60-735: The Dove Marine Laboratory is a research and teaching laboratory which forms part of the School of Marine Science and Technology within Newcastle University in the United Kingdom . The original Laboratory was established in October 1897. It comprised a small wooden hut sited next to the Saltwater Baths on Cullercoats Bay, and was used by Armstrong College to study the waters of the north east UK coastline . On
120-687: A bookseller in the city and benefactor to the library. The Walton Library specialises in services for the Faculty of Medical Sciences in the Medical School. It is named after Lord Walton of Detchant , former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Professor of Neurology. The library has a relationship with the Northern region of the NHS allowing their staff to use the library for research and study. The Law Library specialises in resources relating to law, and
180-405: A network of schools, undertakes work activities of discovery of languages for the 9 to 13 years pupils. This implies having festivals, Q&A sessions, language tasters, or quizzes organised, as well as a web learning work aiming at constructing a web portal to link language learners across the region. Newcastle Law School is the longest established law school in the north-east of England when law
240-494: A place for the teaching of sciences in the city were finally met with the foundation of the College of Physical Science in 1871. The college offered instruction in mathematics, physics, chemistry and geology to meet the growing needs of the mining industry, becoming the "Durham College of Physical Science" in 1883 and then renamed after William George Armstrong as Armstrong College in 1904. Both of these institutions were part of
300-686: A public aquarium and once housed the coble in which Grace Darling and her father rescued passengers from the SS Forfashire in 1838. In 1967 responsibility for the Laboratory was transferred to Newcastle University . At one point the entrance was a long beam that had to be walked across. As a research facility the Laboratory is normally closed to the public, but holds open days during the summer months and as part of other events such as Cullercoats Harbour Day and Heritage Open Days. A Marine Science distance learning course, Delve Deeper, run by
360-611: A series of public lectures called 'Insights' each year in the Curtis Auditorium in the Herschel Building. Many of the university's partnerships with companies, like Red Hat , are housed in the Herschel Annex. The university describes itself as a civic university, with a role to play in society by bringing its research to bear on issues faced by communities (local, national or international). In 2012,
420-489: A wide range of subject areas spanning arts, sciences, engineering and medicine, together with approximately 340 postgraduate taught and research programmes across a range of disciplines. The annual income of the institution for 2022–23 was £592.4 million of which £119.3 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £558 million. The establishment of a university in Newcastle upon Tyne
480-547: Is a red brick university and a member of the Russell Group , an association of research-intensive UK universities. The university finds its roots in the School of Medicine and Surgery (later the College of Medicine), established in 1834, and the College of Physical Science (later renamed Armstrong College), founded in 1871. These two colleges came to form the larger division of the federal University of Durham , with
540-587: Is also a part of the Great North Museum project, and remains within the Fine Art Building. The university is a member of the Russell Group of the UK's research-intensive universities. It is ranked in the top 200 of most world rankings, and in the top 40 of most UK rankings. As of 2023, it is ranked 110th globally by QS, 292nd by Leiden , 139th by Times Higher Education and 201st–300th by
600-660: Is currently headed by the Sir David Dale Chair. Among the eminent economists having served in the Department (both as holders of the Sir David Dale Chair) are Harry Mainwaring Hallsworth and Stanley Dennison . Like its peers in the north of England, such as the business schools of University of Bradford and Manchester Metropolitan University , Newcastle University Business School is a triple accredited business school, with accreditation by
660-483: Is led by a Provost/Pro-vice-chancellor and a team of Deans with specific responsibilities. The university also has research institutes based within each faculty. As early as the 1900/1 academic year, there was teaching in economics ( political economy , as it was then known) at Newcastle, making Economics the oldest department in what would only much later become the Business School. The Economics Department
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#1732780035877720-517: Is the British poet and artist Imtiaz Dharker . She assumed the position of Chancellor on 1 January 2020. The vice-chancellor is Chris Day , a hepatologist and former pro-vice-chancellor of the Faculty of Medical Sciences. The university has an enrolment of some 16,000 undergraduate and 5,600 postgraduate students. Teaching and research are delivered in 19 academic schools, 13 research institutes and 38 research centres, spread across three Faculties:
780-813: The Academic Ranking of World Universities . Nationally, it is ranked joint 33rd by the Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide, 30th by the Complete University Guide and joint 63rd by the Guardian. Thomas Michael Greenhow Thomas Michael Greenhow MD MRCS FRCS (5 July 1792 – 25 October 1881) was an English surgeon and epidemiologist. Greenhow was the second son of Edward Martin Greenhow, an army surgeon from North Shields . He
840-594: The Durham Colleges forming the other. The Newcastle colleges merged to form King's College in 1937. In 1963, following an Act of Parliament, King's College became the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. The university subdivides into three faculties: the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; the Faculty of Medical Sciences; and the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering. The university offers around 175 full-time undergraduate degree programmes in
900-740: The creation of Newcastle University itself, as in 1911 Armstrong College in Newcastle installed Albert George Latham , its first professor of modern languages. The School of Modern Languages at Newcastle is the lead institution in the North East Routes into Languages Consortium and, together with the Durham University , Northumbria University , the University of Sunderland , the Teesside University and
960-653: The "Durham University College of Medicine" with the Reader in Medicine becoming the Professor of Medicine, the college gaining a representative on the university's senate, and residence at the college henceforth counting as residence in the university towards degrees in medicine and surgery, removing the need for students to spend a period of residence in Durham before they could receive the higher degrees. Attempts to realise
1020-472: The 1830s. Debrett's records that Greenhow was a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England , having become, in 1843, one of the original 300 fellows. Greenhow worked in all areas of surgery and had a particular interest in obstetrics and gynaecology ; in 1845, he controversially published detailed accounts regarding his views on the gynaecological status of Harriet Martineau , who
1080-549: The 1850s warning of further impending cholera pandemics. The archives of King's College London hold an 1866 letter from E. H. Greenhow concerning the 1849 cholera breakout in Manchester , with which both men were greatly involved. The Lancet records that at a meeting in 1855 of the Epidemiological Society of London , John Snow responded to a paper being read out by Edward Headlam Greenhow in which
1140-401: The 28 March 1904 the Laboratory and Baths were destroyed by fire, but it was agreed that the work of the Laboratory should continue. In 1906 the local landowner, geologist Wilfred Hudleston, FRS , offered not only to make the site of the old Baths available for newer, larger, facilities, but also offered to finance their construction. He was reluctant to publicise his generosity, and asked that
1200-682: The Alumni Lecture Theatre and seminar rooms as well as the Law Library are all located within the School buildings. The School of Computing was ranked in the Times Higher Education world Top 100. Research areas include Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and ubiquitous computing, secure and resilient systems, synthetic biology, scalable computing (high performance systems, data science, machine learning and data visualization), and advanced modelling. The school led
1260-415: The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; the Faculty of Medical Sciences; and the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering. The university offers around 175 full-time undergraduate degree programmes in a wide range of subject areas spanning arts, sciences, engineering and medicine, together with approximately 340 postgraduate taught and research programmes across a range of disciplines. It holds
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#17327800358771320-906: The Great Hall, King's Hall. During the First World War , the building was requisitioned by the War Office to create the first Northern General Hospital, a facility for the Royal Army Medical Corps to treat military casualties. Graduation photographs are often taken in the University Quadrangle, next to the Armstrong building. In 1949 the Quadrangle was turned into a formal garden in memory of members of Newcastle University who gave their lives in
1380-684: The Hadrian awards and the RICS Building of the Year Award 2004. The university won a Green Gown award for its construction. Plans for additions and improvements to the campus were made public in March 2008 and completed in 2010 at a cost of £200 million. They included a redevelopment of the south-east (Haymarket) façade with a five-storey King's Gate administration building as well as new student accommodation. Two additional buildings for
1440-597: The Hall of the Company of Barber Surgeons to accommodate the growing number of students, and the School of Medicine and Surgery was formally established on 1 October 1834. On 25 June 1851, following a dispute among the teaching staff, the school was formally dissolved and the lecturers split into two rival institutions. The majority formed the Newcastle College of Medicine, and the others established themselves as
1500-736: The Marjorie Robinson Library Rooms offers additional study spaces and computers. Together, these house over one million books and 500,000 electronic resources. Some schools within the university, such as the School of Modern Languages, also have their own smaller libraries with smaller highly specialised collections. In addition to the city centre campus there are buildings such as the Dove Marine Laboratory located on Cullercoats Bay, and Cockle Park Farm in Northumberland . In September 2008,
1560-896: The Newcastle Infirmary, later renamed the Royal Victoria Infirmary , for many years and was instrumental in its expansion in the 1850s. While working there, he trained John Snow . Greenhow and Snow both advocated for the usage of chloroform when performing major surgery and undertook "dedicated research" to end the London cholera pandemic . Greenhow's son, surgeon Henry Martineau Greenhow, reported in The Lancet his father's surgical success involving chloroform. Greenhow and his nephew, physician Edward Headlam Greenhow , undertook much research into medical hygiene and public health, publishing papers throughout
1620-512: The Newcastle upon Tyne College of Medicine and Practical Science with competing lecture courses. In July 1851 the majority college was recognised by the Society of Apothecaries and in October by the Royal College of Surgeons of England and in January 1852 was approved by the University of London to submit its students for London medical degree examinations. Later in 1852, the majority college
1680-790: The UK. In 2008 the Medical School announced that they were expanding their campus to Malaysia . The Royal Victoria Infirmary has always had close links with the Faculty of Medical Sciences as a major teaching hospital. The School of Modern Languages consists of five sections: East Asian (which includes Japanese and Chinese); French; German; Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American Studies; and Translating & Interpreting Studies. Six languages are taught from beginner's level to full degree level ‒ Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese ‒ and beginner's courses in Catalan, Dutch, Italian and Quechua are also available. Beyond
1740-554: The University includes a field course component based at the laboratory. 55°02′06″N 1°25′57″W / 55.035°N 1.4326°W / 55.035; -1.4326 Newcastle University Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne ) is a public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne , North East England . It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university
1800-586: The University of Durham, which became a federal university under the Durham University Act 1908 with two divisions in Durham and Newcastle. By 1908, the Newcastle division was teaching a full range of subjects in the Faculties of Medicine, Arts, and Science, which also included agriculture and engineering. Throughout the early 20th century, the medical and science colleges outpaced the growth of their Durham counterparts. Following tensions between
1860-769: The age of 18. His second son, Henry Martineau Greenhow (1829–1912), followed his father into medicine. He studied at University College London , and by 1854, he was a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England . He joined the Indian Medical Service spending his entire career in British India , and rising to surgeon major. Greenhow's third and youngest son, Judge William Thomas Greenhow (1831–1921) received his Bachelor of Laws at Somerset House at King's College London in 1853. In 1854 at Leeds' Mill Hill Chapel , Greenhow married his second wife, Anne (1812–1905), daughter of William Lupton ,
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1920-403: The apprenticeship system (a fourth surgeon, Duncan McAllum, is mentioned by some sources among the founders, but was not included in the prospectus). The first session started on 1 October 1832 with eight or nine students, including John Snow , then apprenticed to a local surgeon-apothecary, the opening lecture being delivered by John Fife. In 1834 the lectures and practical demonstrations moved to
1980-540: The building be named after one of his ancestors, Eleanor Dove, when it was opened by the Duke of Northumberland on 29 September 1908. In 2008 the laboratory celebrated its centenary, where the current Duke of Northumberland led festivities. The Laboratory became a department of Armstrong College when the building and land were purchased by the college following Hudleston's death in 1909, and soon grew in reputation, acquiring its first boat in 1911. The Laboratory also operated
2040-401: The building from the 1950s, but, having been empty for some time, the building was refurbished in 2016 to become residential and office space. The Devonshire Building, opened in 2004, incorporates in an energy efficient design. It uses photovoltaic cells to help to power motorised shades that control the temperature of the building and geothermal heating coils. Its architects won awards in
2100-521: The business school opened their new building built on the former Scottish and Newcastle brewery site next to St James' Park . This building was officially opened on 19 March 2012 by Lord Burns . The business school operated a central London campus from 2014 to 2021, in partnership with INTO University Partnerships until 2020. The BMC Medicine journal reported in 2008 that medical graduates from Oxford , Cambridge and Newcastle performed better in postgraduate tests than any other medical school in
2160-492: The city of Newcastle. Popular Newcastle areas for private student houses and flats off campus include Jesmond , Heaton , Sandyford , Shieldfield , South Shields and Spital Tongues . Henderson Hall was used as a hall of residence until a fire destroyed it in 2023. St Mary's College in Fenham , one of the halls of residence, was formerly St Mary's College of Education, a teacher training college. The current Chancellor
2220-415: The first session of the unified college opening on 3 October that year. In 1861 the degree of Master of Surgery was introduced, allowing for the double qualification of Licence of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, along with the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Doctor of Medicine, both of which required residence in Durham. In 1870 the college was brought into closer connection with the university, becoming
2280-720: The formation of the National Innovation Centre for Data. Innovative teaching in the School was recognised in 2017 with the award of a National Teaching Fellowship. Newcastle University has the second largest cavitation tunnel in the UK. Founded in 1950, and based in the Marine Science and Technology Department, the Emerson Cavitation Tunnel is used as a test basin for propellers, water turbines, underwater coatings and interaction of propellers with ice. The Emerson Cavitation Tunnel
2340-643: The learning of the languages themselves, Newcastle also places a great deal of emphasis on study and experience of the cultures of the countries where the languages taught are spoken. The School of Modern Languages hosts North East England 's only branches of two internationally important institutes: the Camões Institute , a language institute for Portuguese, and the Confucius Institute , a language and cultural institute for Chinese. The teaching of modern foreign languages at Newcastle predates
2400-657: The predecessor parts of Newcastle University. While a Latin motto, mens agitat molem ( mind moves matter ) appears in the Students' Union building, the university itself does not have an official motto. In 1967, Newcastle became the only British university to confer an honorary degree on Martin Luther King . The university established a branch campus in London in 2015, in partnership with INTO University Partnerships , at INTO's existing London campus. The London campus
2460-551: The research of his uncle, Thomas Michael Greenhow, concerning the 1831–32 cholera epidemic in Tynemouth was outlined. On 6 May 1856, Thomas Greenhow delivered a lecture on this topic at his alma mater , St Thomas' Hospital , where Snow was working as an anaesthetist . In October 1856, Edward Headlam Greenhow became Lecturer on Public Health at St Thomas'. Thomas Greenhow retired to Leeds in 1860, dying there on 25 October 1881 at Newton Hall . Greenhow's first wife
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2520-410: The school of medicine were also built. September 2012 saw the completion of the new buildings and facilities for INTO Newcastle University on the university campus. The main building provides 18 new teaching rooms, a Learning Resource Centre, a lecture theatre, science lab, administrative and academic offices and restaurant. The Philip Robinson Library is the main university library and is named after
2580-605: The three major accreditation bodies: AACSB , AMBA and EQUIS . In 2002, Newcastle University Business School established the Business Accounting and Finance or 'Flying Start' degree in association with the ICAEW and PricewaterhouseCoopers . The course offers an accelerated route towards the ACA Chartered Accountancy qualification and is the Business School's Flagship programme. In 2011
2640-512: The two Newcastle colleges in the early 1930s, a Royal Commission in 1934 recommended the merger of the two colleges to form "King's College, Durham"; that was effected by the Durham University Act 1937. Further growth of both division of the federal university led to tensions within the structure and a feeling that it was too large to manage as a single body. On 1 August 1963 the Universities of Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne Act 1963 separated
2700-640: The two World Wars. In 2017, a statue of Martin Luther King Jr. was erected in the inner courtyard of the Armstrong Building, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his honorary degree from the university. The Bruce Building is a former brewery, constructed between 1896 and 1900 on the site of the Hotspur Hotel, and designed by the architect Joseph Oswald as the new premises of Newcastle Breweries Limited. The university occupied
2760-482: The two thus creating the "University of Newcastle upon Tyne". As the successor of King's College, Durham, the university at its founding in 1963, adopted the coat of arms originally granted to the Council of King's College in 1937. Above the portico of the Students' Union building are bas-relief carvings of the arms and mottoes of the University of Durham, Armstrong College and Durham University College of Medicine,
2820-474: The university opened the Newcastle Institute for Social Renewal to address issues of social and economic change, representing the research-led academic schools across the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Business School. Mark Shucksmith was Director of the Newcastle Institute for Social Renewal (NISR) at Newcastle University, where he is also Professor of Planning. In 2006,
2880-412: The university was granted fair trade status and from January 2007 it became a smoke-free campus. The university has also been actively involved with several of the region's museums for many years. The Great North Museum: Hancock originally opened in 1884 and is often a venue for the university's events programme. Teaching schools within the university are based within three faculties. Each faculty
2940-664: The university's first overseas branch was opened in Singapore, a Marine International campus called, NUMI Singapore. This later expanded beyond marine subjects and became Newcastle University Singapore, largely through becoming an Overseas University Partner of Singapore Institute of Technology . In 2011, the university's Medical School opened an international branch campus in Iskandar Puteri , Johor , Malaysia , namely Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia . Newcastle University has many catered and non-catered halls of residence available to first-year students, located around
3000-446: Was Elizabeth Martineau (1794–1850), who succumbed to tuberculosis after producing four children. She was a daughter of Thomas Martineau and Elizabeth Rankin, of the prosperous, socially reformist Martineau family , mainly based in Birmingham . His wife's siblings included the religious philosopher James Martineau and the sociologist and political theorist Harriet Martineau . Greenhow's first child and only daughter, Frances ,
3060-424: Was a medical graduate of the University of Edinburgh and became MRCS (London) in 1814, having been a surgery student at London's Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals . Greenhow spent much of his working life in Newcastle . He and fellow surgeon Sir John Fife are recorded together in 1827 as being Eminent Persons of Newcastle and Gateshead . Greenhow's surgical inventions were heralded by London surgeons in
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#17327800358773120-482: Was born in 1821. She married into the Lupton family of Leeds , wealthy wool manufacturers and Unitarians , a branch of English Dissenters . She worked to open up educational opportunities for women , and, more prominently, their access to universities. Her eldest son's first daughter was Olive Christiana Middleton (née Lupton), the great-grandmother of Catherine, Princess of Wales . Greenhow's first son and second child, Edward Meadows Greenhow, (1822–1840) died at
3180-408: Was both his patient and sister-in-law. Greenhow was a pioneer in the establishment of the Durham University and in 1855 was a lecturer at the Newcastle's Medical College, in connection with Durham University. He and Sir John Fife founded what would become the Newcastle University College of Medicine . The two men also founded Newcastle's Eye Infirmary. Greenhow worked as the senior surgeon at
3240-438: Was closed in 2021. The university occupies a campus site close to Haymarket in central Newcastle upon Tyne. It is located to the northwest of the city centre between the open spaces of Leazes Park and the Town Moor ; the university medical school and Royal Victoria Infirmary are adjacent to the west. The Armstrong building is the oldest building on the campus and is the site of the original Armstrong College. The building
3300-524: Was completed in 1906 and features two stone figures to represent science and the arts. Much of the later construction work was financed by Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell , the metallurgist and former Lord Mayor of Newcastle, after whom the main tower is named. In 1906 it was opened by King Edward VII . The building contains the King's Hall , which serves as the university's chief hall for ceremonial purposes where Congregation ceremonies are held. It can contain 500 seats. King Edward VII gave permission to call
3360-411: Was constructed in three stages; the north east wing was completed first at a cost of £18,000 and opened by Princess Louise on 5 November 1888. The south-east wing, which includes the Jubilee Tower, and south-west wings were opened in 1894. The Jubilee Tower was built with surplus funds raised from an Exhibition to mark Queen Victoria 's Jubilee in 1887. The north-west front, forming the main entrance,
3420-478: Was first proposed in 1831 by Thomas Greenhow in a lecture to the Literary and Philosophical Society . In 1832 a group of local medics – physicians George Fife (teaching materia medica and therapeutics) and Samuel Knott (teaching theory and practice of medicine), and surgeons John Fife (teaching surgery), Alexander Fraser (teaching anatomy and physiology) and Henry Glassford Potter (teaching chemistry) – started offering medical lectures in Bell's Court to supplement
3480-507: Was formally linked to the University of Durham , becoming the "Newcastle-upon-Tyne College of Medicine in connection with the University of Durham". The college awarded its first 'Licence in Medicine' (LicMed) under the auspices of the University of Durham in 1856, with external examiners from Oxford and London, becoming the first medical examining body on the United Kingdom to institute practical examinations alongside written and viva voce examinations. The two colleges amalgamated in 1857, with
3540-458: Was recently relocated to a new facility in Blyth . The university is associated with a number of the region's museums and galleries, including the Great North Museum project, which is primarily based at the world-renowned Hancock Museum . The Great North Museum: Hancock also contains the collections from two of the university's former museums, the Shefton Museum and the Museum of Antiquities , both now closed. The university's Hatton Gallery
3600-449: Was taught at the university's predecessor college before it became independent from Durham University. It has a number of recognised international and national experts in a variety of areas of legal scholarship ranging from Common and Chancery law, to International and European law, as well as contextual, socio-legal and theoretical legal studies. The Law School occupies four specially adapted late-Victorian town houses. The Staff Offices,
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