University Of Newcastle Upon Tyne

My son is doing a year’s study abroad program at Newcastle University. The year is almost over, and it has been, so far, an extremely fantastic experience for him and actually for us as well. Newcastle Uniiversity has a challenging curriculum, the professors and tutors are approachable, and the students are great.

I am currently studying at Newcastle University and I love it. The quality of the lectures are excellent and the facilities the same. The library, sports centre, IT centres and the Union are all excellent buildings which are close to campus and easy to find. The students at Newcastle are very mixed, there is a lot of international students. Newcastle is a great city to study in as the night life is excellent; it is also relatively cheap to live in compared to other cities. There is also great transport links to and from the university.

I was a student at Newcastle University and I can honestly say that the main buildings and resources available to students could not be faulted. The library and computing facilities were second to none. The university is nicely situated in the heart of Newcastle, with Haymarket metro station and numerous bus services closeby. There are plenty of facilites on campus, as well as the whole of Northumberland street just across the road!
As for the general atmosphere of the place — I was not keen. I’m unsure whether I was just unlucky in that the people on my course were not particularly friendly, or whether the university as a whole is like this I was told before going to this university that a lot of the students were so-​called ‘Durham rejects’. I found this to be quite true although I’m sure those students would not admit it, it was made to be very difficult for the local students to mingle with those student from other areas of the UK. I have no qualms about the level of teaching — the lecturers were very friendly and clearly ‘knew their stuff’ and the course I did was challenging.
If I had to choose again, I would rather have gone to Northumbria University. Although the standard of the course and the entry requirements are generally lower at Northumbria and the campus is less aesthetically pleasing, I imagine that the ‘university experience’ (which is what most students go for!!!) would have been a whole lot more enjoyable.

Newcastle has lately been named Best University Town in Britain and I’m not surprised. I studied at Newcastle University for four years as a mature student and I loved it. There is a huge range of courses, both undergraduate and postgraduate and the range of extra curricula activities is awe inspiring.
More than 18,000 students from over 100 different countries choose to study at Newcastle so there is a diverse range of cultures represented in every faculty.
There are over 200 full time undergraduate degree programmes to choose from in the following subject areas:
Arts
Business and Law
Combined Studies
Engineering
Foundation Year
Life Sciences
Medical Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences
Newcastle University enjoys strong international collaboration so opportunities are often available for overseas study (dependent upon the degree studied).
There are mentoring programmes available for those returning to study, and during your first year of study you are guaranteed a place in University accommodation (certain criteria apply).
There are some wonderfully inspirational lecturers there who I would now call firm friends. The architecture in the original parts of the university is superb. There is a great social mix with any number of things to do outside of study — from jazz appreciation to fencing, yoga to wine tasting, scuba diving to martial arts. There is a well maintained gym, a number of places on campus to enjoy bad food, a great student union bar hosting numerous social events and live acts, and it’s all in a great city. I’d recommend this university to anyone.