The university offers more than 360 undergraduate courses and over 380 postgraduate taught courses.
Apart from medicine, all courses are modular – meaning students can tailor their learning to their own interests.
The university had 1,334 students study or work abroad as part of their Nottingham in 2013–14, and has the highest number of students of any UK university studying abroad through the Erasmus scheme.
The university has over 320 partner institutions in more than 44 countries.
Teaching Standards
In teaching assessments conducted by the Quality Assurance Agency, 39 of our subjects have been awarded excellent ratings of 22–24, out of 24.
Renowned internationally as a centre for academic excellence.
Tutors and lecturers widely published and respected within academic circles.
Range of innovative teaching resources employed, including an e-learning system which is uploaded with useful weblinks and handouts from lectures, podcasts, lecture capture facilities, and open educational materials.
Problem-Based Learning – an approach which fosters skills in group working and collaboration, self-direction, reasoning, critical reflection, and knowledge acquisition and application – is incorporated into many courses.
Research Standards
According to the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF):
Nottingham ranks 8th in the UK in terms of 'research power', which measures the quality and quantity of research conducted by an institution.
More than 97% of the research carried out at the university is recognised internationally, with wide-ranging impacts on society, the economy, health and welfare, culture, public policy and the environment.
More than 80% of all research is defined as 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent' – up from 60% the last time the exercise was carried out in 2008.
Funding for the university reached record levels in 2013–14, with awards totaling £181 million.
Nottingham's outstanding performance in REF 2014 follows a prestigious national accolade – winning Research Project of the Year at the Time Higher Education Awards 2014 for the discovery of a new layer of the human eye.
Academic Strengths
The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education awarded its highest possible judgement to the university for the quality of learning opportunities provided to students and its systems for ensuring high academic standards.
Nottingham is ranked within the top 1% of all universities worldwide and placed 72nd in the QS World University Rankings 2012–13.
The innovative Developing Solutions scholarship programme is one of the largest of its kind, helping students from the developing world to study at Nottingham.
One of the lowest drop-out rates in the country at 4.1%.
Many of our courses are accredited by professional bodies.
In the latest National Student Survey, Nottingham received its highest ever result with an overall student satisfaction score of 88%.
Student Facilities
Eight libraries (on our UK campuses) provide access to more than a million printed volumes and journals, 18,000 ejournals, 70,000 ebooks, four million manuscripts and special collections. There is also a short-loan collection of books most in demand.
Several of the libraries have been refurbished with group work spaces, study rooms, silent study zones, PCs, laptops, plasma screens and a cafe with sofas in Hallward Library.
Libraries are open 24 hours a day at exam time.
PCs are provided at locations throughout the University; students are also able to use personal equipment such as laptops, via wireless technology installed across campuses. All workstations have access to the library and internet and all student rooms have IT access. There is also a laptop loan scheme.
IT support is available via helplines, email, advisory desks and school IT reps; there is an induction to library and information services on a school/department basis for new students.
Student Services Centres provide a wide range of academic and pastoral help and advice on everything from personal difficulties and childcare to issues around health, disability and financial support. There is a Student Services Centre on every campus.
The Language Centre is open to all students and offers the opportunity to learn 12 languages, including British Sign Language, at different levels.
The university’s Lakeside Arts Centre offers theatre, exhibitions, dance, classic and chamber music concerts, comedy, literary events and other events.
The arts centre includes a museum with objects from the Palaeolithic to the post-medieval. Past exhibitions have included L.S. Lowry’s paintings and drawings, and Saturday Night, Sunday Morning – a photography collection inspired by Nottingham’s own Alan Sillitoe.
Apart from medicine, all courses are modular – meaning students can tailor their learning to their own interests.
The university had 1,334 students study or work abroad as part of their Nottingham in 2013–14, and has the highest number of students of any UK university studying abroad through the Erasmus scheme.
The university has over 320 partner institutions in more than 44 countries.
Teaching Standards
In teaching assessments conducted by the Quality Assurance Agency, 39 of our subjects have been awarded excellent ratings of 22–24, out of 24.
Renowned internationally as a centre for academic excellence.
Tutors and lecturers widely published and respected within academic circles.
Range of innovative teaching resources employed, including an e-learning system which is uploaded with useful weblinks and handouts from lectures, podcasts, lecture capture facilities, and open educational materials.
Problem-Based Learning – an approach which fosters skills in group working and collaboration, self-direction, reasoning, critical reflection, and knowledge acquisition and application – is incorporated into many courses.
Research Standards
According to the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF):
Nottingham ranks 8th in the UK in terms of 'research power', which measures the quality and quantity of research conducted by an institution.
More than 97% of the research carried out at the university is recognised internationally, with wide-ranging impacts on society, the economy, health and welfare, culture, public policy and the environment.
More than 80% of all research is defined as 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent' – up from 60% the last time the exercise was carried out in 2008.
Funding for the university reached record levels in 2013–14, with awards totaling £181 million.
Nottingham's outstanding performance in REF 2014 follows a prestigious national accolade – winning Research Project of the Year at the Time Higher Education Awards 2014 for the discovery of a new layer of the human eye.
Academic Strengths
The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education awarded its highest possible judgement to the university for the quality of learning opportunities provided to students and its systems for ensuring high academic standards.
Nottingham is ranked within the top 1% of all universities worldwide and placed 72nd in the QS World University Rankings 2012–13.
The innovative Developing Solutions scholarship programme is one of the largest of its kind, helping students from the developing world to study at Nottingham.
One of the lowest drop-out rates in the country at 4.1%.
Many of our courses are accredited by professional bodies.
In the latest National Student Survey, Nottingham received its highest ever result with an overall student satisfaction score of 88%.
Student Facilities
Eight libraries (on our UK campuses) provide access to more than a million printed volumes and journals, 18,000 ejournals, 70,000 ebooks, four million manuscripts and special collections. There is also a short-loan collection of books most in demand.
Several of the libraries have been refurbished with group work spaces, study rooms, silent study zones, PCs, laptops, plasma screens and a cafe with sofas in Hallward Library.
Libraries are open 24 hours a day at exam time.
PCs are provided at locations throughout the University; students are also able to use personal equipment such as laptops, via wireless technology installed across campuses. All workstations have access to the library and internet and all student rooms have IT access. There is also a laptop loan scheme.
IT support is available via helplines, email, advisory desks and school IT reps; there is an induction to library and information services on a school/department basis for new students.
Student Services Centres provide a wide range of academic and pastoral help and advice on everything from personal difficulties and childcare to issues around health, disability and financial support. There is a Student Services Centre on every campus.
The Language Centre is open to all students and offers the opportunity to learn 12 languages, including British Sign Language, at different levels.
The university’s Lakeside Arts Centre offers theatre, exhibitions, dance, classic and chamber music concerts, comedy, literary events and other events.
The arts centre includes a museum with objects from the Palaeolithic to the post-medieval. Past exhibitions have included L.S. Lowry’s paintings and drawings, and Saturday Night, Sunday Morning – a photography collection inspired by Nottingham’s own Alan Sillitoe.
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