Key Facts
- Ranked 5th in the UK (REF, 2014) and top 125 in the world (QS World University Rankings 2015/2016)
- Cardiff University is a member of the elite Russell Group top 24 research-led universities
- The University teaches more than 30,000 students from over 120 countries
- The campus is frequently used as the film set for BBC hit TV shows ‘Dr Who’ and Sherlock

- Accommodation in University residences is guaranteed for most international students and is within walking distance of the University.
- The University has 16 libraries and 25 IT suites, some of which are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- The Cathays Park campus is situated in the very centre of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. Cardiff is only 2 hours from London by train.
- Cardiff University’s research attracts awards from the most prominent funding organisations in the UK: the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the Medical Research Council, Cancer Research UK and Arthritis Research UK.
- The University generates more than £460 million annually from research grants and contracts.
- The University has 2 Nobel Prize winners – Sir Martin Evans for Medicine and Robert Huber for Chemistry.
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