Cardiff University
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About Cardiff University
According to Wikipedia, Cardiff University 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 degree-awarding powers, but held them in abeyance. It adopted the operating name of Cardiff University in 1999; this became its legal name in 2005, when it became an independent university awarding its own degrees.
What Is Cardiff University Known For?
Cardiff University is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:
- Communications
- Biology
- Medical
- Education
- Physics
- Business
- Political Science
- Engineering
- Philosophy
- History
- Psychology
- Literature
- Mathematics
- Law
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Economics
- Sociology
- Religious Studies
- Earth Sciences
- Anthropology
- Criminal Justice
- Nursing
- Social Work
Cardiff University's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered
Each rank compares how much Cardiff University's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence
Cardiff University ranks #232 worldwide for influence in Communications.
Cardiff University ranks #261 worldwide for influence in Biology.
Cardiff University ranks #253 worldwide for influence in Medical.
Cardiff University ranks #360 worldwide for influence in Education.
Cardiff University ranks #248 worldwide for influence in Physics.
Cardiff University ranks #562 worldwide for influence in Business.
Cardiff University ranks #446 worldwide for influence in Political Science.
Cardiff University ranks #601 worldwide for influence in Engineering.
Cardiff University ranks #430 worldwide for influence in Philosophy.
Cardiff University ranks #338 worldwide for influence in History.
Cardiff University ranks #227 worldwide for influence in Psychology.
Cardiff University ranks #489 worldwide for influence in Literature.
Cardiff University ranks #466 worldwide for influence in Mathematics.
Cardiff University ranks #483 worldwide for influence in Law.
Cardiff University ranks #281 worldwide for influence in Chemistry.
Cardiff University ranks #591 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.
Cardiff University ranks #495 worldwide for influence in Economics.
Cardiff University ranks #232 worldwide for influence in Sociology.
Cardiff University ranks #689 worldwide for influence in Religious Studies.
Cardiff University ranks #319 worldwide for influence in Earth Sciences.
Cardiff University ranks #560 worldwide for influence in Anthropology.
Cardiff University ranks #732 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.
Cardiff University ranks #1045 worldwide for influence in Nursing.
Cardiff University ranks #821 worldwide for influence in Social Work.
Who Are Cardiff University's Most Influential Alumni?
Cardiff University's most influential alumni include professors and professionals in the fields of Psychology, Sociology, and Communications. Here are some of Cardiff University's most famous alumni:
- Yehuda Bauer
- An Israeli historian of the Holocaust.
- John Lennox
- A Northern Irish mathematician and philosopher of science.
- John Warwick Montgomery
- A Lawyer, Professor of Philosophy, theologian and author.
- Miguel Alcubierre
- A Mexican theoretical physicist .
- Neil Kinnock
- A British politician.
- Gillian Clarke
- A Welsh poet.
- Roy Jenkins
- A British politician .
- Leszek Borysiewicz
- A British immunologist and former vice-chancellor of Cambridge University.
- Brian J. Ford
- An Academic and author.
- Ewan Campbell
- An Archaeologist.
- Arthur Loveridge
- A Zoologist .
- Tariq Modood
- A British sociologist.
Who Are Cardiff University's Most Influential Faculty?
Cardiff University's most influential faculty include professors in the fields of Psychology, Sociology, and Communications. Here are some of Cardiff University's most famous faculty:
- Dimitra Fimi
- An Academic and author.
- Lucie Green
- A British astronomer.
- Faye Hammill
- A Faye Hammill teaches nineteenth- and twentieth-century English and North American literature, has research interests in interwar writing .
- Catrin Finch
- A Welsh harpist.
- Howard Williams
- A British archaeologist.
- Mike Edmunds
- A British astrophysicist.
- Malcolm Parry
- A British architect.
- Michael A. Levi
- An American academic.
- Steve Ormerod
- An English professor of ecology.
- Leanne Wood
- A Welsh Plaid Cymru politician .
- Angela Casini
- A Medicinal and inorganic chemist.
- Neil Selwyn
- A Researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0001-9489-2692.
