University of Keele

About

Keele University is a public research university in Keele, Staffordshire, England. Originally established in 1949 as the University College of North Staffordshire, it received university status through a Royal Charter in 1962, becoming the University of Keele. The university pioneered the UK's dual honours degree system, offering students the chance to study two subjects together. It celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2024.

Keele University is among the UK's largest campus universities, occupying 625-acre (253-hectare) of landscaped grounds that include woodlands, lakes, and the Grade II* listed Keele Hall. It also has one of the largest collections of flowering cherry trees in Europe, for which it received an award from the Japanese Ambassador to the UK.

Situated on the university campus, the Keele University Science and Innovation Park is home to more than 60 companies and approximately 1,000 employees, from innovative start-ups to global multinationals including Michelin.

With three faculties and 12 schools, Keele offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses to a student population of more than 15,000. It achieved the highest rating of Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework 2017 and 2023, and is of a handful of universities in the UK to have both medical and veterinary schools.

In September 2025, Keele officially opened a new European campus in Athens, Greece, after becoming one of only four universities in the world authorised to establish a University Legal Entity in Greece under new legislation.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.