Nottingham
Founded in 1798
The University of Nottingham, located in Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands of England, is a research-intensive university that was founded in 1881 as a constituent college of the University of London. It was granted its Royal Charter in 1948, becoming an independent national university. Nottingham is one of the red brick universities and has two overseas campuses, in Ningbo, China and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, both directly affiliated with the University of Nottingham.
The university is divided into five colleges and offers about 50 different degrees across a wide range of sciences and humanities. It is one of the most competitive universities in the UK, with approximately 10 applicants per place for undergraduate positions. Nottingham University is located in a vast campus near the city of Nottingham, making it one of the largest universities in the UK.
Nottingham has produced many notable alumni, including three Nobel Prize winners and many Olympic medalists. According to the 2011 UCAS report, it ranks alongside the University of Cambridge as the third-best university in the UK for producing CEOs. In terms of graduate employability, Nottingham ranks second in the UK, just behind Warwick University. According to The Times in 2013, Nottingham graduates are the 15th most sought-after globally by companies.
It is a member of several prestigious groups, including the Russell Group (often referred to as the UK’s Ivy League), Sutton Trust 13, Universitas 21, the Commonwealth Universities Association, and the European Universities Association. The University of Nottingham is consistently ranked among the world’s top 100 universities. In the 2013 QS World University Rankings, it was ranked 72nd globally, and in the 2012 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Academic Ranking of World Universities, it was ranked 86th globally.