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'{{distinguish|text=[[University of Newcastle, Australia]]}} {{EngvarB|date=January 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox university | name = Newcastle University | image_size = 150px | caption = [[Coat of arms]] | latin_name = <!-- No latin name --> | motto = <!-- No motto --> | established = {{start date|1834}} – School of Medicine and Surgery<br />1963 – became independent from the [[Durham University|University of Durham]] | type = [[Public university|Public]] | endowment = [[Pound sterling|£]]80.6&nbsp;million {{small|(as of 31 July 2018)}}<ref name="Newcastle university financial statement 17/18">{{cite web | url = https://www.ncl.ac.uk/media/wwwnclacuk/whoweare/files/integratedannualreport2017-18.pdf | title = Integrated Annual Report 2017–18 | accessdate = 12 December 2018 | publisher = Newcastle University | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181215223558/https://www.ncl.ac.uk/media/wwwnclacuk/whoweare/files/integratedannualreport2017-18.pdf | archive-date = 15 December 2018 | url-status = dead }}</ref> | budget = [[Pounds sterling|£]]495.7 million {{small|(2017–18)}}<ref name="Newcastle university financial statement 17/18"/> | chancellor = [[Imtiaz Dharker]] | vice_chancellor = [[Chris Day (clinician)|Chris Day]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gove|first1=Jack|title=Newcastle University looks close to home for new v–c|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/newcastle-university-looks-close-home-new-v-c|accessdate=4 January 2017|work=Times Higher Education|publisher=TES Global|date=11 July 2016}}</ref> | students = {{HESA student population|INSTID=0154}} ({{HESA year}})<ref name="HESA citation">{{HESA citation}}</ref> | undergrad = {{HESA undergraduate population|INSTID=0154}} ({{HESA year}})<ref name="HESA citation"/> | postgrad = {{HESA postgraduate population|INSTID=0154}} ({{HESA year}})<ref name="HESA citation"/> | doctoral = | other = | city = [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] | state = [[Tyne and Wear]] | country = [[England]], UK | coor = {{coord|54.978|-1.615|display=inline,title}} | campus = Urban | former_names = | free_label = | free = | athletics = | colours = [[Sky blue|Blue]] (University)<br/>[[Old gold]] (Humanities)<br/>Royal blue (Science)<br/>Palatinate (Medicine) | mascot = Percy the Lion | affiliations = [[Russell Group]]<br/>[[European University Association|EUA]]<br/>[[N8 Group]]<br/>[[Association of Commonwealth Universities|ACU]]<br/>[[Universities UK]] <br/>[[EQUIS]]<br/>[[Association of MBAs|AMBA]]<br/>[[AACSB]] | website = {{url|www.ncl.ac.uk}} | logo = [[File:UnivNcle-logo.png|250px]] | footnotes = | image_name = Shield of the University of Newcastle.svg | faculty = 2,430<ref name="figures"/> | staff = 1,049<ref name="figures">{{cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/figures.htm |title=Facts and Figures |publisher=Newcastle University |accessdate=25 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629011153/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/figures.htm |archivedate=29 June 2014 }}</ref> }} '''Newcastle University''' (formally the '''University of Newcastle upon Tyne''') is a [[UK]][[public university|public]] [[research university]] in the English city of [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], located in [[North East 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 [[Edward Fenwick Boyd#College of Physical Science|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]],<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.russellgroup.ac.uk/ |title=The Russell Group |publisher=The [[Russell Group]] |accessdate=29 March 2008}}</ref> an association of research-intensive UK universities. The university has one of the largest EU research portfolios in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ncl.ac.uk/research/| title= Research at Newcastle |publisher=Newcastle University |date=12 March 2008 |accessdate=29 April 2008}}</ref> The annual income of the institution for 2017–18 was £495.7&nbsp;million of which £109.4&nbsp;million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £483.3&nbsp;million.<ref name="Newcastle university financial statement 17/18"/> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/world-ranking/institution/newcastle-university |title=Newcastle University – World University Rankings 2013–14 |work=Times Higher Education |accessdate=24 November 2013}}</ref> Newcastle University has also been awarded a Gold in Teaching by the Teaching Excellence Framework ([[Teaching Excellence Framework|TEF]]), one of ten Russell Group universities to achieve Gold TEF rating.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/university-teaching-scores-russell-group-improvements-government-rankings-tef-a8386321.html|title=Elite universities improve teaching scores after requesting to be judged again in government rankings|author=Eleanor Busby|work=[[The Independent]]|date=6 June 2018}}</ref> ==History== [[File:Armstrong Building, Newcastle University, 7 September 2013 (14).jpg|thumb|The Armstrong Building|alt=|left]] The establishment of a university in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] was first proposed in 1831 by [[Thomas Michael Greenhow|Thomas Greenhow]] in a lecture to the Literary and Philosophical Society. In 1832 a group of local medics – physicians George Fife (teaching ''materia medica'' and therapeutics) and Samuel Knott (teaching theory and practice of medicine), and surgeons [[John Fife (surgeon)|John Fife]] (teaching surgery), Alexander Fraser (teaching anatomy and physiology) and Henry Glassford Potter (teaching chemistry) – started offering medical lectures in Bell's Court to supplement the apprenticeship system (a fourth surgeon, Duncan McAllum, is mentioned by some sources among the founders, but was not included in the prospectus). The first session started on 1 October 1832 with eight or nine students, including [[John Snow]], then apprenticed to a local surgeon-apothecary, the opening lecture being delivered by John Fife. In 1834 the lectures and practical demonstrations moved to the Hall of the Company of Barber Surgeons to accommodate the growing number of students, and the School of Medicine and Surgery was formally established on 1 October 1834.<ref>{{cite thesis|title=Durham University: Last of the Ancient Universities and First of the New (1831-1871)|last=Andrews|first=Matthew Paul|type=DPhil|publisher=University of Oxford|pages=235–237|chapter=Chapter 7 – Durham and Higher Education in Newcastle|date=2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Cholera, Chloroform, and the Science of Medicine: A Life of John Snow|page=30|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_93j18W7cvwC&pg=PA30#v=onepage&q&f=false|authors=Peter Vinten-Johansen, Howard Brody, Nigel Paneth, Stephen Rachman, Michael Rip, David Zuck|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=1 May 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Collegium Medicum Novocastrense : the history of the Medical School, afterwards the Durham College of Medicine at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, for forty years, from 1832 to 1872|url=https://archive.org/details/b22303340/mode/1up|pages=3–12|author=Dennis Embleton|publisher=Andrew Reid, Sons & Co.|date=1890}}</ref> On 25 June 1851, following a dispute among the teaching staff, the school was formally dissolved and the lecturers split into two rival institutions. The majority formed the Newcastle College of Medicine, and the others established themselves as the Newcastle upon Tyne College of Medicine and Practical Science. In July 1851 the majority college was recognised by the [[Society of Apothecaries]] and in October by the [[Royal College of Surgeons of England]] and in January 1852 was approved by the [[University of London]] to submit its students for London medical degree examinations. Later in 1852, the majority college was formally linked to the [[Durham University|University of Durham]], becoming the "Newcastle-upon-Tyne College of Medicine in connection with the University of Durham".<ref>{{cite book|title=Collegium Medicum Novocastrense : the history of the Medical School, afterwards the Durham College of Medicine at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, for forty years, from 1832 to 1872|url=https://archive.org/details/b22303340/mode/1up|pages=35,52–53|author=Dennis Embleton|publisher=Andrew Reid, Sons & Co.|date=1890}}</ref> The college awarded its first 'Licence in Medicine' (LicMed) under the auspices of the University of Durham in 1856, with external examiners from Oxford and London, becoming the first medical examining body on the United Kingdom to institute practical examinations alongside written and ''viva voce'' examinations. The two colleges amalgamated in 1857, with the first session of the unified college opening on 3 October that year.<ref>{{cite book|title=Collegium Medicum Novocastrense : the history of the Medical School, afterwards the Durham College of Medicine at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, for forty years, from 1832 to 1872|url=https://archive.org/details/b22303340/mode/1up|pages=60, 63–65|author=Dennis Embleton|publisher=Andrew Reid, Sons & Co.|date=1890}}</ref> In 1861 the degree of Master of Surgery was introduced, allowing for the double qualification of Licence of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, along with the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Doctor of Medicine, both of which required residence in Durham. In 1870 the college was brought into closer connection with the university, becoming the ''Durham University College of Medicine'' with the Reader in Medicine becoming the Professor of Medicine, the college gaining a representative on the university's senate, and residence at the college henceforth counting as residence in the university towards degrees in medicine and surgery, removing the need for students to spend a period of residence in Durham before they could receive the higher degrees.<ref>{{cite book|title=Collegium Medicum Novocastrense : the history of the Medical School, afterwards the Durham College of Medicine at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, for forty years, from 1832 to 1872|url=https://archive.org/details/b22303340/mode/1up|pages=75,92|author=Dennis Embleton|publisher=Andrew Reid, Sons & Co.|date=1890}}</ref> Attempts to realise a place for the teaching of sciences in the city were finally met with the foundation of the [[Edward Fenwick Boyd#College of Physical Science|College of Physical Science]] in 1871. The college offered instruction in mathematics, physics, chemistry and geology to meet the growing needs of the mining industry, becoming the ''Durham College of Physical Science'' in 1883 and then renamed after [[William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong|William George Armstrong]] as [[Colleges of Durham University#Colleges in Newcastle (Armstrong College and King's College)|Armstrong College]] in 1904. Both these separate and independent institutions later became part of the University of Durham, whose 1908 Act formally recognised that the university consisted of two Divisions, Durham and Newcastle, on two different sites. By 1908, the Newcastle Division was teaching a full range of subjects in the Faculties of Medicine, Arts, and Science, which also included agriculture and engineering.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lagb2006.ncl.ac.uk/call.php |title=Linguistics Association of Great Britain Conference 2006 |publisher=Newcastle University |accessdate=29 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208173428/http://lagb2006.ncl.ac.uk/call.php |archivedate=8 December 2007 }}</ref> Throughout the early 20th century, the medical and science colleges vastly outpaced the growth of their Durham counterparts and a [[Royal Commission]] in 1934 recommended the merger of the two colleges to form King's College, Durham. Growth of the Newcastle Division of the federal Durham University led to tensions within the structure and on 1 August 1963 an [[Act of Parliament]] separated the two, creating the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/regulations/docs/statutes.pdf |format=PDF |title=Universities of Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne Act 1963 |publisher=Newcastle University |accessdate=7 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705075412/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/regulations/docs/statutes.pdf |archive-date=5 July 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ===Coat of arms=== As the successor of King's College, Durham, the university at its founding in 1963, adopted the [[coat of arms]] originally granted to the Council of King's College in 1937. In the [[letters patent]] authorising the transfer, the arms are blazoned ''Azure, a Cross of St Cuthbert Argent and in chief of the last a lion passant guardant Gules'' (On a blue shield, a silver square cross with flared ends, and on the top third of the shield, which is silver, a red lion walking and looking towards the viewer). Above the [[portico]] of the Students' Union building are bas-relief carvings of the arms and mottoes of the University of Durham, Armstrong College and Durham University College of Medicine, the predecessor parts of Newcastle University. While a Latin motto, {{lang|la|mens agitat molem}} (''mind moves matter'') appears in the Students' Union building, the university itself does not have an official motto. ==Campus and location== ===United Kingdom=== [[File:Newcastle University campus.jpg|thumb|Newcastle University campus, looking towards the Arches with the Students' Union building on the left (2013)]] [[File:Newcastle University Open Street Map.png|thumb|Newcastle University Open Street Map]] The university occupies a campus site close to [[Newcastle Haymarket|Haymarket]] in central Newcastle upon Tyne. It is located to the northwest of the city centre between the open spaces of [[Leazes Park]] and the [[Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne|Town Moor]]. The Armstrong building is the oldest building on the campus and is the site of the original Armstrong College. The building was constructed in three stages;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/the-armstrong-building |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904015733/http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/the-armstrong-building |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 September 2015 |title=The Armstrong Building |publisher=[[Heritage Open Days]] |accessdate=1 May 2015 }}</ref> the north east wing was completed first at a cost of £18,000 and opened by [[Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll|Princess Louise]] on 5 November 1888. The south-east wing, which includes the Jubilee Tower, and south-west wings were opened in 1894. The Jubilee Tower was built with surplus funds raised from an Exhibition to mark [[Queen Victoria]]'s [[Golden Jubilee|Jubilee]] in 1887. The north-west front, forming the main entrance, was completed in 1906 and features two stone figures to represent science and the arts. Much of the later construction work was financed by Sir Isaac [[Lowthian Bell]], the [[Metallurgy|metallurgist]] and former [[Lord Mayor]] of Newcastle, after whom the main tower is named. In 1906 it was opened by [[King Edward VII]].<ref name="royalopen">{{cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/press.release/item/royal-opening-for-newcastle-university-s-student-services-building |title=Royal opening for student services building |publisher=Newcastle University |date=4 February 2010 |accessdate=4 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209024022/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/press.release/item/royal-opening-for-newcastle-university-s-student-services-building |archivedate=9 February 2010 }}</ref> The building contains the ''King's Hall'', which serves as the university's chief hall for ceremonial purposes where [[graduation|Congregation]] ceremonies are held. It can contain 500 seats.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/conferenceteam/meetings/oncampus/kingshall.htm |title=King's Hall |publisher=Newcastle University |accessdate=23 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307012811/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/conferenceteam/meetings/oncampus/kingshall.htm |archive-date=7 March 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> King Edward VII gave permission to call the Great Hall, King's Hall.<ref name="royalopen"/> During the [[World War I|First World War]], the building was requisitioned by the [[War Office]] to create the 1st Northern General Hospital, a facility for the [[Royal Army Medical Corps]] to treat military casualties.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://heatonhistorygroup.org/2015/04/17/newcastles-war-hospitals/ |title=Newcastle’s War Hospitals|publisher=Heaton History Group|accessdate=21 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/newcastles-fascinating-first-world-war-9744850|date=28 July 2015|publisher=The Chronicle|title=Newcastle's fascinating First World War tales are explored in new book|accessdate=25 March 2018}}</ref> Graduation photographs are often taken in the University Quadrangle, next to the Armstrong building. In 1949 the Quadrangle was turned into a formal garden in memory of members of Newcastle University who gave their lives in the two World Wars.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/about/visit/campusguide/quad.htm|title=Quadrangle|publisher=Newcastle University|year=2009|accessdate=27 August 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091116202340/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/about/visit/campusguide/quad.htm |archivedate=16 November 2009}}</ref> In 2017, a statue of [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] was erected in the inner courtyard of the Armstrong Building, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his honorary degree from the university.<ref>{{cite website |url=https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/archive/2017/11/martinlutherkingstatueunveiled/ |title= Statue unveiled in honour of Martin Luther King Jr.|date=13 November 2017 |access-date=16 January 2020}}</ref> The Bruce Building is a former brewery, constructed between 1896 and 1900 on the site of the Hotspur Hotel, and designed by the architect [[Joseph Oswald]]<ref name="Pearson1999">{{cite book|author=Lynn Pearson|title=British Breweries: An Architectural History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fOdOSIZ-ufEC&pg=PA183|year=1999|publisher=[[A&C Black]]|isbn=978-1-85285-191-0|pages=183–}}</ref> as the new premises of [[Newcastle Breweries]] Limited.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sine.ncl.ac.uk/features/bruce_building/bruce.asp|title=The Bruce Building|publisher=SINE Project|date=8 July 2003|accessdate=3 December 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126064629/http://www.sine.ncl.ac.uk/features/bruce_building/bruce.asp|archivedate=26 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first1=Brian|last1=Bennison|first2=James P|last2=Merrison|year=1990|title=A Centenary History of the Newcastle Breweries}}</ref> The university occupied the building from the 1950s, but, having been empty for some time, the building was refurbished in 2016 to become residential and office space.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/revamp-plans-former-brewery-hq-6755422 |title=Revamp plans for former brewery HQ unearths relic of WWII |publisher=[[The Journal (newspaper)|The Journal]] |date=27 February 2014 |accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Bruce Building |url=https://www.waltonrobinson.com/about/the-bruce-building/ |website=Walton Robinson |accessdate=8 December 2018}}</ref> [[File:Architecture Building, Newcastle University, 5 September 2013 (3).jpg|thumb|Architecture Building, Newcastle University]] The Devonshire Building, opened in 2004, incorporates in an energy efficient design. It uses [[photovoltaic cell]]s to help to power motorised shades that control the temperature of the building and [[geothermal heating]] coils. Its architects won awards in the Hadrian awards and the [[Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors|RICS]] Building of the Year Award 2004. The university won a Green Gown award for its construction.<ref name="Devonshire Building - The Hadrian Awards">{{cite web|url=http://www.hadrianawards.com/entry.php?entryid=155&x=3|title=Devonshire Building – The Hadrian Awards|work=Dewjoc Architects|accessdate=2 November 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070602175246/http://www.hadrianawards.com/entry.php?entryid=155|archivedate=2 June 2007}}</ref><ref name="Accolade for Devonshire Building">{{cite web|url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/newslink/?ref=1111586484|title=Accolade for Devonshire Building|publisher=Newcastle University|accessdate=2 November 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617070959/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/newslink/?ref=1111586484|archivedate=17 June 2011}}</ref><ref name="Devonshire Building praised by HEFCE">{{cite web|url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/newslink/index.html?ref=1105529728|title=Devonshire Building praised by HEFCE|publisher=Newcastle University|accessdate=2 November 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050920194620/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/newslink/index.html?ref=1105529728|archivedate=20 September 2005}}</ref> [[File:Kings Gate building.jpg|thumb|The King's Gate building hosts student and administrative services and was built in 2009.]] Plans for additions and improvements to the campus were made public in March 2008 and completed in 2010 at a cost of £200&nbsp;million. They included a redevelopment of the south-east (Haymarket) façade with a five-storey King's Gate administration building as well as new student accommodation. Two additional buildings for the school of medicine were also built.<ref name="2010plans">{{cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/press.release/content.phtml?ref=1206461398 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20121223151756/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/press.release/content.phtml?ref=1206461398 |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 December 2012 |title=Newcastle University announces £200&nbsp;million investment in its campus |publisher=Newcastle University |date=26 March 2008 |accessdate=6 April 2008 }}</ref> September 2012 saw the completion of the new buildings and facilities for [[INTO University Partnerships|INTO Newcastle University]] on the university campus. The main building provides 18 new teaching rooms, a Learning Resource Centre, a lecture theatre, science lab, administrative and academic offices and restaurant. Newcastle's [[Newcastle University Library|Library Service]] is the only one in the UK to be awarded the government's [[Charter Mark]] for excellent customer services five times in a row, together with a Customer Services Excellence award.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/library/about/chartermark.php |title=Charter Mark |publisher=Newcastle University |accessdate=1 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002044739/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/library/about/chartermark.php |archivedate=2 October 2008 }}</ref> It consists of four main facilities. The Philip Robinson Library is the main university library and is named after a bookseller in the city and benefactor to the library. The Walton Library specialises in services for the Faculty of Medical Sciences in the Medical School. It is named after [[Baron Walton of Detchant|Lord Walton of Detchant]], former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Professor of Neurology. The library has a relationship with the Northern region of the [[National Health Service (England)|NHS]] allowing their staff to use the library for research and study. The Law Library specialises in resources relating to law, and the Marjorie Robinson Library Rooms offers additional study spaces and computers. Together, these house over one million books and 500,000 electronic resources. Some schools within the university, such as the School of Modern Languages, also have their own smaller libraries with smaller highly specialised collections.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/teaching/information/library/ |title=Library |publisher=Newcastle University School of Computing Science |accessdate=19 September 2010}}</ref> In addition to the city centre campus there are buildings such as the [[Dove Marine Laboratory]] located on [[Cullercoats]] Bay, and Cockle Park Farm in [[Northumberland]]. Newcastle University Business School opened a London campus in September 2015. ===International=== In September 2008, the university's first overseas branch was opened in Singapore, a Marine International campus called, NUMI Singapore. This later expanded beyond marine subjects and became Newcastle University Singapore, largely through becoming an Overseas University Partner of [[Singapore Institute of Technology]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.singaporetech.edu.sg/overseas-university-partners |title=Singapore Institute of Technology Overseas University Partners |publisher=Singapore Institute of Technology |year=2017 |accessdate=1 September 2017}}</ref> In 2011, the Medical School opened a campus in Malaysia, Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia (NUMed).<ref name=numed>{{cite web |url=http://numed.ncl.ac.uk/ |title=NUMed Malaysia |publisher=Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia |year=2009 |accessdate=29 May 2009}}</ref> ==Organisation and governance== [[File:Sir Liam Donaldson.jpg|thumb|left|Former Chancellor Sir [[Liam Donaldson]] robed as Chancellor of Newcastle University]] The current [[Chancellor (education)|Chancellor]] is the British poet and artist [[Imtiaz Dharker]]. She assumed the position of Chancellor on 1 January 2020.<ref name =Imtaizncl>{{cite web |title=Renowned poet Imtiaz Dharker named new Chancellor |url=https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2019/11/chancellor/ |publisher=Newcastle University |accessdate=8 January 2020}}</ref> The vice-chancellor is [[Chris Day (clinician)|Chris Day]], a hepatologist and former pro-vice-chancellor of the Faculty of Medical Sciences.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Whitfield|first1=Graeme|title=Newcastle University appoints top medic as its new vice-chancellor|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/business/business-news/newcastle-university-appoints-top-medic-11598732|accessdate=4 January 2017|work=Trinity Mirror}}</ref> The university has an enrolment of almost 16,000 undergraduate and 5,600 postgraduate students from more than 120 countries. Teaching and research are delivered in 19 academic schools,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncl.ac.uk/about/structure/academic/ |title=Teaching and Research |publisher=Newcastle University |year=2018 |accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref> 13 research institutes and 38 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncl.ac.uk/research/directory |title=Research Directory |publisher=Newcastle University |year=2018 |accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref> 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.<ref name="structure">{{cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/about/peoplestructures/ |title=University Structure |publisher=Newcastle University |accessdate=25 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628183659/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/about/peoplestructures/ |archivedate=28 June 2014 }}</ref> It holds a series of public lectures called 'Insights' each year in the Curtis Auditorium in the Herschel Building. Many of the university's partnerships with companies, like [[Red Hat]], are housed in the Herschel Annex.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/press.release/item/global-computing-giant-joins-forces-with-newcastle-university |title=Global computing giant joins forces with Newcastle |publisher=Newcastle University |date=3 March 2010 |accessdate=14 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306022117/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/press.release/item/global-computing-giant-joins-forces-with-newcastle-university |archivedate=6 March 2010 }}</ref> ===Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors=== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ====Chancellors==== *[[Hugh Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland]] (1963–1988) *[[Matthew White Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley]] (1988–1999) *[[Chris Patten]] (1999–2009) *[[Liam Donaldson]] (2009–2019) *[[Imtiaz Dharker]] (2020–)<ref name=Imtaizncl /> {{col-2}} ====Vice-Chancellors==== *[[Charles Bosanquet (academic)|Charles Bosanquet]] (1963–1968) *[[Henry Miller (clinician)|Henry Miller]] (1968–1976) *[[Ewan Stafford Page]] (1976–1978, acting) *[[Laurence Martin]] (1978–1990) *Duncan Murchison (1991, acting) *[[James Wright (academic)|James Wright]] (1992–2000) *[[Christopher Edwards (clinician)|Christopher Edwards]] (2001–2007) *[[Chris Brink]] (2007–2016) *[[Chris Day (clinician)|Chris Day]] (2017–present) {{col-end}} ===Civic responsibility=== The university describes itself as a civic university,<ref>{{cite web|last=Newcastle University|title=Newcastle University: A Civic University|url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/about/values/civic/|accessdate=26 November 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121212232156/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/about/values/civic/|archivedate=12 December 2012}}</ref> with a role to play in society by bringing its research to bear on issues faced by communities (local, national or international). It is focusing a major part of its research into tackling three profound challenges facing global society; namely Ageing, Sustainability and Social Renewal.<ref>{{cite web|last=Newcastle University|title=Societal Challenge Themes|url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/about/values/societal/|accessdate=26 November 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108011258/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/about/values/societal/|archivedate=8 November 2012}}</ref> In 2012, the university opened the Newcastle Institute for Social Renewal<ref>{{cite web|last=Newcastle University|title=Newcastle Institute for Social Renewal|url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/socialrenewal/nisr/|accessdate=26 November 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102121041/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/socialrenewal/nisr/|archivedate=2 November 2012}}</ref> to address issues of social and economic change, representing the research-led academic schools across the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences<ref>{{cite web|last=Newcastle University|title=Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences|url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/hss/|accessdate=26 November 2012}}</ref> and the Business School. [[Mark Shucksmith]] is Director of the Newcastle Institute for Social Renewal (NISR) at Newcastle University, where he is also Professor of Planning.<ref>{{cite web|last=Newcastle University|title=Director of the Newcastle Institute for Social Renewal|url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/socialrenewal/director.htm|accessdate=26 November 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031062342/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/socialrenewal/director.htm|archivedate=31 October 2012}}</ref> Newcastle City Council has worked with the university to tackle local issues. One such is the issue to make public service cuts fair in times of austerity. Chris Brink, former Vice-Chancellor<ref>{{cite news|last1=Elmes|first1=John|title=Newcastle University vice-chancellor to retire next year|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/newcastle-university-vice-chancellor-retire-next-year|accessdate=4 January 2017|publisher=Times Higher Education|date=25 November 2015}}</ref> at the university chaired the Newcastle Fairness Commission<ref>{{cite web|last=Newcastle University|title=Newcastle Fairness Commission|url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/socialrenewal/fairnesscommission/|accessdate=26 November 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215052453/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/socialrenewal/fairnesscommission/|archivedate=15 December 2012}}</ref> to decide how the concept of 'fairness'<ref>{{cite news|last=Brink|first=Chris|title=How to make public services cuts fairer|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/jul/24/fairer-public-services-cuts-newcastle|accessdate=26 November 2012|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=24 July 2012}}</ref> could be implemented with the full support of the community. Newcastle was the only UK university to formally back the [[Jubilee Debt Coalition|Jubilee Debt Campaign]] for the cancellation of debt in developing countries, and it has a strong ongoing commitment to the [[Make Poverty History]] campaign. At a high-profile honorary degree ceremony in January 2007, the university awarded honorary degrees to [[Bob Geldof]], [[Gordon Brown]] MP, and [[Benjamin Mkapa]] (former president of [[Tanzania]]) among others, at an event that promoted debate on current debt-relief issues.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk/Debt20campaigners20honoured20by20Newcastle20University+2832.twl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624122201/http://www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk/Debt20campaigners20honoured20by20Newcastle20University+2832.twl |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 June 2008 |title=Debt campaigners honoured by Newcastle University |publisher=[[Jubilee Debt Coalition|Jubilee Debt Campaign]] |date=8 January 2007 |accessdate=7 June 2008 }}</ref> In 2006, the university was granted [[fair trade]] status and from January 2007 it became a smoke-free campus. The university has also been actively involved with several of the region's museums for many years. The [[Great North Museum: Hancock]] originally opened in 1884 and is often a venue for the university's events programme.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/newcastle/museums.htm |title=Museums |publisher=Newcastle University |accessdate=10 October 2010}}</ref> ===Faculties and schools=== Teaching schools within the university are based within three faculties. Each faculty is led by a Provost/Pro-vice-chancellor and a team of Deans with specific responsibilities. {{col-begin}} {{col-3}} * [[Newcastle University Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences|Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences]] ** School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape ** School of Arts and Cultures ** [[#Business School|Newcastle University Business School]] ** Combined Honours Centre ** School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences ** School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics ** School of Geography, Politics and Sociology ** School of History, Classics and Archaeology ** [[#Law School|Newcastle Law School]] ** [[#School of Modern Languages|School of Modern Languages]] {{col-3}} * [[Newcastle University Medical School|Faculty of Medical Sciences]] ** School of Biomedical Sciences ** [[Newcastle University Dental School|School of Dental Sciences]] ** [[Newcastle University Medical School|School of Medical Education]] ** School of Pharmacy ** School of Psychology {{col-3}} * [[Newcastle University Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering|Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering]] ** School of Computing ** School of Engineering ** School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics ** School of Natural and Environmental Sciences {{col-end}} ====Business School==== [[File:Newcastle University Business School (geograph 2486131).jpg|alt=|thumb|Newcastle University Business School ]] Newcastle Business School has triple accreditation ([[Association of MBAs|AMBA]], [[EQUIS]], [[AACSB]]) placing it in the top 1% of business schools globally.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} The business school delivers world-class{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} and innovative{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} teaching. In 2002, Newcastle University Business School established the Business Accounting and Finance or 'Flying Start' degree in association with the [[ICAEW]] and [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]]. The course offers an accelerated route towards the [[Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales|ACA Chartered Accountancy qualification]] and is the Business School's Flagship programme.<ref>{{cite web|title=Flying Start Degree Programme|url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nubs/undergrad/flyingstart/|publisher=Newcastle University|accessdate=15 August 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915153451/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nubs/undergrad/flyingstart/|archivedate=15 September 2008}}</ref> Its success has since resulted in [[Lancaster University]] and [[Ernst & Young]] collaborating to establish a competing degree programme in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Ernst & Young Degree|url=http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/departments/Accounting/undergraduate/eydegree/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060202213259/http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/Departments/Accounting/undergraduate/eydegree/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2006|publisher=[[Lancaster University]]|accessdate=15 August 2008}}</ref> In 2011 the Business School opened their new building built on the former [[Scottish and Newcastle]] brewery site next to [[St James' Park]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tyneandwear.sky.com/news/article/15459 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20120721224335/http://tyneandwear.sky.com/news/article/15459 |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 July 2012 |title=Newcastle University Business School Opens New £50m Building |publisher=[[Sky News]] Tyne and Wear |date=19 March 2012 |accessdate=7 May 2012 }}</ref> This building was officially opened on 19 March 2012 by [[Terence Burns, Baron Burns|Lord Burns]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/2012/03/20/lord-burns-opens-new-newcastle-university-business-school-building-51140-30575935/2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501104621/http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/2012/03/20/lord-burns-opens-new-newcastle-university-business-school-building-51140-30575935/2/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 May 2013 |title=Lord Burns opens new Newcastle University Business School building |work=The Journal |date=20 March 2012 |accessdate=7 May 2012 }}</ref> ====Medical School==== {{main|Newcastle University Medical School}} [[File:Medical faculty, Newcastle University, 5 September 2013 (4).jpg|left|thumb|Medical faculty, Newcastle University]] The [[Newcastle University Medical School|Medical School]] gained 143 out of a possible 144 points in its six subject areas in the Teaching Quality Assessment, and was also the first institution in Europe, second in the world, to receive permission to pursue [[stem-cell research]] in human embryos.{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}} The [[BMC journals|BMC Medicine journal]] reported medical graduates from Oxford, Cambridge and Newcastle performed better in postgraduate tests than any other medical school in the UK.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7242897.stm |title=Call for medical training reform |publisher=BBC News |date=18 February 2008 |accessdate=1 April 2008}}</ref> In 2008 the Medical School announced that they were expanding their campus to [[Malaysia]].<ref name=numed/> In 2009 the university won a [[Queen's Anniversary Prize]] for their research into [[Gerontology|ageing]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/press.release/item/ageing-research-wins-queen-s-anniversary-prize |title=Ageing research wins Queen's Anniversary Prize |publisher=Newcastle University |date=18 November 2009 |accessdate=7 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125205240/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/press.release/item/ageing-research-wins-queen-s-anniversary-prize |archivedate=25 January 2010 }}</ref> The [[Royal Victoria Infirmary]] has always had close links with the Faculty of Medical Sciences as a major teaching hospital. ====School of Modern Languages==== The School of Modern Languages consists of five sections: East Asian (which includes Japanese and Chinese); French; German; Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American Studies; and Translating & Interpreting Studies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/ |title=School of Modern Languages |publisher=Newcastle University |accessdate=21 August 2013}}</ref> Six languages are taught from beginner's level to full degree level ‒ Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese ‒ and beginner's courses in Catalan, Dutch, Italian and Quechua are also available. Beyond the learning of the languages themselves, Newcastle also places a great deal of emphasis on study and experience of the cultures of the countries where the languages taught are spoken. The School of Modern Languages hosts [[North East England]]'s only branches of two internationally important institutes: the [[Camões Institute]], a language institute for Portuguese, and the [[Confucius Institute]], a language and cultural institute for Chinese. The teaching of modern foreign languages at Newcastle predates the [[#History|creation of Newcastle University]] itself, as in 1911 Armstrong College in Newcastle installed [[Albert George Latham]], its first professor of modern languages.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/assets/documents/History.pdf |title=School of Modern Languages History |publisher=Newcastle University |accessdate=23 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514084351/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/assets/documents/History.pdf |archivedate=14 May 2012 }}</ref> Often in the School's history, the high quality of its teaching, research and student experience have been recognised. In the 2015 edition of ''the Guardian University Guide'', the school was ranked 14 out of 63. In the 2014 edition of the ''[[Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom#The Sunday Times|Sunday Times Good University Guide]]'', Iberian Studies, French and German in the School were each placed in the top ten for their subject across the UK. (East Asian Studies does not feature in this Guide.) In the 2013 [[National Student Survey]], Spanish in the School came 6th in the UK for overall student satisfaction, and German came 7th. The School of Modern Languages at Newcastle is also very active in outreach work. It is the Lead Institution in the North East [[Routes into Languages]] Consortium<ref name="routeslang">{{cite web |url=https://www.routesintolanguages.ac.uk/northeast |title=North East |publisher=Routes into Languages Consortium |accessdate=21 August 2013}}</ref> and together with the [[Durham University]], [[Northumbria University]], the [[University of Sunderland]], the [[Teesside University]] and a network of schools, undertakes work activities of discovery of languages for the 9 to 13 years pupils.<ref name="routeslang"/> This implies having festivals, Q&A sessions, language tasters, or quizzes organised, as well as a web learning work aiming at constructing a web portal to link language learners across the region. There is a range of on-campus activities like the ''Linguacast On-Campus'': 10 and 12 years pupils come and learn more about the practice and teaching of language; they visit Newcastle campus to produce Modern Foreign languages (MFL) web material and study it back in school. The SML provides structures from their linguistic communities so as to set up taster or revisions sessions. The Language Days provide the 11 and 13 Years pupils the opportunity to immerse in core skill area in preparation for examinations. It also hosts, together with the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/ |title=School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences |publisher=Newcastle University |accessdate=21 August 2013}}</ref> the North East Network for Languages regional centre.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://networkforlanguages.org.uk/ |title=North East Network for Languages regional centre |accessdate=22 August 2013}}</ref> Furthermore, the SML is the provider of the only German Extension Courses in the UK;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/study/german-extension/index.htm |title=German Extension Courses |publisher=Newcastle University |accessdate=21 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729015331/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/study/german-extension/index.htm |archivedate=29 July 2012 }}</ref> these courses are funded by the [[Department for Education]]. ====Newcastle Law School==== [[File:Newcastle Law School, Newcastle University, 5 September 2013 (2).jpg|thumb|Newcastle Law School]] Newcastle Law School is the longest established law school in the north-east of England when law was taught at the university's predecessor college before it became independent from Durham University.<ref>{{cite web|title=History – Newcastle Law School|url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nuls/about/history.htm|publisher=Newcastle University}}</ref><ref name=nuls>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nuls/about/index.htm |title=The Newcastle Law School |publisher=Newcastle University |date=2 January 2008 |accessdate=29 March 2008}}</ref> It has a number of recognised international and national experts in a variety of areas of legal scholarship ranging from Common and Chancery law, to International and European law, as well as contextual, socio-legal and theoretical legal studies.<ref name=nuls/> The Law School occupies four specially adapted late-Victorian town houses. The Staff Offices, the Alumni Lecture Theatre and seminar rooms as well as the Law Library are all located within the School buildings.<ref name=Undergraduate>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nuls/undergraduate/why/facilities.htm |title=The Newcastle Law School |publisher=Newcastle University |date=2 January 2008 |accessdate=20 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123161744/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nuls/undergraduate/why/facilities.htm |archivedate=23 November 2011 }}</ref> ====School of Computing==== The School of Computing undertakes a broad range of activity and is ranked in the Times Higher Education world Top 100.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2018/subject-ranking/computer-science#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats |title=Computer Science 2018 &#124; Times Higher Education (THE) |publisher=Times Higher Education |accessdate=25 March 2018}}</ref> Research areas include digital civics, synthetic biology, big data, cloud computing, and advanced modelling. The school was ranked first in the UK for impact of research in REF2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://results.ref.ac.uk/Results/ByUoa/11/Impact |title=Results & submissions : REF 2014 : View results and submissions by UOA |publisher=Results.ref.ac.uk |accessdate=25 March 2018}}</ref> and will lead the formation of the National Innovation Centre for Data.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/news/2017/09/newnationalinnovationcenter/ |title=New National Innovation Center – Press Office – Newcastle University |publisher=Ncl.ac.uk |accessdate=25 March 2018}}</ref> Innovative teaching in the School was recognised in 2017 with the award of a National Teaching Fellowship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/news/2017/08/nationalteachingfellow/ |title=National Teaching Fellow – Press Office – Newcastle University |publisher=Ncl.ac.uk |accessdate=25 March 2018}}</ref> In 2017, the School relocated to the University's Urban Sciences Building on the Newcastle Helix Development. ===Cavitation tunnel=== Newcastle University has the second largest [[cavitation tunnel]] in the UK. Founded in 1950, and based in the Marine Science and Technology Department, the [[Emerson Cavitation Tunnel]] is used as a test basin for propellers, water turbines, underwater coatings and interaction of propellers with ice.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tpod.ncl.ac.uk/TPod/ECT%20History.pdf |title=Emerson Cavitation Tunnel History |publisher=Newcastle University School of Marine Science and Technology |format=PDF |accessdate=29 August 2008}}</ref> The [[Emerson Cavitation Tunnel]] was recently relocated to a new facility in [[Blyth, Northumberland|Blyth]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thecourieronline.co.uk/2015/10/26/research-tunnel-moving-to-blyth-to-make-way-for-new-social-space/ |title=Research tunnel moving to Blyth to make way for new social space |publisher=The Courier Online |format=webpage |accessdate=14 January 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118034938/http://thecourieronline.co.uk/2015/10/26/research-tunnel-moving-to-blyth-to-make-way-for-new-social-space/ |archivedate=18 January 2017 }}</ref> ===Museums and galleries=== [[File:The Hancock Museum Newcastle September 2009.jpg|thumb|The [[Hancock Museum]], founded in 1884, is the main location of the [[Great North Museum]].]] [[File:Newcastle University, 27 July 2011 (11).jpg|thumb|The Devonshire Building ]] The university is associated with a number of the region's museums and galleries, including the [[Great North Museum]] project, which is primarily based at the world-renowned [[Hancock Museum]]. The Great North Museum: Hancock also contains the collections from two of the university's former museums, the [[Shefton Museum]] and the [[Museum of Antiquities]], both now closed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/greatnorthmuseum/ourhistory/ |title=Our History (Great North Museum) |publisher=[[Tyne and Wear Museums]] |year=2009 |accessdate=30 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219222103/http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/greatnorthmuseum/ourhistory |archivedate=19 February 2009 }}</ref> The university's [[Hatton Gallery]] is also a part of the Great North Museum project, and remains within the Fine Art Building. ===Research institutes=== An alphabetical list of all Newcastle University research institutes: * Ageing * Agri-Food Research and Innovation * Cancer Research * Cell and Molecular Biosciences * Cellular Medicine * Creative Arts Practice * Digital Institute * Genetic Medicine * Health and Society * Humanities * Neuroscience * Social Renewal * Sustainability ==Academic profile== ===Reputation and rankings=== {{Infobox UK university rankings | ARWU_N =21–28 | ARWU_W =201–300 | QS_N =26 | QS_W = 141= | THE_N =26 | THE_W = 171= | LEIDEN_W = 96 | HRLR_E = | LINE_1 = 0 | Complete = 22 | The_Guardian = 27 | Times/Sunday_Times = 21 | LINE_2 = 0 | TEF = Gold }} [[File:Old Quad, Newcastle University, 5 September 2013.jpg|alt=|left|thumb|The university Quadrangle ]] The university is a member of the [[Russell Group]] of the UK's research-intensive universities. It is ranked in the top 200 of most world rankings, and in the top 25 of most UK rankings. It is ranked 146th by QS,<ref>{{cite web|title=QS World University Rankings® 2020. |url= https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2020 |website= Top Universities |accessdate= 30 July 2019}}</ref> 114th by [[CWTS Leiden Ranking|Leiden]]<ref>{{cite web |title= CWTS Leiden Ranking |url= http://www.leidenranking.com/ |publisher= Leiden University |accessdate= 7 July 2020}}</ref> and joint 171st by [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings|Times Higher Education]] globally in 2018,<ref>{{cite web|title=World University Rankings 2018|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2019/world-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats|website=[[Times Higher Education]]|publisher=TES Global|accessdate=28 September 2018}}</ref> while nationally, it is ranked 21st by the Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide,<ref>{{cite web|title=The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/good-university-guide-in-full-tp6dzs7wn|work=The Times and Sunday Times|accessdate=24 September 2018}}</ref> 22nd by the Complete University Guide<ref>{{cite web|title=The Complete University Guide|url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/newcastle/|website=The Complete University Guide|accessdate=1 June 2018}}</ref> and 27th by the Guardian<ref>{{cite web|title=University league tables 2019|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2018/may/29/university-league-tables-2019|website=The Guardian Students|publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited|accessdate=1 June 2018}}</ref> for 2018. The majority of its undergraduate courses are ranked in the top 20 by the Complete University Guide in the country with a number of subjects ranked in the top 10 such as Dentistry (3rd), Medicine (9th), Architecture (5th), Linguistics (3rd) Art and Design (1st) and Communication and Media Studies (1st).<ref>{{cite web|title=University League Tables 2018|url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings#allSubjects|website=The Complete University Guide|publisher=The Complete University Guide|accessdate=8 May 2017}}</ref> Newcastle University achieved the best possible outcome in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) – a Gold Award.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dickinson|first1=Katie|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/north-east-universities-ranked-new-13220280|title=North East universities ranked in new teaching assessment – here's how they did|accessdate=24 August 2017|work=Chronicle Live|publisher=Trinity Mirror}}</ref> The Times Higher Education Europe Teaching Rankings place Newcastle University joint 9th in Europe.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bothwell|first1=Ellie|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/europe-teaching-rankings-2018-results-announced|title=THE Europe Teaching Rankings 2018: results announced|accessdate=16 July 2018|work=Times Higher Education|publisher=TES Global}}</ref> It was awarded 5 QS stars in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/about/quality/leaguetables/ |title=Current Rankings |publisher=Newcastle University |accessdate=24 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203012020/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/about/quality/leaguetables/ |archivedate=3 December 2013 }}</ref> Newcastle won the ''[[The Sunday Times|Sunday Times]]'' University of the Year award in 2000 and is ranked 12th best in the UK by the [[Webometrics Ranking of World Universities]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.webometrics.info/en/Europe/United%20Kingdom |title=Top Universities in the UK |publisher=Webometrics Ranking of The World |accessdate=23 August 2014}}</ref> According to the university, its [[Newcastle University Library|library]] is the only one in the UK to have been awarded the government's [[Charter Mark]] for excellent customer services five times in a row.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/library/about/chartermark.php |title=Library Gains Prestigious 5th Charter Mark Award |publisher=Newcastle University |accessdate=29 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080318200644/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/library/about/chartermark.php |archivedate=18 March 2008 }}</ref> Also, the university said it has a good track record for graduate employment in the country, and the Careers Service has won seven national careers awards in recent years by the Institute of Career Guidance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/newslink/index.html?ref=1095248805 |title=National award for Careers Service |publisher=Newcastle University |date=15 September 2004 |accessdate=29 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208173556/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/newslink/index.html?ref=1095248805 |archivedate=8 December 2007 }}</ref> The university's Cochrane Park sports facility was a training venue for the teams playing football games at [[St James' Park]] for the [[2012 London Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/london_2012/9433856.stm |title=Newcastle University named Olympic 2012 training venue |publisher=BBC News |date=23 March 2011 |accessdate=23 March 2011}}</ref> In 2013 the university entered into a two-year agreement with sports wear producer [[Adidas]] that includes scholarships and sportswear for two of the university's most talented athletes, and some funding for the Athletics' Union.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/press.release/item/newcastle-university-students-on-track-to-benefit-from-adidas-deal |title=Newcastle University students on track to benefit from adidas deal |publisher=Newcastle University |accessdate=16 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521195849/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/press.release/item/newcastle-university-students-on-track-to-benefit-from-adidas-deal |archivedate=21 May 2013 }}</ref> In 2016, Newcastle University became one of 16 universities in the world, and only two in the UK, to achieve Five Plus Stars from [[Quacquarelli Symonds]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/qs-stars#sorting=overall+country=+rating=6+order=desc+orderby=uni+search=|title=QS Stars University Ratings|date=8 May 2014|access-date=29 June 2016}}</ref> The university was awarded the perfect score of five Stars in all of the standardised assessment fields of Research, Internationalization, Facilities, Innovation, Inclusiveness, Specialist criteria and Student Employability (Newcastle University also made it to the Top 100 of QS Worldwide Employability Rankings in 2016).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iu.qs.com/qs-graduate-employability-rankings-year-2016-pilot/|title=QS Intelligence Unit {{!}} QS Graduate Employability Rankings – Year 2016 (Pilot)|website=www.iu.qs.com|access-date=29 June 2016}}</ref> === Admissions === {| class="wikitable floatright" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center;" |+ UCAS Admission Statistics ! !2017 !2016 !2015 !2014 !2013 |- |'''Applications'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucas.com/file/144241/download?token=nlVZq6el|title=End of Cycle 2017 Data Resources DR4_001_03 Applications by provider|date=2017|website=UCAS|publisher=UCAS|access-date=25 January 2018}}</ref> |36,505 |34,290 |32,855 |32,620 |32,140 |- |'''Offer Rate (%)'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Sex, area background and ethnic group: N21 Newcastle University|url=https://www.ucas.com/file/145321/download?token=hha-MW6b|date=2017|website=UCAS|publisher=UCAS|accessdate=25 January 2018}}</ref> |87.9 |88.3 |92.1 |86.7 |85.1 |- |'''Enrols'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucas.com/file/144196/download?token=JEpp6fiF|title=End of Cycle 2017 Data Resources DR4_001_02 Main scheme acceptances by provider|date=2017|website=UCAS|publisher=UCAS|access-date=25 January 2018}}</ref> |6,205 |6,175 |5,650 |5,200 |5,255 |- |[[Yield (college admissions)|'''Yield (%)''']] |19.3 |20.4 |18.7 |18.4 |19.2 |- |'''Applicant/Enrolled Ratio''' |5.88 |5.55 |5.82 |6.27 |6.12 |- |'''[[UCAS Tariff|Average Entry Tariff]]'''<ref name="Complete League Table 2019">{{cite-web|url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings|title=Top UK University League Table and Rankings|publisher=Complete University Guide}}</ref>{{efn|New [[UCAS Tariff]] system from 2016}} |n/a |161 |423 |430 |425 |} In terms of average [[UCAS]] points of entrants, Newcastle ranked joint 19th in Britain in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?o=Entry+Standards|title=University League Table 2017|publisher=Complete University Guide|accessdate=15 February 2016}}</ref> In 2015, the university gave offers of admission to 92.1% of its applicants, the highest amongst the [[Russell Group]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Which elite universities have the highest offer rates |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2016/10/19/which-elite-universities-have-the-highest-offer-rates/|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=21 October 2016}}</ref> 25.1% of Newcastle's undergraduates are [[Independent school (United Kingdom)|privately educated]], the thirteenth highest proportion amongst mainstream British universities.<ref>{{cite web|title=Widening participation: UK Performance Indicators 2016/17|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/01-02-2018/widening-participation-tables|website=hesa.ac.uk|publisher=Higher Education Statistics Authority|accessdate=1 February 2018}}</ref> In the 2016–17 academic year, the university had a domicile breakdown of 74:5:21 of UK:EU:non-EU students respectively with a female to male ratio of 51:49.<ref>{{cite web|title=Where do HE students study?|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study#provider|website=hesa.ac.uk|publisher=Higher Education Statistics Authority|accessdate=9 February 2018}}</ref> ===Research=== [[File:Herschelbuildingnewcastle.jpg|thumb|The Herschel Building, home to the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics, and several of the University's largest lecture theatres]] Newcastle is a member of the prestigious [[Russell Group]] of 24 research-intensive universities. It was ranked joint 23rd in the UK amongst multi-faculty institutions for the quality (GPA) of its research<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/sites/default/files/Attachments/2014/12/17/k/a/s/over-14-01.pdf|title=Research Excellence Framework results 2014|website=|access-date=}}</ref> and 16th for its Research Power in the 2014 [[Research Excellence Framework]].<ref>{{cite web|title=REF 2014 results|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/ng-interactive/2014/dec/18/university-research-excellence-framework-2014-full-rankings|work=The Guardian|accessdate=24 March 2015}}</ref> It is ranked 17th in the UK for research power, according to the influential publication, Research Fortnight, and is in the UK's top twelve for research power in science and engineering. The Research Excellence Framework 2014 placed Newcastle University; 1st in the UK for Computing Science research impact, 3rd in the UK for Civil Engineering research power and 11th in the UK for Mathematical Sciences research, 3rd in the UK for English, and in the top 12 for Geography, Architecture and Planning, and Cultural and Media Studies research quality, 4th amongst UK medical schools for Clinical Medicine research intensity.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/newcastle-university |title=Newcastle University |publisher=Times Higher Education |accessdate=29 June 2018}}</ref> ==Student life== ===Students' Union=== {{main|Newcastle University Students' Union}} [[File:Ncle Union 2012.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Students' Union following refurbishment, 2012]] The university has many student organisations. [[Newcastle University Students' Union]] (NUSU), known as the Union Society until a 2012 rebranding, includes student-run sports clubs and societies. Unlike the majority of other students' unions in the UK, Newcastle University Students' Union owns the building where it is housed. The Union building was built in 1924 following a generous gift from an anonymous donor, who is now believed to have been [[Cecil Algernon Cochrane|Sir Cecil Cochrane]], a major benefactor to the university.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bettenson |first=E |title=The University of Newcastle upon Tyne: a historical introduction, 1834–1971 |publisher=University of Newcastle upon Tyne |year=1971 |isbn=0-900565-32-2}}</ref> It is built in the neo-[[Jacobean architecture|Jacobean]] style and was designed by the local architect [[Robert Burns Dick]]. It was opened on 22 October 1925 by the Rt. Hon. [[Eustace Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Newcastle|Lord Eustace Percy]], who later served as [[Rector (academia)|Rector]] of King's College from 1937 to 1952. It is a Grade II [[listed building]]. In 2010<!-- November 2010 to September 2011 --> the university donated £8&nbsp;million towards a redevelopment project for the Union Building.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-11706133|title=Newcastle University building revamp starts|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=7 November 2010}}</ref> The Students' Union is run by six sabbatical officers and nine part-time unpaid officer positions. The former leader of the Liberal Democrats [[Tim Farron]] was President of NUSU in 1991–1992. The Students' Union also employs around 300 people in ancillary roles including bar staff and entertainment organisers. [[The Courier (Newcastle University newspaper)|''The Courier'']] is a weekly [[student newspaper]]. Established in 1948, the current weekly readership is around 12,000, most of whom are students at the university. ''The Courier'' has won ''[[The Guardian]]'''s ''Student Publication of the Year'' award twice in a row, in 2012 and 2013.<ref>[http://www.thecourieronline.co.uk/about/ About the Courier] – www.thecourieronline.co.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2019.</ref> It is published every Monday during term time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thecourieronline.co.uk/content/206425/ |title=Contact us |work=The Courier |accessdate=12 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312205115/http://www.thecourieronline.co.uk/content/206425/ |archivedate=12 March 2010 }}</ref> Newcastle Student Radio is a [[student radio station]] based in the university. It produces shows on music, news, talk and sport and aims to cater for a wide range of musical tastes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nsrlive.co.uk |title=NSR – Newcastle Student Radio}}</ref> NUTV, known as TCTV from 2010–17, is [[student television in the United Kingdom|student television]] channel, first established in 2007. It produces live and on-demand content with coverage of events, as well as student-made programmes and shows.<ref>{{cite web|title=NUTV|url=https://www.nusu.co.uk/getinvolved/societies/society/7698/|publisher=Newcastle University Students' Union|accessdate=10 January 2018}}</ref> ===Student accommodation=== [[File:Leazes Terrace, south corner - geograph.org.uk - 1762602.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Leazes Terrace, a Grade I listed building, designed by [[Thomas Oliver (architect)|Thomas Oliver]] and built by [[Richard Grainger]], in 1829–34; now student accommodation.]] Newcastle University has many catered and non-catered [[Dormitory|halls of residence]] available to first-year students, located around the city of Newcastle.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/about/List_of_Accommodation/index.php| title = List of Accommodation Sites| accessdate =17 May 2007| date = 13 March 2007| publisher=Newcastle University |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070417111347/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/about/List_of_Accommodation/index.php |archivedate = 17 April 2007}}</ref> Popular Newcastle areas for private student houses and flats off campus include [[Jesmond]], [[Heaton, Newcastle|Heaton]], [[Sandyford, Newcastle upon Tyne|Sandyford]], [[Shieldfield]], [[South Shields]] and [[Spital Tongues]]. In 2008 a survey conducted by an independent website ranked Newcastle as the number one student city in the UK, with a score of 63% across the categories of going out, shops, transport, community and facilities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/press.release/content.phtml?ref=1213866424 |title=Newcastle named best university town in Britain |publisher=Newcastle University |date=19 June 2008 |accessdate=15 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080707072506/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/press.release/content.phtml?ref=1213866424 |archivedate=7 July 2008 }}</ref> Newcastle is also considered one of the world's friendliest cities.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.beststudenthalls.com/search/city/newcastle-upon-tyne/ |title=Best Student Accommodation in Newcastle |publisher=Best Student Halls |accessdate=13 December 2015}}</ref> In another 2008 survey, by [[Bing Travel|MSN Travel]], Newcastle was named as the number one university.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://travel.uk.msn.com/inspiration/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=9206286&imageindex=10 |title=1. Newcastle |publisher=[[MSN Travel]] |year=2008 |accessdate=12 January 2009 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080822113129/http://travel.uk.msn.com/inspiration/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=9206286&imageindex=10 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 22 August 2008}}</ref> St Mary's College in [[Fenham]], one of the halls of residence, was formerly St Mary's College of Education, a teacher training college. In 2019 private accommodation The Shield and Pitt Street Studios ranked 1st and 2nd in the Best in the UK for accommodation on a University review platform StudentCrowd.<ref>https://www.studentcrowd.com/article/top-50-uk-student-halls-accommodation-value-for-money-2019</ref> ===Sport=== [[File:Sports Centre, Newcastle University, 5 September 2013 (1).jpg|left|thumb|Sports Centre, Newcastle University]] Newcastle is one of the leading universities for sport in the UK and is consistently ranked within the top 12 out of 152 higher education institutions in the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) rankings. More than 50 student-led sports clubs are supported through a team of professional staff and a network of indoor and outdoor sports facilities based over four sites.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sport/news/item/european-success-for-newcastle-university-rowing-teams/ |title=European success for Newcastle University rowing teams |publisher=Newcastle University |year=2013 |accessdate=6 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106162647/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sport/news/item/european-success-for-newcastle-university-rowing-teams/ |archivedate=6 January 2014 }}</ref> The University have a strong rugby history and were the winners of the [[Northumberland senior cup rugby union|Northumberland Senior Cup]] in 1965. The university enjoys a friendly sporting rivalry with local universities. The [[Stan Calvert Cup]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://unionsociety.co.uk/au/content/145655/stan_calvert/ |title=Stan Calvert |publisher=Union Society |accessdate=23 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831223032/http://unionsociety.co.uk/au/content/145655/stan_calvert/ |archivedate=31 August 2011 }}</ref> is contested by major sports teams from Newcastle and [[Northumbria University]]. The [[Northumbrian Water University Boat Race]] has also taken place between the [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]] clubs of Newcastle and [[Durham University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/cprs/news/item/the-university-boat-race |title=The University Boat Race |publisher=Newcastle University |accessdate=7 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503075253/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/cprs/news/item/the-university-boat-race |archivedate=3 May 2008 }}</ref> [[Newcastle University F.C.]] currently compete in men's senior football in the [[Northern Football League|Northern League]] Division Two.<ref>{{cite web|title=Newcastle University|url=http://www.northernfootballleague.org/team/newcastle-university/|publisher=Northern League|date=28 June 2019|accessdate=14 July 2019}}</ref> ==Notable academic staff and alumni== {{main|List of Newcastle University people}} Newcastle University has many notable academic staff and alumni, including politicians, business people, academics, doctors, artists, authors, actors, musicians, and sports people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/alumni/ |title=The Alumni Association |publisher=Newcastle University |year=2009 |accessdate=29 May 2009}}</ref> ==See also== * [[European Spatial Development Planning]] * [[Global Urban Research Unit]] *[[Russell Group|Russel Group]] *[[Red brick university|Red Brick University]] ==References== {{notelist}} {{reflist|30em}} ==External links== {{commons category|University of Newcastle upon Tyne}} * [http://www.ncl.ac.uk Newcastle University – ncl.ac.uk] ** [https://web.archive.org/web/20180304004243/https://www.nusu.co.uk/ Newcastle University Students' Union] ** [http://www.thecourieronline.co.uk/ ''The Courier'' students newspaper] {{University of Newcastle upon Tyne|state=expanded}} {{Navboxes|list1= {{Chancellors of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne}} {{Universities and colleges in North East England}} {{Universities in the United Kingdom}} {{Russell Group}} {{N8 Group}} }} {{authority control}} [[Category:Newcastle University| ]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Newcastle upon Tyne]] [[Category:Russell Group]] [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1834]] [[Category:Exempt charities]] [[Category:1834 establishments in England]] [[Category:Tourist attractions in Newcastle upon Tyne]] [[Category:Universities UK]]'