Wrexham University is attended by around 6,000 students and is split into two Faculties; Arts, Science and Technology, and Social and Life Sciences.
The University of Wales Trinity St David is a multi-campus university attended by around 13,000 students, with campuses in Carmarthen, Lampeter, Swansea, Birmingham and London. The university is split into Faculties; Architecture, Computing and Engineering; Business and Management; Humanities and Performing Arts; as well as the Institute of Education and the Swansea College of Art.
Swansea University is attended by around 20,000 students, and houses three faculties; Humanities and Social Science; Medicine, Health and Life Sciences; Science and Engineering. The faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences houses the Swansea University Medical School. In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, Swansea showed particular strength in Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy research.
Cardiff Metropolitan University is attended by around 22,000 students split across five schools: Art and Design, Education and Social Policy, Management, Sport and Health Sciences, and Technologies.
Cardiff University is Wales's only member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities. The university is attended by around 34,000 students and includes the Cardiff University School of Medicine. In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, the university was recognised as a centre of excellence for psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience.
Bangor University, located in North Wales, is attended by around 10,000 students. Research in the university focusses on three key themes of energy and the environment; health, wellbeing, and behaviour; and language, culture, and society. The North Wales Medical School is housed within the university, with the first student intake for Medicine expected in September 2024.
Aberystwyth University is attended by over 8,000 students and is made of three faculties; Arts and Social Sciences, Business and Physical Sciences, and Earth and Life Sciences.
The NCPHWR is a Health and Care Research Wales funded centre that houses researchers, statisticians and data analysts from Welsh universities and Public Health Wales to understand, evaluate and inform population health Improvements.
