University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology

University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology

Welsh: Athrofa Gwyddoniaeth a Thechnoleg Prifysgol Cymru
Former names	Schools of Science and Art Technical School of the County Borough of Cardiff City of Cardiff Technical School Cardiff Technical College Cardiff College of Technology Welsh College of Advanced Technology (1957–1968)
Type	Public
Active	1866–1988
Parent institution	University of Wales
Principal	Sir Aubrey Trotman-Dickenson
Location	Cardiff , Wales
Colors	White and blue

The University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (UWIST; Welsh: Athrofa Gwyddoniaeth a Thechnoleg Prifysgol Cymru) was a public university college based in the centre of the city of Cardiff, Wales. In 1988, it merged with the University College Cardiff, which later became Cardiff University.^[1]

UWIST joined the university sector in 1968 as a college of the University of Wales along with other colleges of advanced technology that became universities following the Robbins Report in 1963. These are sometimes grouped with the plate glass universities that were created at this time.