Nottingham University

University Park
Nottingham NG7 2RD
Tel 0115 951 5559
www.nottingham.ac.uk

Founded: 1881

Times Ranking： 14 Undergraduates：~15,000 Postgraduates：~ 4,000 Overseas students： 11%

Entry Standards : 9th place Research Quality : 25th place Firsts and 2:1s: 75.3% Completion rate: 95.2%

Areas rated excellent：(32) Agriculture, forestry and agricultural sciences; American studies; anatomy and physiology; architecture; business and management; chemistry; civil engineering; classics and ancient history; economics; education; electrical and electronic engineering; English; environmental sciences; food science; geography; history; history of art, architecture and design; law; maths, statistics and operational research; mechanical, aeronautical and manufacturing engineering; mechanical engineering; molecular biosciences; music; nursing and midwifery; organismal biosciences; pharmacology and pharmacy; philosophy; physics and astronomy; politics; psychology; teacher training; theology and religious studies.

The University of Nottingham was established by Royal Charter in 1881 and consistently ranks in the top ten of UK university rankings and in the world's top 100 universities. In 2004, Nottingham alumni were awarded two Nobel awards, with the Nobel Prize for Medicine going to Sir Peter Mansfield for his pioneering work in Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and an additional Nobel Prize for Economic Science to a Nottingham graduate and former member of staff, Professor Clive Granger.

In the UK’s most recent official assessment of research (the Research Assessment Exercise), 26 departments were awarded the prestigious five (internationally ranked) or five star (world class) ratings. In teaching, 30 subjects at Nottingham have received the top ‘excellent’ rating in national assessments of quality undertaken by the Teaching Quality Assurance Agency.  Nottingham University Business School has been ranked as both ‘internationally excellent’ for research and also ‘excellent’ for teaching, placing it at the very top of UK rankings of its Business Schools.  In addition, it has been ranked as one of the top five business schools for research in Europe by the Financial Times.

The University of Nottingham is a truly international university and amongst its staff and 30,000 students it welcomes more than 140 different nationalities. In addition to its growing UK presence, Nottingham is particularly noted for its strong links with Asia. The University opened the first ever branch campus of a British university in Kuala Lumpur in 2000 with a purpose-built campus being built near the city and opened in 2005. Also, in 2005 the Deputy Prime Minister officially opened its second overseas campus in Ningbo in China. Nottingham’s commitment to China is significant and unique: in addition to its new campus it has a thriving Institute of Contemporary Chinese Studies, with around1,000 students taking courses on China, and an international ‘Think Tank’ on China - the China Policy Institute.