Roehampton University is a campus university in the United Kingdom, situated on three major sites at Roehampton in south-west London. Roehampton University is the successor to Roehampton Institute of Higher Education (RIHE), which was created in 1975. It was formed by the federation of four teacher training colleges with 19th century origins. The colleges, in order of foundation, were: For the first ten years, the Institute's degrees were validated by the University of London. Students at RIHE also had access to the University of London's facilities. After the 1983-84 academic year, Roehampton Institute closed off its links with the University of London. Instead it formed a connection with the University of Surrey, and its graduates were awarded Surrey degrees. The links with Surrey were strengthened considerably from 1 January 2000, when Roehampton Institute became an equal partner in the Federal University of Surrey, and changed its name to the University of Surrey Roehampton. The other partner was the original University of Surrey ("UniS") based in Guildford.