“The most valuable possession is knowledge”
1865
The School of Art opened in the Old Free Library Building, St Mary's Street.
1900
School of Art moved to the Technical Buildings in Dumfries Place.
1940 (circa) Cardiff College of Food Technology and Commerce opened at Crwys Road. 1949
The School of Art moved to The Friary.
1950
Cardiff Training College opened at Heath Park.
1954
Llandaff Technical College opened at Western Avenue, home to health sciences, design and engineering students.
1962
Cardiff Training College moved to Cyncoed, now home to the Schools of Education and Sport.
1965
The College of Art (as the Cardiff School of Art and Design was then called) moved to a new Campus in Howard Gardens.
1966
Cardiff College of Food Technology and Commerce moved to a new Colchester Avenue Campus, home to management, business, leisure, hospitality, tourism and food students.
1976
The four colleges merged to form South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education.
1990
Name changed to Cardiff Institute of Higher Education in preparation for Incorporation.
1992
The Institute joined the University of Wales as an autonomous body, no longer under the jurisdiction of the county council.
1993
Teaching Degree Awarding Powers (TDAPs) granted by the Privy Council. The Institute was given the power to award its own degrees in August but placed those powers in abeyance, choosing instead to strengthen the links with the University of Wales.
1996
Granted University College status within the University of Wales and named the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC).
1999
National Indoor Athletic Centre opened at the Cyncoed Campus.
2003
Became a Constituent Institution of the University of Wales.
2004
Launch of the FE2HE-UWIC Consortium: an FE/HE partnership established with Barry, Bridgend, Coleg Glan Hafren and Ystrad Mynach FE colleges, with St David’s College joining in 2009.
2006
London School of Commerce became UWIC’s Associate College.
2008
Awarded for a record fifth time by the Cabinet Office the Charter Mark (for excellence in Public Service) and also recognised by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) for the high quality of academic procedures.
2009
Launch of the UWIC Foundation to advance the highest quality of teaching and research. The opening of the Food Industry Centre at Llandaff with a multi purpose Campus Centre was unveiled at Cyncoed in the Autumn.
2010
In September the new building for the Cardiff School of Management opened in Llandaff with the closure of the Colchester Avenue campus. Also at Llandaff, the refurbished Campus Centre, and new i-Zone reception areas were opened.
2011
In June the new Learning Centre on UWIC’s Llandaff Campus was officially opened providing a variety of high quality learning environments designed to enhance the student experience, ranging from social learning areas to individual quiet study spaces.
The story continues… UWIC now has students from over 125 countries world wide studying at centres outside Cardiff including London, Kuala Lumpur, Dhaka, Singapore, Marrakesh, Cairo, Bulgaria, Alexandria and Sofia/Dobrich.
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