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''See [[Trent Park]] for a short history of the campus ''
''See [[Trent Park]] for a short history of the campus ''

[[Trent Park]] is a palatial mansion set in a 4 km² country park, originally a fourteenth-century hunting ground of [[Henry IV of England|Henry IV]]. Performing arts, teacher education, product design and engineering and biological science are based here.
[[Trent Park]] is a palatial mansion set in a 4 km² country park, originally a fourteenth-century hunting ground of [[Henry IV of England|Henry IV]]. Performing arts, teacher education, product design and engineering and biological science are based here.
Closest tube: [[Oakwood tube station]], then shuttle bus from outside the station.
Closest tube: [[Oakwood tube station]], then shuttle bus from outside the station.

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Middlesex University
Middlesex University Logo
Middlesex University Logo
Established 1973 (became university 1992)
Chancellor Lord Sheppard of Didgemere
Vice-Chancellor Michael Driscoll
Location London (North)
Students 22,000 total (2004)
Staff 2,300
League Table 19th (Guardian)
Homepage www.mdx.ac.uk

Middlesex University is a university in North London, England.

The institution was created in 1973 when Enfield College of Technology , Hendon College of Technology and Hornsey College of Art, joined to create Middlesex Polytechnic . St Katharine’s College of All Saints (dating back as far as 1878) and Trent Park College joined in 1974 and in 1992 it became Middlesex University.

Campuses

The University is spread across 5 sites. All campuses are located in North London (earning Middlesex the nick name as the 'University of the North Circular' due to their locations near to the major ring road). Each campus has a quite distinct character and some of the campuses are important architecturally, especially Trent Park.

Tottenham

Tottenham campus (located in Wood Green, North London) started life as one of the first British teacher training colleges in 1878. It was then called The College of St Katharine's, later to be called The College of All Saints. The campus was expanded in the 1960s, although much of the campus retains its Victorian architecture. Today, the site is home to humanities and cultural studies, business studies, law, sociology and women's studies. Closest tube: Wood Green tube station

Hendon

Hendon Campus
Library in Hendon

Hendon was known as the Hendon College of Technology. Today's main (or college) building was build in neo-Georgian style by H.W. Burchett and opened in 1939. It is currently being refurbished in a £40 million pound project, which includes the addition of a glass covered central court yard. The college was extended in 1955 and in 1969 a new refectory and engineering block (the Williams Building) was added. In 2004 The new Learning Resource Centre, The Sheppard Library opened on the site. Hendon also has a sports club, known as The Burroughs for students and staff which has one of the few real tennis courts in the UK. Middlesex University Business School and computing science are located in Hendon. Closest tube: Hendon Central tube station

Enfield

Enfield campus was originally the Enfield College of Technology, originally founded as Ponders End Technical Institute in 1901 as Ponders End Technical Institute. Today Enfield campus is home of the social sciences and health sciences. The research centres for herbal medicine, and sport and performance therapies are based here, as well as the National Flood Hazard Control Centre.

Cat Hill

Cat Hill Campus is located Enfield. It was originally the illustrious Hornsey College of Art, founded in 1880. In the late 1970s the campus was extended to become the Faculty of Art & Design of the then Middlesex Polytechnic. Today, art and design, cinematics and electronic arts are located at Cat Hill. The Cat Hill Campus also houses MoDA, the University's Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture and the National Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive. Closest tube: Oakwood tube station

Trent Park

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Mansion at Trent Park

See Trent Park for a short history of the campus

Trent Park is a palatial mansion set in a 4 km² country park, originally a fourteenth-century hunting ground of Henry IV. Performing arts, teacher education, product design and engineering and biological science are based here. Closest tube: Oakwood tube station, then shuttle bus from outside the station.

Hospital Campuses

Additionally, the School of Health and Social Sciences occupies the Archway and Hospitals campuses operating from four sites at the Royal Free Hospital, Whittington (jointly owned and in development with University College London), Chase Farm and North Middlesex hospitals.

Students

Middlesex University has an extremely diverse student body, over 20,000 strong, with a large proportion of overseas students.

Awards

It has been awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Further and Higher Education three times, and has been named as one of Britain's Top 20 Universities in the 2004 Guardian University League Tables.



Famous alumni

Famous alumni include:

Notable Professors

Websites

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