The University of Sunderland is a university located in Sunderland in the North East of England. The university has 20,887 students,and was one of six universities to be short-listed for 'University of the Year' in the Times Higher Education Supplement Awards 2012.
There are two campuses in Sunderland, and one in London. The Sunderland campuses are City Campus and the Sir Tom Cowie Campus at St Peter's. St Peter's opened during the 1990s on the north bank of the River Wear, the site of St. Peter's Church and monastery built by Benedict Biscop in 674AD.
