Anglia Ruskin University

Anglia Ruskin University
Coat of arms
Former names
See History
MottoExcellentia per societatem (Latin)
Motto in English
Excellence through partnership
TypePublic university
Established1858 (as a school)
1992 (as a university)
Endowment£0.7 m (2015)[1]
ChancellorBernard Ribeiro, Baron Ribeiro (2021)
Vice-ChancellorRoderick Watkins
Students26,715 (2019/20)[2]
Undergraduates21,280 (2019/20)[2]
Postgraduates5,435 (2019/20)[2]
Location,
United Kingdom

52°12′11.1″N 0°8′1.3″E / 52.203083°N 0.133694°E / 52.203083; 0.133694
CampusUrban
ColoursBlue and yellow    
Affiliations
Websitewww.aru.ac.uk Edit this at Wikidata

Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) is a public university in East Anglia, United Kingdom. Its origins are in the Cambridge School of Art (CSA), founded by William John Beamont, a Fellow of Trinity College at University of Cambridge, in 1858. It became a university in 1992, and was renamed after John Ruskin, the Oxford University professor and author, in 2005. Ruskin gave the inauguration speech of the Cambridge School of Art in 1858. It is one of the "post-1992 universities". The motto of the university is in Latin Excellentia per societatem, in English Excellence through partnership.[3] Anglia Ruskin University was named University of the Year 2023 by Times Higher Education.[4]

In 2022, Anglia Ruskin has 35,195 students. ARU has six campuses across the south-eastern portion of the United Kingdom in Cambridgeshire, Essex, and Greater London.[5][6][7]

There are four faculties of study at the university, namely:

  • Faculty of Business and Law
  • Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education & Social Sciences
  • Faculty of Health, Medicine & Social Care
  • Faculty of Science & Engineering.
  1. ^ "ARU Annual Report 2014-2015" (PDF). Anglia Ruskin University. p. 27. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Where do HE students study?". Higher Education Statistics Agency. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  3. ^ The College of Arms MS Gts 159/135.
  4. ^ "THE University of the Year - ARU". www.aru.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Where do HE students study? | HESA". www.hesa.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Anglia Ruskin and Writtle announce merger plan – ARU". www.aru.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Merger takes place between ARU and Writtle - ARU". www.aru.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 February 2024.