Cardiff Metropolitan University

About

Cardiff Met is proud of all its alumni and we continue to support you as you embark on life after university. 

We provide early career guidance for recent graduates and aim to keep you connected throughout your career.

We also provide opportunities for you to inspire our students by speaking at events or offering work experience opportunities, and this is just the tip of the iceberg! 

We love hearing about where life has taken you since graduating and keeping you up to date with all that's going on at Cardiff Met.

Our history

Our history traces back to 1865 when the School of Art first opened in the Old Free Library in Cardiff.

Since we developed into a university, we have remained rooted in Wales while providing practice-focused and professionally oriented education to students from around the globe. 

The institution has gone through numerous name changes over the years, eventually becoming what we know today​ as Cardiff Metropolitan University: 

• University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC) (1996 - 2011)

• Cardiff Institute of Higher Education (1988 - 1996)

• South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education (1976 - 1988)

• Cardiff College of Food Technology and Commerce (1971 - 1976)

• Cardiff College of Education (1970 - 1976)

• Llandaff College of Technology (1970 - 1976)

• College of Commerce (1968 - 1971)

• Reardon Smith Nautical College (1956 - 1970)

• Cardiff College of Food Technology (1957 - 1971)

• Llandaff Technical College (1954 - 1970)

• Cardiff College of Art (1949 - 1976)

• Cardiff Teacher Training College (1945 - 1970)

• School of Nautical Cookery (1911 - 1973)

• Cardiff College of Technology and Commerce (1949 - 1961)

• Cardiff Technical College (1916 - 1949)

• Cardiff Technical School (1889 - 1916)

• Cardiff School of Science & Art (1865 - 1916)