Editing Cardiff University (section)

{{Short description|Public research university in Wales}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox university
| name = Cardiff University
| native_name = {{langx|cy|Prifysgol Caerdydd}}
| latin_name = 
| former_names = {{plainlist|
*University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire (1893–1972) 
*University College, Cardiff (1972–1988)
*University of Wales College, Cardiff (1988–1996)
*University of Wales, Cardiff (1996–2005)}}
| image_name = Shield of the University of Cardiff.svg
| image_size = 150px
| caption = [[Coat of arms]] 
| motto = {{langx|cy|Gwirionedd, Undod a Chytgord}}<ref name=motto>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/about/our-profile/history |title=History |website=Cardiff University |access-date=15 May 2016 |archive-date=17 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517185058/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/about/our-profile/history |url-status=live }}</ref>
| mottoeng = Truth, Unity and Concord<ref name=motto/>
| established = {{plainlist|
*1883 (college)
*2005 (independent university status)}}
| type = [[public university|Public]]
| endowment = £53.1&nbsp;million (2024)<ref name="Cardiff Financial Statements 23/24">{{cite web |title=Annual Report and Financial Statements Year ended 31 July 2024 |url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/2894974/CU_AnnualReport2024_Final.pdf |website=cardiff.ac.uk |publisher=Cardiff University |access-date=31 January 2025}}</ref>
| budget = £638.0&nbsp;million (2023/24)<ref name="Cardiff Financial Statements 23/24"/>
| chancellor = [[Laura Trevelyan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/2898092-laura-trevelyan-appointed-cardiff-university-chancellor|title=Laura Trevelyan appointed Cardiff University Chancellor|date=19 February 2025|website=Cardiff University}}</ref>
| vice_chancellor = [[Wendy Larner]]
| academic_staff         = {{HESA academic staff population|INSTID=10007814}} ({{HESA staff year}})<ref name="HESA staff citation">{{HESA staff citation}}</ref>
| administrative_staff   = {{HESA non-academic staff population|INSTID=10007814}} ({{HESA staff year}})<ref name="HESA staff citation"/>
| students               = {{HESA student population|INSTID=10007814}} ({{HESA year}})<ref name="HESA citation">{{HESA citation}}</ref><br/>{{HESA FTE student population|INSTID=10007814}} [[Full-time equivalent|FTE]] ({{HESA year}})<ref name="HESA citation"/>
| undergrad              = {{HESA undergraduate population|INSTID=10007814}} ({{HESA year}})<ref name="HESA citation">{{HESA citation}}</ref>
| postgrad               = {{HESA postgraduate population|INSTID=10007814}} ({{HESA year}})<ref name="HESA citation">{{HESA citation}}</ref>
| other = 
| city = [[Cardiff]]
| country = [[Wales]]
| coor = {{coord|51.49|N|3.18|W|scale:10000_type:edu_region:GB-CRF|display=inline,title}}
| campus = [[urban area|Urban]]
| colours = {{Scarf|start}}{{Cells|3|#000000}}{{Cell|#D40000}}{{Cells|3|#FFBA00}}{{Cell|#D40000}}{{Cells|3|#000000}}{{Scarf|end}}
| mascot = 
| affiliations = {{hlist|[[Association of Commonwealth Universities|ACU]]|[[European University Association|EUA]]|[[GW4]]|[[Russell Group]]|[[Universities UK]]}}
| website = {{official URL}}
| logo = [[File:Cardiff University (logo).svg|center|130px]]
}}
'''Cardiff University''' ({{langx|cy|Prifysgol Caerdydd}}) is a [[public research university]] in [[Cardiff]], [[Wales]]. It was established in 1883 as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire and became a founding college of the [[University of Wales]] in 1893. It was renamed University College, Cardiff in 1972 and merged with the [[University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology]] in 1988 to become University of Wales College, Cardiff and then University of Wales, Cardiff in 1996. In 1997 it received [[Academic degree|degree]]-awarding powers, but held them in abeyance. It adopted the [[trade name|operating name]] of Cardiff University in 1999; this became its legal name in 2005, when it became an independent university awarding its own degrees.

Cardiff University is the only [[List of universities in Wales|Welsh member]] of the [[Russell Group]] of research-intensive British universities.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://russellgroup.ac.uk/about/our-universities/ |title=Our universities |publisher=Russell Group |access-date=11 August 2017 |archive-date=8 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808113559/http://www.russellgroup.ac.uk/about/our-universities/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Academics and alumni of the university have included four heads of state or government and two Nobel laureates. {{As of|2023|post=,}} the university's academics include 17 fellows of the Royal Society, 11 fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering, seven fellows of the British Academy, 21 fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences and 32 fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honours and awards |url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/about/honours-and-awards|access-date=29 April 2021 |website=Cardiff University }}</ref>