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{{Short description|Public university in Coventry, England}}
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 | name                   = University of Warwick
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 | motto                  = {{langx|la|Mens agitat molem}}
 | mottoeng               = "Mind moves matter"
 | established            = {{Start date and age|1965}}
 | type                   = [[public university|Public]] [[research university]]
 | endowment              = £7.3&nbsp;million (2024)<ref name=annacc/>
 | budget                 = [[Pounds sterling|£]]850.5&nbsp;million (2023/24)<ref name=annacc/>
 | chancellor             = [[Bience Philomina Gawanas]]
 | vice_chancellor        = [[Stuart Croft (academic)|Stuart Croft]]
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 | campus                 = Semi-Urban (West Midlands/Warwickshire), {{convert|290|ha|abbr=on}}<br />[[The Shard]] ([[Warwick Business School|WBS]]), London<ref name="Financial Times">{{cite web |url = https://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/847dcac6-89b7-11e3-8829-00144feab7de.html |title = Warwick Business School to open London campus in the Shard |work = Financial Times |access-date = 18 May 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141105010745/http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/847dcac6-89b7-11e3-8829-00144feab7de.html |archive-date = 5 November 2014 |url-status = live |date = 31 January 2014 }}</ref>
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The '''University of Warwick''' ({{IPAc-en|'|w|ɒr|ɪ|k}} {{respell|WORR|ik}}; abbreviated as '''''Warw.''''' in [[post-nominal letters]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gazette.web.ox.ac.uk/university-calendar|title=University Calendar |work=Oxford University Gazette |access-date=23 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423102100/https://gazette.web.ox.ac.uk/university-calendar|archive-date=23 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>) is a [[public research university]] on the outskirts of [[Coventry]] between the [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]] and [[Warwickshire]], England.<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=20 August 2018 |url=https://www.ox.ac.uk/media/global/wwwoxacuk/localsites/gazette/documents/universitycalendar/Calendar_Style_Guide_2015.pdf |title=Oxford University Calendar Style Guide |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820010016/https://www.ox.ac.uk/media/global/wwwoxacuk/localsites/gazette/documents/universitycalendar/Calendar_Style_Guide_2015.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> The university was founded in 1965 as part of a government initiative to expand higher education. [[Warwick Business School]] was established in 1967, Warwick Law School in 1968, [[WMG, University of Warwick|Warwick Manufacturing Group]] (WMG) in 1980, and [[Warwick Medical School]] in 2000. Warwick incorporated [[Coventry College of Education]] in 1979 and [[Horticulture Research International]] in 2004.

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Warwick is primarily based on a {{Convert|290|hectare|abbr=on|adj=on}} campus on the outskirts of Coventry, with a satellite campus in [[Wellesbourne]] and a central London base at [[the Shard]]. It is organised into three faculties—Arts; Science, Engineering and Medicine; and Social Sciences—within which there are thirty-two departments. {{asof|2021|post=,}} Warwick has around 29,534 full-time students and 2,691 academic and research staff, with an average intake of 4,950 undergraduates out of 38,071 applicants (7.7 applicants per place).<ref name="Univ Profile People"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://warwick.ac.uk/about/profile/people |title=People {{!}} University Profile |publisher=The University of Warwick |access-date=8 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107011238/https://warwick.ac.uk/about/profile/people |archive-date=7 November 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> The annual income of the institution for 2023&ndash;24 was £850.5&nbsp;million of which £146.5&nbsp;million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £559.6&nbsp;million.<ref name=annacc>{{cite web |url=https://warwick.ac.uk/services/finance/resources/accounts/accounts2324_-_with_cover.pdf |title=Statement of accounts for the year ended 31 July 2024 |publisher=University of Warwick |access-date=13 December 2024}}</ref> [[Warwick Arts Centre]] is a multi-venue arts complex in the university's main campus and is the largest venue of its kind in the UK outside of London.

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In 2024, Warwick [[Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom|ranked tenth nationally]] for [[undergraduate education]]. Warwick is a member of [[AACSB]], the [[Association of Commonwealth Universities]], the [[Association of MBAs]], [[EQUIS]], the [[European University Association]], the [[Midlands Innovation]] group, the [[Russell Group]], [[Sutton Trust|Sutton 13]] and [[Universities UK]]. It is the only European member of the [[Center for Urban Science and Progress]], a collaboration with [[New York University]]. The university has extensive commercial activities, including the [[University of Warwick Science Park]] and [[WMG, University of Warwick]].

Warwick's alumni and staff include winners of the [[Nobel Prize]], [[Turing Award]], [[Fields Medal]], [[IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal|Richard W. Hamming Medal]], [[Emmy Award]], [[Grammy Award|Grammy]], and the [[Padma Vibhushan]], and are fellows to the [[British Academy]], the [[Royal Society of Literature]], the [[Royal Academy of Engineering]], and the [[Royal Society]]. Alumni also include heads of state, government officials, leaders in intergovernmental organisations, and a former chief economist at the [[Bank of England]]. Researchers at Warwick have also made significant contributions such as the development of [[penicillin]], [[music therapy]], the [[Washington Consensus]], computing standards, including [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]] and [[ECMAScript|ECMA]], [[Computational complexity theory|complexity theory]], [[contract theory]], and the [[International political economy|International Political Economy]] as a field of study.
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==History==
===Twentieth century===
[[File:Library Under Construction 1965.png|thumb|Library under construction in the 1960s]]
The idea for a university in Warwickshire was first mooted shortly after [[World War II]], although it was not founded for a further two decades. A partnership of the city and county councils ultimately provided the impetus for the university to be established on a {{convert|400|acre|km2|adj=on}} site jointly granted by the two authorities.<ref name="rees">Rees, H., ''A University is Born'', Avalon Books, Coventry (1989)</ref> There was some discussion between local sponsors from both the city and county over whether it should be named after Coventry or Warwickshire.<ref name="rees" /> The name "University of Warwick" was adopted, even though [[Warwick]], the county town, lies some {{convert|8|mi|km}} to its southwest and [[Coventry]]'s city centre is only {{convert|3.5|mi|km}} northeast of the campus.<ref>A compromise was proposed by [[Geoffrey Templeman]], Deputy Chairman of the university's planning committee, who later became the first [[Vice-Chancellor]] of Kent University on the border between the City of [[Canterbury]] and the county of [[Kent]] which faced a similar naming issue, and adopted the name [[University of Kent|University of Kent at Canterbury]]. However, the name the 'University of Warwick at Coventry' was not adopted.</ref><ref>[[Graham Martin]], ''From Vision to Reality: the Making of the University of Kent at Canterbury'' (1990) page 29 {{ISBN|0-904938-03-4}}</ref><ref>Its creation was supported by [[University of Birmingham]] Vice-Chancellor [[Sir Robert Aitken]] who acted as 'Godfather to the University of Warwick'.  The initial plan was for a university college at Coventry attached to Birmingham but Aitken advised an independent initiative to the University Grants Committee.</ref><ref>Ives, E. (2000). The First Civic University: Birmingham, 1880–1980 – An Introductory History. Birmingham: University of Birmingham Press</ref> The establishment of the University of Warwick was given approval by the government in 1961 and it received its [[Royal Charter]] of Incorporation in 1965. Since then, the university has incorporated the former [[Coventry College of Education]] in 1979 and has extended its land holdings by the continuing purchase of adjoining farm land. The university also benefited from a substantial donation from the family of John Martin, a Coventry businessman who had made a fortune from investment in [[Smirnoff]] vodka, and which enabled the construction of the [[Warwick Arts Centre]].

The university admitted its first, small intake of graduate students in 1964, and took its first 450 undergraduates in October 1965. Since its establishment Warwick has expanded its grounds to {{convert|721|acre|km2|1}}, with many modern buildings and academic facilities, lakes, and woodlands. In the 1960s and 1970s, Warwick had a reputation as a politically radical institution.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunion.warwick.ac.uk/30year/protests_and_campaigns.htm |title=University of Warwick Student Union |access-date=30 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102174507/http://www.sunion.warwick.ac.uk/30year/protests_and_campaigns.htm |archive-date=2 November 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> Under Vice-Chancellor [[Lord Butterworth]], Warwick was the first UK university to adopt a business approach to higher education, develop close links with the business community and exploit the commercial value of its research. These tendencies were discussed by British historian and then-Warwick lecturer, [[E. P. Thompson]], in his 1970 edited book ''Warwick University Ltd.''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Warwick University Ltd.|last=Thompson|first=E. P.|publisher=Spokesman Press|year=2013|location=Nottingham}}</ref> The Leicester Warwick Medical School, a new medical school based jointly at Warwick and Leicester University, opened in September 2000.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/948126.stm|title=Medical school's open doors|access-date=10 November 2011|work=BBC News|date=29 September 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030918030718/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/948126.stm|archive-date=18 September 2003|url-status=live}}</ref>

On the recommendation of then-Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]], [[Bill Clinton]] chose Warwick as the venue for his last major foreign policy address as [[President of the United States|US President]] in December 2000. [[Sandy Berger]], Clinton's [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]], explaining the decision in a press briefing on 7 December 2000, said that: "Warwick is one of Britain's newest and finest research universities, singled out by Prime Minister Blair as a model both of academic excellence and independence from the government."<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Special White House Briefing by NSC Advisor Berger on President Clinton's Trip to Ireland and the United Kingdom |url=https://warwick.ac.uk/services/communications/corporate/clinton/whitehousebrief/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050505084252/http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/communications/corporate/clinton/whitehousebrief/ |archive-date=5 May 2005 |access-date=19 February 2024 |website=warwick.ac.uk}}</ref>

===Twenty-first century===
The university was seen as a favoured institution of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] government during the New Labour years from 1997 to 2010.<ref name="recentquote">{{Cite web |title=Press: Recent Quotes |url=https://warwick.ac.uk/services/communications/press/recentquotes/ |access-date=19 February 2024 |website=warwick.ac.uk |archive-date=28 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728074731/http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/communications/press/recentquotes/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite news| last= Halpin| first= Tony| title= Warwick's success hides a budget 'shortfall' of £20m| publisher= Times Newspaper| date= 14 December 2002| url= http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article797349.ece| access-date= 13 August 2007| location= London| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110716154733/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article797349.ece| archive-date= 16 July 2011| url-status= dead }}</ref> It was academic partner for a number of flagship Government schemes including the [[National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth]] and the [[NHS University]] which is now defunct. [[Tony Blair]] described Warwick as "a beacon among British universities for its dynamism, quality and entrepreneurial zeal".<ref name="recentquote"/> In a 2012 study by Virgin Media Business, Warwick was described as the most "digitally-savvy" UK university.<ref name="virginmediabusiness.co.uk">{{cite web |url=http://www.virginmediabusiness.co.uk/News-and-events/News/News-archives/2012/University-of-Warwick-crowned-the-most-digitally-savvy-university-/ |title=University of Warwick crowned the most digitally savvy university |publisher=Virginmediabusiness.co.uk |access-date=16 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213316/http://www.virginmediabusiness.co.uk/News-and-events/News/News-archives/2012/University-of-Warwick-crowned-the-most-digitally-savvy-university-/ |archive-date=4 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[File:Maths foyer, Warwick University.jpg|thumb|[[Ian Davenport (artist)|Ian Davenport]]'s ''Everything'' (2004) in the Warwick Mathematics Institute<ref>{{cite web |url=https://warwick.ac.uk/services/art/ |title=University of Warwick Art |publisher=University of Warwick |access-date=21 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021042607/http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/art/ |archive-date=21 October 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
In February 2001, [[IBM]] donated a new [[IBM System/390|S/390]] computer and software worth £2&nbsp;million to Warwick, to form part of a "Grid" enabling users to remotely share computing power.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=156954|title=IBM puts Warwick ahead in Grid quest|access-date=10 November 2011|work=Times Higher Education|date=2 February 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325022456/http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=156954|archive-date=25 March 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2004 Warwick merged with the [[Wellesbourne]] and [[Kirton, Lincolnshire|Kirton]] sites of [[Horticulture Research International]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/south-warwickshire-news/tm_objectid=14084916&method=full&siteid=50003&headline=government-cash-secures-site-s-future-name_page.html|title=Government cash secures site's future|access-date=17 November 2011|work=Coventry Telegraph|date=24 March 2004}}</ref> In July 2004 Warwick was the location for an important agreement between the Labour Party and the trade unions on Labour policy and trade union law, which has subsequently become known as the "[[Warwick Agreement]]".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/sep/13/tradeunions.labour | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Q&A: The 'Warwick agreement' | first=Ian J. | last=Griffiths | date=13 September 2005 | access-date=28 March 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080127132922/http://politics.guardian.co.uk/unions/story/0,,1569037,00.html | archive-date=27 January 2008 | url-status=live }}</ref>

In June 2006, the new [[University Hospital Coventry]] opened, including a {{convert|102000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} university clinical sciences building.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ManAuhBT1BUC&q=Sustainable+healthcare+architecture|title=Sustainable healthcare architecture|author=Robin Guenther and Gail Vittori|publisher=John Wiley and Sons|location=London, UK|year=2008|isbn=9780471784043|access-date=16 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411065005/https://books.google.com/books?id=ManAuhBT1BUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Sustainable+healthcare+architecture&hl=en&ei=Sk7ETsH7EM_d8QPP_KS7Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAA|archive-date=11 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Warwick Medical School was granted independent degree-awarding status in 2007, and the School's partnership with the University of Leicester was dissolved in the same year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/student/into-university/az-uni-colleges/university-of-warwick-459106.html|title=University of Warwick|access-date=10 November 2011|work=The Independent|date=1 May 2011|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027001342/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/into-university/az-uni-colleges/university-of-warwick-459106.html|archive-date=27 October 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=medhist>{{cite web|url=https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/med/about/aboutwms/history/|title=History|access-date=10 November 2011|publisher=Warwick Medical School|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518181504/http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/med/about/aboutwms/history|archive-date=18 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> In February 2010, [[Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya|Lord Bhattacharyya]], director and founder of the [[WMG, University of Warwick|WMG]] unit at Warwick, made a £1&nbsp;million donation to the university to support science grants and awards.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=410545&sectioncode=26|title=Warwick peer puts £1&nbsp;million where his mouth is|access-date=10 November 2011|work=Times Higher Education|date=25 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325025639/http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=410545&sectioncode=26|archive-date=25 March 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/2010/02/25/academic-to-give-1million-to-warwick-university-92746-25912475/|title=Academic to give £1million to Warwick University|access-date=10 November 2011|work=Coventry Telegraph|date=25 February 2010}}</ref>

In February 2012, Warwick and Melbourne-based [[Monash University]] announced the formation of a strategic partnership, including the creation of ten joint senior academic posts, new dual master's and joint doctoral degrees, and co-ordination of research programmes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=418890&c=1|title=Warwick and Monash team up for global strategy|access-date=4 February 2012|work=Times Higher Education|date=2 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204001558/http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=418890&c=1|archive-date=4 February 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2012, Warwick and [[Queen Mary, University of London]] announced the creation of a strategic partnership, including research collaboration, some joint teaching of English, history and computer science undergraduates, and the creation of eight joint post-doctoral research fellowships.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/mar/20/warwick-queen-mary-universities-share?newsfeed=true|title=Warwick and Queen Mary universities to share lecturers|access-date=20 March 2012|work=The Guardian|date=20 March 2012|location=London|first=Jessica|last=Shepherd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217101354/http://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/mar/20/warwick-queen-mary-universities-share?newsfeed=true|archive-date=17 February 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=419394&c=1|title=Warwick and Queen Mary collaborate on teaching and research|access-date=20 March 2012|work=The Guardian|date=20 March 2012}}</ref>  
[[File:WTC Steve Walton IMG 9613WarwickArtsCentre edit.jpg|alt=|thumb|[[Warwick Arts Centre]]]]

In April 2012, it was announced that Warwick would be the only European university participating in the Center for Urban Science and Progress, an applied science research institute to be based in New York consisting of an international consortium of universities and technology companies led by [[New York University]] and NYU-Poly.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-education-news/2012/04/25/university-of-warwick-named-as-partner-in-new-york-based-global-study-of-cities-65233-30838600/|title=University of Warwick joins New York's global study of cities of the future|access-date=29 May 2012|work=Birmingham Post|date=25 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515030914/http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-education-news/2012/04/25/university-of-warwick-named-as-partner-in-new-york-based-global-study-of-cities-65233-30838600/|archive-date=15 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2012, Warwick and five other Midlands-based universities—[[Aston University]], the [[University of Birmingham]], the [[University of Leicester]], [[Loughborough University]] and the [[University of Nottingham]]—formed the M5 Group, a regional bloc intended to maximise the member institutions' research income and enable closer collaboration.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=420808&c=1|title=Midlands bloc hopes for safety in numbers as resources battle intensifies|access-date=10 August 2012|work=Times Higher Education|date=9 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811173728/http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=420808&c=1|archive-date=11 August 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>[[File:Prev warwick logo.png|thumb|250x250px|Warwick Logo before introduction of the current logo in 2015|alt=|left]]

In September 2013, it was announced that a new [[National Automotive Innovation Campus|National Automotive Innovation Centre]] would be built by [[WMG, University of Warwick|WMG]] at Warwick's main campus at a cost of £100&nbsp;million, with £50&nbsp;million to be contributed by [[Jaguar Land Rover]] and £30&nbsp;million by [[Tata Motors]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/100m-investment-boost-for-warwick-university-8839352.html|title=£100m investment boost for Warwick University|access-date=29 September 2013|work=The Independent|date=25 September 2013|location=London|first=Daniel|last=Cooke|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929184819/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/100m-investment-boost-for-warwick-university-8839352.html|archive-date=29 September 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-24227662|title=University of Warwick £100m car centre 'will secure jobs'|access-date=29 September 2013|work=BBC News|date=24 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928174356/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-24227662|archive-date=28 September 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> The centre will open in Summer 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theengineer.co.uk/wmgs-automotive-innovation-centre-naic/|title=Key stage passed at WMG's £150m National Automotive Innovation Centre|date=13 October 2017|website=The Engineer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130204341/https://www.theengineer.co.uk/wmgs-automotive-innovation-centre-naic/|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The building was opened by [[Charles, Prince of Wales|HRH The Prince of Wales]] on 18 February 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=HRH The Prince of Wales officially opens the NAIC|url=https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/hrh_the_prince/|access-date=4 January 2021|website=warwick.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES OFFICIALLY OPENS THE NATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE INNOVATION CENTRE {{!}} JLR Corporate Website|url=https://www.jaguarlandrover.com/news/2020/02/hrh-prince-wales-officially-opens-national-automotive-innovation-centre|access-date=21 January 2021|website=www.jaguarlandrover.com|archive-date=18 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118074200/https://www.jaguarlandrover.com/news/2020/02/hrh-prince-wales-officially-opens-national-automotive-innovation-centre|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In July 2014, the government announced that Warwick would be the host for the £1&nbsp;billion [[Advanced Propulsion Centre]] (APC), a [[non-profit organization]] that facilitates funding to UK-based research and development projects developing low-carbon emission powertrain technologies.<ref>[http://past.cenex-lcv.co.uk/2016/advanced-propulsion-centre-uk.asp Advanced Propulsion Centre UK @ LCV2016] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131142237/http://past.cenex-lcv.co.uk/2016/advanced-propulsion-centre-uk.asp |date=31 January 2020 }}, Cenex. Retrieved 29 May 2018.</ref> The APC manages a £1 billion investment fund, which is jointly supplied by the [[Automotive industry in the United Kingdom|automotive industry]] – via the [[Automotive Council UK|Automotive Council]] – and the [[Government of the United Kingdom|UK government]] through the [[Department for Business and Trade]] and managed by [[Innovate UK]].

In September 2015, Warwick celebrated its 50th anniversary and was designated "[[Sunday Times University of the Year|University of the Year]]" by ''[[The Times]]'' and ''[[The Sunday Times]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/student-news-round-up-university-of-the-year-goes-to-warwick-and-the-cambridge-phd-who-quit-to-9750965.html.|title=University of the year goes to Warwick|work=The Independent |location=London |access-date=22 May 2018|date=23 September 2014}}</ref> In December 2017, the university announced it would not continue with a project to open a Campus in [[Roseville, California]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theboar.org/2017/12/warwick-cancels-plans-open-campus-california/|title=Warwick withdraws from California campus project|website=theboar.org}}</ref> The university had spent £1.2 million on the project.<ref>{{cite web|title=University Accounts 15–16|url=https://warwick.ac.uk/services/finance/resources/accounts/accounts1516_with_cover.pdf}}</ref>

In 2023, the students' union voted for all the union-run catering to offer all plant-based meals. The vote was supported in order to reduce climate change emissions. By the following academic year, the menus will be 50% vegan and then will be fully plant-based by 2027. It is the eighth student union at a U.K. university to adopt plant-based catering.<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Warwick students' union votes to go vegan |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckdpy192vjzo |access-date=1 December 2023 |website=www.bbc.com |date=22 November 2023 }}</ref>

==Campus==
Warwick is located on the outskirts of [[Coventry]], {{convert|5.5|km|mi|abbr=on|order=flip}} southwest of the city centre and not in the town of [[Warwick]] as its name suggests. The university's main site comprises three contiguous campuses, all within walking distance of each other. The university also owns a site in [[Wellesbourne]], acquired in 2004 when it merged with [[Horticulture Research International]].

===Main campus===
The main Warwick campus occupies {{convert|2.88|km2|acre|order=flip}} between the City of [[Coventry]] and the County of [[Warwickshire]]. The original buildings of the campus are in contemporary 1960s architecture. The campus contains all of the main student amenities, all but four of the student halls of residence, and the Students' Union. The campus is split between the parliamentary constituencies of [[Kenilworth]] and [[Southam]] and [[Coventry South]].

==== Warwick Arts Centre ====
{{main|Warwick Arts Centre}}
The [[Warwick Arts Centre]] is a multi-venue arts complex situated at the centre of Warwick's main campus.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.artsteam.co.uk/artsteam/ThenProjects/ProjectRHWL.aspx?id=56 |title=Arts Team - projects |access-date=26 August 2013 |archive-date=26 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726130627/http://www.artsteam.co.uk/artsteam/ThenProjects/ProjectRHWL.aspx?id=56 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> It attracts around 300,000 visitors a year to over 3,000 individual events spanning contemporary and classical music, drama, dance, comedy, films and visual art. The centre comprises six principal spaces: the Butterworth Hall, a 1,500-seat concert hall; a 550-seat theatre; a 180-seat theatre studio; three cinema screens; the Mead Gallery, an art gallery; and the Music Centre, with practice rooms, and an ensemble rehearsal room where music societies and groups can rehearse. In addition the site includes a restaurant/ café.<ref name="Biology Daily">{{cite web|url=http://biosphere.biologydaily.com/biology/Warwick_Arts_Centre|title=Warwick Arts Centre|website=Biosphere.biologydaily.com|date=19 August 2006|access-date=19 December 2012|archive-date=2 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102011331/http://biosphere.biologydaily.com/biology/Warwick_Arts_Centre|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Warwick Music Centre">{{cite web|url=http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/musiccentre/about/facilities|title=Music Centre Facilities|website=2.warwick.ac.uk|date=15 June 2012|access-date=19 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="The London Korean Film Festival 2012">{{cite web|url=http://www.koreanfilmfestival.co.uk/past-festivals|title=Previous London Korean Film Festivals|website=Koreanfilmfestival.co.uk|access-date=19 December 2012|archive-date=19 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019073040/http://www.koreanfilmfestival.co.uk/past-festivals|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====University House====
In 2003, Warwick acquired the former headquarters of [[National Grid plc|National Grid]], which it converted into an administration building renamed University House. There is a student-run facility called the ‘Learning Grid’ in the building, which includes two floors of PC clusters, scanners, photocopiers, a reference library, interactive whiteboards and plasma screens for use by individuals and for group work.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/librariesunleashed/story/0,,2275364,00.html|title=Warwick learning grid|access-date=16 November 2011|work=The Guardian|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226082758/http://education.guardian.co.uk/librariesunleashed/story/0,,2275364,00.html|archive-date=26 December 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Koan====
[[File:Helen Martin Arts Studio.jpg|right|thumb|The ''Koan'' in front of the Helen Martin Arts Studio]]
The ''White Koan'' is a modern art sculpture by [[Liliane Lijn]] which is installed outside the back entrance to the Warwick Arts Centre.<ref name=Lijn>{{cite web|url=http://www.lilianelijn.com/whi01.html|title=Lilian Lijn, Work|access-date=9 July 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080423015338/http://www.lilianelijn.com/whi01.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 23 April 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://warwick.ac.uk/services/art/artist/lilianelijn/wu0133/|title=University of Warwick Art Collection, White Koan|access-date=9 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803212907/http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/art/artist/lilianelijn/wu0133/|archive-date=3 August 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''Koan'' is {{convert|6|m|ft}} high,<ref name=Lijn/> white in colour, decorated with elliptical of [[fluorescent light]]s and is rotated by an electric motor whilst illuminated. It is intended to represent the Buddhist quest for questions without answers, the [[Kōan]]. The ''Koan'' was made in 1971 as part of the Peter Stuyvesant Foundation City Sculpture Project and was originally sited in Plymouth; it moved to the [[Hayward Gallery]] in London before being purchased by Warwick in 1972.<ref name=Lijn/> 

The ''Koan'' was temporarily relocated to the university's Gibbet Hill campus during refurbishments to the Warwick Arts Centre; it was returned upon completion of the project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsonlive.co.uk/warwickshire/news/warwick-arts-centres-white-koan-goes-on-the-move/38694|title=Warwick Arts Centre's White Koan goes on the move|website=www.whatsonlive.co.uk|access-date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419103128/https://www.whatsonlive.co.uk/warwickshire/news/warwick-arts-centres-white-koan-goes-on-the-move/38694|archive-date=19 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> According to student newspaper ''[[The Boar (newspaper)|The Boar]]'', the white Koan has played a role in many of campus' myths and legends – it was allegedly the nose-cap of the [[Blue Streak (missile)|Blue-Streak Missile]], a supposed quick escape route for senior staff, and even a signalling device for aliens in outer space.<ref name="theboar.org">{{cite web |last1=Mitchell |first1=Ellie |title=Koan has returned to Warwick Arts Centre |url=https://theboar.org/2021/12/koan-returned-warwick-arts/ |website=[[The Boar (newspaper)|The Boar]]}}</ref>
The ''Koan'' even garnered its own cartoon strip in the 1990s, with thirty-two episodes created by Steve Shipway.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Steve |first1=Shipway |title=The Incredible Adventures of the Koan of Warwick |url=http://www.steveshipway.org/writings/koan/ |access-date=3 February 2022}}</ref> The Koan Worshipping Society, led by the Koanists, believe the ''Koan'' is “the earth-bound manifestation of the immortal Koan, the creator of the universe”.<ref name="theboar.org"/>

====Sports facilities====
In April 2019, the university opened a new £49&nbsp;million Sports and Wellness Hub, on the main campus,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/university-of-warwick-sports-centre-15699585|title=Look: Inside Coventry's new multi-million pound sport centre|last=Hartley|first=Laura|date=19 January 2019|website=coventrytelegraph|access-date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419102328/https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/university-of-warwick-sports-centre-15699585|archive-date=19 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite web|url=https://warwick.ac.uk/services/sport/news/notices/?newsItem=8a1785d8699b63720169d877bb3b2da7|title=The existing Sports Centre on central campus will close from Sunday 7th April at 7:30pm|date=1 April 2019|website=Warwick Sport|access-date=19 April 2019}}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> featuring two sports halls with arena style balcony, the largest gym in the Higher education sector, a 12-lane 25 metre pool with movable floor, climbing and bouldering walls, squash courts, studio spaces and a café.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://warwick.ac.uk/services/conferences/news/newsportshub/|title=Sports Hub|website=warwick.ac.uk|access-date=19 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://warwick.ac.uk/services/estates/developments/sports_hub|title=Sports and Wellness Hub {{!}} Campus Timeline {{!}} University of Warwick|website=warwick.ac.uk|access-date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109004034/https://warwick.ac.uk/services/estates/developments/sports_hub/|archive-date=9 January 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The previous main sports centre was closed on 7 April 2019,<ref name=":3" />  

Elsewhere on campus is another sports hall, a £2.5&nbsp;million 4-court indoor tennis centre with floodlit outdoor courts, a 400&nbsp;m athletics track, multi-purpose outdoor surfaces, and over {{convert | 60 | acre | sigfig = 1}} of outdoor playing fields, including a football pitch and cricket grounds. Warwick was an official training venue for the [[London 2012 Olympics]]. During the Games, some football matches were played at the nearby [[Ricoh Arena]], home at the time to [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City Football Club]], and Warwick provided training and residential facilities for the Olympic teams.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/university_of_warwick_to_play_key_role_in_2012_olympics1/ |title=University of Warwick to play key role in 2012 Olympics |publisher=University of Warwick |date=4 June 2010 |access-date=16 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012135959/http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/university_of_warwick_to_play_key_role_in_2012_olympics1/ |archive-date=12 October 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Esports facilities====
In September 2021, Warwick opened its esports centre in the new Junction building on central campus, marking it as the first esports facility opened in a [[Russell Group]] university and also the first university esports facility to be opened in the UK that is not tied to a degree.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/warwick_-_uks/ |title=Warwick – UK's top esports university – invests £275,000 in new esports centre and seeks backers to bring skills, tourists, and new opportunities to Coventry and Warwickshire |publisher=University of Warwick |date=18 May 2021|access-date=24 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924142458/https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/warwick_-_uks/ |archive-date=24 September 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J12tlRiTx4  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/7J12tlRiTx4| archive-date=11 December 2021|title=UK's First Russell Group University Esports Centre |publisher=British Esports Association |date=21 September 2021|access-date=24 September 2021|url-status=live }}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Sacco|first=Dom|title=University of Warwick invests £275,000 in new esports centre research hub and competition venue, grand opening set for September|url = https://esports-news.co.uk/2021/05/18/university-of-warwick-invests-in-new-esports-centre/|newspaper=Esports News UK|date=6 September 2021|access-date=24 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924141910/https://esports-news.co.uk/2021/05/18/university-of-warwick-invests-in-new-esports-centre/|archive-date=24 September 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> The centre is equipped with 24 PCs,<ref>{{cite AV media |date= 14 September 2021|title= Esports Centre Launch – BBC Midlands Today|type= news report|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnNSuk6j_W4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/AnNSuk6j_W4| archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live|access-date= 24 September 2021|location= Warwick Esports Centre|publisher= BBC|quote= "...the technolog here is cutting edge. This computer here is about 30x more powerful than your average domestic PC. It has a water cooled microprocessor. It also has specialist keyboard and mouse, the very latest graphics cards available, and the internet connection here is faster than you can get anywhere else in the UK."}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |people= BingBing|date= 19 September 2021|title= My uni just opened an esports centre!|type= tiktok|url= https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMR47CdJs/|access-date= 24 September 2021|location= Warwick Esports Centre|publisher= TikTok|quote= "Ryzen 5900X, Corsair Vengence, 32GB 3200Mhz Ram, Nvidia RTX 3080, 500GB PCIe Gen 4 SSD}}</ref> and is designed to be easily configurable and moveable to facilitate the hosting of larger scale events.<ref>{{cite news|last=Duran|first=H.B.|title=University of Warwick announces new £275,000 esports centre|url = https://esportsinsider.com/2021/05/university-warwick-esports-centre/|newspaper=Esports Insider|date=18 May 2021|location=London|access-date=19 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519185556/https://esportsinsider.com/2021/05/university-warwick-esports-centre/|archive-date=19 May 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> The centre is open to all of the public, not just students of the university, and this is all only part of "Phase 1" of a larger push from the university to invest in esports.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Warwick Esports Centre – A force for good|url = https://www.gfinityesports.com/esports-news/the-warwick-esports-centre-a-force-for-good/|newspaper=Gfinity|date=16 September 2021|access-date=24 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924141020/https://www.gfinityesports.com/esports-news/the-warwick-esports-centre-a-force-for-good/|archive-date=24 September 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> The centre is sponsored by Uninn and Coventry City Football Club, partnered with Sky Blues in the Community, Women in Games and Special Effect and has its tech supplied by Chillblast and HyperX.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://warwick.ac.uk/about/community/newsandevents/news/esports_centre_set/ |title=Esports Centre set to officially open on campus |publisher=University of Warwick |date=15 September 2021 |access-date=24 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924140518/https://warwick.ac.uk/about/community/newsandevents/news/esports_centre_set/ |archive-date=24 September 2021|url-status=live }}</ref>

===Other sites===
[[File:The Shard 1 2012-07-03.jpg|thumb|[[The Shard]], where [[Warwick Business School|WBS]] houses its [[London]] campus|alt=|293x293px]]
Other Warwick sites include:
* The [[Gibbet Hill (University of Warwick)|Gibbet Hill Campus]], located contiguous to the main campus; home to the department of Life Sciences and the pre-clinical activities of [[Warwick Medical School]].
* The [[Westwood (Campus)|Westwood Campus]], located contiguous to the main campus; home to the Centre for Professional Education, Centre for Lifelong Learning, the Arden House conference centre, an indoor tennis centre, a running track and some postgraduate facilities and student residences.
* The University of Warwick Science Park.
* [[University Hospital Coventry]], in [[Walsgrave on Sowe]] area and home to the Clinical Sciences Building of the medical school.
* Warwick Horticulture Research International Research & Conference Centre, located in Wellesbourne, Warwickshire.
* [[The Shard]] skyscraper, in the city of [[London]], houses [[Warwick Business School]]'s metropolitan campus where the Executive MBA is taught.<ref>[http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/847dcac6-89b7-11e3-8829-00144feab7de.html "Warwick Business School to open London campus in the Shard"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103162741/http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/847dcac6-89b7-11e3-8829-00144feab7de.html |date=3 November 2014 }}. ''Financial Times''</ref>

===Recent developments===
In November 2005, Warwick outlined proposals for how it would like to develop its campus over the next fifteen years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://warwick.ac.uk/about/campusdevelopment/|title=Campus Development—The Masterplan |publisher=warwick.ac.uk|access-date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102114017/https://warwick.ac.uk/about/campusdevelopment/|archive-date=2 January 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The proposals built upon recent construction activity including a new [[Mathematics]] and [[Statistics]] Building, new [[Computer Science]] Building, new [[Business School]] buildings, a Digital Laboratory, new Residences and an expanded [[Sports]] Centre. The proposals envisage a shift in the "centre of gravity" of the campus away from the Students' Union towards University House and a proposed "Academic Square".

Developed projects included an inter-disciplinary biosciences research facility; a £25&nbsp;million upgrade to [[Warwick Business School]]; and the [[National Automotive Innovation Campus]] (NAIC), a new £150&nbsp;million venture funded by [[Jaguar Land Rover]] and the UK government. The NAIC's purpose was to research and develop novel technologies to reduce dependency on fossil fuels and to reduce {{CO2}} emissions. The new {{convert|30000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} campus for postgraduates was opened in early-2020. The campus has been dubbed a "brain trust" and is intended to pioneer the green and high-tech sports and luxury cars of tomorrow, doubling the size of Jaguar's research team.<ref>{{cite news|last=Cooke|first=Daniel|title=£100m investment boost for Warwick University|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/100m-investment-boost-for-warwick-university-8839352.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=25 September 2013|location=London|access-date=31 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130222917/https://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/100m-investment-boost-for-warwick-university-8839352.html|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2017, the university announced its intention to see an exponential growth of its main campus in order to remain "world-class" and cope with the growing number of applications it receives each year, especially from non-UK students.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=https://warwick.ac.uk/about/strategy/ |title=The University of Warwick Strategy 2018 to 2030 |access-date=21 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102144331/https://warwick.ac.uk/about/strategy |archive-date=2 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> This growth included a new £33&nbsp;million Faculty of Arts, a £55&nbsp;million new sports centre which was finished in April 2019, a new £54.3&nbsp;million Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building (IBRB), a new type of student accommodation called "Cryfield Village", the expansion of [[Warwick Manufacturing Group]] (WMG), a redevelopment for the Art centre and a new Library.<ref name="warwick.ac.uk">{{cite web |url=https://warwick.ac.uk/about/campus/developments/ |title=Developments &#124; Our Campus &#124; University of Warwick |access-date=21 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806012228/http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/about/campus/developments |archive-date=6 August 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> For this occasion, [[Vice-Chancellor]] of Warwick University [[Stuart Croft (political scientist)|Stuart Croft]] declared: "New buildings are and will continue to be a part of our everyday existence. We need to open one new academic building a year from now until at least 2023. In order to do this and to keep Warwick as one of the world’s leading universities, we need to do this together, involving the whole community."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://warwick.ac.uk/about/community/campusdevelopments/ |title=Campus developments |access-date=21 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831122308/https://warwick.ac.uk/about/community/campusdevelopments |archive-date=31 August 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="warwick.ac.uk"/><ref name="auto"/>

==Organisation and administration==
[[File:Warwick University House.jpg|right|thumb|University House]]
[[File:Warwick Business School Extension.JPG|right|thumb|[[Warwick Business School]]]]
Warwick is governed by two formal bodies: the Council and the Senate. In addition to these, a steering committee provide strategic leadership in between meetings of the formal bodies. Faculties are overseen by faculty boards which report to the Senate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=We're sorry, but the page you requested could not be found |url=https://warwick.ac.uk/services/gov/introductiontogovernance/howgoverned/Archived+12+March+2009+at+the+Wayback+Machine |access-date=19 February 2024 |website=warwick.ac.uk }}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The principal officers of the university have responsibility for day-to-day operations of the university. These include the registrar, the University secretary, the group finance director, the director of commercial, the chief information and transformation officer, and the chief communications officer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=University Management |url=https://warwick.ac.uk/services/gov/introductiontogovernance/universitymanagement/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009231909/https://warwick.ac.uk/services/gov/introductiontogovernance/universitymanagement/|archive-date=9 October 2007 |access-date=19 February 2024 |website=warwick.ac.uk}}</ref> The latter two roles were created after it emerged that the current registrar, Rachel Sandby-Thomas, had failed in her duty as the then data protection officer to notify staff, students, and partners of a series of significant breaches.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Alexander |title=Warwick University was hacked and kept breach secret from students and staff |url=https://news.sky.com/story/warwick-university-was-hacked-and-kept-breach-secret-from-students-and-staff-11978792 |website=news.sky.com |publisher=[[Sky News]] |access-date=10 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427192913/https://news.sky.com/story/warwick-university-was-hacked-and-kept-breach-secret-from-students-and-staff-11978792 |archive-date=27 April 2020 |date=30 April 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Faculties and departments===
Warwick's academic activities are organised into the following faculties and departments:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://warwick.ac.uk/fac|title=Faculties|publisher=University of Warwick|access-date=8 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908202205/https://warwick.ac.uk/fac|archive-date=8 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
{|class=wikitable
|-
!Faculty of Arts!!Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine!!Faculty of Social Sciences
|-
|
*Classics and Ancient History
*Comparative American Studies
*English and Comparative Literary Studies
*Film and Television Studies
*History
*History of Art
*School of Modern Languages and Cultures
*Theatre Studies
|
*Chemistry
*Computer Science
*Engineering
*Life Sciences
*Mathematics
*[[Warwick Medical School]]
*Physics
*Psychology
*Statistics
*[[WMG, University of Warwick|WMG]]

|
*Applied Linguistics
*Centre for Lifelong Learning
*Economics
*Education
*Health and Social Studies
*Law
*[[Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick|Philosophy]]
*Politics and International Studies
*Sociology
*[[Warwick Business School]]
|}

=== Finances ===
In the financial year ending 31 July 2024, the University of Warwick had a total income of £850.5&nbsp;million (2022/23 – £828.2&nbsp;million) and total expenditure of £559.6&nbsp;million (2022/23 – £722.1&nbsp;million).<ref name=annacc/> Key sources of income included £459.6&nbsp;million from tuition fees and education contracts (2022/23 – £453.8&nbsp;million), £74.1&nbsp;million from funding body grants (2022/23 – £74.4&nbsp;million), £146.5&nbsp;million from research grants and contracts (2022/23 – £144.1&nbsp;million), £24&nbsp;million from investment income (2022/23 – £14.5&nbsp;million) and £4.5&nbsp;million from donations and endowments (2022/23 – £3.9&nbsp;million).<ref name=annacc/>

At year end, Warwick had endowments of £7.3&nbsp;million (2023 – £6.7&nbsp;million) and total net assets of £733.3&nbsp;million (2023 – £444.7&nbsp;million).<ref name=annacc/>

=== Coat of arms ===
Warwick's [[coat of arms]] depicts atoms of two [[isotope]]s of [[lithium]], a [[DNA]] helix to represent science and also the ''Bear and Ragged Staff'', historically associated with [[Warwickshire]] and previously the [[Earls of Warwick]] as well as the Elephant and Castle of [[Coventry]]. The Bear is not chained in the current depiction of the university's coat of arms, although it had been in its original grant of [[Letters Patent]] by the [[College of Arms]].<ref>[https://warwick.ac.uk/services/gov/calendar/armorialbearings/ Armorial bearings of the university] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107021523/https://warwick.ac.uk/services/gov/calendar/armorialbearings/ |date=7 November 2017 }} (Retrieved 12 September 2011)</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://warwick.ac.uk/services/gov/calendar/armorialbearings |title=1.1 Armorial Bearings of the University |access-date=30 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107021523/https://warwick.ac.uk/services/gov/calendar/armorialbearings/ |archive-date=7 November 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Academic profile==
In {{HESA year}}, Warwick's student body consisted of {{HESA student population|INSTID=10007163}} students, composed of {{HESA undergraduate population|INSTID=10007163}} undergraduates and {{HESA postgraduate population|INSTID=10007163}} postgraduate students.<ref name="HESA citation">{{HESA citation}}</ref> About 43% of the student body comes from outside the UK and over 120 countries are represented on the campus.<ref name="Univ Profile People"/> The university has twenty-nine academic departments and over forty research centres and institutes, in three faculties: [[Arts]], Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics ([[STEM]]), and Social Sciences. There were 2,492 academic and research staff in October 2018.<ref name="Univ Profile People"/>

===International partnerships===
Warwick students can study abroad for a semester or a year and may obtain a double degree. International partners include [[Columbia University]], [[University of Waterloo]], [[McGill University]], [[Cornell University]], [[UC Berkeley]], [[Sciences Po Paris]], and the [[Balsillie School of International Affairs]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Our partners|url=https://warwick.ac.uk/services/studentopportunity/studentmobility/studyabroad/partnerinstitutions/|website=warwick.ac.uk}}</ref>

===Rankings and reputation===
{{Infobox UK university rankings
| QS_W               = 74
| THE_W              = 122=
| ARWU_W             = 101–150
| LEIDEN_W           = 75
| LINE_1             = 0
| Complete           = 9
| The_Guardian       = 7
| Times/Sunday_Times = 8
| LINE_2             = 0
| TEF                = Silver
| REF = 15
}}
[[File:Warwick 10 Years.png|thumb|upright=1.2|University of Warwick's [[Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom|national league table]] performance over the past ten years]]
Warwick has a number of subjects within the 2022 [[Academic Ranking of World Universities|ARWU]]'s global top 50:<ref>{{cite web|title=Academic Ranking of World Universities: University of Warwick|url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/institution/university-of-warwick|access-date=15 October 2023|website=shanghairanking.com}}</ref>
* 20th in Mathematics 
* 22nd in Management 
* 29th in Economics 
* 31st in Statistics 
* 41st in Political Sciences 
* 50th in Sociology

In broad subject rankings, Warwick is ranked 36th globally for Social Sciences, 42nd for Humanities, and 78th for Natural Sciences, 164th for Engineering and Technology, and 204th for Life Sciences and Medicine according to the 2020 [[QS World University Rankings]].

The [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings|Times Higher Education]] rankings has ranked six out of eleven subjects at Warwick within the global top 100 in 2020:<ref>{{cite web|date=4 February 2020|title=University of Warwick|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-warwick|access-date=7 June 2020|website=Times Higher Education }}</ref>

* 4th in Teaching Rankings
* 26th in Economics and Business
* 51st in Arts and Humanities
* 64th in Law
* 81st in Physical Sciences
* 81st in Social Sciences
* 85th in Psychology

Warwick's Economics department and Politics and International Studies (PAIS) department were ranked 1st in the UK by the [[Good University Guide]] 2020 ahead of Oxbridge.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Times and the Sunday Times &#124; Education – UniversityGuide|url=https://st.hitcreative.com/education/university_guide/active/UniversityGuide/index/goto/league-tables|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101215805/https://st.hitcreative.com/education/university_guide/active/UniversityGuide/index/goto/league-tables|archive-date=1 January 2019|access-date=22 October 2018}}</ref> The Mathematics department was ranked 10th in the world (3rd in the UK) in 2019 by [[Academic Ranking of World Universities]] and 19th in the world (4th in the UK) in 2020 by QS.<ref>{{cite web|date=25 February 2020|title=Mathematics|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2020/mathematics|access-date=6 June 2020|website=Top Universities}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/Shanghairanking-Subject-Rankings/mathematics.html |title=ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2017 - Mathematics |date=2017 |website=www.shanghairanking.com |access-date=10 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701105815/http://www.shanghairanking.com/Shanghairanking-Subject-Rankings/mathematics.html |archive-date=1 July 2017 }}</ref> [[The Guardian]] University Guide ranks Warwick Business School (WBS) second only after [[University of Oxford|Oxford's]] Saïd Business School in Business and Management in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|date=4 June 2013|title=University guide 2014: league table for business and management studies|url=http://www.theguardian.com/education/table/2013/jun/04/university-guide-business-management-studies|access-date=6 June 2020|website=The Guardian}}</ref> The 2020 [[QS World University Rankings]] ranked WBS 4th in the UK and 23rd globally.<ref>{{cite web|date=24 February 2020|title=Business & Management Studies|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2020/business-management-studies|access-date=6 June 2020|website=Top Universities}}</ref> However, Law and Legal Studies at Warwick has dropped from 36th globally in 2013 to 51–100th in 2020.

Warwick is consistently ranked amongst the top ten in the three major [[Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom|national rankings of British universities]]. Warwick is a member of the '[[Sutton Trust#Sutton Trust 13|Sutton 13]]' of top ranked universities in the UK.<ref name="Old school 'key to student place'">{{cite news|date=20 September 2007|title=Old school 'key to student place'|publisher=BBC|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7003253.stm|url-status=live|access-date=31 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920150126/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7003253.stm|archive-date=20 September 2018}}</ref> Warwick was declared as ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'' "[[Sunday Times University of the Year|University of the Year]]" 2015.<ref>[http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/University_Guide/ The Sunday Times University Guide 2015—University of the Year] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719070112/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/University_Guide/|date=19 July 2014}}. Retrieved 25 September 2014</ref> Overall, nineteen of the twenty-seven subjects offered by Warwick were ranked within the top 10 nationally in 2019 by the Complete University Guide.<ref>{{cite news|title=League Table Performance—The University of Warwick|work=Complete University Guide|url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/warwick/performance|url-status=live|access-date=27 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428012014/https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/warwick/performance|archive-date=28 April 2018}}</ref> In 2017, Warwick was named as the university with the joint second highest graduate employment rate of any UK university, with 97.7% of its graduates in work or further study three and a half years after graduation.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last1=Grove|first1=Jack|title=Russell Group dominates UK's graduate employment charts|work=Times Higher Education|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/russell-group-dominates-uk-graduate-employment-charts|url-status=live|access-date=11 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811165700/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/russell-group-dominates-uk-graduate-employment-charts|archive-date=11 August 2017}}</ref>

===Admissions===
{| class="floatright"
| 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; margin-bottom: 5px"
|+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>
| 45,100
| 47,130
| 43,735
| 42,260
| 42,840
|-
| '''Accepted'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}<ref name=UCASEoC/>
| 6,045
| 5,825
| 5,735
| 6,000
| 6,370
|-
| '''Applications/Accepted Ratio'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}
| 7.5
| 8.1
| 7.6
| 7.0
| 6.7
|-
| '''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>
| 70.8
| 62.7
| 62.0
| 65.1
| 68.7
|-
| '''[[UCAS Tariff|Average Entry Tariff]]'''<ref name="CUG Entry">{{Cite web | url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?tabletype=full-table&sortby=entry-standards | title=University League Tables entry standards 2026 | work=The Complete University Guide | access-date=10 June 2025 }}</ref>
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| 168
| 173
| 167
|}
{| style="font-size:80%;float:left"
|{{notelist-lg|refs=
{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme|Main scheme applications, International and UK}}
{{efn-lg|name=ukjune|UK domiciled applicants}}
}}
|}
|}
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible mw-collapsible"; style="font-size:85%; text-align:right;"
|+ 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|37|%|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|26|%|2||background:green}}
|-
|[[European Union|International EU]]
|align=right| {{bartable|5|%|2||background:blue}}
|-
|[[International students in the United Kingdom|International Non-EU]]
|align=right| {{bartable|32|%|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|48|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
|[[Private schools in the United Kingdom|Independent School]]
|align=right| {{bartable|20|%|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|7|%|2||background:black}}
|}

Warwick students also average top A-Level grades with new entrants in 2022 amassing an average of 168 UCAS points, the 18th highest in the country.<ref name="CUG Entry"/> The university gave offers of admission to 62% of its undergraduate applicants in 2022, the 34th lowest offer rate across the country.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cambridge to scrap 'unjust' state school targets|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/11/cambridge-to-scrap-state-school-targets/|work=The Telegraph|access-date=11 March 2024|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331190103/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/11/cambridge-to-scrap-state-school-targets/|archive-date=31 March 2024}}</ref> For 2017 entry, the university was one of only a few mainstream universities (along with [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], [[Imperial College London|Imperial College]], [[London School of Economics|LSE]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], [[University of St Andrews|St Andrews]], and [[University College London|UCL]]) to have no courses available in [[UCAS#Confirmation and clearing|Clearing]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Bhardwa|first1=Seeta|title=Clearing 2017: Top 10 UK universities with courses available|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/advice/clearing-2017-top-10-uk-universities-courses-available#survey-answer|magazine=Times Higher Education|access-date=15 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831045113/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/advice/clearing-2017-top-10-uk-universities-courses-available#survey-answer|archive-date=31 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

22% of Warwick's undergraduates are [[Independent school (United Kingdom)|privately educated]], the fifteenth highest proportion amongst mainstream British universities.<ref>{{cite web|title=Widening participation: UK Performance Indicators 2016/17|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/01-02-2018/widening-participation-tables|website=hesa.ac.uk|publisher=Higher Education Statistics Authority|access-date=1 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210002143/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/01-02-2018/widening-participation-tables|archive-date=10 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 2016–17 academic year, the university had a domicile breakdown of 66:9:25 of UK:EU:non-EU students respectively with a female to male ratio of 50:50.<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-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210120926/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study#provider|archive-date=10 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Library===
The main university library is located in the middle of the main campus. It houses approximately 1,265,000 books<ref>{{cite web| url = https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/main/basics/about/facts/| title = Library Statistics| date = 9 November 2011| work = University of Warwick| publisher = University of Warwick Library| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120110103836/http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/basics/about/facts| archive-date = 10 January 2012| url-status = dead| access-date = 10 January 2012 }}</ref> and over 13 kilometres of archives and manuscripts. The main library houses services to support Research and Teaching practice and collaboration between departments. The [[Wolfson Research Exchange]] opened in October 2008 and provides collaboration spaces, seminar rooms, conference facilities and study areas for Postgraduate Research students. The Teaching Grid, which opened in 2008, is a flexible space which allows teaching staff to try out new technologies and techniques. Adjacent to the main library building is the [[Modern Records Centre]], a sizeable archive collection, including the UK's largest industrial relations collection.

==Research==
In 2013, Warwick had a total research income of £90.1&nbsp;million, of which £33.9&nbsp;million was from Research Councils; £25.9&nbsp;million was from central government, local authorities and public corporations; £12.7&nbsp;million was from the European Union; £7.9&nbsp;million was from UK industry and commerce; £5.2&nbsp;million was from UK charitable bodies; £4.0&nbsp;million was from overseas sources; and £0.5&nbsp;million was from other sources.<ref name=annacc/> In the 2014 UK [[Research Excellence Framework]] (REF), Warwick was again ranked 7th overall amongst multi-faculty institutions and was the top-ranked university in the Midlands.<ref name="RAE 2008">{{cite web |url=https://warwick.ac.uk/insite/newsandevents/intnews2/rae_2008_150 |title=RAE 2008 Outstanding Results |publisher=University of Warwick |access-date=16 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714054931/http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/insite/newsandevents/intnews2/rae_2008_150 |archive-date=14 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 87% of the university's academic staff were rated as being in "world-leading" or "internationally excellent" departments with top research ratings of 4* or 3*.<ref name="RAE 2008"/>

Warwick is particularly strong in the areas of decision sciences research including [[economics]], [[finance]], [[management]], [[mathematics]] and [[statistics]]. For instance, researchers of Warwick Business School have won the highest prize of the prestigious European Case Clearing House.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bradshaw |first=Della |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/07e23e0c-7c57-11e2-99f0-00144feabdc0.html |title=Warwick, Harvard and Insead scoop the academic 'Oscars' |work=Financial Times |date=25 February 2013 |access-date=16 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150301045204/http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/07e23e0c-7c57-11e2-99f0-00144feabdc0.html |archive-date=1 March 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> Warwick has also established a number of stand-alone units to manage and extract commercial value from its research activities. The four most prominent examples of these units are [[University of Warwick Science Park]]; [[Warwick HRI]]; Warwick Ventures; and [[WMG (formerly Warwick Manufacturing Group)|WMG]].

===Commercial focus===
Warwick has at times received criticism for being too commercially focused, at the expense of academic creativity and diversity. The most famous proponent of this critique was the noted historian [[E. P. Thompson]], who edited and wrote much of  ''Warwick University Ltd'' in 1971.<ref>{{cite book| title = Warwick University Limited| author = E. P. Thompson| isbn = 978-0-14-080230-6| publisher = Penguin| year = 1970}}</ref> The book focuses on the brief student occupation of the Registry in 1967, and its causes, the files that were discovered and published, and the subsequent actions of the university, students and staff.

Nevertheless, with the appointment of [[Nick Scheele|Sir Nicholas Scheele]] as Chancellor in 2002, the university signalled that it intended to continue and expand its commercial activities. In an interview for the BBC, Scheele said: "I think in the future, education and industry need to become even more closely linked than they have been historically. As government funding changes, the replacement could well come through private funding from companies, individuals and grant-giving agencies."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2342371.stm | work=BBC News | title=Ford boss: 'Business to fund universities' | date=19 October 2002 | access-date=28 March 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071220174545/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2342371.stm | archive-date=20 December 2007 | url-status=live }}</ref>

==Student life==
The university has a campus cat named Rolf.<ref name="Campus Cat">{{cite web|url=https://warwick.ac.uk/about/community/newsandevents/news/rolf/|title=Meet Rolf, the campus cat!|access-date=23 December 2022|archive-date=23 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223141602/https://warwick.ac.uk/about/community/newsandevents/news/rolf/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Students' Union===
{{main|University of Warwick Students' Union}}
The University of Warwick Students' Union is one of the largest [[students' union]]s in the UK, with over 260 societies and 67 sports clubs including basketball, [[University of Warwick Boat Club|rowing]] and ice hockey. The Union has an annual turnover of approximately £6&nbsp;million, the profit from which is used to provide services to students and to employ its staff and [[sabbatical officer]]s. The Union is divided into two buildings—SUHQ and The Union Building. The Union Building contains a three-room club venue known as "The Copper Rooms"; CAMRA-accredited "The Dirty Duck" pub; a popular bar called "The Terrace Bar"; Curiositea, a tea shop known for its hot chocolates, cakes and vintage atmosphere; The Graduate, a postgraduate social and study space; and The Bread Oven, a design-your-own sandwich shop.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Warwick Student's Union votes to leave National Union of Students over 'bigotry' |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/news/warwick-students-union-votes-to-leave-national-union-of-students-over-bigotry-4hQDdV1ho883HwZCLf4ZyH |access-date=18 April 2023 |website=www.thejc.com |date=3 February 2023 }}</ref>

===Student media===
Student media at Warwick includes:
* [[Radio Warwick]] (RAW) – student radio station.
* ''[[The Boar (newspaper)|The Boar]]'' – newspaper distributed free across campus every second Wednesday.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/oct/09/studentmediaawards.students|title=The Guardian Student Media Awards 2006|work=The Guardian|date=9 October 2006|access-date=19 August 2020}}</ref>

===''University Challenge''===
The university won BBC television's ''[[University Challenge]]'' competition in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-56650924.stm|title=Warwick team triumph in University Challenge final|work=BBC News|access-date=12 April 2021|date=5 April 2021}}{{dead link|date=September 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> This was their second win – their first was in 2007, beating the title-holders [[University of Manchester]] in the final.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/coventry_warwickshire/6562691.stm|title=Warwick wins University Challenge|access-date=21 December 2011|work=BBC News|date=17 April 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227120334/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/coventry_warwickshire/6562691.stm|archive-date=27 February 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Esports===
The University of Warwick are the five-time UK Esports "University of the Year", having won the title every year since its inception.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sacco |first=Dom |date= 21 April 2023 |title=Warwick becomes UK's Esports University of the Year for a record five times in a row – but the gap at the top is narrowing |url=https://esports-news.co.uk/2023/04/21/warwick-esports-university-year-2023/ |work=Esports News UK |access-date= 21 April 2023 }}</ref> In August 2022, Warwick became the first UK university to receive a finalist nomination for the Esports Awards, for Esports Collegiate Program of the Year, with Head of Esports Jack Fenton also becoming the first UK nominee for Collegiate Ambassador of the Year.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sacco |first=Dom |date= 27 August 2022 |title=University of Warwick and head of esports nominated for collegiate honours at 2022 Esports Awards, UK-based cosplayers and creatives also nominated |url=https://esports-news.co.uk/2022/08/27/warwick-cosplayers-creatives-awards/ |work=Esports News UK |access-date= 30 September 2022 }}</ref>  Warwick fields numerous esports teams each year through its student-run esports society, Warwick Esports, who compete out of the [[#Esports Facilities|Esports Centre]].

===Student housing===
[[File:Sherbourne, University of Warwick.jpg|thumb|right|One of the Sherbourne residences]]
The Warwick campus currently has around 6,300 student bedrooms across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate residences. All of the residences are self-catered, and each has residential tutors and a warden.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://warwick.ac.uk/services/accommodation/studentaccommodation/all/campus/|title=Campus Accommodation|access-date=4 February 2012|publisher=University of Warwick|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213192311/http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/accommodation/studentaccommodation/all/campus|archive-date=13 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Warwick guarantees accommodation for all first-year undergraduate students, regardless of their present address. Many of the university's postgraduate population are also catered for, with some specific residences available for postgraduate living. Each residence accommodates a mixture of students both with home and international status, male and female, and, sometimes, undergraduate and postgraduate.

In their second and third years, many students live in one of the surrounding towns: either Coventry, Canley, Kenilworth or Royal Leamington Spa, where they can live in student  accommodation or independently owned residences. Since 2011, Warwick has constructed two new halls of residences for the students. Bluebell, opened in 2011, offers accommodation in flats of eight people, with a total of 505 single rooms for first-year undergraduates. The Sherbourne residences was opened in 2012, which similarly provides 527 ensuite rooms to first-years,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://warwick.ac.uk/services/accommodation/studentaccommodation/all/campus/residences/sherbourne/|title=Warwick Accommodation|access-date=4 February 2012|publisher=University of Warwick|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503035726/http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/accommodation/studentaccommodation/all/campus/residences/sherbourne|archive-date=3 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> and was extended with a further 267 rooms in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://warwick.ac.uk/services/estates/developments/sherbourne_extension|title=Sherbourne Extension {{!}} Campus Timeline {{!}} University of Warwick|website=warwick.ac.uk|access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref> A further 700 new rooms were built in the Cryfield Village, namely Cryfield ‘Townhouse’ and ‘Standard’ residences.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://warwick.ac.uk/services/estates/developments/new_cryfield|title=New Residences at Cryfield Village {{!}} Campus Timeline {{!}} University of Warwick|website=warwick.ac.uk|access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Cryfield Standard Halls of Residence 2023 {{!}} Warwick Accommodation |url=https://warwick.ac.uk/services/accommodation/students/cryfield-standard/ |access-date=22 April 2023 |website=warwick.ac.uk}}</ref>

=== Political incidents ===
In June 2014, the university announced [[Alex Davies (extremist)|Alex Davies]], a member of the proscribed terrorist organisation [[National Action (UK)|National Action]], voluntarily withdrew from his course.<ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Nick |date=17 May 2022 |title=University of Warwick student who founded banned neo-Nazi group guilty |url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/university-warwick-student-who-founded-23982053 |access-date=30 January 2023 |website=CoventryLive }}</ref> In early 2018, it was made public that a group of male students had constituted a group chat in which many references to rape, occasionally targeted at particular other students, and other sexual offences were made, in such a way which left significant cause for concern.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48366835|access-date=25 August 2021|title=Inside the Warwick University rape chat scandal|work=BBC News|date=28 May 2019}}</ref> As a result of this and other incidents, students staged a [[Sit-in]] in 2021 in the central plaza of the university.<ref>{{cite news |last=Murray |first=Jessica |date=2 April 2021 |title=Warwick University students stage sit-in over sexual abuse |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/apr/02/warwick-university-students-stage-sit-in-over-sexual-abuse |access-date=18 April 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In January 2020, the university was criticised for choosing not to adopt the [[Working Definition of Antisemitism|IHRA definition of antisemitism]]. This decision was later reversed in October following intervention by Education Secretary Gavin Williamson.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Phillips |first1=Aleks |title=Uni vice-chancellor says IHRA definition offers no 'added value' |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/warwick-university-vice-chancellor-says-there-is-no-added-value-in-adopting-ihra-definition-1.495348?highlight=warwick |website=www.thejc.com |publisher=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |access-date=10 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415100604/https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/warwick-university-vice-chancellor-says-there-is-no-added-value-in-adopting-ihra-definition-1.495348?highlight=warwick |archive-date=15 April 2021 |date=13 January 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2024, Students of the University's Conservative association were filmed singing and dancing to the Nazi-era World War II marching song [[Erika (song)|"Erika"]] at their annual black-tie dinner.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bruke |first1=Dave |title=Warwick University Tory students filmed dancing to sick Nazi anthem at posh bash |work=The Mirror |date=30 June 2024 |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-association-apologises-after-revellers-33138045 |access-date=30 June 2024}}</ref>

==Notable people==
{{See also|List of University of Warwick people|Category:Alumni of the University of Warwick}}
<gallery class="center">
File:Nobel Laureates 0983 (31117127490).jpg|[[Oliver Hart (economist)|Oliver Hart]], Nobel Laureate in Economics
File:StephenMerchantAltNov09.jpg|[[Stephen Merchant]], [[Emmy Award]] Winner
File:Andy Haldane - Festival Economia 2013.JPG|[[Andy Haldane]], Chief Economist at the [[Bank of England]]
File:John Cornforth 1975.jpg|[[John Cornforth|Sir John Cornforth]], Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
File:Professor Susan Strange, c1980.jpg|[[Susan Strange]], developed the [[International political economy|International Political Economy]] as a field of study
File:Luis Arce (23588020275) (cropped).jpg|[[Luis Arce]], President of the Plurinational State of [[Bolivia]]
File:Valerie Amos DFID 2013.jpg|[[Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos]], former diplomat and first-ever black head of an [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] college
File:Nicholas Herbert Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford.jpg|[[Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford]], former Chief Economist of the [[World Bank]]
File:Official portrait of Baroness Morris of Yardley crop 2, 2019.jpg|[[Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley]], [[Privy Counsellor]]; former [[The Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Secretary of State for Education]]
File:George Saitoti (cropped).jpg|[[George Saitoti]], former [[Vice-President of Kenya]]
File:Christopher Zeeman.jpeg|[[Christopher Zeeman|Sir Christopher Zeeman]], mathematician
File:Sting in April 2018.jpg|[[Sting (musician)|Sting]], lead singer of [[The Police]] and solo artist
File:Professor Martin Hairer FRS.jpg|[[Martin Hairer]], expert in stochastic partial differential equations; winner of the [[Fields Medal]]
</gallery>

Warwick has over 150,000 alumni<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.economist.com/media/wmba/war.pdf |title=Warwick | newspaper=The Economist}}</ref> and an active alumni network.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://warwick.ac.uk/alumni |title=University of Warwick Alumni & Friends |publisher=University of Warwick |date=5 August 2013 |access-date=16 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816185211/http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/alumni |archive-date=16 August 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> Among the university's alumni, academic staff and researchers are two [[Nobel Laureate]]s, a [[Turing Award]] winner, and a significant number of fellows of the [[British Academy]], the [[Royal Society of Literature]], the [[Royal Academy of Engineering]], and the [[Royal Society]]. Former Warwick students active in politics and government include [[Guðni Th. Jóhannesson]], [[President of Iceland]]; [[Luis Arce]], [[President of Bolivia]]; [[Joseph Ngute]], [[Prime Minister of Cameroon]]; [[Yakubu Gowon]], former [[President of Nigeria]]; [[Gus O'Donnell|Sir Gus O'Donnell]], former [[Cabinet Secretary (United Kingdom)|Cabinet Secretary]] and head of the [[British Civil Service]]; [[Andy Haldane|Andrew Haldane]], Chief Economist at the [[Bank of England]]; [[David Davis (British politician)|David Davis]], former [[Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union]] and former [[Shadow Home Secretary]]; [[Baroness Amos|Baroness Valerie Amos]], the eighth UN [[Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator]] and former [[Leader of the House of Lords]]; [[Mahmoud Mohieldin]] the Senior Vice President of the [[World Bank Group]]; [[Bob Kerslake]], former Head of the Home Civil Service; [[Kim Howells]], former [[Foreign Office]] Minister; and [[Isabel Carvalhais]], Portuguese [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] (S&D Group); [[H. A. Hellyer|H.A Hellyer]], led the British government's Taskforce on Tackling Radicalisation and Extremism; [[George Chouliarakis]], Greek [[Minister of Finance (Greece)|Alternate Minister of Finance]]; and [[Sir Bob Kerslake]], [[Head of the Home Civil Service]].

In academia, people associated with Warwick include: [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (1975) winner [[John Cornforth|Sir John Cornforth]] who was a professor at Warwick; mathematicians [[Ian Stewart (mathematician)|Ian Stewart]], [[David Preiss]], [[David B. A. Epstein|David Epstein]] and [[Fields Medal]]list [[Martin Hairer]]; computer scientists [[Mike Cowlishaw]] and [[Leslie Valiant]]; and neurologist [[Oliver Sacks]]. In arts and the social sciences: [[Nobel Laureate]] [[Oliver Hart (economist)|Oliver Hart]]; economist and President of the [[British Academy]] [[Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford]]; academic and Provost of [[Worcester College, Oxford|Worcester College]] [[Jonathan Bate|Sir Jonathan Bate]]; academic and journalist [[Germaine Greer]]; literary critic [[Susan Bassnett]]; historians [[J. R. Hale|Sir J. R. Hale]] and [[David Arnold (historian)|David Arnold]];  economist [[Andrew Oswald]]; economic historian [[Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky]]; [[Margaret Archer|Lady Margaret Archer]], theorist in [[Critical realism (philosophy of the social sciences)|critical realism]], former Warwick lecturer and accelerationist philosopher [[Nick Land]], former President of [[International Sociological Association]], current president of [[Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences]]; [[George Bain (academic)|Sir George Bain]], former Principal of [[London Business School]]; [[John Williamson (economist)|John Williamson]], English economist who coined the term [[Washington Consensus]]; [[Susan Strange]], British scholar of international relations who was almost single-handedly responsible for creating [[international political economy]]; [[Avinash Dixit]], former President of the [[Econometric Society]] and [[American Economic Association]], elected to the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1992 and the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]] in 2005; [[Robert Calderbank]], winner of the [[IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal]] and the [[Claude E. Shannon Award]]; and [[Upendra Baxi]], winner of the [[Padma Shri]] award.

Warwick graduates are active in business. In the automotive industry, this includes [[Linda Jackson (businesswoman)|Linda Jackson]], CEO of [[Citroën]]; [[Andy Palmer]], CEO of [[Aston Martin]]; [[Ralf Speth]], CEO of [[Jaguar Land Rover]]; Sudarshan Venu, MD of [[TVS Motor Company]];<ref>{{cite web|date=12 March 2019|title=Venu Srinivasan's son Sudarshan to focus on TVS Motor; exits Sundaram-Clayton|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/venu-srinivasans-son-sudarshan-to-focus-on-tvs-motor-exits-sundaram-clayton/1512848/|access-date=12 June 2020|website=The Financial Express}}</ref> Others include [[Bernardo Hees]], former CEO of both the [[H. J. Heinz Company|Heinz Company]] and of [[Burger King]]; [[Nigel Wilson (businessman)|Nigel Wilson]], CEO of [[Legal & General]]; and [[Ian Gorham]], CEO of [[Hargreaves Lansdown]]; [[Ness Wadia]]. Notable Warwick alumni in media, entertainment and the arts include [[Emmy]] and [[BAFTA]] Award-winning [[Stephen Merchant]], best known for being the co-writer and co-director of the sitcoms ''[[The Office (UK TV series)|The Office]]'' and ''[[Extras (TV series)|Extras]]''; [[Academy Award|Oscar]]-nominated screenwriter [[Tony Roche (writer)|Tony Roche]], known for co-writing and co-producing ''[[Veep (TV series)|Veep]]'' and ''[[The Thick of It]]''; [[Emmy Awards|Emmy]] and [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]]-winner [[Brett Goldstein]]; [[Olivier Award]]-winning director and writer [[Dominic Cooke]], who is also artistic director at the [[Royal Court Theatre]]; actress [[Ruth Jones (actress)|Ruth Jones]]; comedian and actor [[Frank Skinner]]; ''[[The Guardian|Guardian]]'' columnist [[Dawn Foster]]; blacksmith turned comedian and comedy writer [[Lloyd Langford]]; opera singer [[Christopher Maltman]]; actors [[Matt Stokoe]] and [[Adam Buxton]]; science fiction and fantasy author [[Jonathan Green (speculative fiction writer)|Jonathan Green]]; actor [[Julian Rhind-Tutt]]; [[Olivier Award]]-winning actor, [[Alex Jennings]]; author [[Anne Fine]]; author [[A.L. Kennedy]]; [[Tony Wheeler]], creator of the [[Lonely Planet]] travel guides; [[Camila Batmanghelidjh]]; [[Merfyn Jones]], governor of the [[BBC]]; and electronic dance music artist [[Gareth Emery]]. [[Grammy Award|Grammy]]-and-[[Emmy Award]]-winning musician [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] enrolled at Warwick, but left after a term.

==See also==
*[[Armorial of UK universities]]
*[[List of universities in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Plate glass university]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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 |title        = People – University Profile – The University of Warwick
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 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117042038/http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/about/profile/people/
 |archive-date = 17 November 2015
 |url-status   = live
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