University of Newcastle upon Tyne

The University of Newcastle upon Tyne is located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the north of England. It has its origins in the College of Medicine established in association with Durham University in 1834, which formally became a college of Durham in 1851. In 1871 the scientists and engineers formed a separate college: the College of Physical Science, which subsequently became Armstrong College (named after William George Armstrong).

Armstrong College and the College of Medicine were merged in 1937 to form King's College of Durham University (the Durham Division remained predominantly dedicated to the teaching of theology and liberal arts).

Growth of the Newcastle Division of the federal Durham University led to extreme tensions in the structure and in 1963 an Act of Parliament separated the two divisions of the federal structure, leaving Durham as an 'Oxbridge'-style collegiate university and creating the University of Newcastle upon Tyne as a monolithic university similar to Birmingham, Leeds, and Manchester.

The University of Newcastle and Durham University came together again symbolically in 2001 - thirty-eight years after splitting apart - to form a partnership to deliver a new medical degree course in which the first two years would be taught by Durham, with the remaining three overseen by Newcastle.

The University has a core population of 16,350 students (2002-2003), including more than 2,000 overseas students from over 100 countries.

The Student Union has a student night each Friday called 'Solution'. The radio station, shared with Northumbria University, called NSR FM broad casts over the internet. The weekly student newspaper is The Courier.

The current Chancellor of the university is Chris Patten, former Chairman of the Conservative Party and European Commissioner for External Affairs (1999-2004). He is also Chancellor of Oxford University.

The university won the Sunday Times University of the Year award in 2000. In December 2004 it sparked controversy when it announced the closure of its physics course because of declining interest and financial pressures. However, a month later the university noted that there had been a rise in applications to its chemistry course.

Contents

1 University of Newcastle upon Tyne (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/) 2 Research Institutes 3 Schools and Faculties 3.1 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/hss/) 3.2 Faculty of Medical Sciences (http://medical.faculty.ncl.ac.uk/) 3.3 Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sage/) 4 Student Organisations 5 News stories 6 See also

University of Newcastle upon Tyne (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/)

Institute of Human Genetics : University of Newcastle upon Tyne scientists become the first in Europe (August 2004) to be granted permission to clone human embryos.

• Newcastle scientists get human cloning go-ahead (http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/research/story/0,,1280916,00.html)

Research Institutes

• Informatics Research Institute (IRI) (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/iri/)
• Institute for Ageing and Health (IAH) (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/iah/)
• Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/camb/)
• Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology (INSAT) (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/research/institutes/nanoscale.phtml)
• Institute for Policy and Practice (IPP) (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ipp/)
• Institute for Research on Environment and Sustainability (IRES) (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/environment/)
• Institute of Human Genetics (IHG) (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ihg/)
• Institute of Neuroscience (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ion/)
• Newcastle Institute for the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (NIASSH) (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/niassh/)
• Northern Institute for Cancer Research (NICR)  (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nicr/)
• Centre for Rehabilitation Engineering Studies (CREST) (http://www.crest-newcastle.org.uk/)

Schools and Faculties

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/hss/)

• Architecture, Planning and Landscape (http://www.apl.ncl.ac.uk/)
• Arts and Cultures (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sacs/)
• University of Newcastle upon Tyne Business School (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nubs/)
• Education, Communication and Language Sciences (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/)
• English Literature, Language and Linguistics (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/elll/)
• Geography, Politics and Sociology (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/geps/)
• Historical Studies (http://historical-studies.ncl.ac.uk/)
• The Language Centre (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/langcen/)
• Newcastle Law School (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nuls/)
• Modern Languages (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/)

Faculty of Medical Sciences (http://medical.faculty.ncl.ac.uk/)

• Biomedical Sciences (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biomed/)
• Clinical and Laboratory Sciences (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/cals/)
• Clinical Medical Sciences (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/medi/)
• Dental Sciences (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/dental/)
• Medical Education Development (http://medical.faculty.ncl.ac.uk/schools/medev/)
• Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and Dentistry (http://www.campus.ncl.ac.uk/pimd/)
• Neurology, Neurobiology and Psychiatry (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nnp/)
• Population and Health Sciences (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/pahs/)
• Surgical and Reproductive Sciences (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sars/)

Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sage/)

• Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/afrd/)
• Biology (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biol/)
• Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ceam/)
• Civil Engineering and Geosciences (http://www.ceg.ncl.ac.uk/)
• Computing Science (http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/)
• Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/eece/)
• Marine Science and Technology (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/marine/)
• Mathematics and Statistics (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/math/)
• Mechanical and Systems Engineering (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/mech/)
• Natural Sciences (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nsci/)

Student Organisations

• University of Newcastle Student's Union (http://www.unionsociety.co.uk/)
• NSR FM - student radio station (http://www.nsrfm.com/)
• The Courier - student newspaper (http://www.unionsociety.co.uk/main/media/thecourier/)

News stories

• BBC News: University's International Centre for Life gets go-ahead to clone human embryos (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3554474.stm)
• BBC News: University sets up the company DNACare to manufacture UV radiation protection cream (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/3874799.stm)
• BBC News: Attempt at beating 'Snogathon' record cancelled because of meningitis risk (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/455837.stm)

See also

• Miodrag Stojkovic
• Advanced Cell Technology, Inc.
• Roslin Institute Centre for Life
• Students from university's Enterprise Centre win enterprise competition in Barcelona (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/3691678.stm)