UK’s first ‘super-university’, merging Greenwich and Kent, to launch in September

Greenwich University. The universities will retain their individual names and identities. Photograph: Lasse Kristensen/Alamy

The UK’s first “super-university”, which will merge the universities of Greenwich and Kent, is set to launch in September.

The new London and South East University Group, to be known as LASEUG or LASE, will have more than 50,000 students on four campuses across London, Medway and Kent, making it the third largest higher education institution in the UK.