Coat of Arms of the University of Nottingham
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Motto | Sapientia urbs conditur (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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"A city is built on wisdom" |
Type | Public |
Established | 1798 (Teacher training college) 1881 (University College Nottingham) 1948 (university status) |
Endowment | £55.1 million (as of 31 July 2017) |
Budget | £637.6 million (2016-17) |
Chancellor | Sir Andrew Witty |
Vice-Chancellor | Shearer West |
Visitor | The Lord President of the Council ex officio |
Students | 32,515 domestic (2016/17) 43,893 worldwide |
Undergraduates | 24,065 domestic (2016/17) |
Postgraduates | 8,450 domestic (2016/17) |
Location |
Nottingham, England, UK 52°56′20″N 1°11′49″W / 52.939°N 1.197°WCoordinates: 52°56′20″N 1°11′49″W / 52.939°N 1.197°W |
Colours | University: Blue and white Sports: Green and gold |
Affiliations |
ACU Association of MBAs EQUIS EUA Russell Group Sutton 30 Universitas 21 Universities UK Virgo Consortium M5 Universities |
Website | nottingham.ac.uk |
Global rankings
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ARWU (2017, world) |
101–150 | |
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QS (2018, world) |
84 | |
THE (2018, world) |
147 | |
CWTS Leiden (2017, world) |
123 | |
National rankings
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Complete (2018, national) |
18 | |
The Guardian (2018, national) |
19 | |
Times/Sunday Times (2018, national) |
18 | |
British Government assessment
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Teaching Excellence Framework | Gold |
The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, United Kingdom. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a Royal Charter in 1948.
Nottingham's main campus (University Park) and teaching hospital (Queen's Medical Centre) are on the outskirts of the City of Nottingham, with a number of smaller campuses and sites elsewhere in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Outside the United Kingdom, the university has campuses in Semenyih, Malaysia and Ningbo, China. Nottingham is organised into five constituent faculties, within which there are more than 50 schools, departments, institutes and research centres. Nottingham has about 45,500 students and 7,000 staff, and had an income of £637.6 million in 2016/17, of which £123.7 million was from research grants and contracts.
The 2017 High Fliers survey stated Nottingham was the seventh most targeted university by the UK's top employers between 2016-17. In 2012, Nottingham was ranked 13th in the world in terms of the number of alumni listed among CEOs of the Fortune Global 500. It is also ranked 2nd (joint with Oxford) in the 2012 Summer Olympics table of British medal winners. Moreover, in 2015, Nottingham was listed as the 9th largest European producer of entrepreneurs, according to a private report. In the 2011 and 2014 GreenMetric World University Rankings, University Park was ranked as the world's most sustainable campus. The institution's alumni have been awarded a variety of prestigious accolades, including 3 Nobel Prizes, a Turner Prize, and a Gabor Medal and Prize.
The university is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the Virgo Consortium, the European University Association, the Russell Group, Universities UK, Universitas 21, and participates in the Sutton Trust Summer School programme, as a member of the Sutton 30.