BATTERSEA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
Battersea Polytechnic Institute was founded in 1891 and began concentrating on science and technology around 1920, teaching students for degrees from the University of London. Its academic reputation steadily grew and in 1956, it was one of the first institutions to be designated a 'college of advanced technology'. It was renamed Battersea College of Technology in 1957. By the beginning of the 1960s, the College had outgrown its main building in Battersea Park Road and in 1962 it was decided to move the institution to Guildford. Shortly afterwards, in 1963, the Robbins Report proposed that Battersea College should expand and become a university awarding its own degrees and the University of Surrey was established on 9 September 1966 with the grant of its Royal Charter. Surrey Research Park was opened by HRH The Duke of Kent in 1985, and the Park accommodates more than 100 companies, which employ 2,500 staff engaged in research and development activities, many of which relate closely to the work of the University's own faculties. Suffolk artists associated with Battersea Polytechnic include Phyllis Grace Downing, John Frederic Greenwood, Mary Anderson Grierson and Geoffrey Buckingham Pocock.
Website: https://www.surrey.ac.uk