About Newcastle University
A Global Top 130 university (QS World University Rankings 2025),Newcastle Universityis home to 29,000 students from over 135 countries.
A founding member of the Russell Group, we can trace our origins back to the School of Medicine and Surgery, established in 1834. Our Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering recently marked 150 years of invention and innovation.
Today, we combine world-leading research with an outstanding academic experience.
A global leader in the key strengths of ageing and health, data, cities and place, one planet, culture and creative arts, we are pioneering solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing the world. In the UK’s most recentResearch Excellence Framework 2021, 42% of our research was scored as world leading.
Through outstanding teaching we educate for life. Students are challenged and supported to learn from world-class experts and academics acrossmore than 185 undergraduateandover 300 postgraduate degrees.
We are a partner in the£350 million Newcastle Helix, a global centre for science, technology, research and education. We host three national innovation centres in ageing, data and rural enterprises, and are home to an Urban Observatory, the largest open platform of urban sensing data in the UK.
We’re committed to a more sustainable future. We’re ranked 56th in the world and 19th in the UK for sustainability (QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2025).
One of the first universities to sign up to the UK Government’s Emissions Reduction Pledge, we’re working to reach net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2030.
Our pioneering research supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) to protect the planet and end poverty and inequality in all its forms.
Social and environmental justice are core values, and we embed them in everything we do – throughout our research, education and partnering activities, and across our campus.
Proud to be a University of Sanctuary, we promote a campus and community-wide culture of welcome, engagement and safety for people fleeing persecution and violence.
Our international outlook
With campuses in Newcastle, Singapore (offering engineering degrees) and Malaysia (providing undergraduate medical and biomedical education), we are dedicated to nurturing a diverse, internationally networked community of students.
A 270,000-strong global alumni network complements our strong links with national and international employers, including Siemens Research and Innovation Ecosystem (Siemens RIE), PwC, FDM, Accenture and Arup.