The University of Bedfordshire is a public university situated in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, England.
The university has roots from 1882, however it gained university status in 1992 as University of Luton.
Then changed the name to the University of Bedfordshire in 2006 by the approval of the Privy Council by merging the University of Luton and the Bedford campus of De Montfort University.
It has 13,925 students, including approximately 4,500 international students.
It is spread across six campuses: there are four campuses in Bedfordshire, in Bedford and Luton and two campuses in Buckinghamshire in Aylesbury (for students studying Nursing and Midwifery) and in Milton Keynes (where business studies, electronic engineering, and telecommunications are taught).
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The university entered the Research Assessment Exercise in 2008 and achieved a GPA of 2.087 with 34.7% world-leading or internationally excellent.
The top units of assessment were in Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Social Work Social Policy and Administration and English Language and Literature.
In 2012 it achieved FairTrade status.
In 2004 The Sunday Times awarded the university the title of ‘Best New University’ and in 2007 the it was short-listed for the Times Higher Education Supplement’s University of the Year 2007.
The current Chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire is John Bercow, the former Speaker of the House of Commons.Awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade in 2011.
Outstanding Finance Team winners in the Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards 2011.
‘Gold’ award from Investors in People in 2011. In the latest Government Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008, the university was recognised as ‘world-leading’ for its research in Earth Systems and Environmental Science; Social Work, Social Policy and Administration; English Language and Literature; and Communications, Cultura; and Media Studies
The university has also been recognised as ‘internationally excellent’ in the areas of Computer Science and Informatics; and Business and Management Studies.
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