Cardiff Metropolitan University

Cardiff Metropolitan University, formerly University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC), Prifysgol Athrofâu Cymru, Caerdydd is a university which is one of three non-Russell group universities located in the city of Cardiff.

The university offers degree courses in a variety of disciplines. Study is available at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, full-time and part-time, and research opportunities are offered. In the 2016/17 academic year, the university had just fewer than 11,000 students. Cardiff Metropolitan University has a number of research and enterprise centers, including the Food Industry Centre, the Welsh Centre for Tourism Research, and the National Centre for Product Design and Development Research.

Cardiff Metropolitan University is made up of five academic schools:

• Art & Design
• Education
• Management
• Sport and Health Sciences
• Technologies

English Language Requirements

• Foundation – IELTS 4.5
• Undergraduate – IELTS 6.0, TOEFL IBT 72
• Postgraduate – IELTS 6.0, TOEFL IBT 72

Accommodation

Cardiff Metropolitan University has student accommodation available close to its campuses in Cyncoed and at Plas Gwyn. The university also has agreements with private residences such as Tŷ Pont Haearn in the city centre, which has 179 beds reserved for students and Victoria Hall which is located near to the Llandaff Campus and has 198 beds reserved for students.

Rankings

National rankings

• Complete (2021)                                         87
• Guardian (2021)                                          99
• Times/Sunday Times (2021)                     89

Global rankings

• THE (2021)                                                    801-1000

British Government assessment

• Teaching Excellence Framework              Silver