University of greenwich University, located in London, was founded in 1890. Its predecessor is woolwich Institute of Technology, which is the second institute of technology established in Britain. It was built near the ruins of the Royal Armory in18th century.
In the early 1990s, woolwich Institute of Technology, together with a large number of comprehensive polytechnics in Britain, was approved by the British government to be upgraded to a university, becoming one of more than 90 regular universities.