Northumbria University
| Northumbria University | |
|---|---|
| motto |
Aetas Discendi ("a lifetime of learning") |
| founding | Received university status 1992 1969 - Newcastle Polytechnic 1894 - Rutherford College of Technology |
| place | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| country | United Kingdom |
| Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive | Andrew Wathey |
| Students | 29,300 (WS 2011/12) , including foreigners: 2,210 |
| Employee | 3,210 ( 2011/12 ) |
| Website | www.northumbria.ac.uk |
The Northumbria University , officially University of Northumbria at Newcastle , is a public university based in Newcastle upon Tyne , United Kingdom .
General
The university has two major locations. The City Campus is located in the heart of the city of Newcastle and is divided into an east and a west part along a central street. The second campus is about 4 km outside the city center and is named Coach Lane Campus after the street on which it is built. The courses on offer range from business to art and design, computer science, environmental sciences, engineering, medicine, sports science, sports psychology and education. In the 2011/2012 academic year, 29,300 students were enrolled. The university also had 3,210 employees.
Northumbria University's Newcastle Business School has now risen to the top 20 in the UK thanks to its AACSB accreditation.
history
Northumbria University's origins lie in three regional colleges: Rutherford College of Technology, founded by John Hunter Rutherford in 1894, the College of Art & Industrial Design, and the Municipal College of Commerce. In 1969 these three institutions were combined to form Newcastle Polytechnic. In 1974 the City of Newcastle College of Education became part of the Polytechnic. The Northern Counties College of Education, which was founded in 1880 under the name Northern Counties College of Cookery and Household Management , was added in 1976 and thus established the institution's Coach Lane Campus. In a final expansion step, the Northumbria College of Health Studies was added to the School of Health, Community and Education Studies in 1995. In the course of the nationwide process in which the Polytechnika was renamed to universities, the institution was given the still officially valid name of University of Northumbria at Newcastle in 1992. Since 2002 the university has been using the name Northumbria University almost exclusively.
Structure of the university
The university is divided into four faculties:
- Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences with the areas
- Arts, Humanities, Media and Social Sciences
- Northumbria design
- Faculty of Business and Law with the areas
- Newcastle Business School
- Northumbria School of Law
- Faculty of Engineering and Environment with the areas
- Built and Natural Environment
- Computing, Engineering and Information Sciences
- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences with the areas
- Health, Community and Education Studies
- Life sciences
In addition, Northumbria University maintains several service facilities such as the student administration, university sports, canteens and the computer center. As usual in Great Britain, the university is headed by the Vice Chancellor. Currently this is Andrew Wathey. He heads the so-called University Executive , which comprises a total of 15 people. This also includes the boards of the four faculties.
Science and Research
There are 21 research centers or clusters: These are:
- Architecture, Built Environment and Planning
- Biomolecular and Biomedical Research Center
- Brain, Performance and Nutrition Research Center (BPNRC)
- Building Information Modeling (BIM) Academy
- Business Subject Groups
- Center for Collaborative Gerontology
- Center for Evidence and Criminal Justice Studies
- Center for Design Research
- Center for Environmental and Spatial Analysis (CESA)
- Center for Public Policy
- Center for Translational Research in Public Health (FUSE) (partner)
- Cognition and Communication Research Center (CoCo)
- Communication, Library and Information Systems
- Community, Health and Education Studies Research Center (CHESs)
- Computer Science and Informatics
- Engineering, Physics and Materials Science
- Geography and Environmental Studies
- Mathematics, Statistics and Astrophysics
- Northumbria University Center for Forensic Science (NUCFS)
- Northumbrian Environmental Training Research Center (NETREC)
- Sport Exercise and Wellbeing (SEW)
In the Research Assessment Exercise 2008, the evaluation of the higher education institutions in the United Kingdom, which usually takes place every five years, the university was able to achieve above all in the areas of "Nursing and Midwifery", "Art and Design" and "History of Art, Architecture and Design" good results with 15% of the work in the highest level "4 *". In the areas of "General Engineering and Mineral & Mining Engineering" and "Architecture and the Built Environment", 45% of the work was classified in the second highest level "3 *". This put the university in 88th place in a comparison of all British universities.
University life
Due to the central location of the City Campus, student life mainly takes place in the city center of Newcastle upon Tyne . The city on the river Tyne is best known for its bridges and its numerous galleries and museums such as the Baltic Center for Contemporary Art , which are often used by students thanks to their mostly free admission. In addition, Newcastle has developed into a true party stronghold with numerous pubs, clubs and bars in recent years. The roughly 50,000 students at Northumbria University and neighboring Newcastle University also contribute to this. Northumbria University's Students' Union, or NSU for short, is extremely active. In addition to organizing numerous charitable activities such as collecting donations, the NSU also organizes countless parties. It also runs coffee shops, bars and nightclubs. In 2011 the NSU was named the best student representation in the country.
International Relations
The university maintains partnerships with 26 universities worldwide (as of September 30, 2013). There are agreements on student exchanges, joint degrees and further cooperation. The 26 partner universities are:
- Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China
- Central University of Finance & Economics, China
- HELP University, Malaysia
- Hong Kong University SPACE
- MAHSA University College, Malaysia
- Republic Polytechnic, Singapore
- Shanghai University of Sport, China
- VTC (SHAPE) Hong Kong
- Xi'an Institute of Physical Education, China
- St George's University, Grenada
- Accadis University, Bad Homburg, Germany
- Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium
- University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
- Kajaani University of Applied Sciences, Finland
- Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg, France
- Sports University Cologne, Germany
- University of Bayreuth, Germany
- Hanze University Groningen, Netherlands
- Hogeschool Van Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Univerita Degli Studi di Roma (Foro Italico), Rome, Italy
- Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- INEFC, Barcelona, Spain
- Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
- Universidad Europea de Madrid, Spain
- University of Minnesota, USA
- University of Regina, Canada
Web links
- Official website (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/leadership-governance/university-executive/vice-chancellor-and-chief-executive/
- ↑ a b c d Headline Statistics Northumbria 2011/2012 . Higher Education Statistics Agency website. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
- ↑ Faculties & Services . Official website of Northumbria University. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
- ↑ University Executive (PDF; 29 kB). Official website of Northumbria University. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
- ↑ Research and Innovation That Makes a Difference ( Memento of the original from August 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Official website of Northumbria University. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
- ^ RAE 2008 quality profiles University of Northumbria at Newcastle . Research Assessment Excercise 2008 website. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
- ↑ TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION TABLE OF EXCELLENCE (PDF; 138 kB). Times Higher Education Rankings website. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from June 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Students' Union of the year
- ↑ International Partners ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Official website of Northumbria University. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
