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University of Wales

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The University of Wales is a federal university founded in 1893.

Table of contents
1 Organisation
2 History
3 Future changes
4 See also
5 External links

Organisation

The University's members are organised into the following categories:

Constituent Institutions

The full memebers of the University:

Associated Institutions

In addition to the constituent institutions, there are also three associated institutions, which are not members of the University but which offer courses leading to University of Wales degrees and are linked with the University:

Validated Insititutions

There are also two institutions that are not members of the University of Wales, but have their degrees validated by them:

Link Institutions

Finally, there is one institution that was once a full member of the University but has now left and awards its own degrees:

History

The University of Wales was composed of colleges until 1996, when the University was reorganised with a two-tier structure of member institutions in order to absorb the Cardiff Institute of Higher Education (which became the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC)) and the Gwent College of Higher Education (which became University of Wales College, Newport (UWCN)). The existing colleges became constituent institutions and the two new member institutions became university colleges. In 2003, both of these colleges became full constituent institutions and in 2004 UWCN received permission from the Privy Council to change its name to the University of Wales, Newport.

Cardiff University and the University of Wales College of Medicine will merged on August 1 2004. The merged institution, known as Cardiff University, ceased to be a constitutent institution and will become a new category of 'Link Institution'. While the new institution will continue to award Wales degrees in medicine and related subjects, students joining Cardiff from 2005 to study other subjects will be awarded Cardiff degrees.

Future changes

The Associated Institutions, along with the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama were invited in 2002 to join the University as university colleges. This invitation has been accepted in principle and the institutions are expected to join the University some time in the future.

See also

External links