Newcastle-upon-Tyne Polytechnic
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| Motto | Latin: Aetas Discendi |
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Motto in English
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"The age of learning" |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1992 - Gained University status 1969 - Newcastle Polytechnic 1894 - Rutherford College of Technology |
| Budget | £250,000,000 (2017) |
| Chancellor | Tanni Grey-Thompson |
| Vice-Chancellor | Andrew Wathey |
| Students | 26,675 (2016/17) |
| Undergraduates | 21,445 (2016/17) |
| Postgraduates | 5,230 (2016/17) |
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Other students
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220 FE |
| Location |
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK 54°58′35″N 1°36′29″W / 54.9764°N 1.6080°WCoordinates: 54°58′35″N 1°36′29″W / 54.9764°N 1.6080°W |
| Campus | Urban and Suburban |
| Athletics | Team Northumbria |
| Affiliations | Wallace Group |
| Website | http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/ |
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Global rankings
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QS (2018, world) |
751-800 | |
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THE (2018, world) |
501–600 | |
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National rankings
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Complete (2018, national) |
59 | |
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The Guardian (2018, national) |
48= | |
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Times/Sunday Times (2018, national) |
66 | |
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British Government assessment
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| Teaching Excellence Framework | Silver | |
Northumbria University, officially the University of Northumbria at Newcastle, is a university located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East of England. A former polytechnic, it was established as one of the new universities in 1992.
Northumbria University has its origins in three Newcastle colleges: Rutherford College of Technology, which was established by John Hunter Rutherford in 1880 and opened formally in 1894 by the Duke of York (later King George V), the College of Art & Industrial Design and the Municipal College of Commerce.
In 1969, the three colleges were amalgamated to form Newcastle Polytechnic. The Polytechnic became the major regional centre for the training of teachers with the creation of the City College of Education in 1974 and the Northern Counties College of Education in 1976.
In 1992, Newcastle Polytechnic was reconstituted as the new University of Northumbria, as part of a nationwide process in which polytechnics became new universities. It was originally styled, and its official name still is, the University of Northumbria at Newcastle (see the Articles of Government) but the trading name was simplified to Northumbria University in 2002. In 1995, it was awarded responsibility for the education of healthcare professionals, which was transferred from the National Health Service.
The university has two large campuses. City Campus, located in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, is divided into City Campus East and City Campus West by the city's central motorway and linked by a £4 million bridge which in 2008 was officially opened by the former Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Lord Digby Jones.
City Campus East is home to the Schools of Law, Design and the Newcastle Business School (NBS). NBS and Law are housed in one building, and the School of Design is across a courtyard.
City Campus East, designed by Atkins, opened in September 2007, winning awards from The Journal newspaper and the Low Carbon New Build Project of the Year accolade.
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