Nottingham University
The University of Nottingham is a leading research-intensive University in the city of Nottingham, in the East Midlands of England. It gained its Royal Charter in 1948, with origins as an adult school from 1798. It is a member of the Russell Group of leading British universities, and of Universitas 21, an international network of research-led universities.
In 2004, it had more than 27,000 registered students, with more than 10 applicants per place. This included over 4,000 international students from more than 100 countries. Its current Chancellor and President is the distinguished Chinese physicist Professor Fujia Yang, and its Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Colin Campbell. The University's Visitor is HM the Queen.
Campuses
The University of Nottingham is famed for its campus, widely regarded as one of the most beautiful in the country. In fact, the University now has several campuses:
- The original University Park Campus, located to the west of Nottingham City Centre.
- The award winning Jubilee Campus, by Sir Michael Hopkins, opened by HM the Queen in 1999, a mile away from University Park.
- Sutton Bonington, a former agricultural college that has been part of the University for some time, about 12 miles away.
- UNiM - the University of Nottingham in Malaysia, which is getting its own custom built campus near Kuala Lumpur.
Teaching hospitals
The University also runs courses at a number of teaching hospitals:
- The Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) is located just across the road from the University Park Campus.
- In September 2003 the doors opened for the first intake at the University's new medical school in Derby, housing its postgraduate (shorter) medicine course.
- On top of these, a few years ago the University of Nottingham took on a number of nursing teaching sites, formerly the Mid Trent Nursing College. These are located across the East Midlands and include sites at Grantham, Derby, and Lincoln.
Research
- Much of the pioneering work on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) was done at Nottingham, work for which Nottingham Professor Sir Peter Mansfield received a Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology in 2003 (in the same year, Clive Granger, a former student and academic at the university also won a Nobel Prize for Economics).
- Professor Frank Kipping (1863-49), Professor of Chemistry (1897-1936), made the discovery of silicone polymers at Nottingham, but completely failed to realise the commercial significance of what is now a multi-billion pound industry.
- It had 26 departments rated 5 or 5* (internationally excellent) in the UK Funding Council's 2001 Reseach Assessment Exercise.
Other Facts
- It frequently has the highest number of applicants per place of any UK university.
- University of Nottingham campuses are noted for their lakes. The new UNiM campus is having one dug especially.
- Nottingham graduates include the writer D. H. Lawrence, media baron Lord Hollick, table tennis player Deng Yaping (four times Olympic champion, voted Chinese female athlete of the century), two former Kings of Malaysia and the current Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister.
- In 1985 students at the university managed to fit 27 people into a Ford Sierra car.
Chancellors
- 1949-1954 Lord Trent
- 1954-1971 His Grace the Duke of Portland
- 1971-1978 Sir Francis Hill
- 1978-1993 Sir Gordon Hobday
- 1993-2000 Lord Dearing
- 2000- Professor Fujia Yang
Vice-Chancellors
- 1947-65 Dr Bertrand Hallward
- 1965-70 Professor Lord Dainton of Hallam Moors FRS
- 1971-75 Professor Lord Butterfield of Stechford
- 1976-88 Professor Basil Weedon FRS
- 1988- Professor Sir Colin Campbell
See also:
Nottingham University Mountaineering Club
External links:
Referenced By
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