As a consequence of the expansion outside Canterbury the university's name was formally changed to the University of Kent on 1 April 2003.

Since 2000, the university launched a major restructuring programme, which, specifically, translated into a total image rebrand in 2003, the closure of a number of campuses over 2005 – 2011, the expansion of other campuses and generally the consolidation of the university's activities on fewer, bigger campuses in north London.

During the 1930s, Bradford Knapp, the university's second president, proceeded with an expansion program, which included new dormitories, the first library ( now the mathematics building ), a golf course, a swimming pool, paved streets and alleys, and landscaping.

About of property was later purchased from McLean, just before his death, by the University of Toronto for about $ 650, 000 in 1963, as part of the university's regional expansion.

In 2009, the City of Burlington, Halton Region, and McMaster University signed an official agreement laying out the timelines and next steps for the university's expansion into Burlington.

Numerous other reform procedures have been realised since 1995 under the auspices of TUM's president, Wolfgang A. Herrmann, such as the introduction of efficient guidance and decision profiles, the resolute expansion of the university's autonomy in keeping with the new philosophy of an ' entrepreneurial university ', university-wide core competences in the field of informatics, the establishment of central institutes and research platforms with an interdisciplinary focus, the introduction of numerous, attractive Bachelor / Masters degree courses, strategic internationalisation, enhanced collaboration with industrial and social partners, stepping up professional fundraising, the inauguration of the Carl-von-Linde Academy to house the Humanities, Cultural and Social Studies.

President R. Franklin Thompson ( 1942 – 1973 ) led a massive physical and institutional expansion: During this era almost all of the university's buildings were constructed.

During this time, more facilities were constructed for the university, but it was under the tenure of James F. Zimmerman, the university's seventh president, that the university underwent its first major expansion, with many new buildings being constructed, student enrollment increased, a broadening of scholastic interests and new departments added, and greater support for scientific research.

The expansion plan would eventually inflict a serious strain on the university's financial status.

On February 6, 2009, the university's Board of Trustees voted unanimously and without discussion to give the final approval construction to commence on the south end zone expansion.

He remained in that role for twelve years, overseeing a major period of the university's expansion.

During Stenton's period as vice-chancellor at Reading, he presided over the university's purchase of Whiteknights Park, creating the new campus that allowed for the expansion of the university in later decades.

CSU's RiverPark campus, located near the banks of the Chattahoochee River, provides an expansion for the university's fine arts programs.

Due to Carlton's close proximity to the Parkville campus of the University of Melbourne, many university-owned buildings can be found around Carlton, as a result of the university's expansion through the years.

During the 20th Century, due to the university's expansion, an entire set of islands ( nowadays merged as one sole island-the Fundão Island ) on Guanabara Bay was set apart for the construction of buildings which today host the university's administration and several of its colleges and research centers.

To promote the university's expansion, Malviya invited eminent guest speakers such as Mahatma Gandhi, Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, Prof C. V. Raman, Dr. Prafulla Chandra Roy, Prof Sam Higginbottom, Sir Patrick Geddes, and Besant to deliver a series of what are now called The University Extension Lectures between 5 – 8 February 1916.

A Fiji campus was closed in February 2007 to allow resources to be directed towards expansion of the university's Pacific education services.

The NTU administration finally relented and announced the decision to rename Nanyang Technological University as Nanyang University in 2005, justifying the move based on the university's introduction of non-technology-related schools and its expansion into a full multidisciplinary university.

For ten years, Plater-Zyberk was a Trustee of Princeton, where she chaired the university's Building Committee during a strong period of building and expansion.

Further expansion was made to the campus of Cook College, the university's school of agriculture.

The expansion of the university's athletics will bring the number of sport offerings from the initial seven sports to twelve.

The Senate is responsible for the university's academics, including standards for admission into the university and qualifications for degrees, diplomas, and certificates.

While pursuing his bachelor's degree, Coppola was elected president of The Green Wig ( the university's drama group ), the Kaleidoscopians, ( its musical comedy club ) and he then merged the two into The Spectrum Players.

A renewable energy partnership was entered into by the university, Rocky Mountain Power and 3Degrees on September 28, 2011 allowing the purchase of renewable wind power that in its first year will produce 98, 233, 000 kilowatt-hours of wind energy, which is 36 % of the university's total power usage, with plans for an additional two-year renewable energy commitment.

The university's main campus is from Downtown Pittsburgh and abuts the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Schenley Park, and the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in the city's Oakland and Squirrel Hill neighborhoods, partially extending into Shadyside.

The university's origins lie in Acton Technical College, which was split into two in 1957 – Acton Technical College continued to cater for technicians and craftsmen, and the new Brunel College of Technology ( named after Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the British engineer ) was dedicated to the education of chartered engineers.

In the late 1990s, the Departments of Physics, Chemistry, and Materials Engineering were all closed, and, in 2004, the then Vice-Chancellor Steven Schwartz, initiated the reorganisation of the university's faculties and departments into schools, and closed the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences.

In 1986, the Iranian parliament, known as the Majlis of Iran, stipulated that the university's overcrowded College of Medicine be separated into the independent Tehran University of Medical Sciences ( TUMS ), and that TUMS be placed under the leadership of the new Ministry of Health and Medical Education.

Eliot was an administrative reformer, reorganizing the university's faculty into schools and departments and replacing recitations with lectures and seminars.

CNN reported in October 2003 that Catherine Dell ' Orto, a veterinarian at Columbia University, had approached the university's Institute of Comparative Medicine about the treatment of baboons who were undergoing surgery as part of an experiment into stroke treatment.

He was instrumental in adding more than $ 75 million to the university's endowment, developing an international finance concentration as part of the curriculum, and combining the various Asian studies programs into one department.

The building, which houses the university's Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, is constructed of steel and concrete and is divided into seven structures above ground.

* 40 % of the university's research into English was given the highest grade of 4 < sup >*</ sup >, indicating world leading quality and placing the Faculty alongside the universities of Oxford and Cambridge for its research.

Summers approved the decision to enter into the swap contracts as president of the university and as a member of Harvard Corp., " the university's seven-member ruling body " which bears " the school's ultimate fiduciary responsibility.

On 1 August 2008, the university's system was restructured into five ' colleges ', which are composed of numerous ' schools ':

The library wing was converted into an exhibition and conference venue in the 1990s and today also houses the university's Business School.

The university is divided into four colleges: Cumberland College ( the university's undergraduate school ), the Hutton School of Business / Management, the Hutton Center for Leadership Studies, and the Graduate / Professional Education program.

No less than the university's rescue is credited to Monan who set into motion the university's upward trajectory in finances, reputation, and global scope.

The university's main buildings are grouped around Geschwister-Scholl-Platz and Professor-Huber-Platz on Ludwigstrasse, extending into side streets such as Akademiestraße, Schellingstraße, and Veterinärstraße.

The university's Outdoor Recreation Program rents camping, water sports, mountain sports, and winter sports equipment to students, as well as providing them with area trail maps and expertise for their ventures into the canyon and elsewhere.

The university's Honors College allows select students to design a customized curriculum that incorporates a broad range of disciplines, and offers students the opportunity for early admission into Texas Tech University ’ s medical and law schools.

Over the university's history, it developed from a small rural normal school into a comprehensive public university.

Citing insufficient evidence of integration of the FRIAS concept into the university's framework, the committee did not extend funding for the FRIAS and the institutional strategy line of funding, despite acknowledging the impressive research and advances achieved at FRIAS in the past years.