 Named after the 14th century scholar and last Welsh Prince of Wales, Owain Glyndŵr, Wrexham Glyndŵr University was formed when the North East Wales Institute (NEWI) was granted full university status in 2008.It consists of Plas Coch campus in the western part of the town and the North Wales School of Art and Design located on Regent Street.The institution was founded in 1887 as the Wrexham School of Science and Art.