Sunderland University
Computing and Technology Awards Ceremony.Computing and Technology]] The University of Sunderland is a university located in Sunderland in the North East of England. The university has 17,101 students, including 2,695 international students from 118 countries.Sunderland was one of six universities to be shortlisted for 'University of the Year' in the Times Higher Education Supplement Awards 2012. It was also highlighted for it's 'Outstanding Student Experience' in the 2010 Times Higher Education awards.HistoryThe university's roots can be traced back to 1901, when Sunderland Technical College was established as a municipal training college on Green Terrace . It was the first to offer sandwich courses. Pharmacy and naval architecture departments were established in 1921 and 1922 respectively. The Students' Union was first established in 1923, From 1930, some students in the Faculty of Applied Science read for degrees of the University of Durham. Also in 1930, a Mining Department was established and pharmacy students could read for the Bachelor of Pharmacy degree of the University of London.In the 1960s, a PDP-8 hybrid computer was installed at the Chester Road site.A new complex of buildings, including a new Students Union and Hall of Residence facilities, on nearby Chester Road was opened by the Duke of Edinburgh in 1964.
