Newcastle University

University of Newcastle upon Tyne

As a member of the Russell Group, the University of Newcastle upon Tyne is one of the best universities of research development and student experience in the country. The high reputation of the university is based on its excellent educational programmes – as well as the great satisfaction of the students who are studying there.

The origins of the university were first established in 1834 as a School of Medicine and Surgery with capacity of 26 students; later in 1851, the school was divided into two rival departments, the Newcastle College of Medicine and the Newcastle upon Tyne College of Medicine and Practical Science. By 1857, the Newcastle College of Medicine became a part of the University of Durham, both of which were renamed to the University Of Durham College Of Medicine in 1870. Through the following years the college changed its name several times, until in 1962 it was officially named University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

The university has staff numbering over 4,800 employees as well as 19,700 students, including about 2,000 overseas students coming from more than 100 countries. The twenty three academic schools and the thirteen research departments are combined into three main faculties: the Humanities and Social Sciences, Medical Sciences and Science, Agriculture and Engineering. All of those faculties are represented by experts and leading names in the area of social sciences, medical sciences, physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, business and law.  

The faculty of Humanities and Social Science has nine schools, a graduate school and a language school as well as several research centres, postgraduate degrees and more than seventy undergraduate degrees. This makes it the largest faculty at Newcastle University.

The faculty of Medical Sciences consists of Biomedical and Biomolecular Science, Dentistry and Medicine, managed by academic staff that includes the most prestige lecturers in the field of medicine.

The faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering consists of ten schools, covering Biology, Chemistry, Agriculture and much more.

The main library is the Robinson library, which consists of more than a million books and journals.

There are over 100 societies at the Newcastle University upon Tyne, including the Newcastle University Union Society, Newcastle University Photographic society and Newcastle University Neighbours Society.

Address:
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Queen Victoria Road
Newcastle
NE1 7RU

Tel: 0191 222 6000