Editing Swansea (section)

==Education==
[[File:Swansea Observatory.JPG|thumb|right|The [[observatory]]]]

===Further and higher education===
[[Swansea University]] has a campus in [[Singleton Park]] overlooking Swansea Bay. Its engineering department is recognised as a centre of excellence with work on computational techniques for solving engineering design problems.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.wda.co.uk/index.cfm/technium_sustainable_technologies/academic_expertise/en6579 | title=Academic Expertise | publisher=WDA | year=2007 | access-date=27 July 2007 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200257/https://www.wda.co.uk/index.cfm/technium_sustainable_technologies/academic_expertise/en6579 | archive-date=27 September 2007 | df=dmy-all }}; {{cite web | url=http://www.swan.ac.uk/engineering/Research/CivilandComputationalEngineeringCentre/KnowledgeTransfer/ | title=Knowledge Transfer from the Civil and Computational Engineering Centre and''' Future Interaction Technologies''' | publisher=Swansea University | year=2007 | access-date=27 July 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930231911/http://www.swan.ac.uk/engineering/Research/CivilandComputationalEngineeringCentre/KnowledgeTransfer/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> | archive-date=30 September 2007 }}</ref> The department of physics is known for its research at the frontiers of theoretical physics, particularly in the areas of elementary particle physics and string theory. In 2015, [[Swansea University]] opened a new Bay Campus situated in the Jersey Marine area of Swansea. In 2017, [[Swansea University Medical School]] was ranked as the third best medical school in the United Kingdom, behind Oxford and Cambridge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swansea.ac.uk/medicine/|title=Swansea University Medical School|website=swansea.ac.uk|access-date=7 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610103146/http://www.swansea.ac.uk/medicine/|archive-date=10 June 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Other institutions include the [[University of Wales Trinity Saint David]], [[Gower College Swansea]] and Swansea College.  Trinity Saint David was formed in 2010 through the merger of University of Wales Lampeter and Trinity University college Carmarthen under Lampeter's royal charter of 1828. In 2013, Swansea Metropolitan University became part of University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD). Swansea Metropolitan University was particularly well known for its Architectural Glass department, as well as its Teaching and Transport & Logistics degrees.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} Trinity Saint David also took over the [[Swansea Business School]], which was formerly part of the Metropolitan University. Swansea Sixth Form College Wales (''sscwales'') was founded in 2013 and changed its name to Swansea College in 2021.

===Schools===
{{See also|List of schools in Swansea}}
In the local authority area, there is one nursery school, six infant schools and five junior schools. There are 77 primary schools, ten of which are [[Welsh-medium education|Welsh-medium]], and six of which are voluntary aided. There are 14 comprehensive schools under the remit of the local education authority, of which two are Welsh-[[Medium of instruction|medium]]. In addition, there are six special schools.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.swansea.gov.uk/media/pdf/4/d/School_List_2006-2007.pdf | title=List of Schools 2006/2007 | publisher=City and County of Swansea | year=2006 | access-date=27 July 2007 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808205931/http://www.swansea.gov.uk/media/pdf/4/d/School_List_2006-2007.pdf | archive-date=8 August 2007 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

The oldest school in Swansea is [[Bishop Gore School]], founded in 1682. The largest comprehensive school is [[Olchfa School]]. There is one Roman Catholic comprehensive school&nbsp;– [[Bishop Vaughan Catholic Comprehensive School]]. Other secondary schools include Birchgrove Comprehensive School, Cefn Hengoed Community School, Dylan Thomas School, Pentrehafod Comprehensive School, [[Morriston Comprehensive School]] and Gowerton School. There are 2 [[List of schools in Swansea#Welsh medium secondary schools|Welsh-medium secondary schools in Swansea]]: [[Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Gŵyr]] and [[Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Swansea – Welsh medium secondary schools|url=https://www.swansea.gov.uk/welshmediumsecondaryschools|access-date=12 February 2021|website=www.swansea.gov.uk}}</ref>

Independent schools in Swansea include [[Ffynone House School]] and [[Oakleigh House School]].