Northampton, a town and in the historic county of Northamptonshire, in the Midlands region of England. Originating about 1100 as a walled town with a castle on the River Nene, Northampton was granted its first charter in 1189. The town walls survived until the Restoration (1660) after the English Civil Wars; they were then demolished because Northampton had sided with Parliament and against the king. The railway station now occupies the site of the old castle.
It lies on the River Nene, about 67 miles (108 km) north-west of London and 50 miles (80 km) south-east of Birmingham.
University of Northampton Facts
The University of Northampton is an amalgamation of Northampton’s colleges of art, technology and education, becoming the Nene College of Higher Education in 1975, before becoming the University of Northampton in 2005.
It currently operates from tone campus Waterside which they specifically built and invested in to become their new home in 2018.
It is divided into four faculties: the faculty of business and law, the faculty of arts, science and technology, the faculty of health and society; and the faculty of education and humanities.
It is one of very few UK universities to offer two-year fast-track degrees (in management and marketing and law) and it also offers four-year extended degrees with a year in industry. It is internationally renowned for waste management education and research.
Other renowned centres include Centre for Children and Youth (childhood and Children’s Geographies), Transpersonal Psychology, leather technology and lift engineering.
Location
Waterside Campus, University Drive, Northampton, NN1 5PH