Statue of George II in the Grand Square of the University, with the dome above the Chapel entrance to the left. The Queen's House and Royal Greenwich Observatory are visible in the background

The University of Greenwich is a university in Greenwich, London. In 2004 the former Education Secretary Baroness Tessa Blackstone was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the university.

As a post-1992 university, Greenwich focuses on teaching and training. It has particular strengths in business studies through its Business School. [1] (http://www.gre.ac.uk/schools/business/index.html) It also has strong links with further education colleges in the Thames Gateway area, and plays a leading regional role in training teachers, nurses and social care professionals.

Greenwich also houses some first-class research and consultancy, notably in fire safety [2] (http://www.gre.ac.uk/pr/releasearchive/780.htm), natural resources [3] (http://www.nri.org), social network analysis and public services [4] (http://www.psiru.org).

Although Greenwich only became a university in 1992, it was previously a polytechnic college, and some of its constituents - it is the result of a series of mergers - were founded over 100 years ago. Today its largest campus (Maritime Greenwich) is situated beside the Thames in the grounds of the Old Royal Naval College, designed as a naval hospital in the 17th century by Sir Christopher Wren. On one side it has views over the Thames to the Isle of Dogs and Canary Wharf, and on the other to Greenwich Park and the Royal Obervatory. The grounds are regularly used by TV and film producers as a convenient filming location, for example for the 2004 Stage Beauty.

External link

• University of Greenwich web site (http://www.gre.ac.uk)