Northumbria University, Newcastle

TEF S · TEF Silver

Northumberland Building, Northumberland Road, Newcastle upon Tyne Founded 1992 www.northumbria.ac.uk

Publications

42,207

Citations

1,320,993

h-index

335

NSS 2025 (UG)

82.8%

Source: OfS

Founded

1992

Courses

229

About

Northumbria University, Newcastle is a UK university founded in 1992, based in Newcastle upon Tyne. The Teaching Excellence Framework awarded Northumbria University, Newcastle a Silver rating.

Academic staff have published 42,207 works cited 1,320,993 times, with an h-index of 335.

Courses at Northumbria University, Newcastle (229)

Accounting

Northumbria University, Newcastle

BSc Full-time 3 Years UG Newcastle upon Tyne

UCAS Points

112 points

NSS Score

76.08%

Accounting and Finance

Northumbria University, Newcastle

MSc Full-time 1 Year PG Newcastle upon Tyne

Accounting and Finance (Completion Award)

Northumbria University, Newcastle

BSc (Hons) Full-time 2 Years UG Newcastle upon Tyne

Accounting and Finance Completion Award

Northumbria University, Newcastle

BSc (Hons) Full-time 1 Year UG Newcastle upon Tyne

Accounting, Finance and Economics Foundation Year

Northumbria University, Newcastle

BA (Hons) Sandwich 5 Years UG Newcastle upon Tyne

UCAS Points

96 points

Advanced Computer Science

Northumbria University, Newcastle

MSc Full-time 16 Months PG Newcastle upon Tyne

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Who gets into Northumbria University, Newcastle

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Full-time undergraduates admitted in 2023-24, by neighbourhood deprivation. Source: Office for Students.

From the least deprived 20% of UK neighbourhoods

25.7%

From the most deprived 20%

20.4%

The richest-area share is 5.3 percentage points higher than the poorest-area share among 5,200 entrants in 2023-24.

Notable alumni of Northumbria University, Newcastle

66 notable graduates and former students with Wikipedia coverage, ranked by international reach. Source: Wikidata.

Sting

lutenist·b. 1951

British musician (born 1951)

Jony Ive

product designer·b. 1967

English designer and former Chief Design Officer at Apple (born 1967)

Victoria Pendleton

autobiographer·b. 1980

British cyclist and jockey

Ali Dia

association football player·b. 1965

Senegalese footballer

Steve Cram

track and field coach·b. 1960

British middle distance runner

Neil Marshall

film editor·b. 1970

British film director and writer

Alexei Mordashov

metallurgist·b. 1965

Russian businessman

Bibiana Aído

United Nations official·b. 1977

Spanish politician

Kevin Whately

television actor·b. 1951

English actor

Martin Callanan

politician·b. 1961

British politician (born 1961)

Alan Campbell

politician·b. 1957

British politician (born 1957)

Bharti Kher

object artist·b. 1969

Indian artist (born 1969)

Research output

Annual publications · OpenAlex

2012 897 2026

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Rankings

Complete University Guide 2026: #37
The Guardian (UK) 2026: #47
QS World 2026: #550
Times Higher Ed (World) 2026: 401–500
ARWU (Shanghai) 2025: #701

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Quick Facts

Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Postcode: NE1 8ST
Country: United Kingdom
Founded: 1992
TEF Rating: Silver

Contact

bc.applicantservices@northumbria.ac.uk

0191 406 0901