Although Greenwich merely became the university inside 1992, it was antecedently the polytechnic college named Thames Polytechnic, & the bit of of its constituents - these are a effect of a series of mergers - were founded on top 100 years ago. Now its big campus (Maritime Greenwich) is placed beside a Thames in the grounds of the old Royal Naval College, designed as a naval hospital in the 17th century by Sir Christopher Wren. In 1 side it has views across a Thames to the Isle of Dogs and Canary Wharf, and on the other to Greenwich Park and the Royal Obervatory. A evidence come regularly utilized by TV & film maker as a handy filming location, for example for the 2004 Stage Beauty.

Teaching and research
As a post-1992 university, Greenwich focuses on teaching & step by step instruction. It has particular strengths around business studies through its Business School & within computing, data system & multimedia system technology though a school of Computing and Mathematical Sciences. [http://www.gre.ac.uk/schools/business/index.html] Around 2005 it ranked Sixteenth (away from 86) for media studies in The Guardian's rankings.[http://education.guardian.co.uk/universityguide2005/] It also has hard links by having further education colleges in the Thames Gateway arethe, and plays a leading regional role within how to training teachers, nurses and social care professionals.

Inside March 2005 it was announced that Greenwich would exist as one of leash British universities charging to a lesser degree a £3000-by the-month set boundaries to exist as introduced from either academic month 2006. When consultation sustaining students, Greenwich might charge £2,500 for its undergrad courses. Vicechancellor Baroness Blackstone said this was "a reflection of our wish to attract students from a wide range of backgrounds". [http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/comment/story/0,,1441087,00.html]

Greenwich likewise houses a few number 1-class search & consultancy, notably within architecture, fire safety [http://fseg.gre.ac.uk/], natural resources [http://www.nri.org], social network analysis and public services [http://www.psiru.org].