Newcastle University (formally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a public research university in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East of England. The university can trace its origins to a School of Medicine and Surgery (later the College of Medicine), established in 1834, and to the College of Physical Science (later renamed Armstrong College), founded in 1871. These two colleges came to form one division of the federal University of Durham, with the Durham Colleges forming the other. The Newcastle colleges merged to form King's College in 1937. In 1963, following an Act of Parliament, King's College became the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Newcastle University is a red brick university and is a member of the Russell Group , an association of prestigious research-intensive UK universities. The university has one of the largest EU research portfolios in the UK.The annual income of the institution for 2017–18 was £495.7 million of which £109.4 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £483.3 million.
Teaching and research are delivered in 24 academic schools and 40 research institutes and research centres, spread across three Faculties: the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; the Faculty of Medical Sciences; and the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering. The university offers around 175 full-time undergraduate degree programmes in a wide range of subject areas spanning arts, sciences, engineering and medicine, together with approximately 340 postgraduate taught and research programmes across a range of disciplines.
- NEW CASTLE UNIVERSITY IS A WORLD-CLASS RESEARCH AND TEACHING UNIVERSITY, RANKED IN THE TOP 200 OF THE WORLD'S BEST UNIVERSITIES.
- 95% OF OUR UK & EU GRADUATES ARE IN EMPLOYMENT OR FURTHER STUDY
- 8TH IN THE UK FOR STUDENT EXPERIENCE
- GLOBAL TOP 200 UNIVERSITY
- GOLD AWARD FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE IN THE TEACHING EXCELLENCE FRAMEWORK(TEF)
- TEACHING EXCELLENCE
- Newcastle University is one of the top 150 universities in the world (QS World Ranking 2018).
- 175th in the world in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2017
- Our international students rate us highly, and we had an overall satisfaction ranking of 93% in the International Student Barometer Survey Autumn 2017. The results place us 6th in the UK (among participating institutions).
- We have an overall satisfaction level of 92% for our international students studying pathway and foundation courses at our INTO centre on campus (International Student Barometer Survey Autumn 2017).
- We are ranked joint 7th in the UK in the Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2018, placing us in the top 10 in the UK for the fourth year in a row. International students studying with us also give us a high rating of 95% for safety (International Student Barometer Autumn 2017).
