Newcastle University

==Campus and location==

===United Kingdom===
[[File:Newcastle University campus.jpg|thumb|Newcastle University campus, looking towards the Arches with the Students' Union building on the left (2013)]]
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The university occupies a campus site close to [[Newcastle Haymarket|Haymarket]] in central Newcastle upon Tyne. It is located to the northwest of the city centre between the open spaces of [[Leazes Park]] and the [[Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne|Town Moor]]; the university medical school and [[Royal Victoria Infirmary]] are adjacent to the west.

The Armstrong building is the oldest building on the campus and is the site of the original Armstrong College. The building was constructed in three stages;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/the-armstrong-building |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904015733/http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/the-armstrong-building |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 September 2015 |title=The Armstrong Building |publisher=[[Heritage Open Days]] |access-date=1 May 2015 }}</ref> the north east wing was completed first at a cost of £18,000 and opened by [[Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll|Princess Louise]] on 5 November 1888. The south-east wing, which includes the Jubilee Tower, and south-west wings were opened in 1894. The Jubilee Tower was built with surplus funds raised from an Exhibition to mark [[Queen Victoria]]'s [[Golden Jubilee|Jubilee]] in 1887. The north-west front, forming the main entrance, was completed in 1906 and features two stone figures to represent science and the arts. Much of the later construction work was financed by Sir Isaac [[Lowthian Bell]], the [[Metallurgy|metallurgist]] and former [[Lord Mayor]] of Newcastle, after whom the main tower is named. In 1906 it was opened by [[King Edward VII]].<ref name="royalopen">{{cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/press.release/item/royal-opening-for-newcastle-university-s-student-services-building |title=Royal opening for student services building |publisher=Newcastle University |date=4 February 2010 |access-date=4 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209024022/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/press.release/item/royal-opening-for-newcastle-university-s-student-services-building |archive-date=9 February 2010 }}</ref>

The building contains the ''King's Hall'', which serves as the university's chief hall for ceremonial purposes where [[graduation|Congregation]] ceremonies are held. It can contain 500 seats.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/conferenceteam/meetings/oncampus/kingshall.htm |title=King's Hall |publisher=Newcastle University |access-date=23 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307012811/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/conferenceteam/meetings/oncampus/kingshall.htm |archive-date=7 March 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> King Edward VII gave permission to call the Great Hall, King's Hall.<ref name="royalopen"/> During the [[World War I|First World War]], the building was requisitioned by the [[War Office]] to create the first Northern General Hospital, a facility for the [[Royal Army Medical Corps]] to treat military casualties.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://heatonhistorygroup.org/2015/04/17/newcastles-war-hospitals/|title=Newcastle's War Hospitals|date=17 April 2015|publisher=Heaton History Group|access-date=21 July 2019|archive-date=21 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721183604/https://heatonhistorygroup.org/2015/04/17/newcastles-war-hospitals/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/newcastles-fascinating-first-world-war-9744850|date=28 July 2015|publisher=The Chronicle|title=Newcastle's fascinating First World War tales are explored in new book|access-date=25 March 2018|archive-date=14 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314174125/https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/newcastles-fascinating-first-world-war-9744850|url-status=live}}</ref> Graduation photographs are often taken in the University Quadrangle, next to the Armstrong building. In 1949 the Quadrangle was turned into a formal garden in memory of members of Newcastle University who gave their lives in the two World Wars.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/about/visit/campusguide/quad.htm|title=Quadrangle|publisher=Newcastle University|year=2009|access-date=27 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091116202340/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/about/visit/campusguide/quad.htm |archive-date=16 November 2009}}</ref> In 2017, a statue of [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] was erected in the inner courtyard of the Armstrong Building, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his honorary degree from the university.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/archive/2017/11/martinlutherkingstatueunveiled/ |title=Statue unveiled in honour of Martin Luther King Jr. |date=13 November 2017 |access-date=16 January 2020 |archive-date=6 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106150407/https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/archive/2017/11/martinlutherkingstatueunveiled/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Bruce Building is a former brewery, constructed between 1896 and 1900 on the site of the Hotspur Hotel, and designed by the architect [[Joseph Oswald]]<ref name="Pearson1999">{{cite book|author=Lynn Pearson|title=British Breweries: An Architectural History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fOdOSIZ-ufEC&pg=PA183|year=1999|publisher=[[A&C Black]]|isbn=978-1-85285-191-0|pages=183–}}</ref> as the new premises of [[Newcastle Breweries]] Limited.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sine.ncl.ac.uk/features/bruce_building/bruce.asp|title=The Bruce Building|publisher=SINE Project|date=8 July 2003|access-date=3 December 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126064629/http://www.sine.ncl.ac.uk/features/bruce_building/bruce.asp|archive-date=26 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first1=Brian|last1=Bennison|first2=James P|last2=Merrison|year=1990|title=A Centenary History of the Newcastle Breweries}}</ref> The university occupied the building from the 1950s, but, having been empty for some time, the building was refurbished in 2016 to become residential and office space.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/revamp-plans-former-brewery-hq-6755422 |title=Revamp plans for former brewery HQ unearths relic of WWII |publisher=[[The Journal (Newcastle upon Tyne newspaper)|The Journal]] |date=27 February 2014 |access-date=30 April 2015 |archive-date=5 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205001753/http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/revamp-plans-former-brewery-hq-6755422 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Bruce Building |url=https://www.waltonrobinson.com/about/the-bruce-building/ |website=Walton Robinson |access-date=8 December 2018 |archive-date=9 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209124325/https://www.waltonrobinson.com/about/the-bruce-building/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Newcastle University, 27 July 2011 (11).jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|The Devonshire Building]]
The Devonshire Building, opened in 2004, incorporates in an energy efficient design. It uses [[photovoltaic cell]]s to help to power motorised shades that control the temperature of the building and [[geothermal heating]] coils. Its architects won awards in the Hadrian awards and the [[Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors|RICS]] Building of the Year Award 2004. The university won a Green Gown award for its construction.<ref name="Devonshire Building - The Hadrian Awards">{{cite web|url=http://www.hadrianawards.com/entry.php?entryid=155&x=3|title=Devonshire Building – The Hadrian Awards|work=Dewjoc Architects|access-date=2 November 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070602175246/http://www.hadrianawards.com/entry.php?entryid=155|archive-date=2 June 2007}}</ref><ref name="Accolade for Devonshire Building">{{cite web|url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/newslink/?ref=1111586484|title=Accolade for Devonshire Building|publisher=Newcastle University|access-date=2 November 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617070959/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/newslink/?ref=1111586484|archive-date=17 June 2011}}</ref><ref name="Devonshire Building praised by HEFCE">{{cite web|url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/newslink/index.html?ref=1105529728|title=Devonshire Building praised by HEFCE|publisher=Newcastle University|access-date=2 November 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050920194620/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/newslink/index.html?ref=1105529728|archive-date=20 September 2005}}</ref>

[[File:Kings Gate building.jpg|thumb|The King's Gate building hosts student and administrative services and was built in 2009.]]
Plans for additions and improvements to the campus were made public in March 2008 and completed in 2010 at a cost of £200&nbsp;million. They included a redevelopment of the south-east (Haymarket) façade with a five-storey King's Gate administration building as well as new student accommodation. Two additional buildings for the school of medicine were also built.<ref name="2010plans">{{cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/press.release/content.phtml?ref=1206461398 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121223151756/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/press.release/content.phtml?ref=1206461398 |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 December 2012 |title=Newcastle University announces £200&nbsp;million investment in its campus |publisher=Newcastle University |date=26 March 2008 |access-date=6 April 2008 }}</ref>
September 2012 saw the completion of the new buildings and facilities for [[INTO University Partnerships|INTO Newcastle University]] on the university campus. The main building provides 18 new teaching rooms, a Learning Resource Centre, a lecture theatre, science lab, administrative and academic offices and restaurant.

The Philip Robinson Library is the main university library and is named after a bookseller in the city and benefactor to the library. The Walton Library specialises in services for the Faculty of Medical Sciences in the Medical School. It is named after [[Baron Walton of Detchant|Lord Walton of Detchant]], former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Professor of Neurology. The library has a relationship with the Northern region of the [[National Health Service (England)|NHS]] allowing their staff to use the library for research and study. The Law Library specialises in resources relating to law, and the Marjorie Robinson Library Rooms offers additional study spaces and computers. Together, these house over one million books and 500,000 electronic resources. Some schools within the university, such as the School of Modern Languages, also have their own smaller libraries with smaller highly specialised collections.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/teaching/information/library/ |title=Library |publisher=Newcastle University School of Computing Science |access-date=19 September 2010 |archive-date=29 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229215233/http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/teaching/information/library/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In addition to the city centre campus there are buildings such as the [[Dove Marine Laboratory]] located on [[Cullercoats]] Bay, and Cockle Park Farm in [[Northumberland]].

===International===
In September 2008, the university's first overseas branch was opened in Singapore, a Marine International campus called, NUMI Singapore. This later expanded beyond marine subjects and became Newcastle University Singapore, largely through becoming an Overseas University Partner of [[Singapore Institute of Technology]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.singaporetech.edu.sg/overseas-university-partners |title=Singapore Institute of Technology Overseas University Partners |publisher=Singapore Institute of Technology |year=2017 |access-date=1 September 2017 |archive-date=1 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901203434/http://www.singaporetech.edu.sg/overseas-university-partners |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2011, the university's Medical School opened an international branch campus in [[Iskandar Puteri]], [[Johor]], [[Malaysia]], namely '''Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia'''.<ref name=numed>{{cite web |url=http://numed.ncl.ac.uk/ |title=NUMed Malaysia |publisher=Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia |year=2009 |access-date=29 May 2009 |archive-date=14 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714103229/http://numed.ncl.ac.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Student accommodation===
[[File:Leazes Terrace, south corner - geograph.org.uk - 1762602.jpg|thumb|right|Leazes Terrace, a Grade I listed building, designed by [[Thomas Oliver (architect)|Thomas Oliver]] and built by [[Richard Grainger]], in 1829–34; now student accommodation.]]

Newcastle University has many catered and non-catered [[Dormitory|halls of residence]] available to first-year students, located around the city of Newcastle.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/about/List_of_Accommodation/index.php| title = List of Accommodation Sites| access-date =17 May 2007| date = 13 March 2007| publisher=Newcastle University |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070417111347/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/about/List_of_Accommodation/index.php |archive-date = 17 April 2007}}</ref> Popular Newcastle areas for private student houses and flats off campus include [[Jesmond]], [[Heaton, Newcastle|Heaton]], [[Sandyford, Newcastle upon Tyne|Sandyford]], [[Shieldfield]], [[South Shields]] and [[Spital Tongues]].

[[Henderson Hall, Newcastle|Henderson Hall]] was used as a hall of residence until a fire destroyed it in 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-06-09 |title=Newcastle arson arrest after serious fire at Henderson Old Hall |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-65852998 |access-date=2023-06-10}}</ref>

St Mary's College in [[Fenham]], one of the halls of residence, was formerly St Mary's College of Education, a teacher training college.