University of Greenwich

The University of Greenwich is a public institution of higher education that may be found in both the city of London and the county of Kent in the United Kingdom. Woolwich Polytechnic and Thames Polytechnic were some of the institution's previous titles.

Both the Avery Hill and Old Royal Naval College campuses of the university may be found in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The Old Royal Naval College is home to the institution's main campus. In addition, Greenwich University has a branch campus located in Medway, Kent. This campus is part of a larger shared campus. Architecture, business, computers, mathematics, education, engineering, humanities, marine studies, natural sciences, pharmacy, and social sciences are some of the fields of study that may be pursued at this educational institution. Alumni of Greenwich include Abiy Ahmed and Charles K. Kao, who both won the Nobel Prize in their respective fields. The Teaching Excellence Framework, which is run by the government of the UK, awarded it a Silver grade.

It was in 1891 when Woolwich Polytechnic, the second-oldest polytechnic in the United Kingdom, opened its doors in Woolwich, which is when the university was established. In October of 1891, it was opened to students after being established by Frank Didden with backing from Quintin Hogg and under the values that he held. In the beginning, it was a combination of educational, social, and religious activities, much like Hogg's groundbreaking enterprise on Regent Street in London.

It began to play an educational role in 1894, focusing on higher technical education that was appropriate to its location close to Woolwich Dockyard and the Royal Arsenal. William Anderson, director-general of the Ordnance Factories, served as a trustee and later as a member of the board of governors of the institution. The building was also utilized as a day school; in fact, the first Woolwich Polytechnic School was formed there in the year 1897.

Thames Polytechnic was established in 1970 as a result of the merger of Woolwich Polytechnic and a portion of Hammersmith College of Art and Building. In the years that followed, the institutions of higher learning known as Dartford College (1976), Avery Hill College of Education (1985), Garnett College (1987), and portions of Goldsmiths College and City of London College (1988) became part of the University of London.

Thames Polytechnic, along with some other polytechnics, was one of the institutions that received university status from the Major administration in 1992. In 1993, the institution has renamed the University of Greenwich. On January 1, 1993, the Thames College of Health Care Studies officially merged with the newly designated University of Greenwich, at which point it became a full faculty member of the university. The college had previously been formed through the consolidation of three local nursing and midwifery training schools.

The Natural Resources Institute (NRI), which had been a research organization for the United Kingdom's government in the past, became a part of the university in 1996.

The university moved its historic main campus from the Bathway Quarter in Woolwich to its present location in Greenwich in 2001. This move brought the institution to its current location in Greenwich.