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Teesside University
Teesside University in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Teesside University is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Teesside University is a public university with its main campus in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire in North East England. It was officially opened as Constantine Technical College in 1930, before becoming a polytechnic in 1969, and finally granted university status in 1992 by the Privy Council. The university has over 22,500 students studying in the UK, according to the 2021/22 HESA student record.
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History
A shortage of funding long proved a barrier to developing the Middlesbrough-based Mechanics' Institute of 1844. With the required funding, the college's launch could have come as early as 1914. Even after the donation of £40,000 to build the college from local shipping magnate Joseph Constantine in 1916, progress was slow. A Governing Council took place in 1922, followed by a doubling of the original financial offer by the Constantine family in 1924. For the task of constructing the first technical college building, Graham R. Dawbarn (a London architect also responsible for additions to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge) was appointed on 29 March 1926. Building work began in 1927,…
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- Coordinates
- 54.5706, -1.2352
- Established
- 1930
- Official site
- tees.ac.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q3695910 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Teesside University (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Teesside University?
- Teesside University is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.5706°, -1.2352°.
- When was Teesside University built?
- Teesside University dates to 1930.