University of Brighton - History

History

• 1859: The Brighton School of Art opens its doors to its first 110 students. The school’s first home is in rooms adjacent to the kitchens of the Royal Pavilion.
• 1876: The School of Art moves to its own building in Grand Parade. The Prime Minister, William Gladstone, witnesses the laying of the new building's foundation stone.
• 1897: The Municipal School of Science and Technology opens in Brighton with 600 enrolled students.
• 1898: The Chelsea School opens in London as an institution training women and girls in physical education.
• 1909: The Municipal Day Training College, forerunner of the School of Education, opens in Richmond Terrace, Brighton.
• 1949: The Chelsea School celebrates its fiftieth anniversary by moving to Eastbourne.
• 1960s: Construction of new buildings for Brighton College of Technology begin in Moulsecoomb.
• 1970: The School of Art and Brighton College of Technology merge to form Brighton Polytechnic.
• 1976: Brighton College of Education (the teacher training college) merges with Brighton Polytechnic, giving the polytechnic a campus at Falmer.
• 1979: The East Sussex College of Higher Education, including the Chelsea School, merges with Brighton Polytechnic, creating a campus in Eastbourne.
• 1992: Along with many other polytechnics Brighton is granted university status and becomes the University of Brighton under the provisions of the Further and Higher Education Act, 1992.
• 1994: The Sussex and Kent Institute of Nursing and Midwifery becomes part of the university, increasing the number of students based in Eastbourne.
• 2003: The Brighton and Sussex Medical School opens as a partnership between the University of Brighton, the University of Sussex and the Universities Hospitals Trust. It is the first medical school in the south-east outside London.
• 2004: University Centre Hastings is opened, managed by the University of Brighton.
• 2011: The University of Brighton's International College opens on the Brighton campus, to provide international students with preparatory academic tuition for undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
• 2011: The University of Brighton Doctoral College is launched to support postgraduate research students. Dedicated research study centres are established on the Eastbourne and each of the three Brighton campuses.