Newcastle University (formally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a public research university in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East of England.
Newcastle University is a red brick university and is a member of the Russell Group an association of prestigious research-intensive UK universities.
Teaching and research are delivered in 24 academic schools and 40 research institutes and research centers, 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.
Leeds and Bradford are two hours away from Newcastle and London is three hours away by train.
Northumbria University,University of Durham and University of Sunderland are other universities in the region.
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Things you should know
First UK university to establish a fully-owned international campus for medicine at its NUMed campus in Malaysia.
The university is a member of the Russell Group of the UK's research-intensive universities.
Nationally Newcastle University ranks 21st in the Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020 and 27th in the Guardian University league tables 2020.
It holds first Class in the People and Planet University League 2017 and 20th overall. It ranks 106th globally in the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2019.
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.
The university is ranked 23rd in Europe under the European Teaching Ranking 2019.
Alumni
Of Newcastle University, London
Rowan Atkinson - comedian and actor( MBean).
Kane Avellano - Guinness World Record for youngest person to circumnavigate the world by motorcycle (solo and unsupported) at the age of 23 in 2017.
Neil Bartlett - chemist, creation of the first noble gas compond.
Ann Cairns - President of International Markets for MasterCard.
Graham Wylie - co-founder of the Sage Group.
Chris Vance - actor in Prison Break and All Saints.
Martin Ince – founder of the QS World University Rankings.