The University of Greenwich was established in 1890 as Woolwich Polytechnic and Thames Polytechnic before being given university status and renamed in 1992. It has four colleges that serve over 21,000 students, the majority of whom are undergraduates: Engineering and Science, Education and Health, Architecture, Computing and Humanities, and the Business School. The university’s main campus is located on the banks of the River Thames in Greenwich, southeast London, in what was the Old Royal Naval College, a UNESCO World Heritage site. It has three baroque structures created in the late 17th century by the famed architect Sir Christopher Wren. The campus is frequently described as one of the greenest in the United Kingdom. The Cooper Building, located just off the main campus in Greenwich, houses the Student Union, which has a contemporary bar, pool room, store, and eateries. The institution has two other campuses. The Avery Hill campus is set on 86 acres in Eltham, southeast London, and consists of two locations with computer clusters, labs, lecture theatres, and libraries, as well as pubs, clubs, and restaurants. The university’s Medway campus, located 30 miles from downtown London on the Kent coast, is distinguished by Edwardian redbrick and ivy- clad buildings that contain the faculties of engineering and science, as well as education and health programs. Students from almost 180 nations attend the university, which has a big international population. Students can also study abroad at Munich or at one of the several institutions in the United States.
