The University of Warwick received its Royal Charter of Incorporation in 1965.  It is situated on a large campus which straddles the boundary between the City of Coventry and the County of Warwickshire.

The University originally admitted a small intake of graduate students in 1964 and took its first 450 undergraduate in October 1965.  In October 2009, the student population was 20,000.  33% of the student body comes from countries outside of the UK.  The University has 29 academic departments and over 40 research centres and institutes, in four Faculties: Arts, Medicine, Science and Social Studies.

 Since its establishment, Warwick has expanded its campus to 700 acres and with many modern buildings and academic facilities, lakes and woodlands.  A recent survey by The Times resulted in the campus being voted the best in the UK by a national poll of university students.