The University of Buckingham is a non-profit, private university in the UK and the oldest of the country's five private universities. It is located in Buckingham, England, and was founded as the University College at Buckingham (UCB) in 1973. It was granted university status by royal charter in 1983 It is the only independent university in the UK with a Royal Charter, and probably the smallest with around 2,000 students. The University campus is well known for being one of the most attractive locations in the region. The university is a member of the Independent Universities Group, created in January 2015 The university was awarded the Times/Sunday Times University of the Year for Teaching Quality in 2016 and ranked 38 overall out of all 127 UK Universities.
