Our Motto:
primus inter pares
"a first among equals"
Established in London in 1969 as a Private Educational Trust according to the Laws of England and Wales, Bridgewater University set about offering independently tailored degree programmes in Business Studies.
It expanded rapidly as students demanded more scope in the programmes and the Trustees recruited Adjunct Faculty to cover almost all major disciplines and subjects.
It has never been the intention of Bridgewater University to compete as a mainstream, campus-based university, restricting itself to distance programmes and short summer schools at outsourced facilities where this was deemed appropriate.
A major change occurred in 1998 when the new legislation came into force in the United Kingdom that changed the law regarding private degree granting bodies.
A new Bridgewater University Educational Trust was established according to the laws of Republic of Ireland. This Trust took on the heritage of the earlier Bridgewater University Educational Trust. Due to changes in tax laws in the Republic of Ireland, Bridgewater University took on the incorporated status in the Republic of the Seychelles where it became specifically empowered to conduct itself as a tertiary level education institution in all curriculum and educational activities.
In 2009 Bridgewater University was acquired by an international consortium of private colleges. In keeping with the international nature and requirements of the consortium the reliance on a single jurisdiction (The Republic of the Seychelles) for its legal existence was discontinued in January 2010 in favour of a framework of transnational and international incorporations, agreements and Trusts.
This continues to ensure a fully legal existence as a private degree granting institution but emphasises its international nature.
Bridgewater University degree programmes are fully compliant width all relevant international and transnational legislation, UK legislation (where it maintained the Office of the Registrar until instituting an upgrade which allowed degrees to be verified in real time through this website) and the norms outlined by the International Standards Organisation in EN ISO Model Standard 9001 of July 1994. Bridgewater University has full legally established rights to the trade dress and nomenclature "Bridgewater University" including intellectual property and copyrights established in that trade dress and nomenclature.
It is independent of and un-associated with any other degree granting institutions around the world that also happen to have the name "Bridgewater" in their own trade dress or nomenclature.
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