About
Newcastle University is a UK university founded in 1963, based in Newcastle upon Tyne. The Teaching Excellence Framework awarded Newcastle University a Silver rating.
Academic staff have published 146,106 works cited 11,090,518 times, with an h-index of 858.
Courses at Newcastle University (416)
Accounting and Finance
Newcastle University
NSS Score
86.69%
Accounting and Finance
Newcastle University
A-Levels
AAB
Accounting, Finance and Financial Analysis
Newcastle University
Accounting, Finance and Strategic Investment
Newcastle University
Advanced Architectural Design
Newcastle University
Advanced Computer Science
Newcastle University
Who gets into Newcastle University
See full breakdown →Full-time undergraduates admitted in 2023-24, by neighbourhood deprivation. Source: Office for Students.
From the least deprived 20% of UK neighbourhoods
35.2%
From the most deprived 20%
10.1%
The richest-area share is 25.1 percentage points higher than the poorest-area share among 5,010 entrants in 2023-24.
Notable alumni of Newcastle University
See all 194 →194 notable graduates and former students with Wikipedia coverage, ranked by international reach. Source: Wikidata.
Rowan Atkinson
English actor, comedian, and screenwriter (born 1955)
Bryan Ferry
British singer (born 1945)
Princess Eugenie of York
younger daughter of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and Sarah Ferguson
Chris Vance
British actor
Lewis Fry Richardson
UK mathematician & polymath (1881–1953)
Harold Jeffreys
British geophysicist and statistician (1891–1989)
Esha Gupta
Indian actress
Tim Farron
British politician (born 1970)
Mary Midgley
British philosopher and ethicist (1919–2018)
William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong
English inventor, scientist, engineer, industrialist (1810-1900)
Paul Kennedy
British historian
Perrie Edwards
British singer
Rankings
- Complete University Guide 2026
- #31
- The Guardian (UK) 2026
- #81
- QS World 2026
- #137
- Times Higher Ed (World) 2026
- #144
- ARWU (Shanghai) 2025
- #201
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Quick Facts
- Location
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Postcode
- NE1 7RU
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1963
- TEF Rating
- Silver