Teesside University Teesside University Teesside University is a public university with its main campus in Middlesbrough, Teesside in North East England. It has 18,576 students, according to the 2015/16 HESA student record. A shortage of funding long proved a barrier to developing the Middlesbrough-based Mechanics' Institute of 1844. With the required funding, the College's launch could have come as early as 1914. Even after the donation of £40,000 to build the college from local shipping magnate Joseph Constantine in 1916, progress was slow. A Governing Council took place in 1922, followed by a doubling of the original financial offer by the Constantine
Department of English, University of Vienna Department of English, University of Vienna The Department of English at Vienna University is, with almost 4000 students, one of the largest English departments in Europe. At the University of Vienna, which was founded in 1365, English was not included in the curricula until 1800. The delay can be blamed on religious caution. 16th and 17th centuries were a period of domination of Jesuit order at the University of Vienna, firmly supporting Catholic Church. Thus, English, as a language of Protestantism, was excluded from curricula. In the middle of the 18th century, as Empress Maria Theresia introduced reforms which declared