Northumbria University
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| Motto | Latin: Aetas Discendi | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Motto in English | A lifetime of learning | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Type | Public | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Endowment | £1.21 million (2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Budget | £338.3 million (2022/23) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chancellor | George Clarke | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Vice-Chancellor | Andy Long | |||||||||||||||||||||
Academic staff | 1,765 (2022/23) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Administrative staff | 1,720 (2022/23) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Students | 29,685 (2024/25) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Undergraduates | 20,750 (2024/25) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Postgraduates | 8,935 (2024/25) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear , England 54°58′35″N 1°36′29″W / 54.9764°N 1.6080°W | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Campus | Urban and suburban | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Colours | University: Black & white | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sporting affiliations | Northumbria Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | northumbria | |||||||||||||||||||||
athletics_affiliations, affiliations.The University of Northumbria at Newcastle, which operates as Northumbria University, is a public research university located in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East of England. It has been a university since 1992, but has its origins in the Rutherford College, founded in 1877.
Northumbria University is primarily based within City Campus located in Newcastle upon Tyne city centre and at Coach Lane campus on the outskirts of the city centre, London and Amsterdam. It is organised into four faculties—Arts, Design and Social Sciences; Business and Law; Engineering and Environment, and Health and Life Sciences. Northumbria University has approximately 38,300 students.
According to the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, Northumbria University was rated 23rd in the UK for research power (the grade point average score of a university, multiplied by the full-time equivalent number of researchers submitted). This determines how much funding is awarded to universities to spend on research activity and represented the largest percentage-point rise in market share since the previous exercise. The annual income of the institution for 2022–23 was £338.3 million of which £16.4 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £340.2 million.
Northumbria is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, Universities UK and the Wallace Group.