Keele University
| Motto | Thanke God for All | |||||||||||||
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| Type | Public civic research university | |||||||||||||
| Established | 1949 – as University College of North Staffordshire 1962 – royal charter granted for university status | |||||||||||||
Academic affiliations | ACU EUA Universities UK Midlands Innovation | |||||||||||||
| Endowment | £1.04 million (2022-23) | |||||||||||||
| Budget | £206.3 million (2022–23) | |||||||||||||
| Chancellor | James Timpson, Baron Timpson | |||||||||||||
| Vice-Chancellor | Trevor McMillan | |||||||||||||
| Visitor | Rt Hon. Lucy Powell MP (as Lord President of the Council ex officio) | |||||||||||||
Academic staff | 774 (2022-23) | |||||||||||||
Administrative staff | 1,100 (2022-23) | |||||||||||||
| Students | 12,235 (2022-23) | |||||||||||||
| Undergraduates | 8,880 (2022-23) | |||||||||||||
| Postgraduates | 3,355 (2022-23) | |||||||||||||
| Location | , UK 53°00′11″N 2°16′23″W / 53.003°N 2.273°W | |||||||||||||
| Campus | Rural, 625 | |||||||||||||
| Newspaper | Concourse | |||||||||||||
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Sporting affiliations | Team Keele | |||||||||||||
| Mascot | Herbert the Dragon | |||||||||||||
| Website | keele | |||||||||||||
Keele University is a public research university in Keele, approximately three miles (five kilometres) from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. Founded in 1949 as the University College of North Staffordshire, it was granted university status by Royal Charter as the University of Keele in 1962.
Keele occupies a 625-acre (253-hectare) rural campus close to the village of Keele and includes extensive woods, lakes and Keele Hall set in the Staffordshire Potteries. It has a science park and a conference centre, and is the largest campus university in the UK. The university's Medical School operates the clinical part of its courses from a separate campus at the Royal Stoke University Hospital. The School of Nursing and Midwifery is based at the nearby Clinical Education Centre.