The Federal University of Surrey was an
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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
Roehampton is an area in southwest London, in the Putney SW15 postal district, and takes up a far western strip running north to south of the London Borough of Wandsworth. It contains a number of large council house estates and is home to the U ...
,
London
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in 1980 and in 1998 the two institutions decided to form an academic federation.
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.
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, 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 an independent University charter was to be granted.
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Thus on 1 August 2004, the Federal University was dissolved with the University of Surrey Roehampton becoming
Roehampton University
The University of Roehampton, London, formerly Roehampton Institute of Higher Education, is a public university in the United Kingdom, situated on three major sites in Roehampton, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. Roehampton was formerly an e ...
. The two Universities continue to support collaborative activities.
Sports
During the years of the Federal University, the sports teams from the component institutions competed with each other in various disciplines at the ''Federal Sports Day''. In all there were three events held, the first in 2002 was declared a draw
but the teams from Guildford came out on top in the 2003 and 2004 events.
References
External links
Federal University of Surrey Website
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