Aberystwyth University is a public research university in Aberystwyth, Wales. It offers a unique combination of long academic tradition; outstandingly beautiful location, beneath the mountains and beside the sea a centre of national and regional, cultural and commercial importance; a campus combining one of only 6 copyright libraries in Britain with a Beacon status Arts Centre and state-of-the-art facilities. Aberystwyth University has pioneered a number of academic disciplines – drama, geography, international politics and Welsh were first taught to degree level at Aberystwyth.