Buckinghamshire New University is a public university with campuses in High Wycombe,Buckinghamshire, and Uxbridge, West London. The institution dates from 1893 when it was founded as the School of Science and Art, and has since that date been re-invented variously as the Wycombe Technical Institute, the High Wycombe College of Art and Technology, and the Buckinghamshire College of Higher Education. It was a university college from 1999 until 2007 when it announced that its application for university status had been accepted. The university is a member of the GuildHE.
The university was ranked 104th by the Complete University Guide, 119th by The Guardian GoodUniversity Guide and 106th by The Times/ Sunday Times guide. In November 2013 it was ranked 12th in the UK by the Huffington Post in a list of creative universities. It was also included in a list of the top 14 creative universities in the UK by The Daily Telegraph in December 2013.
