Newcastle Upon Tyne is commonly known as Newcastle and is a city in Tyne and Wear, North East England, 103 miles (166 km) south of Edinburgh and 277 miles (446 km) north of London on the northern bank of the River Tyne, 8.5 mi (13.7 km) from the North Sea.
Newcastle was part of the county of Northumberland until 1400, when it became a county of itself, a status it retained until becoming part of Tyne and Wear in 1974. The regional nickname and dialect for people from Newcastle and the surrounding area is Geordie. Newcastle also houses Newcastle University, a member of the Russell Group, as well as Northumbria University.
Newcastle University Facts
Newcastle University is a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities.
Newcastle University is a global leader in ageing and health, data, energy, cities, and the creative arts.
Newcastle placed 16th in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework), and 78% of our research is assessed to be world-leading.
The Gold Award – in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
We’re a truly international institution, educating students around the globe with a campus in Newcastle, business school in London, and a science and engineering facility in Singapore. We were also the first UK university to establish a fully-owned international campus for medicine at its NUMed campus in Malaysia.
Location
Armstrong Building, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom