and the National Centre for Product Design & Development Research (PDR).
== Academic profile ==
=== Reputation and rankings ===
As of 2016 the university is ranked as the top 'new' university in Wales by the major university guides – The Guardian University Guide 2013, the Complete University Guide 2013 published in The Independent and the Times Good University Guide 2013.
Cardiff Metropolitan University has been independently acclaimed for its academic standards, with an old Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education Institutional Report (2008) stating that 'confidence can be placed in the soundness of the institution's current and likely future management of the quality of its programmes and of the academic standards of the associated awards.'
In 2021, the university won the Times Higher Education University of the Year award.
== Student life ==
=== Accommodation ===
Cardiff Metropolitan University has student accommodation available close to its campuses in Cyncoed and at Plas Gwyn. The university also has agreements with private residences such as Tŷ Pont Haearn in the city centre, which has 179 beds reserved for students and Victoria Hall which is located near to the Llandaff Campus and has 198 beds reserved for students.
=== Sport ===
Sports teams
Cardiff Metropolitan University RFC
Cardiff Metropolitan University F.C.
Cardiff Metropolitan University Archers
Cardiff Metropolitan Universityuwic Gaelic Football Club
=== National Indoor Athletics Centre ===
This large indoor sporting facility is a venue for many sporting events such as the Welsh Open Taekwon-Do Championships hosted there each year by the United Kingdom Taekwon-Do Association. The UK Open Taekwon-Do Championships is often held there too.
== Notable alumni ==
Cardiff Metropolitan University (formerly UWIC) has alumni in the fields of sport, art, education, design, nutrition, business, healthcare and media.
== See also ==
Armorial of UK universities
Education in Wales
List of UK universities
List of universities in Wales
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