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{{Short description|Public research university in Wales}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox university
| name = Cardiff University
| native_name = {{langx|cy|Prifysgol Caerdydd}}
| latin_name = 
| former_names = {{plainlist|
*University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire (1893–1972) 
*University College, Cardiff (1972–1988)
*University of Wales College, Cardiff (1988–1996)
*University of Wales, Cardiff (1996–2005)}}
| image_name = Shield of the University of Cardiff.svg
| image_size = 150px
| caption = [[Coat of arms]] 
| motto = {{langx|cy|Gwirionedd, Undod a Chytgord}}<ref name=motto>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/about/our-profile/history |title=History |website=Cardiff University |access-date=15 May 2016 |archive-date=17 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517185058/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/about/our-profile/history |url-status=live }}</ref>
| mottoeng = Truth, Unity and Concord<ref name=motto/>
| established = {{plainlist|
*{{Start date and age|1883}} (college)
*{{Start date and age|2005}} (independent university status)}}
| type = [[public university|Public]]
| endowment = £53.1&nbsp;million (2024)<ref name="Cardiff Financial Statements 23/24">{{cite web |title=Annual Report and Financial Statements Year ended 31 July 2024 |url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/2894974/CU_AnnualReport2024_Final.pdf |website=cardiff.ac.uk |publisher=Cardiff University |access-date=31 January 2025}}</ref>
| budget = £638.0&nbsp;million (2023/24)<ref name="Cardiff Financial Statements 23/24"/>
| chancellor = [[Laura Trevelyan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/2898092-laura-trevelyan-appointed-cardiff-university-chancellor|title=Laura Trevelyan appointed Cardiff University Chancellor|date=19 February 2025|website=Cardiff University}}</ref>
| vice_chancellor = [[Wendy Larner]]
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| city = [[Cardiff]]
| country = [[Wales]]
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| affiliations = {{hlist|[[Association of Commonwealth Universities|ACU]]|[[European University Association|EUA]]|[[GW4]]|[[Russell Group]]|[[Universities UK]]}}
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'''Cardiff University''' ({{langx|cy|Prifysgol Caerdydd}}) is a [[public research university]] in [[Cardiff]], Wales. It was established in 1883 as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire and became a founding college of the [[University of Wales]] in 1893. It was renamed University College, Cardiff in 1972 and merged with the [[University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology]] in 1988 to become University of Wales College, Cardiff and then University of Wales, Cardiff in 1996. In 1997, it received [[Academic degree|degree]]-awarding powers, but held them in abeyance. It adopted the [[trade name|operating name]] of Cardiff University in 1999; this became its legal name in 2005, when it became an independent university awarding its own degrees.

Cardiff University is the only [[List of universities in Wales|Welsh member]] of the [[Russell Group]] of research-intensive British universities.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://russellgroup.ac.uk/about/our-universities/ |title=Our universities |publisher=Russell Group |access-date=11 August 2017 |archive-date=8 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808113559/http://www.russellgroup.ac.uk/about/our-universities/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Academics and alumni of the university have included four heads of state or government and two Nobel laureates. {{As of|2023|post=,}} the university's academics include 17 fellows of the Royal Society, 11 fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering, seven fellows of the British Academy, 21 fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences and 32 fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honours and awards |url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/about/honours-and-awards|access-date=29 April 2021 |website=Cardiff University }}</ref>

==History==
===University college===
[[File:Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare NPG.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare|Lord Aberdare]] was instrumental in the university's founding.]]

The foundation of the university college in [[Cardiff]] that was to become Cardiff University was part of the Welsh university movement of the second half of the 19th century, which also led to the foundation of the colleges at Aberystwyth and Bangor (now [[Aberystwyth University|Aberystwyth]] and [[Bangor University|Bangor]] universities) and the federal [[University of Wales]]. The movement began at a meeting in London in 1854 called by [[Hugh Owen (educator)|Hugh Owen]], including leaders of Welsh theological colleges and members of parliament. This meeting discussed establishing university colleges in Wales along the same lines as the [[Queen's University of Ireland|Queen's Colleges]] established the previous decade in [[Ireland]], and produced a formal proposal, the "Outline of Constitution for Proposed Welsh Queen's Colleges".<ref>{{cite book|pages=67, 69–70|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vJw4AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA67|title=The University of Wales and Its Constituent Colleges|author1=William Cadwaladr Davies|author2=William Lewis Jones|publisher=F. E. Robinson & Company|date=1905|access-date=2 December 2023|archive-date=2 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202220230/https://books.google.com/books?id=vJw4AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA67|url-status=live}}</ref>

Discussions on the founding of a university college in [[South Wales]] were revived in 1879, when a group of Welsh and English [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MPs]] urged the government to consider the poor provision of higher and intermediate [[education in Wales]] and "the best means of assisting any local effort which may be made for supplying such deficiency."<ref>{{Cite hansard |house=House of Commons |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1879/jul/18/education-wales-resolution#S3V0247P0_18790718_HOC_65 |title=Education (Wales Resolution) |date=18 July 1879 }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003233005/https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1879/jul/18/education-wales-resolution#S3V0247P0_18790718_HOC_65 |date=3 October 2023 }}</ref>

In August 1880, [[William Ewart Gladstone]]'s government appointed a departmental committee to conduct "an enquiry into the nature and extent of intermediate and higher education in Wales", chaired by [[Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare|the 1st Baron Aberdare]] and consisting of [[Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor|Viscount Emlyn]], the Reverend Prebendary H. G. Robinson, [[Henry Richard]], [[John Rhys]] and [[Lewis Morris (1833–1907)|Lewis Morris]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Evans |first1=W. G. |title=The Aberdare Report and education in Wales, 1881 |journal=[[Welsh History Review]] |date=1982–1983 |volume=11 |issue=1–4 |pages=150–152 |url=http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewpage/llgc-id:1073091/llgc-id:1078288/llgc-id:1078450/getText |access-date=18 September 2014}}</ref> The [[Aberdare Report]], as it came to be known, took evidence from a wide range of sources and over 250 witnesses and recommended a college each for North Wales and South Wales, the latter to be located in [[Glamorgan]] and the former to be the established University College of Wales in Aberystwyth (now [[Aberystwyth University]]). The committee cited the unique Welsh national identity and noted that many students in Wales could not afford to travel to University in England or Scotland. It advocated a national degree-awarding university for Wales, composed of regional colleges, which should be non-sectarian in nature and exclude the teaching of theology.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Evans |first1=W. G. |title=The Aberdare Report and education in Wales, 1881 |journal=Welsh History Review |date=1982–1983 |volume=11 |issue=1–4 |pages=153–155 |url=http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewpage/llgc-id:1073091/llgc-id:1078288/llgc-id:1078450/getText |access-date=18 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="A HANDBOOK ON WELSH CHURCH DEFENCE">{{Cite book|title=A HANDBOOK ON WELSH CHURCH DEFENCE|author=THE BISHOP OF ST. ASAPH |date=April 1894 |publisher=DENBIGH: PRINTED BY C. COTTON AND CO., VALE STREET |url=http://anglicanhistory.org/wales/edwards_defence1894/|archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193411/http://anglicanhistory.org/wales/edwards_defence1894/ |url-status=live }} Transcribed by the Right Reverend Dr. Terry Brown, Bishop of Malaita, Church of the Province of Melanesia, 2008.</ref>

[[File:Statue of John Viriamu Jones.jpg|thumbnail|right|John Viriamu Jones was the founding principal of the college.]]
After the recommendation was published, [[Cardiff Council|Cardiff Corporation]] sought to secure the location of the college in Cardiff, and on 12 December 1881 formed a University College Committee to aid the matter.<ref name="Cardiff Council Minutes">{{Cite book |last1=Matthews |first1=John Hobson |title='Cardiff Council Minutes: 1881-3', Cardiff Records: volume 5 |date=1905 |pages=62–84 |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=48187 |access-date=18 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140710034203/http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=48187 |archive-date=10 July 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> There was competition to be the site between [[Swansea]] and Cardiff. On 12 March 1883, after arbitration, a decision was made in Cardiff's favour.<ref name="Cardiff Council Minutes"/> This was strengthened by the need to consider the interests of [[Monmouthshire (historic)|Monmouthshire]], at that time not legally incorporated into Wales, and the greater sum received by Cardiff in support of the college, through a public appeal that raised £37,000 and a number of private donations, notably from [[John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute|the 3rd Marquess of Bute]] and [[Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth|Lord Windsor]].<ref>{{Cite hansard |house=House of Commons |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1884/jun/09/instruction-to-the-committee#S3V0288P0_18840609_HOC_11 |title=Cardiff Corporation Bill |date=9 June 1884 }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003233005/https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1884/jun/09/instruction-to-the-committee#S3V0288P0_18840609_HOC_11 |date=3 October 2023 }}</ref><ref name="Studies in higher education in Ireland and Wales, with suggestions for universities and colleges in the United States">{{Cite book |last1=MACLEAN |first1=GEORGE EDWIN |title=Studies in higher education in Ireland and Wales, with suggestions for universities and colleges in the United States |date=1917 |publisher=GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE |location=Washington DC |page=71 |url=https://archive.org/stream/studiesinhighere00macl/studiesinhighere00macl_djvu.txt |access-date=19 September 2014}}</ref> In April, Lord Aberdare was appointed as the college's first president.<ref name="Cardiff Council Minutes"/> The possible locations considered included [[Cardiff Arms Park]], Cathedral Road, and Moira Terrace, [[Roath]], before the site of the Old Royal Infirmary buildings on Newport Road was chosen.<ref name="Cardiff Council Minutes"/>

The University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire opened on 24 October 1883 with courses in biology, chemistry, English, French, German, Greek, history, Latin, mathematics and astronomy, music, Welsh, logic and philosophy, and physics. It was incorporated by [[royal charter]] the following year; this was the first charter in Wales to allow the enrolment of women and to specifically forbid religious tests for entry.<ref name="Studies in higher education in Ireland and Wales, with suggestions for universities and colleges in the United States"/> [[John Viriamu Jones]] was appointed as the college's first principal at the age of 27. As the college was not an independent university and could not award its own degrees, it prepared its students for the examinations of the [[University of London]] or for further study at [[Oxford University|Oxford]] or [[Cambridge University|Cambridge]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Student Lists |url=http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections/historic-collections/archives-manuscripts/university-of-london-student-records-1836-1931/ |publisher=Senate House Library |access-date=27 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914105055/http://www.shl.lon.ac.uk/specialcollections/archives/studentrecords.shtml |archive-date=14 September 2010 |df=dmy}}</ref>

In 1888 the university college at Cardiff and the University College of North Wales (now [[Bangor University]]) proposed to the University College Wales at Aberystwyth joint action to gain a university charter for Wales, modelled on that of the [[Victoria University (United Kingdom)|Victoria University]], a federal university in northern England with colleges in Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool. This led to a charter being granted to the [[University of Wales]] in 1893, with the colleges becoming members of the new university. The position of operational head would rotate among heads of the colleges.<ref name="Studies in higher education in Ireland and Wales, with suggestions for universities and colleges in the United States"/>

In 1885, [[Aberdare Hall]] opened as the first hall of residence, allowing women access to the college. This moved to its current site in 1895, but remains a single-sex hall. In 1904 the college appointed the first female associate professor in the UK, [[Millicent Mackenzie]], who in 1910 became the first female full professor at a fully chartered UK university.

In 1901, John Viriamu Jones persuaded Cardiff Corporation to give the college a five-acre site in [[Cathays Park]] (instead of selling it as they would have done otherwise).<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Poulton |first1=Edward |title=John Viriamu Jones and other Oxford Memories |url=https://archive.org/details/johnviriamujone00poulgoog |date=1911 |publisher=Longmans, Green and Co |location=London |page=[https://archive.org/details/johnviriamujone00poulgoog/page/n180 156] }}</ref> Soon after, in 1905, work on a new building commenced under the architect [[W. D. Caröe]]. Money ran short for the project, however, and although the side-wings were completed in the 1960s the planned 
great hall was never built. Caroe sought to combine the charm and elegance of his ''alma mater'' ([[Trinity College, Cambridge]]) with the picturesque balance of many [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] colleges. On 14 October 1909 the "New College" building in Cathays Park (now Main Building) and the "Drapers' Library" (now the Science Library) was opened in a ceremony involving a procession from the "Old College" in Newport Road.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Opening of the New College |work=Cap and Gown |issue=7 |publisher=University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire |date=14 October 1909}}</ref>

In 1931, the medical school, founded as part of the college in 1893 along with the departments of anatomy, physiology, pathology and pharmacology, was split off to form the Welsh National School of Medicine, renamed the [[University of Wales College of Medicine]] in 1984.

The University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire was renamed University College, Cardiff in 1972.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hefcw.ac.uk/about_he_in_wales/higher_education_institutions/cardiff_university.aspx |title=Cardiff University |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727105306/http://www.hefcw.ac.uk/about_he_in_wales/higher_education_institutions/cardiff_university.aspx |archivedate=27 July 2013 |publisher=Higher Education Funding Council for Wales }}</ref>

===1988 merger===
In 1988, University College Cardiff ran into financial difficulties and a declaration of insolvency was considered.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Shattock |first1=Michael |title=Financial Management in Universities: The Lessons from University College, Cardiff |journal=Financial Accountability & Management |date=1988 |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=99–112 |doi=10.1111/j.1468-0408.1988.tb00063.x |doi-broken-date=26 October 2025 }}</ref> This led to a merger with the [[University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology]] (UWIST) to form the University of Wales College of Cardiff. The principal of the new institution was [[Sir Aubrey Trotman-Dickenson]], who had been the principal of UWIST. After changes to the constitution in 1996, its name was changed to the University of Wales, Cardiff.

In the early 1990s, the university's computer systems served as the home for [[The Internet Movie Database]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://help.imdb.com/imdb?history|title=IMDb &#124; Help|website=help.imdb.com|access-date=20 October 2021|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108183900/https://help.imdb.com/imdb?history|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Independence and 2004 merger===
[[File:AJ Moses and Queen.jpg|thumb|left|Queen Elizabeth II with Anthony J. Moses during her visit in Cardiff University in 2000]]
The college was granted degree-awarding powers by the [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council]] in 1997 although, as a member of the University of Wales, it did not use them at that time. In 1999, the [[Trade name|public name]] of the university was changed to Cardiff University.

In 2002, ideas were floated to re-merge Cardiff with the [[University of Wales College of Medicine]] (UWCM), after the publication of the [[Welsh Assembly|Welsh Assembly Government's]] review of higher education in Wales. This set in train a series of constitutional reforms. On 1 August 2004, Cardiff University ceased to be a member of the University of Wales and became an independent "link institution" affiliated to the federal university. The process of the merger with UWCM was completed on 1 December 2004, when the [[Act of Parliament]] transferring UWCM's assets to Cardiff University received royal assent. On 17 December it was announced that the [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council]] had given approval to a new supplemental charter for the keys institution. This was sealed on 11 March 2005, granting university status to Cardiff and legally changing the name of the institution to Cardiff University.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/documents/2503275-charter-of-cardiff-university|title=Charter of Cardiff University|website=Cardiff University|date=15 September 2022 |access-date=29 November 2023}}</ref> Cardiff awarded University of Wales degrees to students admitted before 2005, but has subsequently awarded its own degrees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/about/our-profile/history|title=History of the University|at=Mergers|website=Cardiff University|access-date=29 November 2023|archive-date=25 October 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201025175325/https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/about/our-profile/history|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Cardiff University Graduation Ceremony.jpg|thumbnail|right|A Cardiff University graduation ceremony in 2006]]
In 2005, Wales College of Medicine, as part of the university, launched the North Wales Clinical School in [[Wrexham]], in collaboration with the [[Glyndŵr University|North East Wales Institute of Higher Education]] in Wrexham, the [[University of Wales, Bangor]], and the [[NHS Wales|National Health Service in Wales]]. This received funds of £12.5&nbsp;million from the [[Welsh Assembly]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wales.gov.uk/news/archivepress/healthpress/healthpress2005/708646/?lang=en |access-date=4 July 2008 |title=Health Minister opens North Wales Clinical School |publisher=[[Welsh Assembly Government]] }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and trebled the number of trainee doctors in clinical training in Wales over a four-year period.

The university also has a Centre for [[Lifelong Learning]], which has been teaching a wide range of courses for over 125 years.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/mediacentre/mediareleases/Dec08/new-book-celebrates-125-years-of-lifelong-learning-at-cardiff-university.html |access-date=16 May 2009 |title=New book celebrates 125 years of Lifelong Learning at Cardiff University=Cardiff University }}{{dead link |date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> However, in July 2009, the university announced it was ending over 250 humanities courses at the centre, making over 100 staff redundant. The university has since reintroduced a number of humanities courses for a trial period beginning in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/part-time-courses-for-adults|title=Part-time courses for adults|website=Cardiff University|access-date=20 October 2021|archive-date=20 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020113602/https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/part-time-courses-for-adults|url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2010, the university launched three new research institutes,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2010/06/14/cardiff-creating-three-research-institutes-91466-26644003/ |title=Cardiff creating three research institutes |date=13 June 2010 |access-date=21 June 2010 |publisher=[[WalesOnline]] |archive-date=8 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908134104/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2010/06/14/cardiff-creating-three-research-institutes-91466-26644003/ |url-status=live }}</ref> each offering a new approach to a major modern research issue. The Neurosciences and Mental Health Research Institute and the Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute are housed in the purpose-built [[Hadyn Ellis]] Building and in the Sustainable Places Research Institute. Another part of the Science and Development Campus, the [[Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre]] (CUBRIC), opened in June 2016 for [[neuroimaging]] research.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Seo |first1=Jenny |url=http://www.ibigroup.com/2016/06/08/hrh-the-queen-opens-innovative-cubric-building/ |title=Her Majesty The Queen Opens Innovative CUBRIC Building |work=Arcadis IBI Group |date=8 June 2016 |publisher=IBI Group |access-date=24 July 2017 |archive-date=21 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821093832/https://www.ibigroup.com/2016/06/08/hrh-the-queen-opens-innovative-cubric-building/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Workload controversy===
On 19 February 2018, Malcolm Anderson, a university lecturer committed [[suicide]] at age 48 by jumping off a university building.<ref name="BBC News Feb 2018 1" /><ref name="BBC News Feb 2018 2" /><ref name="BBC News 2018" /><ref name="Reidy 2020" /><ref name="Haf Jones 2019">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47296631|title=Lecturer's widow hits out at Cardiff University workload|last=Haf Jones|first=Catrin|date=20 February 2019|website=[[BBC News]]|access-date=20 February 2019|archive-date=20 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220120522/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47296631|url-status=live}}</ref> The inquiry determined that Anderson's suicide was the result of a high-pressure workload.<ref name="BBC News 2018" /><ref name="Reidy 2020" />

In 2020, Grace Krause, a PhD student employed at Cardiff University started experiencing [[headache]]s and [[back pain]] after lengthy work at a computer.<ref name="Reidy 2020" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/overworked-undervalued-crippling-stress-university-15422303|title=Overworked and undervalued: The crippling stress university lecturers face|last=Deacon|first=Thomas|date=18 November 2018|website=WalesOnline|access-date=20 February 2020|archive-date=13 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713043208/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/overworked-undervalued-crippling-stress-university-15422303|url-status=live}}</ref> She [[Twitter|tweeted]] that "Staff are marking hundreds of essays in an impossibly short time. It is exhausting. Everyone is in crisis mode. Stressed, moody, morose, everyone feels like they’re drowning."<ref name="Reidy 2020" /> Soon after, an email from the university was sent to all PhD students asking for these comments to be deleted, in order to avoid negative media attention, which sparked a debate about [[freedom of speech]] between employers and employees.<ref name="Reidy 2020" />

=== 2025 cost-cutting measures ===
Cardiff University announced in January 2025 that it had an operating deficit of £31.2 million for 2023–24 and announced a three-month consultation on plans to reduce its academic workforce by approximately 400 full-time equivalent positions, representing around 7 per cent of its total staff, as well as discontinuing programs in ancient history, modern languages and translation, music, nursing, and religion and theology, and merging other academic departments.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Securing our Academic Future |date=28 January 2025|url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/2894086-securing-our-academic-future |access-date=31 January 2025|website=Cardiff University |language=en}}</ref> The Arts and Humanities are expected to suffer most severely, with the remaining workforce to be reduced by approximately 120 full-time equivalent positions, which is around half. The university had around £500 million in unrestricted reserves according to its accounts for 2023–24, which the [[Universities and Colleges Union]] said should be partially used to give a longer period for the university's finances to recover. However, the university said that "unrestricted reserves" was not the same as cash available to spend.<ref>{{Cite web|title=University imposing massive job cuts and School closures has £0.5bn in unrestricted reserves|url=https://nation.cymru/news/university-imposing-massive-job-cuts-and-school-closures-has-0-5bn-in-unrestricted-reserves|website=Nation.Cymru|author=Martin Shipton|date=29 January 2025|access-date=5 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clye3gnk15go|title=Use £500m reserves to avoid uni job cuts, union says|date=31 January 2025|author1=Gwyn Loader|author2=Iolo Cheung|work=BBC News}}</ref> The university's accounts contain the statement that "Of the University’s £426m of cash and investments as at 31 July 2024, £41m is freely available to spend."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/2894974/CU_AnnualReport2024_Final.pdf|page=25|title=Annual Report and Financial Statements Year Ended 31 July 2024|publisher=Cardiff University|access-date=13 February 2025}}</ref> A document circulated internally but leaked to the press revealed that further job losses in non-academic staff were expected on top of the 400 academic staff posts and outlined plans for a smaller but higher-quality student intake in future. It also revealed that the projected deficit for 2024–25, if no action was taken, was £65 million, double the deficit for 2023–24, with the cuts designed to reduce the deficit to £28 million.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/education/cardiff-university-raise-admission-grades-30955568|title=Young people warned about getting into Cardiff University in future|date=7 February 2025|work=Wales Online|author=Abbie Wightwick}}</ref>

In May, the university announced that it would reduce the impact of its cuts by continuing to offer some courses that were previously due to be cancelled, including Nursing, Music, and Modern Languages.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-28 |title=Cardiff University U-turns on module closures – THE TIDE |url=https://thetide.org.uk/2025/05/28/cardiff-university-u-turns-on-module-closures/ |access-date=2025-05-28 |language=en-US}}</ref> The university also agreed to not make any compulsory redundancies in 2025, following a deal with the UCU to drop plans industrial action in the summer.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-27 |title=Cardiff University backtracks on plans to cut music and languages |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj6rn8n7231o |access-date=2025-05-28 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

The university's deficit is part of the wider financial challenges in the UK higher education sector, where universities are facing budget deficits due to factors such as tuition fee caps, rising operational costs, and fluctuations in student enrolment. Other institutions, have also announced staff reductions and course closures.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 March 2024 |title=UK HE shrinking |url=https://qmucu.org/qmul-transformation/uk-he-shrinking/#current-redundancy-programmes |access-date=31 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/feb/01/quarter-of-leading-uk-universities-cutting-staff-due-to-budget-shortfalls|title=Quarter of leading UK universities cutting staff due to budget shortfalls|work=The Guardian| author=Richard Adams |date= 1 February 2025}}</ref> The proposed cuts at Cardiff also led to protests at the [[Senedd]], where the [[Welsh Government]] said that there was no more money available for higher education despite universities across Wales suffering financial crises and implementing job cuts and campus closures.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7gjmvg412o|title=Protesters call on Senedd to help save uni jobs|date=4 February 2025|author1=Bethan Lewis|author2=Antonia Matthews|work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/education/welsh-universities-urgent-funding-warning-30924807|title='Urgent' warning as Welsh universities face £70m black hole amid 'worst financial difficulties in recent memory'|author=Abbie Wightwick|date=3 February 2025|work=Wales Online}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78x4l9lk43o|title=University education at Wales' oldest campus ends|date=23 January 2025|author=Bruce Sinclair|work=BBC News}}</ref>

===Vice chancellors and principals===

List of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of Cardiff University and its predecessors (shown in brackets):

*1883–1901 (University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire): [[John Viriamu Jones]]
*1901–1918 (University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire): [[Ernest Howard Griffiths]]
*1918–1929 (University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire): A.H. Trow
*1929–1949 (University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire): [[Frederick Rees]]
*1949–1966 (University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire): [[Anthony Steel (historian)|Anthony Steel]]
*1966–1972 (University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire): [[C. W. L. Bevan]]
*1972–1987 (University College Cardiff): [[C. W. L. Bevan]]
*1968–1988 (University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology): [[Aubrey Trotman-Dickenson|Sir Aubrey Trotman-Dickenson]]
*1988–1993: [[Aubrey Trotman-Dickenson]]
*1993–2001: [[Brian Smith (administrator)|Brian Smith]]
*2001–2012: [[David Grant (academic)|David Grant]]
*2012–2023: [[Colin Riordan]]
*2023–present: [[Wendy Larner]]

==Campus==
===Academic facilities===
[[File:Cardiff University Science Library.jpg|thumb|The main reading room of the Science Library, pictured in 2017]]
The university's academic facilities are centred around [[Cathays Park]] in central Cardiff,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heath Park |url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/for/prospective/campus-life/campuses/cathays-park.html |access-date=10 May 2013 |archive-date=17 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917225636/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/for/prospective/campus-life/campuses/cathays-park.html |url-status=live }}</ref> which contains the university's grade II* [[Listed building|listed]] main building,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300013757-university-of-wales-cardiff-including-forecourt-walls-castle#.WY5QSdGQw2w |title=University of Wales, Cardiff, including Forecourt Walls |publisher=BritishListedBuildings.co.uk |access-date=11 August 2017 |archive-date=12 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812061342/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300013757-university-of-wales-cardiff-including-forecourt-walls-castle#.WY5QSdGQw2w |url-status=live }}</ref> housing administrative facilities and the science library, previously called the Drapers' library;<ref name="Science Library">{{Cite web |title=Science Library |url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/libraries/science/index.html |access-date=10 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922042042/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/libraries/science/index.html |archive-date=22 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cardiffparks.org.uk/cathays/info/university.shtml|title=Cathays Park – University|website=www.cardiffparks.org.uk|access-date=12 May 2020|archive-date=13 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713043103/http://www.cardiffparks.org.uk/cathays/info/university.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> the grade II listed [[Bute Building|Bute building]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300013739-bute-building-castle#.WY5RUdGQw2w |title=Bute Building |publisher=BritishListedBuildings.co.uk |access-date=11 August 2017 |archive-date=12 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812094915/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300013739-bute-building-castle#.WY5RUdGQw2w |url-status=live }}</ref> which contains the [[Welsh School of Architecture]],<ref name="Architecture school location">{{Cite web |title=Architecture school location |url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/archi/contactus.php |access-date=10 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615173159/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/archi/contactus.php |archive-date=15 June 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> the grade I listed [[Glamorgan Building|Glamorgan building]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300013738-former-glamorgan-county-hall-castle#.WY5QS9GQw2w |title=Former Glamorgan County Hall |publisher=BritishListedBuildings.co.uk |access-date=11 August 2017 |archive-date=12 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812062516/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300013738-former-glamorgan-county-hall-castle#.WY5QS9GQw2w |url-status=live }}</ref> which houses the Cardiff Schools of Planning and Geography and Social Sciences,<ref name="Social Sci location">{{Cite web |title=Social Sci location |url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/aboutus/glamorganbuilding/index.html |access-date=10 May 2013 |archive-date=3 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203095826/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/aboutus/glamorganbuilding/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[Redwood Building]] (named in 1979 after the Redwood Family of Boverton near Llantwit Major by a 1978 suggestion by J. D. R. Thomas), which houses the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences;<ref name="Pharm location">{{Cite web |title=Pharm location |url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/phrmy/ |access-date=10 May 2013 |archive-date=31 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130331205750/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/phrmy/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the law building which houses the [[Cardiff Law School]];<ref name="Law Location">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/law-politics/about-us/location|title=Location|website=Cardiff University|access-date=23 February 2020|archive-date=13 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713043205/https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/law-politics/about-us/location|url-status=live}}</ref> and the biosciences building, which provides facilities for both biosciences and medical teaching.<ref name="Bio sci location">{{Cite web |title=Bio sci location |url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/biosi/contactsandpeople/ |access-date=16 June 2013 |archive-date=3 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203084803/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/biosi/contactsandpeople/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[School of Engineering]] and School of Physics and Astronomy are located in the Queen's Buildings, off Newport Road, the Schools of Computer Science of Informatics and Mathematics at the Abacws Building,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abacws |url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/campus-developments/projects/abacws |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=Cardiff University |language=en |archive-date=13 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713043206/https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/campus-developments/projects/abacws |url-status=live }}</ref> and the School of Journalism, Media and Culture at 2 Central Square.

A number of university academic facilities are located at the Heath Park campus, based at the [[University Hospital of Wales]]. This covers the [[Cardiff University School of Medicine]], the School of Dentistry, and the School of Healthcare Sciences.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heath Park |url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/for/prospective/campus-life/campuses/heath-park.html |access-date=10 May 2013 |archive-date=17 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917124116/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/for/prospective/campus-life/campuses/heath-park.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Buildings of Cardiff University
|-
|{{Gallery
|width=135
|File:Cardiff University main building.jpg|The Main Building – completed in 1909.
|File:CardiffChemistry.JPG|School of Chemistry
|File:Cardiff University building, Cathays Park.JPG|Sir Martin Evans Building, School of Biosciences
|File:Cardiff University School of Engineering.jpg|Cardiff School of Engineering
|File:Bute Building Cardiff.jpg|[[Bute Building]]
|File:Music Building, Cardiff University.JPG|[[Cardiff University School of Music]]
|File:Cardiff Business School.jpg|[[Cardiff Business School]]
|File:Hadyn Ellis Building.jpg|Hadyn Ellis Building
|File:Tower Building, Cathays Park.JPG|Psychology Tower Building
|File:Glamorgan Building, Cardiff University.JPG|[[Glamorgan Building]], School of Social Sciences
|File:CardiffLawLib.JPG|Arts and Social Sciences Library
|File:Old NPI Building, Newport Road, Cardiff.jpg|McKenzie House
|File:School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University (2050321).jpg|School of Optometry and Vision Sciences
|File:RedwoodBuilding.JPG|Redwood Building – School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
|File:Aberdare Hall, Cardiff University.JPG|Aberdare Hall
|File:Canolfan Bywyd Myfyrwyr Caerdydd (4).jpg|Exterior view of the Centre for Student Life from Park Place
|File:2 Central Square, Cardiff, January 2024.jpg|[[Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies|School of Journalism, Media and Culture]]
}}
|}

===Athletics facilities===
Most of the university's sports facilities are located at the sports training village in the Talybont Halls complex. This includes facilities for football, badminton, basketball, tennis, hockey and gym.<ref name="Sports training village">{{Cite web |title=Sports training village |url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/sport/facilities/sc-talybont/index.html |access-date=13 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222065334/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/sport/facilities/sc-talybont/index.html |archive-date=22 February 2014 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Additional gym facilities and squash courts are located at the university fitness and squash centre, near the city centre campus at [[Cathays Park]].<ref name="Fitness and squash">{{Cite web |title=Fitness and squash |url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/sport/facilities/fsc-parkplace/index.html |access-date=13 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222065331/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/sport/facilities/fsc-parkplace/index.html |archive-date=22 February 2014 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Extensive playing fields for [[Rugby union|Rugby]], football and [[lacrosse]] are located at the university playing fields near [[Llanrumney]].<ref name="Playing fields">{{Cite web |title=Playing fields |url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/sport/facilities/sf-llanrumney/index.html |access-date=13 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222065232/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/sport/facilities/sf-llanrumney/index.html |archive-date=22 February 2014 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The university also utilises the nearby [[Millennium Stadium]] for rugby fixtures such as the annual varsity tournament.<ref name="Rugby Varsity">{{Cite web |title=Rugby Varsity |url=http://www.welshvarsity.com/rugby/ |access-date=8 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513055021/http://www.welshvarsity.com/rugby/ |archive-date=13 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Organisation==
===Schools and colleges===
The 26 academic schools of the university are divided into three colleges: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; and Physical Sciences.<ref name=colleges>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/about/organisation/college-structure |title=College structure |publisher=Cardiff University |access-date=11 August 2017 |archive-date=12 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812064650/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/about/organisation/college-structure |url-status=live }}</ref>

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'''College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences'''
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*[[Cardiff Business School|Business]]
*English, Communication and Philosophy
*Geography and Planning
*History, Archaeology and Religion 
*[[Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies|Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies]]
*[[Cardiff School of Law and Politics|Law and Politics]]
*Modern Languages
*[[Cardiff University School of Music|Music]]
*Social Sciences
*Welsh
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'''College of Biomedical and Life Sciences'''
*Biosciences
*Dentistry
*Healthcare Sciences
*[[Cardiff University School of Medicine|Medicine]]
*Optometry and Vision Sciences
*Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
*Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education (Wales Deanery)
*Psychology
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'''College of Physical Sciences and Engineering'''
*[[Welsh School of Architecture|Architecture]]
*Chemistry
*Computer Science & Informatics
*Earth and Environmental Sciences
*Engineering
*Mathematics
*Physics and Astronomy
{{col-end}}
Cardiff also has a Doctoral Academy,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/ugc/|title=Cardiff University {{!}} University Graduate College|website=www.cardiff.ac.uk|access-date=10 January 2017|archive-date=10 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110234013/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/ugc/|url-status=live}}</ref> that brings together the work of four previous discipline-based Graduate Schools and the postgraduate research activity of the university's Graduate Centre.

===Finances===
In the financial year ending 31 July 2024, Cardiff had a total income of £638&nbsp;million (2022/23 – £627.2&nbsp;million) and total expenditure of £500.4&nbsp;million (2022/23 – £603&nbsp;million).<ref name="Cardiff Financial Statements 23/24"/> Key sources of income included £328.3&nbsp;million from tuition fees and education contracts (2022/23 – £310.6&nbsp;million), £83.2&nbsp;million from funding body grants (2022/23 – £90.2&nbsp;million), £126.6&nbsp;million from research grants and contracts (2022/23 – £133.6&nbsp;million), £11.5&nbsp;million from investment income (2022/23 – £9.6&nbsp;million) and £4.5&nbsp;million from donations and endowments (2022/23 – £1.4&nbsp;million).<ref name="Cardiff Financial Statements 23/24"/>

At year end, Cardiff had endowments of £53.1&nbsp;million (2023 – £46.2&nbsp;million) and total net assets of £852.6&nbsp;million (2023 – £679&nbsp;million).<ref name="Cardiff Financial Statements 23/24"/>

==Academic profile==
===Rankings and reputation===
[[File:Glamorgan Building, Cardiff University.JPG|thumb|left|[[Glamorgan Building]]]]
{{Infobox UK university rankings
|QS_W = 181
|THE_W = 201–250
|ARWU_W = 201–300
|LINE_1 = 0
|Complete = 22
|The_Guardian = 37
|Times/Sunday_Times = 28=
}}
[[File:Cardiff 10 Years.png|thumb|upright=1.2|Cardiff University's [[Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom|national league table]] performance over the past ten years]]
Cardiff University is a highly renowned for several subjects in its department.
Cardiff has produced two Nobel Laureates on its staff, Sir [[Martin Evans]] and [[Robert Huber]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/biosi/contactsandpeople/stafflist/e-h/huber-robert-prof-overview_new.html |title=School of Biosciences – Prof Robert Huber |publisher=Cardiff University |access-date=9 March 2011 |archive-date=20 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110620031826/http://cardiff.ac.uk/biosi/contactsandpeople/stafflist/e-h/huber-robert-prof-overview_new.html |url-status=live }}</ref> A number of Cardiff University staff have been elected as [[Fellows of the Royal Society]], these include [[Graham Hutchings]] FRS, professor of Physical Chemistry and Director of the Cardiff Catalysis Institute, School of Chemistry,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/about/honours/categories/graham-hutchings.html |title=Graham Hutchings FRS |publisher=Cardiff University |access-date=10 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101207084242/http://cardiff.ac.uk/about/honours/categories/graham-hutchings.html |archive-date=7 December 2010 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Ole Holger Petersen]], MRC Professor and Director of Cardiff School of Biosciences.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/about/honours/categories/ole-petersen.html |title=Professor Ole Holger Petersen FRS |publisher=Cardiff University |access-date=10 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110117180034/http://cardiff.ac.uk/about/honours/categories/ole-petersen.html |archive-date=17 January 2011 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> and [[John M. Pearce]], Professor of Psychology.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://royalsociety.org/people/john-pearce-12061 |title=Professor John Pearce FRS |publisher=The Royal Society |access-date=6 September 2015 |archive-date=9 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909014849/https://royalsociety.org/people/john-pearce-12061/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2013, Cardiff University was ranked as one of the best UK universities for supporting [[LGBT]] students, by the charity [[Stonewall (charity)|Stonewall]] in its annual ''Gay by Degree'' guide. The university was one of only two in the UK and the only one in Wales to achieve top marks in a Stonewall checklist of priorities for LGBT+ students.<ref name="LGBT+ Students">{{Cite web |title=Cardiff University leads the way in Stonewall Gay by Degree guide |url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/articles/cardiff-university-leads-the-way-in-stonewall-gay-by-degree-guide-11291.html |access-date=8 July 2013}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

Cardiff University was ranked joint 168th in Best Global Universities by [[U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking|US News]] in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/cardiff-university-500071 |title=Cardiff University in United Kingdom |publisher=U.S. News & World Report |accessdate=26 September 2021 |archive-date=27 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727074533/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/cardiff-university-500071 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was ranked 164th among universities around the world by [[SCImago Institutions Rankings]] in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scimagoir.com/rankings.php?sector=Higher%20educ.&country=all|title=University Rankings 2021|website=www.scimagoir.com|accessdate=26 September 2021|archive-date=22 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422183813/https://www.scimagoir.com/rankings.php?sector=Higher%20educ.&country=all|url-status=live}}</ref> The Round University Rankings ranked Cardiff University 162nd globally in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://roundranking.com/ranking/world-university-rankings.html#world-2021 |title=RUR- 2021 - Overall Rank |website=www.roundranking.com |accessdate=26 September 2021 |archive-date=25 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125015240/https://roundranking.com/ranking/world-university-rankings.html#world-2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Center for World University Rankings listed Cardiff University 159th in the world in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cwur.org/2021-22/country/united-kingdom.php|title=Top Universities in the United Kingdom in 2021-2022|accessdate=26 September 2021|publisher=Center for World University Rankings|archive-date=24 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824210159/https://cwur.org/2021-22/country/united-kingdom.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to QS World University Rankings by Subject in 2021, Cardiff University ranked within the world's top 50 universities in communication and media studies (28), in Architecture and Built environment (37) and Psychology (59).<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/cardiff-university/undergrad|title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021|work=Top Universities|access-date=26 September 2021|archive-date=26 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926202749/https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/cardiff-university/undergrad|url-status=live}}</ref> Other subjects ranked within the top 100 are dentistry, and mineral and mining engineering (49) civil and structural engineering, geography, social policy and administration, pharmacy and pharmacology, English language and literature, and sociology.<ref name="auto"/>

===Admissions===
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|+UCAS Admission Statistics
!
!2024
!2023
!2022
!2021
!2020
|-
| '''Applications'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}<ref name=UCASEoC>{{cite web |title=UCAS Undergraduate Sector-Level End of Cycle Data Resources 2024 |url=https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-data-resources-2024 |at=Show me... Domicile by Provider |website=ucas.com |date=December 2024 |publisher=UCAS |access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref>
| 46,240
| 46,355
| 46,345
| 44,155
| 39,225
|-
| '''Accepted'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}<ref name=UCASEoC/>
| 8,025
| 7,875
| 7,375
| 7,915
| 7,500
|-
| '''Applications/Accepted Ratio'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}
| 5.8
| 5.9
| 6.3
| 5.6
| 5.2
|-
| '''Offer Rate (%)'''{{efn-lg|name=ukjune}}<ref name="UCAS Offer Rate">{{cite web|title=2024 entry UCAS Undergraduate reports by sex, area background, and ethnic group|date=7 February 2025|url=https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-data-resources-2024/2024-entry-ucas-undergraduate-reports-sex-area-background-and-ethnic-group|publisher=[[UCAS]]|access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref>
| 73.4
| 70.9
| 68.2
| 70.3
| 73.4
|-
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|+ class="nowrap" |HESA Student Body Composition (2023/24)
|-
!Domicile<ref name="Table 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-1|title=HE student enrolments by HE provider, permanent address, level of study, mode of study, entrant marker, sex and academic year|publisher=[[Higher Education Statistics Agency|HESA]]|access-date=3 April 2025}}</ref> and Ethnicity<ref name="HESA ethnicity">{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/whos-in-he/characteristics|title=Who's studying in HE?: Personal characteristics|date=3 April 2025|publisher=[[Higher Education Statistics Agency|HESA]]|access-date=3 April 2025}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
|[[White people in the United Kingdom|British White]]{{efn|Not be confused solely with [[White British]]}}
|align=right| {{bartable|63|%|2||background:red}}
|-
|[[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom#Collective terms for minority ethnic groups|British Ethnic Minorities]]{{efn|Includes those who indicate that they identify as [[British Asian|Asian]], [[Black British people|Black]], [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed Heritage]], [[British Arabs|Arab]] or any other ethnicity except White.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|17|%|2||background:green}}
|-
|[[European Union|International EU]]
|align=right| {{bartable|2|%|2||background:blue}}
|-
|[[International students in the United Kingdom|International Non-EU]]
|align=right| {{bartable|18|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |Undergraduate [[Widening participation|Widening Participation]] Indicators<ref name="Table 1"/><ref name="Times25">{{cite web |date=24 September 2024 |title=Good University Guide: Social Inclusion Ranking |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk-university-rankings/league-table |work=[[The Times]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Feminism in the United Kingdom#Education|Female]]
|align=right| {{bartable|59|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
|[[Private schools in the United Kingdom|Independent School]]
|align=right| {{bartable|12|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
|Low Participation Areas{{efn|Calculated from the Polar4 measure, using Quintile1, in England and Wales. Calculated from the [[Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation]] (SIMD) measure, using SIMD20, in Scotland.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|10|%|2||background:black}}
|}
According to the 2017 ''Times'' and ''Sunday Times'' Good University Guide, approximately 15 per cent of Cardiff's undergraduates come from independent schools.<ref name="The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2018">{{Cite news |url=http://extras.thetimes.co.uk/gooduniversityguide/institutions/ |title=The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017 |work=[[Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom|Good University Guide]] |location=London |access-date=16 August 2016 |archive-date=29 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129125021/https://extras.thetimes.co.uk/gooduniversityguide/institutions/ |url-status=dead }}{{subscription required}}</ref> In the 2016–2017 academic year, the university had a domicile breakdown of 76:5:19 of UK:EU:non-EU students respectively with a female to male ratio of 59:41.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Where do HE students study? |url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study#provider |website=hesa.ac.uk |publisher=Higher Education Statistics Authority |access-date=9 February 2018 |archive-date=10 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210120926/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study#provider |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Student life==
===Student accommodation===
The university maintains 15 student halls and a number of student houses throughout the city of Cardiff; providing a total of 5,362 student places in accommodation.<ref name="Student Numbers">{{Cite web |title=HESA student data |url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/stats |access-date=15 July 2015 |archive-date=15 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715154016/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/stats |url-status=live }}</ref> They are in a variety of architectural styles and ages, from the [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic]] [[Aberdare Hall]], built in 1895, to the modern Talybont Gate Building, completed in 2014. All first-year students are guaranteed a place in university owned and managed halls.<ref name=Residences>{{Cite web |title=Residences |url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/for/resource/1714.35282.file.eng.pdf |access-date=10 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813220206/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/for/resource/1714.35282.file.eng.pdf |archive-date=13 August 2013 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The Cardiff University Halls are:

{{Div col|colwidth=14em}}
*Aberconway Hall
*[[Aberdare Hall]]
*Cartwright Court
*Clodien House
*Colum Hall
*Hodge Hall
*Gordon Hall
*Roy Jenkins Hall
*Senghennydd Court
*Senghennydd Hall
*The Talybont 'Student Village' (Including Talybont North, South, Court and Gate Halls)
*University Hall 
*Houses in Colum Road and Colum Place
*Student Village Houses
{{div col end}}

===Students' Union===

The [[Cardiff University Students' Union]] is a student-run organisation aiming to promote student interests within the university and further afield. The Cardiff University Students' Union building is near [[Cathays Park]], next to [[Cathays railway station]]. It has shops, a night club and the studios of [[Xpress Radio]] and [[Gair Rhydd]], the student newspaper. It is democratically controlled by the student body through the election of seven full-time officers, who manage the running of the Union.<ref name="Union Officers">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cardiffstudents.com/404/?url=/about_cusu/your_officers/|title=|website=www.cardiffstudents.com|access-date=29 June 2022|archive-date=22 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022104128/https://www.cardiffstudents.com/404/?url=%2Fabout_cusu%2Fyour_officers%2F|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Union provides a range of services, including a number of cafes, bars and shops, as well as advice, training and representation. The Union is an affiliated member of the [[National Union of Students (United Kingdom)|National Union of Students]].<ref name="NUS member">{{Cite web |title=NUS member |url=http://www.cardiffstudents.com/about_cusu/nus/ |access-date=15 May 2013 |archive-date=9 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109235209/http://www.cardiffstudents.com/about_cusu/nus/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Groups and societies ====
The students' union supports over 200 societies across a wide range of interests<ref name="Cardiff Societies">{{Cite web|title=Cardiff Guild of Societies|url=https://www.cardiffstudents.com/activities/societies/|access-date=20 June 2024|website=Cardiff Students' Union|archive-date=20 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620172839/https://www.cardiffstudents.com/activities/societies/|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as 70 sports clubs through the athletic union.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cardiffstudents.com/activities/au/|title=The Athletic Union|access-date=20 June 2024|website=Cardiff Students' Union|archive-date=20 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620172837/https://www.cardiffstudents.com/activities/au/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Media ====
[[File:Nickcleggcutv.png|thumb|[[Nick Clegg]] at Cardiff University Students' Union conducting an interview with CUTV in 2010]]
The Union provides facilities and support for several student media groups, including: ''[[Gair Rhydd]]'', an award-winning, free student newspaper that is released every Monday of term;<ref name="gair rhydd paper">{{Cite news |title=gair rhydd paper |url=http://cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk/gairrhydd/ |access-date=15 May 2013 |archive-date=27 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427081330/http://cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk/gairrhydd/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Quench'', a monthly arts and lifestyle magazine that specialises in the local music scene as well as original investigative feature articles;<ref name="Quench magazine">{{Cite news |title=Quench magazine |url=http://cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk/quench/ |access-date=15 May 2013 |archive-date=17 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117200708/http://www.cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk/quench/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and CUTV, the student television channel.<ref name=CUTV>{{Cite web |title=CUTV |url=http://cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk/cutv/ |access-date=15 May 2013 |archive-date=13 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813105952/http://cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk/cutv/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Xpress Radio is the [[student radio]] station.<ref>{{cite web |title=Xpress Radio |url=https://cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk/xpress/ |website=Cardiff Student Media |publisher=Cardiff University Students' Union |access-date=16 August 2021 |archive-date=13 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713043207/https://www.cardiffstudents.com/activities/studentmedia/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It broadcasts daily during term from studios in the Students' Union building, with programming such as comedy panel shows, new music showcases, local music showcases, and film reviews.<ref>{{cite web |title=listen |url=https://cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk/xpress/listen/ |website=Xpress Radio |access-date=13 April 2022 |archive-date=13 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713043217/https://www.cardiffstudents.com/activities/studentmedia/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Xpress Radio Membership |url=https://www.cardiffstudents.com/activities/society/xpress/ |website=Cardiff University Students' Union |access-date=13 April 2022 |archive-date=13 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713043215/https://www.cardiffstudents.com/activities/society/xpress/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Student activism ===
Student activism at Cardiff University has included protests about the university's investments in arms companies in 2009, as part of a larger student movement in the UK at that time,<ref name="2009 Student Occupation">{{Cite web |date=27 February 2009 |title=Wales Online 2009 Student Occupation |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/power-student-action-forces-university-2126263 |access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref> and participating in the [[2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses]].<ref name="2024 Cymru Students For Palestine Encampment">{{Cite web |date=28 May 2024 |title="2024 Cymru Students For Palestine Encampment" |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/students-been-camping-out-weeks-29251727 |access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref> An encampment was established outside the Cardiff University Main Building on 14 May 2024 by students from Cardiff University, [[Cardiff Metropolitan University]], the [[University of South Wales]] and the [[Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama]], joining the Cymru Students For Palestine umbrella group that also included protestors at [[Swansea University]] and [[Bangor University]].<ref name="Cardiffian">{{cite news |author=Murthaza Ali-Hassan |date=20 June 2024 |title='In Gaza, none of the universities are still there': Why Cardiff students have set up a protest camp |url=https://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/thecardiffian/2024/06/20/in-gaza-none-of-the-universities-are-still-there-why-cardiff-students-have-set-up-a-protest-camp/ |work=The Cardiffian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Charlotte Wright |date=14 May 2024 |title=Cardiff Uni students are camping outside the Main Building in solidarity with Palestine |url=https://thetab.com/uk/cardiff/2024/05/14/cardiff-uni-students-are-camping-outside-the-main-building-in-solidarity-with-palestine-71743 |work=The Tab}}</ref> The encampment dispersed on 17 July 2024 after the university confirmed that it already met some demands and committed to address some of the others.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statement from Cardiff Students' Union |url=https://www.cardiffstudents.com/news/article/secret/Statement-from-Cardiff-Students-Union-Datganiad-gan-Undeb-Myfyrwyr-Caerdydd/ |access-date=26 July 2024 |website=Cardiff Students' Union}}</ref> 

The following year, in May 2025, Cardiff University Students' Union released a statement acknowledging a new pro-Palestinian encampment on campus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Officers Update on Student Encampment 2025 {{!}} Diweddariad Swyddogion ar Wersyll Myfyrwyr 2025 |url=https://www.cardiffstudents.com/news/article/secret/Officers-Update-on-Student-Encampment-2025/ |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=www.cardiffstudents.com}}</ref> The encampment was served with an eviction notice by the university on 30 May, which stated that the encampment had caused "distress and disruption" by blocking the entrances to the main building, occupying rooms in the Glamorgan Building and accessing the roof, and inviting people from outside of the university to join events.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Denney-Richards |first=Mischa |date=2025-06-06 |title=Cardiff University evicts students protesting on campus |url=https://thetab.com/2025/06/06/cardiff-university-evicts-students-protesting-on-campus |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=The Tab |language=en-US}}</ref> The university was also granted precautionary injunctive relief for a year to prevent occupation of fourteen university buildings.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=Siddique/> The university stated that this action "could be interpreted as curtailing the right to protest and freedom of speech, but this is not the case. ... This decision is about ensuring the safety of everyone in our University community". Caerdydd Students for Palestine responded that "Cardiff University would rather violently repress its students than speak to us. Whilst we are outraged by this, we must remember the privilege of having a campus to protest on at all."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Taite |date=2025-06-03 |title=Cardiff University cracks down on students protesting on its campus |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cardiff-university-cracks-down-students-31780097 |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=Wales Online |language=en}}</ref> According to [[The Guardian]] and the investigative journalism unit at the [[Liberty (advocacy group)|Liberty advocacy group]], British Law firm Shakespeare Martineau LLP coached Cardiff University and several other universities on how to obtain these court orders.<ref name=Siddique>{{Cite news |last1=Siddique |first1=Haroon |last2=Walawalkar |first2=Aaron |last3=Clugston |first3=Harriet |date=2025-06-30 |title=British law firm coached universities on how to obtain sweeping protest bans |url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jun/30/british-law-firm-shakespeare-martineau-cardiff-university-protests |access-date=2025-07-06 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

===Athletics===
[[File:WelshBoatRace 06.JPG|thumb|Swansea and Cardiff Universities Men's Senior eights during [[The Welsh Boat Race]] in 2006]]
The Cardiff University Athletic Union is the body that supports student sport at Cardiff, it oversees more than 60 competitive and non-competitive sports clubs, many of which compete in the [[British Universities and Colleges Sport]] league.<ref name="Athletic union">{{Cite web |title=Athletic union |url=http://www.cardiffstudents.com/get_involved/clubs/ |access-date=15 May 2013 |archive-date=6 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506031824/http://www.cardiffstudents.com/get_involved/clubs/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The university's [[Ice Hockey]] team, the Cardiff Redhawks (which also recruits players from other Welsh universities) competes in the [[British Universities Ice Hockey Association]] leagues.<ref name="Cardiff Redhawks">{{Cite web |title=Cardiff Redhawks |url=http://www.redhawks.co.uk/index.php |access-date=11 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819072041/http://redhawks.co.uk/index.php |archive-date=19 August 2013 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The university's sports teams also take part in the annual [[Welsh Varsity]] against [[Swansea University]], which includes [[the Welsh Boat Race]], and several other sporting competitions.<ref name="Welsh Varsity">{{Cite web |title=Welsh Varsity |url=http://www.welshvarsity.com/varsity-shield/ |access-date=10 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513065817/http://www.welshvarsity.com/varsity-shield/ |archive-date=13 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Welsh Varsity rugby match has been described as "probably... the second biggest Varsity Game next to Oxford vs Cambridge".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nick Hill selected for Welsh Varsity Match |url=http://www.aberavonquins.com/news/a14aa842-6914-41ab-a581-50a8b5ad1ec5/nick-hill-selected-for-welsh-varsity-match |website=Aberavonquins |access-date=7 October 2018 |archive-date=7 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007223144/http://www.aberavonquins.com/news/a14aa842-6914-41ab-a581-50a8b5ad1ec5/nick-hill-selected-for-welsh-varsity-match |url-status=live }}</ref>

Cardiff participates in British Universities and Colleges Sport which manages a sporting framework of competitive fixtures and events for over 150 institutions around the UK. Cardiff registers nearly 100 teams in the various leagues and competitions each year and sees students travelling around the country to represent Cardiff University. In 2013 Cardiff team achieved 15th position overall across the 50 different sports hosting events.

==Insignia and other representations==
===Motto===
Cardiff University's motto is ''Gwirionedd, Undod a Chytgord''. The [[Welsh language|Welsh]] motto translates as ''Truth, Unity and Concord'' or ''Truth, Unity and Harmony''. It is taken from the prayer for the [[Church militant and church triumphant|Church militant]] as it appears in the [[Book of Common Prayer (1662)|1662 ''Book of Common Prayer'']].<ref name="History of Cardiff University">{{Cite web |title=History of the University |url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/about/our-profile/history |website=Cardiff University |access-date=9 March 2023 |archive-date=25 October 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201025175325/https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/about/our-profile/history |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
{{Infobox COA wide
|escutcheon = Gules three Chevrons and in chief an open Book of bound Argent the dexter page charged with a crescent and the sinister with an embattled Annulet both Gules all within a bordure Argent.
|crest = A Dragon affronty wings expanded Gules the dexter wing charged with a crescent and the sinister with an embattled annulet both Gold.
|supporters = On the dexter side an Angel proper habited Argent sandalled winged and crined Gold and on the other sinister side a dragon Gules.
|motto = Gwirionedd, Undod A Chytgord (Truth, unity and concord)
|badge = Two dragons wings conjoined Gules interlaced by a crescent Gold.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/armorial_bearings_114#incoming-2772632 |publisher=What Do They Know |accessdate=28 September 2024 |title=Armorial Bearings|date=19 September 2024 }}</ref>}}

Cardiff University's current [[coat of arms]] was granted by the [[College of Arms]] in 1988 following the merger of University College Cardiff and the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology.<ref name="History of Cardiff University"/> The coat of arms incorporates features from the [[heraldry]] of both former institutions. The three [[Chevron (insignia)|chevrons]] are derived from the arms of the [[de Clare]] [[Lordship of Glamorgan|lords of Glamorgan]]. The open book signifies learning; on it are the [[crescent]] and [[Annulet (heraldry)|annulet]], [[Marks of Cadency|marks of cadence]] that indicate that University College Cardiff was the second of the University of Wales' institutions, and that the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology was the fifth.<ref name="Cardiff University coat of arms">{{Cite web |title=Cardiff University coat of arms |url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/identity/coatofarms.html |access-date=25 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130924054418/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/identity/coatofarms.html |archive-date=24 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

A notable feature of the arms are the [[Supporter (heraldry)|supporters]], which in heraldry are rarely granted to universities. The supporters are an angel from University College Cardiff and a [[Welsh Dragon]] from the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology. The [[Crest (heraldry)|crest]] is a Welsh dragon in the stance of a lion; it stands on the [[Helmet (heraldry)|helmet]]. Both the dragon and the helmet are distinguished by being front-facing rather than in profile as is more usually found in [[Welsh heraldry]].<ref name="Cardiff University coat of arms" />

==Notable alumni and academics==
{{Main|List of Cardiff University people}}

===Heads of state and government===
*[[Barham Salih]], President of Iraq, former prime minister of the [[Iraqi Kurdistan Region]] and former deputy prime minister of the Iraqi federal government
*[[Faisal Al-Fayez]], Prime Minister of Jordan
*[[Mark Drakeford]], First Minister of Wales<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-09 |title=About Me {{!}} Mark Drakeford M |url=https://www.markdrakeford.com/en/about-me/ |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=Mark Drakeford MS {{!}} Cardiff West |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*[[Vaughan Gething]], First Minister of Wales

===Politics===
[[File:Roy Jenkins 1977.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Roy Jenkins]], former [[President of the European Commission]]]]
*[[Roy Jenkins|Lord Jenkins]], former [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]], [[Home Secretary]], [[President of the European Commission]] and Chancellor of the University of Oxford (did not graduate)
[[File:Kinnock, Neil.jpg |thumb|upright|[[Neil Kinnock]], former [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|Leader of the Opposition]], [[Vice President of the European Commission]] and President of Cardiff University]]
*[[Rhun ap Iorwerth]], MS and leader of [[Plaid Cymru]]
*[[David Bahati]], State Minister of Finance for Planning in the [[Cabinet of Uganda]]
*[[Jeffrey Cuthbert]], [[Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner]], MS for [[Caerphilly (Senedd constituency)|Caerphilly]] and Welsh Government Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty
*[[Wayne David]], MP for [[Caerphilly (UK Parliament constituency)|Caerphilly]] and UK Shadow [[Minister of State for Europe|Minister for Europe]], Shadow Minister for Defence Procurement and Shadow Minister for the Armed Forces
*[[Elin Jones]], MS for [[Ceredigion (Senedd constituency)|Ceredigion]], [[Llywydd of the Senedd]] and former Welsh Government Minister for Rural Affairs
*[[Fatou Sanyang Kinteh]], Gambian Minister for Women's Affairs, Children and Social Welfare
*[[Glenys Kinnock]], [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] and [[UK Foreign Office]] Minister
*[[Neil Kinnock]], MP for [[Bedwellty (UK Parliament constituency)|Bedwellty]] and for [[Islwyn (UK Parliament constituency)|Islwyn]], [[Leader of the Labour Party (UK)|Leader of the Labour Party]], [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|Leader of the Opposition]]
*[[Sajjad Gani Lone]], Indian politician and president of the [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference]]
*[[Hilary Marquand]], MP for [[Cardiff East (UK Parliament constituency)|Cardiff East]] and Minister for Health.
*[[Robert Minhinnick]], co-founder of [[Friends of the Earth]] (Cymru)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=authC2D9C28A1d58c25E5CyUw369EA16 |title=Robert Minhinnick |publisher=British Council |access-date=4 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103092359/http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=authC2D9C28A1d58c25E5CyUw369EA16 |archive-date=3 January 2011 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*[[Adam Price]], MS and former leader of Plaid Cymru
*[[David Rees (politician)|David Rees]], MS for [[Aberavon (Senedd constituency)|Aberavon]] and Deputy Presiding Officer of the Senedd Cymru.
*[[Brian Wilson (Labour politician)|Brian Wilson]], MP for [[Cunninghame North (UK Parliament constituency)|Cunninghame North]] and Minister of State.

===Academia===
[[File:Martin Evans Nobel Prize.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Martin Evans]], [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine]]]]
[[File:Robert Huber.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Robert Huber]], Nobel Laureate in Chemistry]]
*[[Martin J. Ball]], emeritus Professor of Linguistics at [[Bangor University]], Cymru/Wales
*[[Paul E. A. Barbier]], Professor of French at the [[University of Leeds]]
*[[Jason Barker]], professor
*[[Yehuda Bauer]], Professor of Holocaust Studies at the [[Avraham Harman]] Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]]
*[[Leszek Borysiewicz]], [[Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge]]
*[[Archie Cochrane]], pioneer of scientific method in medicine
*[[Peter Coles]], Professor of [[Astrophysics]]
*[[Martin Evans]], [[Nobel Prize for Medicine]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2007/ |title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2007 |publisher=Nobelprize.org |access-date=9 March 2011 |archive-date=15 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115015613/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2007/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 2007
*[[John S. Fossey]], Professor of synthetic chemistry at the [[University of Birmingham]]
*[[Burt Goldberg]], university professor, microbiologist
*[[Robert Huber]], Professor of [[Chemistry]], [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Laureate in Chemistry]] 1988<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/chemy/newsandevents/news/nobel-laureate.html |title=Nobel laureate joins University |access-date=4 July 2008 |publisher=Cardiff University |archive-date=5 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605135650/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/chemy/newsandevents/news/nobel-laureate.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1988/index.html |title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1988 |access-date=4 July 2008 |publisher=The Nobel Foundation |archive-date=25 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225083746/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1988/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[John Loughlin (professor)|John Loughlin]], Professor of Politics
*[[Vaughan Lowe]], [[Chichele Professor of Public International Law]] in the [[University of Oxford]]
*[[Patrick Minford]], Professor of Applied Economics
*[[John Warwick Montgomery]] – American lawyer and theologian; Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy and Christian Thought at [[Patrick Henry College]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jwm.christendom.co.uk/ |title=JWM's WEB SITE |access-date=10 September 2012 |archive-date=13 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513181703/http://www.jwm.christendom.co.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Keith Peters (medicine)|Keith Peters]], [[Regius Professor of Physic (Cambridge)|Regius Professor of Physic]] in the [[University of Cambridge]]
*[[Leighton Durham Reynolds]], emeritus Professor of Classical Languages and Literature, [[University of Oxford]] 
*[[Henry Tanner (mathematician)|H. W. Lloyd Tanner]], Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy (1883–1909)
*[[Pamela Taylor]], Professor of Forensic Psychiatry since 2004
*[[Keith Ward]], philosopher, [[Gresham Professor of Divinity]], [[Gresham College]]
*[[Chandra Wickramasinghe]], mathematician, astronomer and astrobiologist, Professor of Applied Mathematics 
*[[Rheinallt Nantlais Williams]], professor of the philosophy of religion, principal of the [[United Theological College, Aberystwyth]]

===Business===
*[[Spencer Dale]], Chief economist, [[Bank of England]]
*[[Andrew Gould (businessman)|Andrew Gould]], chairman and former CEO, [[Schlumberger]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/07/21/business-energy-us-schlumberger-ceo-retiring_8576876.html |title=Schlumberger CEO to retire, remains as chairman |work=Forbes |access-date=1 August 2011}}{{dead link|date=January 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
*[[Philip Jansen]], CEO, [[BT Group]]
*[[Mary Perkins|Dame Mary Perkins]], co-founder, [[Specsavers]]
*[[John Pettigrew (businessman)]], CEO, [[National Grid plc]]
*[[Lorenzo Simonelli (manager)|Lorenzo Simonelli]], CEO, [[Baker Hughes Company]]

===Religion===
*[[Phil Ashey]], [[Diocese of Western Anglicans|Bishop of Western Anglicans]]
*[[Gregory Cameron]], [[Bishop of St Asaph]]
*[[Paul Colton]], [[Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross]]
*[[Dominic Walker (bishop)|Dominic Walker]], [[Bishop of Monmouth]]

===Sport===
*[[Nathan Cleverly]], professional boxer and former [[World Boxing Organization|WBO]] [[light heavyweight]] [[List of light heavyweight boxing champions|world champion]]
*[[Gareth Davies (rugby union, born 1955)|Gareth Davies]], former [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] and [[British and Irish Lions]] international rugby union player, and former chief executive of [[Cardiff RFC|Cardiff Rugby Football Club]]
*[[Gerald Davies]], former [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] and [[British and Irish Lions]] international rugby union player
*[[Alex Gough (squash player)|Alex Gough]], Squash player
*[[Mike Hall (rugby union)|Mike Hall]], former Wales and British and Irish Lions international rugby union player
*[[Heather Knight (cricketer)|Heather Knight]], English cricketer
*[[Steven Outerbridge]], Bermudian [[cricket]]er
*[[Jamie Roberts]], [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] and [[British and Irish Lions]] international [[rugby union]] player
*[[James Tomlinson]], English cricketer
*[[Bradley Wadlan]], Welsh cricketer

===Arts and journalism===
[[File:TimHetheringtonFeb2011.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Tim Hetherington]], nominee of the [[Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature]] in 2011]]
*[[Paul Atherton]], television and film producer and director
*[[Matt Barbet]], journalist and television presenter
*[[Manish Bhasin]], journalist and television presenter
*[[Nick Broomfield]], documentary filmmaker and receiver of the [[BAFTA]] Lifetime Achievement Award for Contribution to Documentary
*[[Philip Cashian]], composer
*[[Suw Charman-Anderson]], journalist and [[social software]] consultant.
*[[Adrian Chiles]], television presenter
*[[Gillian Clarke]], poet and receiver of the Queen's gold medal for Poetry
*[[Huw Edwards]], journalist and BBC newsreader
*[[Ken Elias]], artist and painter
*[[Brian J. Ford]], author, scientist and broadcaster 
*[[Max Foster]], anchor of ''[[CNN Today]]''<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/profiles/max-foster |title=CNN International – Anchors & Reporters – Max Foster |publisher=CNN International |access-date=4 March 2011 |archive-date=3 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303062322/http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/foster.max.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[M. A. Griffiths]], poet
*[[Julia Hartley-Brewer]], journalist and television presenter
*[[Jiang Heping]], executive director of the [[China Central Television|CCTV]] Sports Programming Centre and Controller of [[CCTV-5]]
*[[Tim Hetherington]], photo-journalist and co-director of Academy Award-nominated ''[[Restrepo (film)|Restrepo]]''
*[[Elis James]], stand-up comedian and actor
*[[Alun Hoddinott]], composer
*[[Sioned James]] (1974–2016), choral conductor
*[[Karl Jenkins]], composer
*[[Alan Johnston]], journalist
*[[Riz Khan]], journalist and television interviewer
*[[Bernard Knight]], crime writer
*[[Simon Lane]], co-founder and [[Director (business)|Creative director]] of [[The Yogscast]] Ltd
*[[Gwilym Lee]], actor
*[[Siân Lloyd]], television presenter
*[[Los Campesinos!]], six-piece indie pop band
*[[Philip Madoc]], actor
*[[Paul Moorcraft]], writer
*[[Sharon Morgan]], actress
*[[Joanna Natasegara]], documentary producer, Academy Award winner for Netflix documentary ''[[The White Helmets (film)|The White Helmets]]''
*[[Siân Phillips]], actress
*[[Susanna Reid]], journalist and television presenter
*[[James Righton]], musician
*[[Leo Rowlands]], Welsh musical composer, Catholic priest
*[[Arlene Sierra]], composer
*[[Ron Smerczak]] actor<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvsa.co.za/actors/viewactor.aspx?actorid=15309 |title=Ron Smerczak at TVSA |publisher=TVSA |accessdate=3 December 2014 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327085718/https://www.tvsa.co.za/actors/viewactor.aspx?actorid=15309 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Mari Strachan]], novelist and librarian
*[[Richard Tait]], former BBC governor and BBC [[BBC Trust|trustee]]
*[[Matt Taylor (meteorologist)|Matt Taylor]], BBC Weather Presenter
*[[Craig Thomas (author)|Craig Thomas]], author
*[[Alex Thomson (journalist)|Alex Thomson]], journalist and television presenter
*[[Vedhicka]], Indian actress
*[[Grace Williams]], composer
*[[Dafydd Iwan]], folk singer and President of Plaid Cymru

=== Law and Justice ===
* [[Stephen Eyre]], High Court judge
* [[Victoria Starmer]], former solicitor for [[Hodge Jones & Allen]], wife of Sir [[Keir Starmer]]

==See also==
{{Portal|Wales}}
*[[Armorial of UK universities]]
*[[College of advanced technology (United Kingdom)]]
*[[Education in Wales]]
*[[List of universities in Wales]]
*[[List of modern universities in Europe (1801–1945)]]
*[[List of UK universities]]
*[[Town and gown]]

==References==
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<ref name="BBC News Feb 2018 1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-43148680|title=Police name Cardiff University lecturer following death|date=22 February 2018|website=[[BBC News]]|access-date=20 February 2020|archive-date=13 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713043209/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-43148680|url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="BBC News Feb 2018 2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-43175371|title=Tributes to Cardiff University lecturer who died|date=23 February 2018|website=[[BBC News]]|access-date=20 February 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="BBC News 2018">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-44389004|title='Under pressure' Cardiff University lecturer fell to death|date=6 June 2018|website=[[BBC News]]|access-date=20 February 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="Reidy 2020">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/feb/12/naked-intimidation-how-universities-silence-academics-on-social-media|title='Naked intimidation': how universities silence academics on social media|last=Reidy|first=Tess|date=12 February 2020|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=20 February 2020|archive-date=13 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713043715/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/feb/12/naked-intimidation-how-universities-silence-academics-on-social-media|url-status=live}}</ref>

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