Northumbria University

Northumbria University
Coat of Arms
MottoLatin: Aetas Discendi[1]
Motto in English
A lifetime of learning
TypePublic
Established
  • 1877: Rutherford College of Technology
  • 1969: Newcastle Polytechnic
  • 1992: gained university status
Endowment£1.21 million (2023)[2]
Budget£338.3 million (2022/23)[2]
ChancellorBaroness Tanni Grey-Thompson
Vice-ChancellorAndy Long
Academic staff
1,765 (2022/23)[3]
Administrative staff
1,720 (2022/23)[3]
Students32,565 (2022/23)[4]
Undergraduates20,710 (2022/23)[4]
Postgraduates11,860 (2022/23)[4]
Location,
England

54°58′35″N 1°36′29″W / 54.9764°N 1.6080°W / 54.9764; -1.6080
CampusUrban and suburban
ColoursUniversity: Black & white
Northumbria Sport:
Sporting affiliations
Northumbria Sport
Websitenorthumbria.ac.uk

Northumbria University (legally the University of Northumbria at Newcastle) is a public research university located in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East of England. It has been a university since 1992, but has its origins in the Rutherford College, founded in 1877.[5]

Northumbria University is primarily based within City Campus located in Newcastle upon Tyne city centre and at Coach Lane campus on the outskirts of the city centre, London and Amsterdam. It is organised into four faculties—Arts, Design and Social Sciences; Business and Law; Engineering and Environment, and Health and Life Sciences. Northumbria University has approximately 38,300 students.[6]

According to the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, Northumbria University was rated 23rd in the UK for research power (the grade point average score of a university, multiplied by the full-time equivalent number of researchers submitted).[7] This determines how much funding is awarded to universities to spend on research activity and represented the largest percentage-point rise in market share since the previous exercise.[8] The annual income of the institution for 2022–23 was £338.3 million of which £16.4 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £340.2 million.[2]

Northumbria is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, Universities UK and the Wallace Group.

  1. ^ "Insight - Chancellor retires". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "Annual Report and Financial Statements 2022/23" (PDF). Northumbria University. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Who's working in HE?". www.hesa.ac.uk. Higher Education Statistics Agency.
  4. ^ a b c "Where do HE students study?". Higher Education Statistics Agency. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  5. ^ Rutherford College, Newcastle. <corpname>Rutherford College, Newcastle</corpname>. 1877–1907.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. ^ "History of Northumbria". www.northumbria.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  7. ^ "REF 2021: Quality ratings hit new high in expanded assessment". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  8. ^ Tom Williams (4 August 2022). "Post-92s gain research funding at expense of 'golden triangle'". Times Higher Education.