Federal University of Surrey

The Federal University of Surrey was an English university body which existed from 2000 to 2004. It was a federation between two institutions; the University of Surrey (UniS), and the University of Surrey Roehampton (USR).

History

The University of Surrey, based in Guildford, first validated courses for the Roehampton Institute of Higher Education in Roehampton, London in 1980 and in 1998 the two institutions decided to form an academic federation.^[1] The body was officially formed on 14 January 2000 between the two institutions and as part of the merger, Roehampton Institute was renamed University of Surrey, Roehampton.^[2]

In October 2003, the University of Surrey Roehampton announced that it would submit an application for independent university title to the Department for Education and Skills,^[3][4] and the application was submitted on 18 March 2004. The name chosen was Roehampton University. The application was considered by the Privy Council, and on 23 June 2004 it was announced that independent University charter was to be granted.^[5] Thus on 1 August 2004 the Federal University was dissolved with University of Surrey Roehampton becoming Roehampton University. The two Universities continue to support collaborative activities.^[6]

Sports

During the years of the Federal University, the sports teams from the two component institutions competed with each other in a variety of disciplines at the Federal Sports Day. In all there were three events held, the first in 2002 was declared a draw^[7] but the teams from Guildford came out on top in the 2003 and 2004 events.^[8]

References

External links

• Federal University of Surrey Website

Defunct universities and colleges in the United Kingdom
Bedford College Bedford College of Higher Education Bell College Bulmershe College of Higher Education Crewe and Alsager College of Higher Education Garnett College Hereford College of Education Queen's University of Ireland Royal University of Ireland Kent Institute of Art & Design London Guildhall University Royal Manchester College of Music University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology National Heart and Lung Institute Northern School of Music University of North London University of Northampton (1261–65) Royal College of Science La Sainte Union College of Higher Education University College Salford University College Scarborough St Martin's College Federal University of Surrey Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College New University of Ulster Ulster Polytechnic Victoria University Victoria University of Manchester University of Wales College of Medicine University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology Westfield College Wye College