Newcastle University

Newcastle  United Kingdom

A Global Top 140 university (QS World University Rankings 2026), Newcastle University is dedicated to excellence, creativity and innovation, pioneering solutions that can change our world. Through high-quality postgraduate teaching it educates for life, nurturing the next generation of creative practitioners, clinicians, scientists, engineers and educationalists. A founding member of the UK’s prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities, its students learn at the cutting edge of discoveries.

Why study at Newcastle University?

Newcastle’s postgraduate students are challenged and nurtured to achieve great things, learning from world-leading experts whose pioneering research feeds into more than 270 postgraduate degrees.

We offer scholarships and bursaries for UK and international students. Our searchable postgraduate funding database is updated regularly.

We offer tailored careers advice for postgraduates and Careers Service support for up to three years after graduation. 5 QS Stars for Student Employability (2025).

28,000+

postgraduate students

199

courses

#137

in QS World University Rankings 2026

Newcastle  United Kingdom

main campus

Geography (17) Architecture, Building & Planning (3) Creative Arts & Design (9) Languages, Literature & Culture (21) Linguistics & Classics (23) Sociology (33) Anthropology (2) History & Archaeology (19) Information Services (20) Communication & Media Studies (7) Education (11) Business & Management (5) Politics & Government (30) Finance (14) Mathematics (25) Computer Science (8) Economics (10) Environmental Sciences (13) Law (22) Medicine (26) Nursing & Health (27) Social Work (32) Biological Sciences (4) Forensic & Archaeological Sciences (16) Philosophy (28) Psychology (31) Chemistry (6) Agriculture (1) Food Sciences (15) Engineering (12) Geology (18) Physics (29) Veterinary Sciences (35)

About Newcastle University

Newcastle University exists to advance education and research and to help society tackle the many challenges it faces. As a founding member of the Russell Group of research-intensive Universities, we’ve been working to understand our world since 1834. We push the boundaries of knowledge through innovation and creativity. We educate for life. We’ve nurtured generations of students to play their part in building a society that’s better, stronger, and fairer.

We’ve developed a global network of strategic industry partners and employers. Our collaborations are providing ideas and solutions of economic, social and cultural benefit for our world.

The Research Excellent Framework (2021) demonstrated that the University’s research power has grown by 65% since 2014. 42% of our research was scored as world-leading, and research income increased from £93m to £109m. Explore our research.

Home to a vibrant community of 28,000 students from 130 countries, the University has three campuses: a 50-acre city campus in Newcastle and hub of its teaching, learning, research and collaboration; a campus in Singapore offering engineering degrees in collaboration with the Singapore Institute of Technology and Ngee Ann and Nanyang Polytechnics; a campus in Malaysia.



Health and Wellbeing teams help students reach their full potential during their studies, supported by services including counselling, mental health, disability and specialist learning support.

Students can choose from over 180 Student Union-run societies and 60+ sports clubs offering countless opportunities to make friends and memories for life.

The University’s city-centre location puts it at the heart of the cosmopolitan city of Newcastle. The UK’s top 5 student cities and a top 10 city for affordability in the UK (QS Best Student Cities 2025). This friendly capital of North East England has a rich heritage, beautiful architecture and glorious green spaces. It offers top-class sport, a multicultural arts scene, great shopping and exciting nightlife.

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Main campus

Newcastle University

Newcastle

North East

United Kingdom