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Northumbria University

At a glance

Northumbria University is a research-rich, business-focused, professional university with a global reputation for academic excellence. Northumbria is one of the largest universities in the UK, attracting more than 33,000 students from 135 countries.

The university is based in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne, which is regularly voted the best place in the UK for students. In September 2014, Northumbria opened its new London Campus which provides access at undergraduate and postgraduate level to professional, industry-based programmes and provides new links and opportunities for students in the national and international business sector.

The university offers over 450 undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses in 8 Academic Schools - Arts and Social Sciences; Built and Natural Environment; Computing; Engineering and Information Sciences; Design; Health; Community and Education Studies; Law; Life Sciences (Sports, Psychology & Applied Sciences) & Newcastle Business School.

Northumbria has great industrial links, deeply embedded in the professional and commercial sectors. The university works with major employers, including Nike, IBM, Nissan, Proctor & Gamble, the BBC, and the NHS, while more than 560 employers and 60 professional bodies sponsor or accredit the University’s programmes.  

The university is ranked 4th in the UK for graduate business start-ups; top ten in the UK for the number of graduates entering professional employment and 9 out of 10 of Northumbria graduates are working or studying six months after graduation

 

Facts & figures

Year of Foundation

1880

Type of institution

Tier 4 Sponsor, Higher Education Institution (HEI)

Course offered

Foundation, undergraduate, postgraduate (taught and research), professional

Intakes

Jan & Sept

Campus locations

New Castle & London

Scholarships

Yes

Main strengths

Law, Business, Arts and Design, Computing, Environmental Science, Built Environment, Applied Healthcare, Sports Science and Psychology, and Teacher education programmes.

No of academic staff

1,361

Accommodation

Yes

Total student number

31811

International Student number

3708

No of countries representated

136

Professional associations

Law Society, Bar Council, The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

Facilities and supports

24/7 library, Personal tutor, academic and career skills development, Lagal clinic, Full Magistrate’s court room to practice advocacy

Student union

Yes

Career development supports

Yes

Career after 6 months

95%

Guardian university rank

50

Awards obtained

The Business School of the Year, THE Awards – 2015; Research - Internationally excellent in all submission fields with 9/12 “World-Leading” (2008 RAE); the national WhatUni Student Choice Award 2014 for the best city life of any university in the UK; the Student Nursing Times Award of Nurse Education Provider of the Year (Post-registration) three years running, voted as the most improved university for sport in the UK according to British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) 2014(ranked 8th for sport in the BUCS standings)

Famous Alumni

Sir Jonathan Ive – Apple’s Vice President; Peter Horbury – Vice President of design at Volvo Cars; Victoria Pendleton – double gold-medal-winning Olympic cyclist; Stephen Miller – three-time gold-medal-winning Paralympic athlete; Amanda Berry – Chief Executive of BAFTA; Neil Marshall – film director, editor and screenwriter (Game of Thrones and Dog Soldiers); Babiana Aido – Spain’s youngest ever minister; Steven Appleby – author and illustrator for national broadsheet newspapers the Guardian, The Times and the Sunday Telegraph; Jonathan Marchbank – Chief Executive Officer of Virgin Mobile South Africa; Kevin Whately – television actor (Inspector Morse).

Why choose Northumbria University

The University works with students to develop their graduate level thinking, skills and independence. Through a mix of assessment tasks, projects, competitions, client briefs, presentations, dissertations and industry scenarios, students test their skills and knowledge and build confidence. Northumbria graduates are academically minded, research-skilled, practice-informed, innovative, ethical and globally aware. They are ambitious, motivated and ready for work with competitive edge.

  • Northumbria is ranked 21st out of 111 universities in the 2014 Times Higher Education Student Satisfaction Survey.
  • Student satisfaction (International Barometer scores 89.6% for international student satisfaction). ISB Autumn 2009 & scored 97% student satisfaction in the 2014 National Student Survey.
  • Northumbria’s courses are highly rated. In the National Student Survey 2014, the University achieved above average satisfaction in over half of its subjects. More than 40 courses achieved satisfaction ratings of 90% or above, of which nine scored the top rating of 100% satisfaction.
  • Both business and accounting programmes have achieved accreditation from The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). This double accreditation places Newcastle Business School in an elite group – the top 1% of business schools worldwide and the only institution in Europe to achieve this.
  • The Business School has its own trading room with Bloomberg Terminals that are used by top traders throughout the world.
  • The university boasts the largest Law School in the North East of England.The Law Department’s Student Law Office was awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize, the highest form of national recognition open to a UK university.
  • BPTC students are able to elect to do live client work in Northumbria’s Student Law Office, advising members of the public on real legal problems - it is a unique pro bono legal service provided by the law students. Students are not limited to just advising the clients – they take on their clients cases, research and prepare for trials and represent at courts and tribunals. All the work is done by the students themselves, supervised at every stage by a practitioner member of staff.
  • Northumbria is the only UK university to have had their teacher training courses rated as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted for 12 years running.
  • The 24/7 Library was rated joint 3rd in the country, alongside Cambridge University, in the Times Higher Education 2014 Student Experience Survey. It provides access to more than 570,000 books, 400,000 e-books and 50,000 print and electronic journals.
  • Northumbria’s student accommodation was voted Top 3 in the UK in the National Student Housing Survey 2014. With over 4,500 beds available for all first year students in university accommodation, Northumbria has a wide variety of residences, from ensuite, top-of-the-range residences to traditional student housing.

Contact:
Tel: +44 (0) 191 204 8899
Email: London.enquiries@northumbria.ac.uk
Web: http://london.northumbria.ac.uk/

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