In 1992 he was appointed to the Vice-Chancellorship at the University of Warwick and led it from 1993 until 2001. During that period the University managed to establish itself as a major force in UK higher education (as judged by the various league tables). Its especial strengths lie in Engineering (Warwick Manufacturing Group), Mathematics, Economics, Sociology and the Humanities. It launched the Warwick Research Fellowships in 1994, a £10m scheme, entirely financed by the University, which brought to Warwick a large cohort of some of the brightest young researchers in the UK and abroad. It obtained excellent results in the Research Assessment Exercises of 1996 and 2001. An ambitious building programme valued at over £100m was undertaken. Warwick was also a founding member of the Russell Group and opened a graduate-entry medical school in 2001. On his last foreign trip President Clinton, accompanied by Prime Minister Blair, visited the university and gave a valedictory speech on foreign policy.