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Brunel University

LC control no.n 81032542
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingBrunel University
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See alsoPredecessor: Brunel College of Advanced Technology
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Absorbed corporate body: Brunel University College
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Successor: Brunel University London
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Beginning date1966
Ending date2014
Associated countryGreat Britain England
Associated placeUxbridge (London, England)
LocatedLondon (England)
Field of activityTechnology Education, Higher
Found inWorld of learning, 1997: p. 1513 (Brunel University; incorporated West London Institute into university in 1995)
Homeless children, 1990: t.p. (Brunel, University of West London)
Brunel University London website, viewed 29 Sept. 2015: home p. (Brunel University London) history p. (in 1962 Brunel College of Technology was designated a College of Advanced Technology; it was agreed that a completely new college should be erected on a separate site in Uxbridge; building work began at Uxbridge in 1965; in 1966, Brunel College was awarded a Royal Charter on 9 June (signed on 6 July), becoming Brunel University; in 1995 West London Institute of Higher Education became Brunel University College, which merged with the University two years later; in 2014 Brunel underwent a major internal reorganisation, becoming Brunel University London following Royal assent of its new charter)
Wikipedia, viewed 29 Sept. 2015: under Brunel University London (named after the Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel; in June 1966 Brunel College of Advanced Technology was awarded a Royal Charter and gained university status)
Associated languageeng