Editing Cardiff (section)

==Education==
{{See also|List of schools in Cardiff}}

Cardiff is home to four major institutions of higher education: [[Cardiff University]], [[Cardiff Metropolitan University]], [[University of South Wales]] and the [[Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama]].

Cardiff University was founded by a [[royal charter]] in 1883 as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/about/milestones/index.html |title=About Cardiff University – Milestones |publisher=Cardiff University |access-date=20 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926212224/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/about/milestones/index.html |archive-date=26 September 2007 }}</ref> is a member of the [[Russell Group]] of leading research led universities, having most of its campus in [[Cathays]] and the city centre. [[Cardiff Metropolitan University]] (formerly UWIC) has campuses in the Llandaff, [[Cyncoed]] and city centre areas, and is part of the confederal [[University of Wales]]. The [[Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama]] is a [[music school|conservatoire]] established in 1949 and is based in the grounds of Cardiff Castle. The [[University of South Wales]]'s Cardiff campus, [[Atrium (Cardiff)|Atrium]], is home to the Cardiff School of Creative & Cultural Industries and is located in the city centre.

The total number of higher education students in the city is around 43,900.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hesa.ac.uk/dox/dataTables/studentsAndQualifiers/download/institution0607.xls |title=Table 0a – All students by institution, mode of study, level of study, gender and domicile 2006/07 |publisher=Higher Education Statistics Agency |format=XLS |access-date=4 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709132444/http://www.hesa.ac.uk/dox/dataTables/studentsAndQualifiers/download/institution0607.xls |archive-date=9 July 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cci.glam.ac.uk/faqs/#numbers |title=FAQs, Cardiff School of Creative & Cultural Industries, University of Glamorgan |publisher=[[University of Glamorgan]] |access-date=4 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070826194742/http://cci.glam.ac.uk/faqs/ |archive-date=26 August 2007 }}</ref> The city also has two [[further education]] colleges: [[Cardiff and Vale College]] and [[St David's Catholic College|St David's College]]. The former is the result of a merger, completed in August 2011, between [[Coleg Glan Hafren]] and [[Barry College]]. Further education is also offered at most high schools in the city.

Cardiff has three state nursery schools (one bilingual), 98 state primary schools (two bilingual, fifteen [[Welsh medium education|Welsh medium]]), and 19 state secondary schools (three Welsh medium).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://apps8.cardiff.gov.uk/schools/index.php |title=Schools Search Page |publisher=Cardiff Council. Retrieved 8 December 2016. |access-date=8 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220082913/http://apps8.cardiff.gov.uk/schools/index.php |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> There are also several independent schools in the city, including [[St John's College, Cardiff|St John's College]], [[The Cathedral School, Llandaff|Llandaff Cathedral School]], [[Cardiff Sixth Form College]], [[Kings Monkton School]] and [[Howell's School Llandaff|Howell's School]], a single-sex girls' school (until sixth form). In 2013 Cardiff Sixth Form College came top of the independent senior schools in the UK, which were based on the percentage of A* and A at [[GCE Advanced Level|Advanced Level]]. Also in the top 100 were St John's College and Howell's School.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.best-schools.co.uk/league-tables/a-level-passes.aspx |title=The Top 100 Senior Schools A*and A Grade at A Level |publisher=Best-Schools.co.uk |access-date=30 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031040833/http://www.best-schools.co.uk/league-tables/a-level-passes.aspx |archive-date=31 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Notable schools include [[Whitchurch High School]] (the largest secondary school in Wales),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.estyn.gov.uk/english/provider/6815403/ |title=Whitchurch High School: 2003 Inspection Report |last=Medhurst |first=B W |date=28 March 2003 |publisher=[[Estyn]] |access-date=5 June 2008 |format=PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117163324/http://www.estyn.gov.uk/english/provider/6815403/ |archive-date=17 January 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Fitzalan High School]] (one of the most multi-cultural state schools in the UK),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.estyn.gov.uk/inspection_reports/Fitzalan_sec_2004.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514052918/http://www.estyn.gov.uk/inspection_reports/Fitzalan_sec_2004.pdf |archive-date=14 May 2009 |title=Fitzalan High School: 2004 Inspection Report |last=Owen |first=G |date=13 December 2004 |publisher=[[Estyn]] |access-date=5 June 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf]] (the largest Welsh medium secondary school in Wales).

As well as academic institutions, Cardiff is also home to other educational and learning organisations such as [[Techniquest]], a hands-on science discovery centre that now has franchises throughout Wales, and is part of the Wales Gene Park in collaboration with Cardiff University, [[NHS Wales]] and the [[Welsh Development Agency]] (WDA).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wales Gene Park |url=http://www.wgp.cf.ac.uk/listWorkProgProEd.htm |access-date=31 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625151144/http://www.wgp.cf.ac.uk/listWorkProgProEd.htm |archive-date=25 June 2007 }}</ref> Cardiff is also home to a regional office of the [[International Baccalaureate]] Organisation (IBO).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ibo.org/contact-the-ib/office-locations/ |title=IBO office locations |date=13 October 2014 |publisher=[[International Baccalaureate|International Baccalaureate Organisation]] |access-date=12 September 2024 }}</ref>


{|class="toccolours" style="margin:0.5em auto"
|-
|<gallery caption="University Campuses in Cardiff" mode="packed">
File:Cardiff University main building.jpg|[[Cardiff University]] {{endash}} Cathays Park and Heath Park Campuses
File:Cardiff Metropolitan University Llandaff Campus (2).jpg|[[Cardiff Metropolitan University]] {{endash}} Llandaff and Cyncoed Campuses
File:University of South Wales, Cardiff Campus.jpg|[[University of South Wales]] {{endash}} Cardiff Campus
File:Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.jpg|[[Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama]], part of the University of South Wales Group 
File:Wales Academy of Voice & Dramatic Arts, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Cardiff.jpg|[[University of Wales Trinity Saint David]] {{endash}} Cardiff Campus
File:Cardiff 13737 University of Wales Registry 01.JPG|[[University of Wales]] is a confederal university based in the [[University of Wales Registry]]. 
</gallery>
|}