Newcastle University is a world-class, research-intensive, civic university, performing high quality research across a wide range of disciplines. It is a member of the elite Russell Group of UK universities, ranked 17th out of 122 in the UK in The Sunday Times 2013 University Guide, and has an international reputation.
Newcastle University is also among the top 20 universities in the UK in terms of its research power (Research Fortnight). This is based on the results of the national Research Assessment Exercise 2008 (RAE) which found that in over two thirds of subjects assessed, at least half of all Newcastle University’s research was placed in the top two categories of 4* (world leading) and 3* (internationally excellent). The University has a particular commitment to inter-disciplinary working across Medicine, Science and Engineering, the Humanities and Social Science, and actively promotes this through a series of inter-disciplinary research institutes and networks.
We attract funding from research councils, foundations and government, and we have one of the largest EU research portfolios in the UK. We have research links with many other countries, as well as with our city and region. We have a proven track record of addressing the most pressing societal challenges through socially relevant research, in accordance with our mission as a civic university to pursue excellence with a purpose.