Edge Hill University
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Edge Hill University is a campus-based public university in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England. The university, which originally opened in 1885 as Edge Hill College, was the first non-denominational teacher training college for women in England, before admitting its first male students in 1959. In 2005, Edge Hill was granted Taught Degree Awarding Powers by the Privy Council and became Edge Hill University on 18 May 2006.
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Former names | Edge Hill College (1885–2006) | ||||||||||||||||
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Motto | Latin: In Scientia Opportunitas | ||||||||||||||||
Motto in English | In knowledge there is opportunity | ||||||||||||||||
Type | Public | ||||||||||||||||
Established | 1885 – teacher training college 2006 – university status | ||||||||||||||||
Chancellor | Dawn Airey | ||||||||||||||||
Vice-Chancellor | John Cater | ||||||||||||||||
Students | 13,560 (2019/20)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Undergraduates | 10,025 (2019/20)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Postgraduates | 3,535 (2019/20)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Location | , 53°33′36″N 2°52′24″W | ||||||||||||||||
Campus | Rural | ||||||||||||||||
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Affiliations | Universities UK | ||||||||||||||||
Website | edgehill | ||||||||||||||||
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The University has three faculties: Arts and Sciences, Education, and Health and Social Care; these teach at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.