Facts and figures

Find out about student numbers at the University of Wolverhampton - but first a very brief history...

Brief history

Our roots go back to the Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Technical College built in 1931 in the grounds of the deanery of St Peter's Collegiate Church. A merger with a local art college followed and Wolverhampton Poly was born in 1969.
 
More mergers with teacher training institutions came in the 1980s and we became a university in 1992.

Student numbers for 2010-11

Gender Total %
Female 13387 57.7%
Male 9820 42.3%
Total 23207 100%
 
Age on entry Total %
Not Known 1 0.0%
18 and under 2313 10.0%
19 to 20 6113 26.3%
21 to 25 5884 25.4%
26 to 30 2801 12.1%
31 to 35 1716 7.4%
36 to 40 1587 6.8%
Over 40 2792 12.0%
Total 23207 100%
 
School Total Full-time/ sandwich Part-time
School of Applied Sciences 2043 1673 370
School of Art & Design 1367 1154 213
School of Technology 3859 2404 1455
School of Education 3867 1275 2592
School of Health and Wellbeing 4455 2951 1504
School of Law. Social Sciences and Communication 3324 2594 730
School of Sport, Performing Arts and Leisure 1946 1734 212
University of Wolverhampton Business School 2270 1449 821
Education Partnerships 73 0 73
International Centre 3 3 0
Total 23207 15237 7970

 

Level of study Total %
Undergraduate 18880 81.4%
Postgraduate 4327 18.6%
Total 23207 100%
 
Ethnicity Total %
Asian Other 803 3.5%
Bangladeshi 284 1.2%
Black African 1295 5.6%
Black Caribbean 1006 4.3%
Black Other 177 0.8%
Chinese 674 2.9%
Indian 2626 11.3%
Not Given 815 3.5%
Not Known 169 0.7%
Other 275 1.2%
Other Mixed Background 136 0.6%
Pakistani 1354 5.8%
White 13041 56.2%
White and Black African 53 0.2%
White and Asian 132 0.6%
White and Black Caribbean 367 1.6%
Total 23207 100%
 
Ethnicity group Total  %
Black, Asian and Others 9182 39.6%
Not Known 984 4.2%
White 13041 56.2%
Total 23207 100%
 
Disability allowance Total %
Information not known/sought 21839 94.1%
In receipt of Disab Allowance 617 2.7%
Not in receipt of Disab Allowance 751 3.2%
Total 23207 100%
 
 Disability  Total %
Autistic spectrum disorder 43 0.19%
Blind/partially sighted 37 0.16%
Deaf/hearing impaired 87 0.37%
Specific Learning difficulties, eg dyslexia 686 2.96%
Mental health difficulties 89 0.38%
Long standing illness or health condition 64 0.28%
No known disability 21692 93.47%
Other not listed 369 1.59%
Wheelchair user/mobility difficulties 52 0.22%
Not known 80 0.34%
Information refused 8 0.03%
Total 23207 100%
 
Domicile Total %
Channel Islands & Isle of Man 3 0.0%
Eastern
 168 0.7%
Greater London 253 1.1%
East Midlands 611 2.6%
North East 110 0.5%
North West 254 1.1%
Northern Ireland 11 0.0%
EU 1024 4.4%
Overseas 2698 11.6%
Scotland 15 0.1%
Yorkshire & Humberside 248 1.1%
South East 272 1.2%
South West 244 1.1%
Wales 64 0.3%
West Midlands 17010 73.3%
Not Known 43 0.2%
Other UK 179 0.8%
Total 23207 100%
 
* Source: HESA return and SITS as at November 2011