Bangor University is a Welsh university in the city of
Bangor in the county of
Gwynedd in
North Wales. It received its Royal Charter in 1885 and was one of the founding member institutions of the former federal
University of Wales. It was officially known for most of its history as the University College of North Wales (UCNW), and later as the University of Wales, Bangor (UWB) . From September 2007 it became known as Bangor University, having become independent from the federal
University of Wales.