Wales is the home of the University of South Wales. The University of Glamorgan and the University of Wales, Newport were combined to become it on April 11, 2013. The Newport Mechanics Institute was established in 1841, which is where the university's first history begins. The university is the largest in Wales and the sixth largest in the United Kingdom, with more than 31,000 students from 122 different countries. The university, the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and Merthyr Tydfil College are all a component of the University of South Wales Group. It has a network of 106 partner colleges, universities, FE institutions, or organizations that deliver the higher education programs or provide access to courses offered by the University of South Wales in the UK and 18 other countries. On its four campuses in South East Wales, the university has four faculties: the Faculty of Business and Society, the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science, the Faculty of Creative Industries, and the Faculty of Life Sciences and Education. The institution also has a wholly owned subsidiary of the national music and drama conservatoire, the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, as well as animation studios, broadcasting studios, a photography school, a reputation for stage design, poets, scriptwriters, and novelists. It offers a variety of credentials, including advanced degrees and PhD study. It offers a variety of STEM courses as a Post 92 University, including engineering, math, computing, and surveying.