Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
Tel 0191 222 5594
www.ncl.ac.uk/enquiries
www.ncl.ac.uk
Open day: October 3

PERFORMANCE

Sunday Times ranking 24= (23)

Student satisfaction 78%
Head teacher ranking 28 (14)
Peer ranking 26= (30=)
Research quality 65.8%
A-level/Higher points 403
Unemployment 7.7%
Firsts and 2:1s 72.2%
Student/staff ratio 14.9:1
Dropout rate 7.8% (7.4%)
World ranking 162=

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VITAL STATISTICS

Undergraduates 14,166 (218)
Postgraduates 3,306 (1,361)
Teaching staff 1,083
Applications/places 25,331/4,534; 5.6:1 (+2.5%)
Clearing entry 6.3%
Live in 29% (100%) £69-£113
Bursaries 28% £670-£1,340
Scholarships 150+: up to £1,500

SOCIAL MIX

EU/overseas 4.4%/10.3%
Mature 11.1%
State school 71.1%
Lowest social classes 19.3%
Low-participation areas 6.6%

Newcastle’s popularity with undergraduates is not hard to fathom. It recruits from across the UK (with about one in 10 also coming from overseas) and is popular with students from state and independent schools, pupils from the latter making up just under one-third of UK recruits, while the university also enjoys an enviable social mix, with about one in five drawn from working-class backgrounds.

The university is one of the finest places in Britain to study medicine. It won a full hand of perfect teaching assessments covering anatomy and physiology, dentistry, medicine, pharmacology and pharmacy, molecular biosciences, organismal biosciences and speech and language sciences.

As part of a £200m investment, there is a new medical sciences building which will be a hub for world-leading research. Newcastle is one of just two centres in the UK licensed to conduct stem cell research with hybrid embryos, looking into cures for diseases such as Parkinson’s and diabetes.

While medicine can claim to be the jewel in the academic crown at Newcastle, the university offers strength in depth with 20 subjects gaining excellent ratings in the cycle of teaching assessments concluded earlier in the decade. Overall student satisfaction is up this year to 78%, ranking 24= nationally and now among the best, outstripping many city-based universities where outside factors — including quality of private accommodation, commuting and fear of crime — have depressed scores in the national student survey. The city was recently voted best town for students in an accommodationforstudents.com survey, which drew on the views of 36,000 students nationally.

Bursary provision is generous and £1,340 is offered to students from families where the income is less than £25,000, topped up to £1,840 for those gaining AAA at A-level (or to £1,540 with two A-level A grades).

STUDENT VIEW

Andriana Georgiou, students’ union president:

First impressions Newcastle has lots on offer for students.
Worst feature Too much to do, after five years I’m still finding new things.
Facilities Our careers service is useful and accessible.
Deal clincher Newcastle may be a city but you can walk down the street and bump into people you know.

Rated excellent (20)
Agriculture, forestry and agricultural sciences; allied health professions (speech and language sciences); anatomy and physiology; architecture; classics and ancient history; dentistry; economics; education; English; geology; linguistics; maths, statistics and operational research; medicine; modern languages; molecular biosciences; organismal biosciences; pharmacology and pharmacy; politics; psychology; social policy and administration.

Student satisfaction
Law 89; Other subjects allied to Medicine 87.2; Philosophy, Theology and Religious studies 86.5; Technology 83.4; Performing Arts 83.4; Physical Geography and Environmental Science 83.1; Finance and Accounting 82.5; Electronic and Electrical Engineering 81.3; Medical Science and Pharmacy 81.2; Medicine and Dentistry 80.9; Computer Science 80.8; Human and Social Geography 80.1; European Languages and Area studies 79.5; History and Archaeology 78.4; Communications and Information studies 78.2; Other Languages and Area studies 78.1; Sociology, Social Policy and Anthropology 77.4; Biology and related Sciences 77.2; Psychology 77.1; Civil, Chemical and other Engineering 77.1; Mechanically-based Engineering 76.5; Economics 76; English-based studies 75.6; Agriculture and related subjects 75.4; Politics 75; Combined 74.5; Mathematical Sciences 73.8; Business 72; Architecture, Building and Planning 71.9; Management 70.5; Physical Science 70.4; Art and Design 66.1

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