University of Surrey

The University of Surrey is a public research university in Guildford, Surrey, England. It received its royal charter in 1966, following the recommendations of the Robbins Report, and was previously Battersea College of Technology in Battersea Park, London. Its roots go back to Battersea Polytechnic Institute, founded in 1891 to provide further and higher education in London, including for its poorer inhabitants. The main campus is on Stag Hill beside Guildford Cathedral, with Surrey Sports Park at Manor Park as a secondary campus. The university owns the Surrey Research Park, which hosts facilities for over 110 companies engaged in research, and has been awarded three Queen's Anniversary Prizes. It is the base of the Centre for Environmental Strategy that the chemical engineer Roland Clift founded in 1992.