University of Chester

The University of Chester stablished in 1839, is one of the oldest higher education institutions in the country. is a public university located in Chester, England. The university was the first purpose-built teacher training college in the UK and is based in five campus sites in and around Chester and one in Warrington.It is one of the oldest English higher education establishments of any kind, pre-dating all but Oxford, Cambridge, London and Durham, and its original buildings in the Roman city of Chester were the first in the country to be purpose-built for the professional training of teachers.

The Dean and Chapter of Chester Cathedral donated land on Parkgate Road for this endeavour. In 1842, Gladstone opened the College's original buildings for its first intake of 10 male student teachers on the Parkgate Road site, just outside the City Walls, that the University still occupies today, after the College moved from its initial, temporary base in Bridge Street.

• Chester ranks highly in the league tables for a number of popular courses and maintains high student satisfaction ratings in the annual national survey, Some of these include:
  • Tourism and Hospitality – 11th(Guardian League Table 2016)
  • Sports and Exercise Science – Top 20 (Guardian League Table 2016)
  • Business and Management – Top 50 (Guardian League Table 2016)
  • Archaeology and Forensic Science – Top 20 (Guardian League Table 2016)
  • Accounting and Finance – Top 30 (Guardian League Table 2016)
  • Drama and Dance – Top 50 (Guardian League Table 2016)
• The university has 95% graduate employability rate
• The University of Chester ranks highly for student satisfaction, scoring 88% in the latest national survey