The University of Keele, informally known as Keele University or Keele, is a public research university located about 3 miles (4.8 km) from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. Keele was granted university status by Royal Charter in 1962 and was originally founded in 1949 as the University College of North Staffordshire.
The university occupies a 620 acres (250 ha) rural campus close to the village of Keele and has ascience park and a conference centre, making it the largest main campus university in the UK.The university's School of Medicine operates the clinical part of their courses from a separate campus at the Royal Stoke University Hospital. The School of Nursing and Midwifery is based at the nearby Clinical Education Centre.
