Lampeter, University of Wales

Lampeter, University of Wales, institution of higher education in Lampeter, Wales. The University of Wales, Lampeter is an accredited institution of the University of Wales, which is its degree-awarding body.

It was founded as St David’s College in 1822 for the training of Anglican priests and is now a liberal arts university. In 1971 it became a constituent institution of the University of Wales as St David’s University College, and changed its name to the University of Wales, Lampeter in 1996. In September 2007, following a revision of the University of Wales’s charter, the University of Wales, Lampeter became an independent institution.

It has 12 academic departments: archaeology and anthropology; the Chinese studies centre; classics; film and media; English; foundation studies; history; management and information technology; philosophy; theology and religious studies; voluntary sector studies; and Welsh.