College of advanced technology (United Kingdom)

The ten CATs and the universities they became were: • Birmingham CAT became Aston University (the first designated college of advanced technology) (afterwards University of Bath) • Welsh CAT (in Cardiff) became the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (UWIST) before merging with other institutions to become part of Cardiff University • Salford CAT (the Royal College of Advanced Technology) became the University of Salford • Bradford Institute of Technology became the University of Bradford ==In Scotland==

Although CATs did not formally exist in Scotland, the same policy of former technical colleges that already delivered degree-level education being elevated to university status also took place north of the border in the 1960s. Notable examples were the Royal College of Science and Technology in Glasgow becoming the University of Strathclyde in 1964, Heriot-Watt College in Edinburgh becoming Heriot-Watt University in 1966, and, to a lesser extent, the former Queen's College, Dundee (a constituent of the University of St Andrews) becoming the University of Dundee in 1967. == See also ==