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The University of Westminster is a public university based in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1838 as the Royal Polytechnic Institution , it was the first polytechnic to open in London. [ 3 ] The Polytechnic formally received a Royal charter in August 1839, and became the University of Westminster in 1992 .
It is the centre piece of the Quintin Hogg Memorial Grounds (now known as University of Westminster Sports Grounds). [1] In 1888 Quintin Hogg built a boathouse near Chiswick Bridge, which is used at the finish of the university boat race each year. [2] [3] When Hogg died in 1903, an appeal to raise funds for a memorial in his memory took place.
The University of Westminster's official flag in royal blue above No. 309 Regent Street The University of Westminster 's main campus is at No. 309 Regent Street. Founded in 1838 under the chairmanship of George Cayley , it is one of the oldest educational institutions in Central London. [ 63 ]
Luxborough Street looking south with mansion blocks on the left (east) and the University of Westminster on the right (west). Luxborough Street, formerly Northumberland Street, is a street in the City of Westminster, London, that runs from Marylebone Road in the north to Paddington Street in the south.
Westminster Business School is the business school of the University of Westminster.Located at its Marylebone campus in central London, it is one of the capital's leading centres for business education and has a large and diverse staff base with extensive business, consultancy and research achievements.
Westminster Law School (WLS) is the law school of the University of Westminster.Located at Little Titchfield Street near Regent Street in central London.. It awards LLB, LLM and PhD degrees, and also provides professional legal education including the Graduate Diploma in Law conversion course, the Legal Practice Course, for intending solicitors.
The Cavendish Campus of the University of Westminster. The Ship, a grade II listed public house. [2] 63 New Cavendish Street, London is a Grade II* listed building, originally planned by Robert and James Adam on the Duke of Portland's Marylebone Estate in the 1770s.
The Cairo Genizah collection was put up for sale by Westminster College for £1.2 million in 2013. [5] The two Oxbridge libraries, the Bodleian Library of the University of Oxford and Cambridge's Cambridge University Library combined to raise funds to buy the collection from Westminster after it was put up for sale. [5]