Swansea University is a public research university located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. It was chartered as University College of Swansea in 1920, as the fourth college of the University of Wales. In 1996, it changed its name to the University of Wales Swansea following structural changes within the University of Wales. The title of Swanse…
Swansea University is a public research university located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. It was chartered as University College of Swansea in 1920, as the fourth college of the University of Wales. In 1996, it changed its name to the University of Wales Swansea following structural changes within the University of Wales. The title of Swansea University was formally adopted on 1 September 2007 when the University of Wales became a non-membership confederal institution and the former members became universities in their own right.
Former names: University College of Swansea, University of Wales Swansea
Motto: Welsh: Gweddw crefft heb ei dawn
Motto in English: "Technical skill is bereft without culture"
Type: Public
Established: 1920 – University College of Swansea · 1996 – University of Wales, Swansea · 2007 – Swansea University
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