Newcastle University

We offer a world-class learning experience in the heart of Britain's favourite student city.

We can offer you low cost of living, a strong graduate employment record and award-winning careers support. All this helps to make us the university of choice for a vibrant postgraduate community from over 110 countries.

We provide you with an education for life. You will gain valuable skills and experiences to benefit your university career and beyond. All this underpinned by outstanding teaching and research facilities.
 

Our Campus

Our 50-acre campus in Newcastle city centre is the hub for our teaching, research and collaboration. It includes facilities for research innovation, teaching and learning, and engagement. 

Students benefit from facilities such as our award-winning library service and Centre for Physical Recreation and Sport. 

We aim to be a sustainable campus, promoting initiatives to encourage our students and staff to adopt a sustainable lifestyle.

Our environmental commitments have been rewarded with a First Class award from the People and Planet University League.

Newcastle

Newcastle is a big city in a small space and it has a sizeable student population. It's easy to get around and is well connected with the Metro rail network running across the city, from the airport, to the North Sea coast.

Newcastle is famous for its friendly locals and their hospitality. Living here will be friendly on your bank account, too. 

The city has a proud reputation for sport, and is home to several professional sports teams, such as: Newcastle United, Newcastle Falcons and the Newcastle Eagles. It has an unrivalled, eclectic nightlife where there's something different to do every day of the week. 

In 2018, Rough Guides named Newcastle the number one place to visit in the world - find out why while studying at Newcastle University.

Our People

Our impact and functions are supported by over 6,000 staff members across our four campuses.

Our team includes academic and professional staff working together across a variety of disciplines, and staff members working in a number of services and facilities including computing (NUIT), libraries, accommodation, estates, careers, and sport. 

History

Newcastle University can trace its origins to:

• the School of Medicine and Surgery, established in 1834
• Armstrong College, founded in 1871 for the teaching of physical sciences

These two colleges formed one division of the federal University of Durham. The Durham Colleges formed the other division.

The Newcastle Colleges merged to form King's College in 1937. In 1963, when the federal University was dissolved, King's College became the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. The University changed its trading name to Newcastle University in 2006.

The name University of Newcastle upon Tyne is still used in the most official of contexts, including on degree parchments.

The first Chairs at the Colleges were not only in fundamental disciplines such as mathematics, chemistry, physics, arts and literature, but also in the regionally important applied sciences such as geology, mining, naval architecture, engineering and agriculture. Newcastle became known worldwide as a hub of industrial activity, with a strong civic university as its intellectual underpinning.