The University of Buckingham (UB) is a non-profit private university in Buckingham, England, and the oldest of the country’s five private universities. Founded as the University College at Buckingham (UCB) in 1973, admitting its first students in 1976, it was granted university status by royal charter in 1983. The university offers bachelor’s degrees, master’s degrees, and doctorates through five “schools” (or faculties) of study.
The university’s schools are Education; Law; Humanities; Arts and Languages; Business; and Science and Medicine. Each of these is presided over by a dean. It is one of the most highly-ranked universities in the UK. The league tables of individual subjects in The Guardian University Guide 2020, produced by The Guardian newspaper, ranked Buckingham 10th (out of 101) for Accounting and Finance, 18th (out of 119) for Business Management and Marketing, 6th (out of 71) for Economics, 12th (out of 105) for English and Creative Writing, 28th (out of 101) for Law, and 51st (out of 116) for Psychology. It is noted as teaching Computer Science and Information Systems, History, History of Art, Medicine, and Politics, but not ranked in the subjects.
