Cardiff Metropolitan University

Cardiff Metropolitan University is a public university in the city of Cardiff, United Kingdom. It was established in 1865 as the Cardiff School of Arts. This institute combined with four other schools, including Cardiff College of Food Technology and Commerce, Cardiff Teacher Training College, and Llandaff Technical College, to form the South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education, which was later renamed as the Cardiff Institute of Higher Education. The Institute became an independent body of the University of Wales in 1992, and the Privy Council granted it Degree Awarding Powers in 1993. The University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC) was granted university college status within the University of Wales in 1996. In November 2011, the association of the University of Wales Institute with the University of Wales came to an end, and it was renamed Cardiff Metropolitan University.

Cardiff Metropolitan University is located in three locations, Llandaff, Cyncoed, and Plas Gwyn residential campuses. The Cardiff School of Sports and Health Sciences, School of Management, and School of Art and Design are all located on the Llandaff Campus, which is the main campus of the University. This is a thriving campus with cutting-edge educational, sports, and leisure facilities. 

The Cyncoed is the College and Sports Union's headquarter. Here students can find the Cardiff School of Education and Social Policy, as well as the Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences. On-site amenities include suite accommodations, a new purpose-built Campus Center, recreational facilities, coffee shops, and a refectory. 

• Cardiff Metropolitan University provides professional and industry-focused degrees and as well as a full package of industry placements and projects, international travel and study, and professional accreditations.
• With a Silver Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) and respected research across five academic schools, the prestige of the University is reflected in its teaching and research excellence.
• It is a top UK university for student sport, with both men and women teams consistently winning championships in British Universities and Colleges Sports (BUCS).
• It offers many undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships to support students’ progress in their careers regardless of their financial circumstances.
• Cardiff is the most affordable student city. It has a wide range of pubs, cafes, restaurants, shopping options, and frequent events and festivals. It has an impressive sporting history with various sports activities taking place within it; football at Cardiff City Stadium, international rugby at Principality Stadium, and cricket and ice hockey at various other locations.

Career Opportunities:

Students may use the MetHub to learn more about their potential opportunities, develop their employability skills, and plan their careers. The MetHub helps students find graduate positions, paid internships, placements, and work experiences, volunteer opportunities, international opportunities, and part-time jobs, as well as options of pursuing higher education.

The Careers e-module includes a number of immersive and engaging e-lessons on subjects such as career preparation, acquiring valuable work experience, networking, finding graduate jobs, writing winning Cvs, cover letters, and application forms, and allowing opportunities for students to showcase themselves at interview and evaluation centers. The Centre for Entrepreneurship also assists students and graduates in starting and growing their businesses. 

Success Rate: 95.2% of Cardiff Metropolitan University graduates are employed or studying, with 45.4% engaged in various professional positions.

Notable Alumni: the notable alumni at Cardiff Metropolitan University include:

• Helen Glover MBE (Professional rower and member of the Great Britain Rowing Team; Two-time Olympic champion, triple World champion, quintuple World Cup champion, and a triple European champion)
• Colin Smart (Former international rugby player)
• Ray Joseph Burns (Cricketer)
• John Inverdale (Broadcaster for BBC and ITV)
• David Emanuel (Fashion designer)
• Phil Carradice (Writer and broadcaster)
• Nicky Piper MBE (Former super middleweight and light heavyweight boxer)

Student Services:

Student Services provides free academic and non-academic advice to students. This service supports students with mental health and well-being, as well as disabilities, dyslexia, and financial problems. It also provides self-help programmes, such as the Together all website, which provides users with continuous access to mental health resources.

The Chaplaincy provides pastoral care and counselling services such as bereavement services, victim support for hate crimes, and individualised support for asylum seekers and refugee students.

Accommodations:

The University offers a safe and comfortable atmosphere for students living in campus residence halls. Students can choose from a variety of catered and self-catered spaces on the Cyncoed and Plas Gwyn Campuses. The University also assists students interested in living in private off-campus housing by having an accommodation checklist as well as websites such as Cardiff Digs for locating private rental accommodations and getting updates on relevant information.

Health Services:

After registering with a local general practitioner (GP) students can have access to healthcare services such as physicians, dentists, prescriptions, vaccines, and others. The Wellbeing Service team at the University offers continuous care and guidance for mental health conditions like depression, anxiety, panic attacks, PTSD, bipolar disorder, OCD, schizophrenia, psychosis, eating disorders, personality disorders and body dysmorphic disorder. It also provides students with self-resources to help them tackle certain obstacles at their speed and in their own time.

Library Facilities:

Students have access to tens of thousands of books, e-books, print and digital titles, special collections, and other related resources at the University Library, which they can then use whenever they want. Students have access to lounge areas, individual and group study spaces, bookable study rooms, as well as PCs, Apple Macs, scanners, printers, and photocopiers available for general use.

Sports Facilities:

Everyone, right from beginners to professional athletes, has access to the sports facilities at the University. These facilities include an arena for badminton, basketball and netball, gyms, dance studio, indoor athletics track, outdoor athletics facility, pitches for hockey, rugby and football, fitness studios, multi-purpose sports hall, squash courts, swimming pool, gymnasium, tennis centre. Students may also improve their physical activities by joining sports clubs or participating in a performance sports programme.

Social Clubs:

The University has more than 70 social clubs and societies to help students expand their horizons and enrich their university experience. It encompasses everything from recreation to subject and ethnicity, as well as charitable societies.