Wrexham University (Welsh: Prifysgol Wrecsam
Wrexham University (Welsh: Prifysgol Wrecsam; Welsh pronunciation: [pri_v__s__l _r_ksam]) is a public research university in the north-east of Wales, with campuses in Wrexham, Northop and St Asaph. It offers both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, as well as professional courses. The university had 6,045 students in 2019/20. The earliest predecessor of the university was the Wrexham School of Science and Art (WSSA), established in 1887, which after several mergers became the North East Wales Institute of Higher Education (NEWI) in 1975. The institute became a full member of the University of Wales in 2004. In 2008 it was granted full university status and renamed Glynd_r University (Prifysgol Glynd_r) after Owain Glynd_r, a fifteenth-century Welsh leader who was born near Wrexham and suggested the establishment of universities in Wales. The term “Wrexham” was later added to the existing name in 2016, until the university adopted its current name in late 2023. The university’s School of Creative Arts operates the Wall Recording Studio on its Plas Coch campus, the former home of Calon FM community radio station
