Goldsmiths, University of London, formerly Goldsmiths' College, is a constituent research university of the University of London. It was founded in 1891 as The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths in New Cross, London, and was renamed Goldsmiths' College after the University of London acquired it in 1904. It specialises in the arts, design, computing, humanities and social sciences. Its main building, now called the Richard Hoggart Building, was opened in 1844 and is the site of the former Royal Naval School. In 2020 the university enrolled over 10,000 students, and about a third of them were postgraduates.
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It was originally founded in 1891 as The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths in New Cross, London.
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Goldsmiths, University of London, formerly Goldsmiths' College, University of London, is a constituent research university of the University of London.
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It was originally founded in 1891 as The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths in New Cross, London.
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It was originally founded in 1891 as The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths in New Cross, London.
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