Aberystwyth University

Founded in 1872, Aberystwyth University (known officially as the University Of Wales, Aberystwyth until 2007) was the first university established in Wales, in the town of Aberystwyth on the west coast.

In the early 21st Century, the university hosted a talk entitled "Black holes and the Uncertainty Principle". Gwen Cooper went to the talk upon finding out that Eugene Jones had planned to go before his death. Whilst there she met Eugene's friend Gary who then helped with her investigation (TW: Random Shoes).

Real World

 * In Random Shoes, the flyer advertising the talk states "N. Wales Astronomy Society Convention, Aberystwyth University, Science And Natural History Museum". In reality, there is no such museum.
 * Scenes set at the university were actually filmed in the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, due to budget and time constraints.
 * For the past several years the annual 'Moving Image Festival of Wales', "Ffresh" has been held at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre, located on the main university campus. While attending the 2007 festival, both Richard Stokes and Cath Tregenna gave a talk and Q&A session about their respective roles as producer and writer for Torchwood.
 * The Aberystwyth Arts Centre was also one of five venues that held advanced screenings of Smith and Jones. These were held throughout Wales on the morning of 31st March 2007, hours before the television broadcast.
 * The Department of Theatre, Film & Television Studies at the university has strong links with BBC Wales, possibly a reason for it being chosen to 'appear' in Torchwood.