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Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is a red brick university and a member of the Russell Group, [7] an association of research-intensive UK universities.
Newcastle University School of Medicine is the medical school at Newcastle University in England. It was established in 1834 in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne and served as the College of Medicine in connection with Durham University from 1851 to 1870 and then, as a full college of the university, Durham University College of Medicine from 1870 to 1937 when it joined Armstrong College, to ...
The city has two major universities – Newcastle University and Northumbria University. Newcastle University has its origins in the Durham University School of Medicine and Surgery, established in 1834. It became fully independent on 1 August 1963, forming the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (now simply Newcastle University).
The earliest origins of the present-day University of Newcastle can be traced to the Newcastle Teachers College (established 1949) and Newcastle University College (NUC, established 1951). [12] NUC was created as an offshoot of the New South Wales University of Technology (now known as the University of New South Wales ) and was co-located with ...
The history of Newcastle dates from AD 122, when the Romans built the first bridge to cross the River Tyne at that point. The bridge was called Pons Aelius or 'Bridge of Aelius', Aelius being the family name of Roman Emperor Hadrian, [1] who was responsible for the Roman wall built across northern England along the Tyne–Solway gap.
Newcastle University is a British university located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the north of England. It was founded as the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne (which remains its official name) by an Act of Parliament in August 1963.
Bosanquet played an important role in steering the college towards its independence in 1963, when he became vice‑chancellor of the newly created Newcastle University. [13] [14] In that role, on 13 November 1967, he welcomed Martin Luther King Jr. to the University, presenting him with a Doctor of Civil Law degree.
The university now uses the name "Newcastle University". Sir Arthur Sutherland gave £50,000 to develop the dental school, which was named the Sutherland Dental School in his honour on 29 May 1948. [2] The Sutherland Building was used by the dental school until 1978 and is now part of Northumbria University - built in 1887, designed by Edward ...