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 University of Surrey - Definition 

The University of Surrey (UniS) received its charter on September 9, 1966, and was at that time situated near Battersea Park in south-west London. The institution was known as Battersea College of Technology before gaining university status. Its roots however go back to the Battersea Polytechnic Institute, founded in 1891 to provide further and higher education for London's poorer inhabitants.

It moved in 1968 to a new 83 acre (0.3 km²) site on Stag Hill in Guildford, Surrey, adjacent to Guildford Cathedral. A further 228 acres (0.9 km²) allocated to the University has remained undeveloped, although development of this site will start in 2005. The new Manor Park campus, to be designed as a car-free village, is adjacent to the Stag Hill campus but on the other side of the A3 trunk road. It will combine residences for students and staff, buildings for research and teaching, and sporting facilities.

The original master plan for an institution with 5,000 students has been exceeded, with the number of students now in excess of 10,000.

Between 2000 and 2004, the University formed part of the "Federal University of Surrey", along with what was then the University of Surrey Roehampton (USR), formerly the Roehampton Institute of Higher Education. However, in June 2004, the Privy Council granted Roehampton an independent university title, and it became Roehampton University from August 1 2004. This move ended the federal partnership between the two institutions, although collaboration between the two is being maintained.

Trivia

In 2004 the University was ranked by Virgin's Student Guide as the university where students have the highest chance of 'pulling'. [1] (http://www.virginstudent.com/theguide/default.asp?p=158020&a=9) A tabloid paper took this further, claiming that students at this university have the highest chance of having sex in their first month at the university.

External links

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