University of Greenwich

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The University of Greenwich (English University of Greenwich ) is a British university, and is located in the south-east London. My main site ( Maritime Greenwich Campus ) is the Old Royal Naval College, formerly an educational institution of the Royal Navy.

The University has no connection with the Royal Greenwich Observatory, the reference point for the definition of the prime meridian.

History

The University extends into its historical beginnings to 1890 back, the founding of the Woolwich Polytechnic. 1970 a number of higher education institutions were consolidated under the name Thames Polytechnic. Through the incorporation of the Dartford College ( 1976), Avery Hill College (1985 ), Garnett College ( 1987), parts of Goldsmiths College and the City of London Polytechnic ( 1988) was a college offering a wide range range of teacher education to architecture to financial sciences, engineering sciences and history. Beginning of the nineties the Thames Polytechnic was renamed University of Greenwich.

The University has expanded and holds a campus in historic Greenwich upright and in Avery Hill and the maritime Chatham in Kent. The Faculty of Natural Sciences, the School of computer science and mathematics, the Natural Resource Institute and the School of Pharmacy are among the best research sites in England. University receives support from many large companies in the pharmaceutical industry, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the ESA, and the Indian and Saudi Arabian government.

The University is one of Britain's largest and one of the most international of the country with many students from India, Nigeria, China, Sri Lanka, and the European Union.