University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Welsh: Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant | |
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 2010 (Saint David's College, Lampeter founded 1822 and opened 1827; royal charter 1828) |
| Endowment | £8.8 million (2015) |
| Visitor | Wyn Evans, Bishop of St David's |
| President | R. Brinley Jones |
| Vice-Chancellor | Elwen Evans |
| Provost | D. Densil Morgan (Lampeter) Gwilym Dyfri Jones (Carmarthen) |
| Patron | King Charles III |
| Students | 15,660 (2023/24) |
| Undergraduates | 13,050 (2023/24) |
| Postgraduates | 2,610 (2023/24) |
| Location | |
| Campus | Multiple campuses |
| Affiliations | University of Wales Universities UK Cathedrals Group |
| Website | uwtsd |
The University of Wales Trinity Saint David (Welsh: Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant) is a public university with three main campuses in South West Wales, in Carmarthen, Lampeter and Swansea, a fourth campus in London, and learning centres in Cardiff, and Birmingham.
The university came into existence through the merger of the two oldest higher education institutions in Wales, the University of Wales, Lampeter (UWL) and Trinity University College (TUC) in 2010, under Lampeter's royal charter of 1828. In 2011, it was announced that the University of Wales would also merge into Trinity Saint David. On 1 August 2013 the university merged with Swansea Metropolitan University. King Charles III has been patron of the university since 2011. The Chair of the Council is Randolph Thomas former Archdeacon of Brecon from 2003 until 2013, and the Vice-Chancellor has been Elwen Evans since June 2023.
The university also collaborated with the University of Malaya in 2013 to establish University of Malaya-Wales (UM-Wales), a private university in Malaysia.