UNIVERSITY OF WALES

A unitary institution responsible for validating University of Wales degrees for more than 40, 000 students in Wales and 20, 000 students overseas

The University of Wales exists to serve Wales and its people. It does so by: working energetically to maintain the University of Wales degree and the University of Wales brand as global exemplars of excellence and quality. thereby, supporting and promoting Welsh Higher Education(HE) and contributing positively and significantly to the brand image and brand value of Welsh HE and of Wales as a whole . in collaboration and in partnership with other Welsh university institutions and with others in Wales, supporting and facilitating strategic initiatives in Welsh higher education . interacting with the rest of the world, through collaborative academic provision and through other intellectual and cultural linkages and partnerships - taking the best of Wales to the world and bringing the best of the world to Wales . acting as a catalyst for, and promoting opportunity in, innovation, research and the economy. using its position at the heart of the nation’s academic, intellectual and cultural life to develop, support and promote initiatives in these fields; and in all of these activities, building upon its past and present successes to establish a sustainable institution that enriches the national life of Wales.