The University of Greenwich was founded in 1890, previously existing as Woolwich Polytechnic and Thames Polytechnic before being granted university status and renamed in 1992. Situated on the banks of the River Thames, the university’s main campus is in what was the Old Royal Naval College – a UNESCO World Heritage site in Greenwich, southeast London. The University of Greenwich has three attractive, historic campuses in London, Medway and Kent. The university is home to a diverse community of nearly 28,000 students studying in the UK and overseas, one in five of them are postgraduate. Greenwich is a multi-faculty university which provides high-quality teaching, research and enterprise and puts student satisfaction at the heart of their work.