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Type | Public | |||||||||||
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Established | 1966 – gained university status by royal charter 1962 – Brunel College of Advanced Technology 1928 – Acton Technical College 1902 – Shoreditch College of Education 1878 – Maria Grey College 1798 – Borough Road College | |||||||||||
Endowment | £1.57 million (2022)[1] | |||||||||||
Budget | £271.3 million (2021–22)[1] | |||||||||||
Chancellor | Sir Richard Sykes | |||||||||||
Vice-Chancellor | Andrew Jones | |||||||||||
Students | 15,520 (2019/20)[2] | |||||||||||
Undergraduates | 11,460 (2019/20)[2] | |||||||||||
Postgraduates | 4,060 (2019/20)[2] | |||||||||||
974 | ||||||||||||
Location | Kingston Lane, Uxbridge UB8 3PH , England, United Kingdom 51°31′58″N 0°28′22″W / 51.53278°N 0.47278°W | |||||||||||
Campus | Suburban | |||||||||||
Colours | Blue and gold | |||||||||||
Affiliations | Association of Commonwealth Universities European University Association | |||||||||||
Website | brunel |
Brunel University London (BUL, and often known simply as Brunel) is a public research university located in the Uxbridge area of London, England. It was founded in 1966 and named after Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a Victorian engineer and pioneer of the Industrial Revolution. In June 1966, Brunel College of Advanced Technology was awarded a royal charter and became Brunel University; in 2014 the university formally adopted the name Brunel University London (BUL). The university is considered a British plate glass university. In October 2024, Brunel will join the federal University of London to become the federation's 18th member.[3]
Since 2014 the university has been organised into three colleges: the College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences; the College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences; and the College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences.
Brunel has over 16,150 students and 2,500 staff,[4] and an annual income of £271.3 million (2021–22), of which £22.4 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £311.9 million.[1] The university won the Queen's Anniversary Prize in 2011. BUL is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association, and Universities UK.