Newcastle University

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Group.png Newcastle University  
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Formation1834
HeadquartersNewcastle, England
Type Public
Other nameThe Geordies
SubpageNewcastle University/Chancellor
Important UK university

Not to be confused with University of Newcastle, Australia.

Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a UK public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England with overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is a red brick university and a member of the Russell Group,[1] an association of research-intensive UK universities. It holds the Gold Award in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), one of ten Russell Group universities to achieve the Gold TEF rating.[2]

The university can trace its origins to a School of Medicine and Surgery (later the College of Medicine), established in 1834, and to the College of Physical Science (later renamed Armstrong College), founded in 1871. These two colleges came to form one 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.[3] The annual income of the institution for 2017–18 was £495.7 million of which £109.4 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £483.3 million.[4] Newcastle University currently has one of the largest EU research portfolios in the UK.


 

Alumni on Wikispooks

PersonBornNationalitySummaryDescription
Alexander Downer9 September 1951AustraliaPolitician
Deep state operative
Tim Farron27 May 1970PoliticianUK politician and Leader of the Liberal Democrats 2015-2017. Member of Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China.
Giles Fraser27 November 1964Clerk in Holy Orders
Priest
Canon chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral.
Ulysses Kyriacopoulos1952GreeceBusinesspersonGreek double Bilderberger, Trilateral Commission
Kit Malthouse27 October 1966UKPolitician
Emilie Oldknow
Arthur Sinodinos25 February 1957AustraliaDiplomat
Politician
One of the most powerful people in the country as Chief of Staff to Prime Minister John Howard;
Eloise ToddUKCEO
Special Adviser
NGO leader
James WilsonUKLawyerInstitute for Statecraft connected lawyer
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