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The Schools of Science, Art and Technical Instruction were opened.
1893
Tuition was given to ex-soldiers and sailors of the First World War. It was then known as Chepping Wycombe Technical Institute and School of Art.
1920
After the Second World War, increased demand for technical education led to the College of Further Education being opened on a new site in Alexandra Road.
1963
High Wycombe College of Art and Technology merged with Newland Park College of Education to form Buckinghamshire College of Further Education.
1975
The college became one of the UK’s new independent Higher Education Corporations.
1989
The college became a polytechnic institute.
1992
Missenden Abbey was purchased by the University.
1995
Buckinghamshire College was awarded University College status by the Government, in recognition of its high standards of teaching, training and research, and became Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College.
1999
University title was achieved and the new name, Buckinghamshire New University was approved, meaning that the institution was now officially a University.
2007
An additional site was established in Uxbridge, west London, providing state of the art theaters for the nursing division.
2009
The Gateway building at the High Wycombe Campus won an architectural award from the Royal Institute of British Architects.
2010
Buckinghamshire UTC was given the go-ahead by the Government. The UTC is jointly led by Aylesbury College and Buckinghamshire New University.
2011
Relaunch of our Aylesbury Campus.
2019
Opening of our campus at Pinewood Studios.
2020
Commencement of the High Wycombe Heart of the Campus Estates Development Programme
2022
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