Newcastle University

Newcastle University

Newcastle University’s mission is to be a world-class research-intensive university, to deliver teaching and facilitate learning of the highest quality and to play a leading role in the economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England.

As one of the UK's leading universities, Newcastle attracts over 18,000 students from more than 100 different countries. . The 50-acre site at the heart of Newcastle city centre boasts some of the best teaching and learning facilities in the country.

 
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Unmanned solar plane is world first

Newcastle engineers have secured their place in aviation history after playing a key role in the creation of the world’s first “eternal plane”.

Planners have the power to help us lose weight

Urban design is making us fat and needs to work harder to be healthier, warns a leading academic.

Can you ask a pig if his glass is half full?

Babe may be the most famous sensitive pig in the world but new research from Newcastle University suggests he is by no means the only one.