University of Bradford

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University of Bradford

Former names	Bradford Institute of Technology
Motto	Give invention light (from Shakespeare's Sonnet 38)
Type	Public
Established	1832 – Mechanics Institute 1882 – Bradford Technical College 1957 – Bradford Institute of Technology 1966 – gained university status by royal charter
Endowment	£1.02 million (2022)[1]
Budget	£145.1 million (2021–22)[1]
Chancellor	Anita Rani
Vice-Chancellor	Shirley Congdon[2]
Academic staff	615[3]
Administrative staff	1,205[3]
Students	9,770 (2019/20)[4]
Undergraduates	7,480 (2019/20)[4]
Postgraduates	2,290 (2019/20)[4]
Location	Bradford , England, UK 53°47′30″N 1°45′44″W / 53.79167°N 1.76222°W / 53.79167; -1.76222
Affiliations	EQUIS AMBA AACSB Universities UK
Website	bradford.ac.uk

The University of Bradford is a public research university located in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. A plate glass university, it received its royal charter in 1966, making it the 40th university to be created in Britain, but can trace its origins back to the establishment of the industrial West Yorkshire town's Mechanics Institute in 1832.

The student population includes 7,480 undergraduate and 2,290 postgraduate students.^[3] Mature students make up around a third of the undergraduate community. A total of 22% of students are foreign and come from over 110 countries. There were 14,406 applications to the university through UCAS in 2010, of which 3,421 were accepted.^[5]

It was the first British university to establish a Department of Peace Studies in 1973, which is currently the world's largest university centre for the study of peace and conflict.^[6]