Newcastle University

Not to be confused with University of Newcastle (Australia).

Newcastle University
TypePublic
Established1834; 190 years ago (1834) (as The Newcastle-upon-Tyne School of Medicine and Surgery)
1963; 61 years ago (1963) (as the University of Newcastle upon Tyne)
Endowment£87.1 million (2023)[1]
Budget£592.4 million (2022/23)[1]
ChancellorImtiaz Dharker
Vice-ChancellorChris Day[2]
Academic staff
3,095 (2022/23)[3]
Administrative staff
3,540 (2022/23)[3]
Students27,850 (2022/23)[4]
Undergraduates20,965 (2022/23)[4]
Postgraduates20,965 (2022/23)[4]
Location
Newcastle upon Tyne
,
Tyne and Wear
,
England

54°58′41″N 1°36′54″W / 54.978°N 1.615°W / 54.978; -1.615
CampusUrban
Colours  Sky Blue
Affiliations
MascotPercy the Lion
Websitencl.ac.uk

Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is a red brick university and a member of the Russell Group,[5] an association of research-intensive UK universities.

The university finds its roots in the School of Medicine and Surgery (later the College of Medicine), established in 1834, and the College of Physical Science (later renamed Armstrong College), founded in 1871. These two colleges came to form the larger division of the federal University of Durham, with the Durham Colleges forming the other. The Newcastle colleges merged to form King's College in 1937. In 1963, following an Act of Parliament, King's College became the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

The university subdivides into 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.[6] The annual income of the institution for 2022–23 was £592.4 million of which £119.3 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £558 million.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Integrated Annual Report 2022–23" (PDF). Newcastle University. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  2. ^ Gove, Jack (11 July 2016). "Newcastle University looks close to home for new v–c". Times Higher Education. TES Global. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  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? | HESA". hesa.ac.uk. Higher Education Statistics Agency.
  5. ^ "The Russell Group". The Russell Group. Archived from the original on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
  6. ^ "Newcastle University – World University Rankings 2013–14". Times Higher Education. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013.