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/