In the historic English city of Chester, there is a public institution called the University of Chester. The university conducts academic research and offers a variety of foundational, undergraduate, and postgraduate courses on its three campuses in Chester and one in Warrington. The university belongs to the North West Universities Association, the Cathedrals Group, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, and Universities UK. According to data on entry requirements acquired by the HESA from the 2010–11 academic year, the typical University of Chester student received a UCAS tariff of 282.