The University of Bradford is a public research university located in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. A plate glass university, it received its royal charter in 1966, making it the 40th university to be created in Britain, but can trace its origins back to the establishment of the industrial West Yorkshire town's Mechanics Institute in 1832.
Former names: Bradford Institute of Technology
Motto: Give invention light (from Shakespeare's Sonnet 38)
Type: Public
Established: 1832 – Mechanics Institute · 1882 – Bradford Technical College · 1957 – Bradford Institute of Technology · 1966 – gained university status by royal charter