• The University of Sunderland is a university located in Sunderland in the North East of England.
• Its predecessor, Sunderland Technical College, was established as a municipal training college in 1901.
• It gained university status in 1992. It now has campuses in Sunderland, London and Hong Kong.
• It takes 5 hours to communte between Sunderland and London by train.
• University of Teesside, Northumbria University and University of Newcaslte are other universities in the region.
Things you should know
• The university was recognised by The Guardian as England’s best new university in 2001.
• In 2005 it was named by The Times Higher Education Supplement as the top university in England for providing the best student experience.
• It was one of six universities to be short-listed for ‘University of the Year’ in the Times Higher Education Supplement Awards 2012.
• The University was was ranked 9th in the ‘International’ category of the Whatuni Student Choice Awards (WUSC) 2019.
• The WUSC are the only national awards voted for by students.
• The QS Stars World University Ranking 2019 awarded Sunderland five stars (the highest accolade) for teaching in their prestigious stars rating system.
• In addition, the University received five stars for employability, internationalisation, inclusiveness and outstanding facilities.
Of University of Sunderland
• Tony Scott – English film director and producer of movies like Top Gun.
• Crimson Tide and Enemy of the state.
• Gita Ramjee – South African scientist and researcher in HIV prevention who died of Covid.
• Carl Ivar Hagen – Norwegian politician and former Vice-President of the Norwegian Parliament.
• Mark Aslett – CEO of Mercury Systems.
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