University of Westminster
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The University of Westminster (English University of Westminster ) is a modern university with four campuses in the city of London. At the University of Westminster to study a total of about 22,000 students, including about 5,000 from 150 different nations (2008).
The university was founded in 1838 as the Royal Polytechnic Institution. In 1881 it was renamed the Regent Street Polytechnic, 1970 in Polytechnic of Central London ( PCL). Since 1992 she bears its present name. The motto of the university is Educating for Professional Life.
Campus
- Cavendish Campus (115 New Cavendish St)
- Harrow Campus ( Watford Rd)
- Marylebone Campus (35 Marylebone Rd)
- Regent Campus (Main Building, 309 Regent St)
Schools
- School of Architecture and the Built Environment
- School of Biosciences
- Cavendish School of Computer Science
- Educational Initiative Centre
- Harrow Business School
- Harrow School of Computer Science
- School of Integrated Health
- School of Law
- School of Media, Arts and Design
- School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Languages
- Westminster Business School
Known faculty and graduates
- Tom Ang, photographer and author, lecturer of Photography 1991-2004
- Christopher Bailey (born 1971 ), fashion designer
- Anthony Caro (1924-2013), sculptor
- Asif Kapadia, director
- Chantal Mouffe ( born 1943 ), political scientist
- Ian Ritchie ( born 1947 ), architect
- Edmund de Waal (born 1964 ), Professor of Ceramics
- Roger Waters ( b. 1943 ), musician founding member of Pink Floyd