Cardiff University is a public research university in Cardiff, Wales, in the United Kingdom. Its Welsh name is Prifysgol Caerdydd. The University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire was established in 1883. In 1893, it was one of the founding institutions of the University of Wales. In 1999, it became an independent university that conferred its own degrees. The university is the second-oldest in Wales. It belongs to the Russell Group, a prestigious group of British research universities. The university consistently receives recognition for providing excellent research-based university education and is listed as 123 of the top universities in the world by the QS World University Rankings. It also received the highest student satisfaction rating among Welsh universities in the 2013 National Student Survey.