The University of Warwick (abbreviated as Warw. in post-nominal letters) is a public research university on the outskirts of Coventry, England.[5] It was founded in 1965 as part of a government initiative to expand higher education. Within the University, Warwick Business School was established in 1967, Warwick Law School was established in 1968, Warwick Manufacturing Group (now WMG) was established in 1980 and Warwick Medical School was opened in 2000. Warwick merged with Coventry College of Education in 1979 and Horticulture Research International in 2004. Warwick is consistently cited as amongst the world's most targeted university institutions by employers
Warwick is primarily based on a 290 ha (720 acres) 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 Technology Engineering and Medicine(STEM), and Social Sciences-within which there are 32 departments. As of 2018, Warwick has around 26,531 full-time students and 2,492 academic and research staff.[2] It had a consolidated income of £631.5 million in 2017/18, of which £126.5 million was from research grants and contracts
We offer a wide range of postgraduate research degrees and currently have around 1,700 postgraduate students studying for the degrees of PhD, MPhil, MD, professional doctorates and Master's degrees by research. Postgraduates form the bedrock of this research culture, helping to establish our reputation for research excellence and making a real contribution to the intellectual life of the Warwick community.
We have close collaborations and partnerships with a number of universities, research organisations and institutions around the world. Some are international university partnerships, enhancing our position as a globally connected University, while others are UK collaborations covering a range of academic disciplines, research and other more specific endeavours.
Our research knowledge and technical expertise, supported by high-spec instrumentation, unique to Warwick, will provide a needed service to industry and create dynamic collaborative research opportunities. Professor Alison Rodger, Director of Warwick Centre for Analytical Sciences, Professor of Biophysical Chemistry, and Director of MOAC Doctoral Training Centre