Aberystwyth University UK

With a proud history dating back to 1872, Aberystwyth University has 9,400 students, including 1,500 postgraduates, across seven Institutes covering seventeen major academic areas. The University employs over 2,000 people and has a turnover of 120m. A leading teaching and research university, Aberystwyth received a Times Higher Education Award in 2014 for Outstanding Contribution to Innovation and Technology. The campus lies next to the National Library of Wales, one of the UK’s 5 copyright libraries. World leading research has been identified in 15 of 16 subject areas according to the results of the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008 and researchers are making strides in tackling global challenges such as energy and food security, the environment. The development of a new Innovation and Enterprise Campus will further facilitate this.