Anglia Ruskin University
Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) is a public university in East Anglia, United Kingdom. Its origins are in the Cambridge School of Art (CSA), founded by William John Beamont, a Fellow of Trinity College at University of Cambridge, in 1858. It became a university in 1992, and was renamed after John Ruskin, the Oxford University professor and author, in 2005. Ruskin gave the inauguration speech of the Cambridge School of Art in 1858. It is one of the "post-1992 universities". The motto of the university is in Latin Excellentia per societatem, in English Excellence through partnership. Anglia Ruskin University was named University of the Year 2023 by Times Higher Education.
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Former names | See History |
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| Motto | Excellentia per societatem (Latin) |
Motto in English | Excellence through partnership |
| Type | Public university |
| Established | 1858 (as a school) 1992 (as a university) |
| Endowment | £0.7 m (2015) |
| Chancellor | Bernard Ribeiro, Baron Ribeiro (2021) |
| Vice-Chancellor | Roderick Watkins |
| Students | 26,715 (2019/20) |
| Undergraduates | 21,280 (2019/20) |
| Postgraduates | 5,435 (2019/20) |
| Location | Cambridge, Chelmsford, Writtle, Peterborough, and London , United Kingdom 52°12′11.1″N 0°8′1.3″E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colours | Blue and yellow |
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| Website | aru |
In 2022, Anglia Ruskin has 35,195 students. ARU has six campuses across the south-eastern portion of the United Kingdom in Cambridgeshire, Essex, and Greater London.
There are four faculties of study at the university, namely:
- Faculty of Business and Law
- Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education & Social Sciences
- Faculty of Health, Medicine & Social Care
- Faculty of Science & Engineering.