Cardiff Metropolitan University

Cardiff Metropolitan University has its origins in the 1865 opening of the Cardiff School of Art. In 1976 it merged with The College of Food Technology & Commerce and the Cardiff Teacher Training College and eventually became part of the University of Wales. In 2011 it became a university in its own right and adopted its current name.

Today it hosts around 11,000 students with over 1,200 of them coming from more than 143 countries around the world. It was named UK and Ireland University of the Year 2021 by the Times Higher Education and Times and Sunday Times Welsh University of the Year 2020. It’s in the top 1000 global universities from QS and the top 100 UK universities from Complete University Guide, The Guardian and The Times/Sunday Times guides.