University of Westminster
| University of Westminster | |
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| motto | Educating for professional life |
| founding | 1838 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | London , UK |
| Vice-Chancellor | Peter Bonfield |
| Students | 19000 |
| Website | www.wmin.ac.uk |
The University of Westminster ( English University of Westminster ) is a university with four campuses in the city of London . A total of around 22,000 students study at the University of Westminster , including around 5,000 from 150 nations (2008).
The university was founded in 1838 as the Royal Polytechnic Institution . In 1881 it was renamed Regent Street Polytechnic and in 1970 Polytechnic of Central London (PCL) . It has had its current name since 1992, as it was granted university status. The university's motto is Educating for Professional Life .
campus
- Cavendish Campus (115 New Cavendish St)
- Harrow Campus (Watford Rd)
- Marylebone Campus (35 Marylebone Rd)
- Regent Campus (main building, 309 Regent St)
Schools
- School of Architecture and the Built Environment
- School of Biosciences
- Cavendish School of Computer Science
- Educational Initiative Center
- Harrow Business School
- Harrow School of Computer Science
- School of Integrated Health
- School of Law
- School of Media, Arts and Design
- School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Languages
- Westminster Business School
Well-known lecturers and graduates
- Tom Ang (* 1952), photographer and author, lecturer in photography from 1991 to 2004
- Christopher Bailey (* 1971), fashion designer
- Anthony Caro (1924–2013), sculptor
- Mohammed Emwazi (* 1988), presumably identical to " Jihadi John ", an executioner of the terrorist organization Islamic State
- Asif Kapadia (born 1972), director
- Cornel Lucas (1920–2012), photographer
- Chantal Mouffe (* 1943), political scientist
- Ian Ritchie (* 1947), architect
- Edmund de Waal (* 1964), professor of ceramics
- Roger Waters (* 1943), musician, founding member of Pink Floyd
See also
Web links
- Homepage (Engl.)
Footnotes
Coordinates: 51 ° 31 ′ 1.2 ″ N , 0 ° 8 ′ 34.7 ″ W.