff University as its public name.

Agreement has been reached with the University of Wales on the future status of Cardiff University. From August 1 2004, Cardiff will cease to be a member institution and will become a link institution, affiliated to the University of Wales but with a greater degree of independence. Cardiff will continue to award University of Wales degrees but from 2005 these are planned to be replaced by Cardiff degrees except for medicine, dentistry and other health-related areas.

College Yell

Cardiffi, Cardiffi, Cardiffi!