About
Cardiff University is a UK university founded in 1883, based in Cardiff, with around 30,930 students.
Academic staff have published 122,383 works cited 12,673,789 times, with an h-index of 1204.
Courses at Cardiff University (373)
Accounting
Cardiff University
A-Levels
AAB - BBB
NSS Score
83.99%
Avg. grad pay (5y)
£26,000
Accounting and Finance
Cardiff University
A-Levels
AAB - BBB
Avg. grad pay (5y)
£26,000
Accounting and Finance
Cardiff University
NSS Score
84.83%
Accounting and Finance with a Professional Placement Year
Cardiff University
A-Levels
AAB - BBB
Avg. grad pay (5y)
£26,000
Accounting with a Professional Placement Year
Cardiff University
A-Levels
AAB - BBB
Advanced Clinical Practice
Cardiff University
Notable alumni of Cardiff University
See all 244 →244 notable graduates and former students with Wikipedia coverage, ranked by international reach. Source: Wikidata.
Barham Salih
President of Iraq (2018-2022)
Roy Jenkins
British politician (1920–2003)
Siân Phillips
British Actress
Neil Kinnock
British politician (1942-)
Karl Jenkins
Welsh musician and composer (b. 1944)
Sara Ahmed
British-Australian scholar (b. 1985)
John Lennox
Northern Irish mathematician and philosopher of science (b. 1943)
Gwilym Lee
British actor
Yehuda Bauer
Holocaust survivor and Israeli historian (1926–2024)
Leanne Wood
Welsh Plaid Cymru politician (born 1971)
Alice Roberts
English physician, anatomist, physical anthropologist, television presenter, author
Sandister Tei
Ghanaian journalist and Wikimedian
Rankings
- Complete University Guide 2026
- #22
- The Guardian (UK) 2026
- #37
- QS World 2026
- #181
- Times Higher Ed (World) 2026
- 201–250
- ARWU (Shanghai) 2025
- #201
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Quick Facts
- Location
- Cardiff
- Postcode
- CF10 3XQ
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1883
- Student Count
- 30,930