Swansea Metropolitan University
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This article is about a former university in Swansea, now part of University of Wales Trinity Saint David. It is not to be confused with Swansea University.
Swansea Metropolitan University (Welsh: Prifysgol Fetropolitan Abertawe) is a former university based in Swansea, Wales, UK. The university merged with, and became a constituent campus of, the University of Wales Trinity Saint David on 1 August 2013.
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Welsh: Metropolitan Abertawe | |
Former names | Swansea Metropolitan University (2008), Swansea Institute of Higher Education (1992-2008), West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education (1976-1992), Swansea (Municipal) School of Art and Crafts (1853), Swansea Training College (1872), Swansea Technical College (1897). |
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Students | 5,765[1] |
Undergraduates | 4,520[1] |
Postgraduates | 1,075[1] |
Other students | 175 FE[1] |
Address | Mount Pleasant , , Swansea SA1 6ED Wales, UK |
Campus | Urban |
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Employing more than 500 staff and teaching over 6,000 students, the Swansea Metropolitan University grew out of the three former Swansea colleges of Art, Teacher Education, and Technology which were founded in 1853, 1872 and 1897 respectively and merged in 1976 to form a centre for the delivery of vocational higher education.[2]