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About the University

The University of Northumbria is an expanding multicultural learning community, with excellent links with Further and Higher Education, industry and commerce throughout the UK, Europe and beyond. The University is renowned for the excellence of its teaching, as well as for preparing students for the world of work and providing research opportunities for professional reflective practice.

The University has a reputation for delivering first class teaching on excellent courses, which is backed up by the National Higher Education Quality Assurance Agency. It is an international university, with students from countries all over the world.

In recent years, three national newspapers have voted Northumbria as "Best New University" including The Sunday Times between the years of 1998-2000 and the Daily Telegraph for two consecutive years.

Campuses

The University of Northumbria has four campuses. Each has its own facilities and accommodation, but students have access to the facilities at all sites no matter which campus they are based on. All campuses have direct computer links to other University sites.

  • Newcastle City Campus

    This is the largest campus and home for all the courses in the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Engineering, Science and Technology and the Faculty of Social Sciences, as well as for most of the courses delivered by Newcastle Business School. The campus is situated in the heart of the city. Located on the City Campus are the University's main library, Students' Union, computer facilities, language laboratories, art gallery and the sports centre which, with its fully-equipped Sola Fitness Suite, now offers some of the finest facilities of its kind among the country's universities.
     
  • Coach Lane Campus

    Coach Lane Campus is set in leafy suburbs, just 3 miles from Newcastle city centre. It accommodates all students in the Faculty of Health, Social Work and Education, including all the student nurses in the region. The University's Development Office, the Special Needs Research Unit and Special Educational Needs Resources Centre are also located on this site. The campus has state-of-the-art information and communications facilities, which are appropriate to the needs of Higher Education in the twenty-first century.
     
  • University Campus, Carlisle

    As part of its commitment to widening Higher Education opportunities, the University opened a campus in this historic city, and in September 1992, the University Campus, Carlisle welcomed its first intake of students to business and management courses. The award-winning Campus is located in the historic heart of the city, occupying sites in Castle Street and Paternoster Row. It houses the library, language and computer laboratories, lecture theatre and seminar rooms.
     
  • Longhirst Campus

    The Campus is based at Longhirst Hall, a magnificent listed building near Morpeth in Northumberland. The purpose-built and self-contained University Campus has lecture and seminar rooms, a library, satellite communications, and the latest in information technology. Longhirst campus is set in 45 acres of beautiful parkland which provides students with a variety of sporting and leisure facilities. Longhirst Campus is 3 miles from the town of Morpeth in Northumberland, which is 15miles north of Newcastle.


Faculties of Study

The University of Northumbria offers a wide range of courses at undergraduate, postgraduate and research levels. The University also offers various routes to degree courses in the form of Higher National Diplomas, Certificates and Diplomas. The University has the following faculties of study:

  • Faculty of Arts

    The Faculty of Arts has School of Arts, School of Design, School of Humanities, School of Information Studies, School of Modern Languages and Research Institute.

    It offers various courses in field of Fine Arts, Design, Cultural Management, Information Studies, Languages, research based courses and many more…
     
  • Faculty of Engineering, Science and Technology

    The Faculty of Engineering, Science and Technology offers courses in Facilities Management, Project Management, Biomedical Sciences, Computing, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Microelectronics, Communication Engineering, e-Business Technology, Built Environment, Applied and Molecular Sciences and many more…
     
  • Faculty of Health, Social Work and Education

    The Faculty of Health, Social Work and Education offers courses in Education, Nursing, Health Sciences, Child Care, Social Welfare, Social Work, Clinical Psychology, Mental Health Studies and many others.
     
  • Faculty of Social Sciences

    The Faculty of Social Sciences offers courses in Economics, Strategy Management, Law, Applied Sociology, Criminology, Sport Management, Special Needs and Social Welfare, Occupational Psychology, Geography and Environmental Management etc.
     
  • Newcastle Business School

    Newcastle Business School offers various courses in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business Administration, Marketing, International Business Administration, Corporate Environment, Risk Management, ACCA and other courses.
     
  • University Campus, Carlisle

    The University Campus, Carlisle offers courses in Management Studies, Human Resource Management, Health Sciences, Business and many more…

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