University of Plymouth
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Founded in 1862 as a School of Navigation, the University of Plymouth has grown and diversified into an award-winning modern university. Home to 19,000 students, with a further 9,500 at partner colleges from Penzance to Jersey, Plymouth is renowned for its world-class research expertise across a range of disciplines including marine science and engineering, medicine, cybersecurity and psychology. A three-time winner of the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education, most recently in 2020 in respect of its pioneering research on microplastics pollution in the oceans, it has invested millions into its estate, including a cutting edge Marine Building, a waterfront Marine Station and a high-tech performing arts centre.