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The University of Westminster is a public university based in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1838 as the Royal Polytechnic Institution, it was the first polytechnic to open in London. [3] . The Polytechnic formally received a Royal charter in August 1839, and became the University of Westminster in 1992. [4]
1838–1881 Royal Polytechnic Institution 1838 The first polytechnic – The Polytechnic Institution – opened to the public at 309 Regent Street on 6 August 1838, under the chairmanship of the distinguished scientist Sir George Cayley.
Established by . From AIM: The Polytechnic Institution was opened in August 1838 to provide the public with (in the words of its prospectus of 1837) 'a practical knowledge of the various arts and branches of science connected with Manufactures, Mining Operations, and Rural Economy'.
Oral History: Buildings. 309 Regent Street has been a site of education since it opened as the Polytechnic Institution (later the Royal Polytechnic Institution) on 6 August 1838.
The London Polytechnic (now the University of Westminster) emerged from the Royal Polytechnic Institution which was founded at Regent Street, London in 1838. The establishment of the polytechnic was a reaction to the rise of industrial power and technical education in France, Germany and the US. [3]
Britain's first polytechnic, the Royal Polytechnic Institution later known as the Polytechnic of Central London (now the University of Westminster) was established in 1838 at Regent Street in London and its goal was to educate and popularize engineering and scientific knowledge and inventions in Victorian Britain "at little expense".
The university archive collections stretch over more than 180 years from the records of the original Royal Polytechnic Institution founded in 1838 to those of the present-day University of Westminster.
