Newcastle University

About Us

If you are thinking about postgraduate study, Newcastle University should be on your short list. A member of the elite Russell Group and the university that spends more time working with business than any other UK university (source: HEFCE 2006), Newcastle combines world-class research with practical application.

Our facilities on campus are excellent and include:

• three on-campus libraries - the Robinson Library, the Walton Library (Medical and Dental) and the Law Library
• a large-scale, high-quality computing service with a reliable and secure network and easy access to the internet and e-mail
• an award winning Careers Service
• a £5.5 million sports centre and plenty of opportunities to play sport for fun, fitness or serious competition. In the 2006-07 season, Newcastle finished in the top 10 of the British Universities Sports Association (BUSA) league
• an open access language centre for foreign language learning and INTO Newcastle University Language Centre for English language programmes

There is a good mix of students on campus - undergraduate and postgraduate, UK, European and international, and there's a great rapport between staff and students which is one reason why Newcastle was voted the UK's second friendliest university by the Friends Reunited website.

For further information visit www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate

Postgraduate Study

We offer a wide range of distinctive full- and part-time courses and research degrees in a variety of subject areas including:

• Arts and Humanities
• Biological, Environmental and Agricultural Sciences
• Biomedicine
• Business, Finance and Management
• Education, Communication and Language Sciences
• Engineering and Computing Science
• Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Social Sciences and Law

To learn more visit www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate

Taught Courses

There are over 180 taught programmes in our postgraduate portfolio and we award a wide range of qualifications including Master of Arts (MA), Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Education (MEd), Master of Law (LLM), Master of Science (MSc), Postgraduate Diplomas and Postgraduate Certificates including the PGCE. Depending on your choice, you can use these programmes to further your career development or to acquire the skills and experience to apply for a research degree.

For a full list see www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught

Research Excellence and Research Degrees

We have an outstanding reputation in research across a wide range of disciplines with 29 top-rated 5 and 5* research units (2001 Research Assessment Exercise). All 27 of our schools are research active and we have 14 research institutes. Together, this creates a rich and dynamic knowledge environment for our postgraduate students.

Research degrees are available at both the doctoral level (PhD, EngD, Integrated PhD, DDS, MD, professional doctorates) and Masters (MLitt, MPhil, MMus, MRes) levels. We support you in your studies by providing you with comprehensive training in both generic skills and competencies associated with your personal and career development, alongside specific skills needed for your research project.

For more information visit www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/research

Funding

We regularly recruit students to fully-funded PhD studentships, full or partial funding is available for many of our taught programmes and we offer a 10% Alumni Tuition Fee Discount.

For funding information and to view our postgraduate funding database, see www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/funding

The City

Newcastle is one of the most exciting, friendly and cosmopolitan cities in the UK and is fast becoming an internationally renowned centre of culture and science. Famous landmarks include the Tyne Bridge and award-winning Gateshead Millennium Bridge which cross the river Tyne connecting the city of Newcastle to Gateshead Quays, where you can find the BALTIC art gallery and the magnificent Sage Gateshead music centre.

For more information see www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/newcastle

Accommodation

We have a wide range of affordable University accommodation and we can also help you find private accommodation, much of which is located close to the campus and city-centre amenities.

For our Accommodation Office website see www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation

Find out more

For further information on postgraduate opportunities at Newcastle and a copy of our Postgraduate Prospectus, call our Enquiries Service on +44 (0) 191 222 5594, or enquire online at www.ncl.ac.uk/enquiries