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History – the making of a university
The University of Wolverhampton gained its university
status in 1992, but Wolverhampton as a city has a strong
history of education dating back hundreds of years to 1512
and initial plans to found Wolverhampton Grammar School.
It was 400 years later that the seeds of the University
itself were sown with the creation of the Wolverhampton
and Staffordshire Technical College. A merger with the
local College of Art saw the birth of The Polytechnic,
Wolverhampton, in 1969.
Since becoming a University, Wolverhampton has continued
to grow, opening a multi-million pound campus in Telford
in 1994, the Wolverhampton Science Park in partnership
with Wolverhampton Council in 1996. In 1997, two hi-tech
Learning Centres in Telford and Wolverhampton opened
offering state-of-the-art facilities to students and staff
alike. While 1999 has seen the launch of the Regional
Primary Centre, Leadership Centre and Competitiveness
Centre, each offering unprecedented levels of support to
the local community in education and business.
The re-opening of the Arena Theatre in 1999 after a £1.5
million refurbishment with National Lottery funding
heralded the dawn of a new era for the arts and
entertainment in the city, as well as guaranteeing first
class facilities for creative and talented students in the
new School of Sports, Performing Arts and Leisure.
2000 has seen the announcement of perhaps the University’s
most ambitious plans to date – a £60 million seven-year
building programme to create some of the most modern
facilities in UK higher education.
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