Newcastle University

Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a UK public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is a red brick university and a member of the Russell Group, an association of research-intensive UK universities.

Reputation and rankings

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,114th by Leiden and joint 171st by Times Higher Education globally in 2018, while nationally, it is ranked 21st by the Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide, 22nd by the Complete University Guide and 27th by the Guardian 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).

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. 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.

Faculties and schools

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape
  • School of Arts and Cultures
  • 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
  • Newcastle Law School
  • School of Modern Languages
Faculty of Medical Sciences
  • School of Biomedical Sciences
  • School of Dental Sciences
  • School of Medical Education
  • School of Pharmacy
  • School of Psychology
  • Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology (CBCB)
Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering
  • School of Computing
  • School of Engineering
  • School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics
  • School of Natural and Environmental Sciences

Notable Alumni

Rowan Atkinson

CBE - Actor, comedian and screenwriter

Paul Smith

Musician

Helen Docherty

Award winning children's writer

Andy Bird CBE

British film producer and executive

Lisa Nandy MP

British Labour Party politician

Charlie Webster

Broadcaster and Women's Rights campaigner