University of Warwick Archive
The University of Warwick Archive does not provide copies of degree certificates or transcripts. Please refer to the bottom of the Award Certificates page to find out how to get help obtaining either replacement certificates or information about your studies at Warwick .
What the University Archive contains
The University of Warwick Archive (UWA) contains ongoing deposits of agenda, minutes and papers relating to all meetings held by the University's formal committees. Many of the records are paper-based but since the early 2000s these have been deposited in digital formats instead. Public agenda and minutes for Warwick's committees can be accessed here. In addition to governance records, the UWA also contains communications and publicity materials (prospectuses, photographs of campus, recruitment films, annual reports, staff newsletters and student newspapers), audio-visual archives, and publications about Warwick and the New Universities of the 1960s, including architectural masterplans for Warwick's campus. Another important part of the archive relates to the records of the City of Coventry Training College / Coventry College of Education which merged with the University in 1978/9.
How to find material about Warwick University
The catalogue of the University of Warwick Archive is available online and provides searchable descriptions of more than 14,000 documents relating to the history and administration of the University.
Other archive collections held at the Modern Records Centre also include material relating to the University. These can be identified by searching the MRC's main archive catalogue.
Some printed material from the University Archive has been digitised and is available through the Warwick Digital Collections site. These include undergraduate prospectuses, Students' Union handbooks and a range of student newspapers.
Interviews with students and staff conducted in 2015 to mark Warwick’s 50th Anniversary can also be listened to online.
Access to the University of Warwick Archive
We strongly recommend notifying us in advance of your intended visit. Please send any enquiries about the University of Warwick Archive to archives@warwick.ac.uk. Most material can be accessed by visiting our searchroom, however, some records have access restrictions in place and these are described as 'Closed' in the UWA catalogue. If you would like access to such material please contact us to discuss this.
On your first visit to use the archives you will be required to complete a research application form and to prove your identity. Acceptable forms of proof include your university card, passport, driving licence or County Archive Research Network (CARN) ticket. You will then be given a copy of the research application form as your proof of registration.
We are happy to advise on potential sources in the archive but we can only do a limited amount of research on behalf of enquirers.
Further Resources
History of the University of Warwick, Campus Timeline and Leadership
The History of Names at Warwick
The Impact of a University on its Environment : The University of Warwick and its Community after Fifty Years by Michael Shattock (2015).
Warwick University Ltd : Industry, Management and the Universities by E. P. Thompson (Second Edition, 2014).
The Martin Family and the University of Warwick: The Contribution of Private Giving to a University's SuccessLink opens in a new window by Michael Shattock with Roberta Warman (Second Edition, November 2010)
Sociology at the University of Warwick : A History by Ian Procter (2007).
The Role of the Personnel Department at the University of Warwick by Paul Andrew Hurst (University of Warwick M.A. Dissertation, 1997).
Shattering the Glass Ceiling in Academia : A Case Study in the University of Warwick by Lesley Giles (University of Warwick M.A. Dissertation, 1992).
Making A University: A Celebration of Warwick’s first 25 years compiled by Michael Shattock (1991).
A University is Born : The Story of the Foundation of the University of Warwick by Henry Rees (1989).
The Warwick Way : A Case Study of Innovation and Entrepreneurship within a University Context by David Palfreyman (MBA Project Report, Aston University 1988).
N.B. Some departments at Warwick have included departmental histories and timelines on their own webpages.