▁univers ities ▁fund ed ▁by ▁the ▁Wel sh ▁Government ▁through ▁HE FC W , ▁with ▁an ▁allocation ▁of ▁just ▁under ▁£ 1 2 0 M ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 – 2 0 1 7 , ▁covering ▁teaching ▁and ▁research . ▁Wel sh ▁univers ities ▁also ▁charge ▁tu ition ▁fe es , ▁c apped ▁at ▁£ 9 , 0 0 0 ▁per ▁year ▁for ▁UK ▁and ▁EU ▁students ▁on ▁under grad uate ▁courses , ▁although ▁international ▁students ▁and ▁post grad uate ▁students ▁may ▁pay ▁more . ▁ ▁Univers ities ▁ ▁International ▁rank ings ▁ ▁A ▁list ▁of ▁Wales ▁top ▁univers ities ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 9 – 2 0 ▁as ▁per ▁four ▁major ▁international ▁ranking ▁platforms ▁AR W U , ▁Q S , ▁Le iden , ▁and ▁THE ▁( Times ▁High er ▁Education ). ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁Education ▁in ▁Wales ▁List ▁of ▁further ▁education ▁colleg es ▁in ▁Wales ▁ ▁References ▁▁ ▁* ▁Wales ▁Un i ▁Un i ▁Category : List s ▁of ▁organis ations ▁based ▁in ▁Wales <0x0A> </s> ▁Dr . ▁Alexander ▁Thompson ▁Big el ow ▁( born ▁ 1 8 4 1 ; ▁died ▁ 1 9 2 3 ) ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁ch ess ▁master . ▁ ▁Big el ow ▁was ▁the ▁City ▁Champion ▁of ▁Saint ▁Paul , ▁Minnesota ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 1 . ▁He ▁played ▁several ▁times ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Open ▁Ch ess ▁Championship ; ▁tied ▁for ▁ 9 - 1 0 th ▁in ▁Excel si or , ▁Minnesota , ▁in ▁ 1