Between 2013 and 2014 , Cardiff University had less than 21,500 enrolled undergraduates for a total of less than 30,300 enrolled students .
The research impact of Cardiff was also ranked 2nd in the UK.The university has an undergraduate enrolment of 21,575 and a total enrolment of 30,480 ( according to HESA data for 2014/15 )   making it one of the ten largest universities in the UK .