Newcastle University

==Academic profile==

===Reputation and rankings===
{{Infobox UK university rankings
| ARWU_W = 201–300
| QS_W = 110
| THE_W = 168=
| LEIDEN_W = 78
| LINE_1 = 0
| QS National = 21
| THE National = 20
| Complete = 30
| The_Guardian = 67
| Times/Sunday_Times = 37
| LINE_2 = 0
| TEF = Gold
}}
[[File:Newcastle 10 Years.png|thumb|upright=1.2|Newcastle University's [[Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom|national league table]] performance over the past ten years]]
The university is a member of the [[Russell Group]] of the UK's research-intensive universities. It is ranked in the top 200 of most world rankings, and in the top 40 of most UK rankings. {{As of|2023|post=,}} it is ranked 110th globally by QS,<ref name="QS World University Rankings"/> 292nd by [[CWTS Leiden Ranking|Leiden]],<ref>{{cite web |title= CWTS Leiden Ranking |url= http://www.leidenranking.com/ |publisher= Leiden University |access-date= 25 August 2023}}</ref> 139th by [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings|Times Higher Education]]<ref name="THE World University Rankings"/> and 201st–300th by the [[Academic Ranking of World Universities]].<ref name="Academic Ranking of World Universities"/> Nationally, it is ranked joint 33rd by the Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide,<ref name="The Times and Sunday Times University Guide"/> 30th by the Complete University Guide<ref name="Complete League Table"/> and joint 63rd by the Guardian.<ref name="The Guardian University Guide"/>

=== Admissions ===
{| class="floatright"
| 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; margin-bottom: 5px"
|+UCAS Admission Statistics
!
!2022
!2021
!2020
!2019
!2018
|-
| '''Applications'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}<ref name=UCASEoC22>{{cite web |title=UCAS Undergraduate Sector-Level End of Cycle Data Resources 2022|url=https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-sector-level-end-cycle-data-resources-2022 |at=Show me... Domicile by Provider|website=ucas.com |publisher=UCAS |access-date=8 February 2023}}</ref>
| 33,735
| 32,400
| 34,550
| 31,965
| 33,785
|-
| '''Accepted'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}<ref name=UCASEoC22/>
| 6,755
| 6,255
| 6,580
| 6,445
| 6,465
|-
| '''Applications/Accepted Ratio'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}
| 5.0
| 5.2
| 5.3
| 5.0
| 5.2
|-
| '''Offer Rate (%)'''{{efn-lg|name=ukjune}}<ref name="offer rate22">{{cite web|title=2022 entry UCAS Undergraduate reports by sex, area background, and ethnic group|date=2 February 2023 |url=https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-sector-level-end-cycle-data-resources-2022/2022-entry-ucas-undergraduate-reports-sex-area-background-and-ethnic-group|publisher=[[UCAS]]|access-date=2  February 2023}}</ref>
| 78.1
| 78.0
| 80.2
| 79.2
| 80.0
|-
| '''[[UCAS Tariff|Average Entry Tariff]]'''<ref name="CUG Entry">{{Cite web | url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?tabletype=full-table&sortby=entry-standards | title=University League Tables entry standards 2024 |work=The Complete University Guide}}</ref>
| {{n/a}}
| 151
| 148
| 144
| 152
|}
{| style="font-size:80%;float:left"
|{{notelist-lg|refs=
{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme|Main scheme applications, International and UK}}
{{efn-lg|name=ukjune|UK domiciled applicants}}
}}
|}
|}
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"; style="font-size:85%; text-align:right;"
|+ class="nowrap" |HESA Student Body Composition
|-
!Domicile<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study#provider|title=Where do HE students study?: Students by HE provider|work=HESA|at=HE student enrolments by HE provider|access-date=8 February 2023}}</ref> and Ethnicity<ref name="HESA ethnicity">{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/whos-in-he/characteristics|title=Who's studying in HE?: Personal characteristics|date=31 January 2023|publisher=HESA|access-date=8 February 2023}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
|[[White people in the United Kingdom|British White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|65|%|2||background:red}}
|-
|[[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom#Collective terms for minority ethnic groups|British Ethnic Minorities]]{{efn|Includes those who indicate that they identify as [[British Asian|Asian]], [[Black British people|Black]], [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed Heritage]], [[British Arabs|Arab]] or any other ethnicity except White.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|12|%|2||background:green}}
|-
|[[European Union|International EU]]
|align=right| {{bartable|4|%|2||background:blue}}
|-
|[[International students in the United Kingdom|International Non-EU]]
|align=right| {{bartable|19|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |Undergraduate [[Widening participation|Widening Participation]] Indicators<ref>{{cite web |title=Widening participation: UK Performance Indicators: Table T2a – Participation of under-represented groups in higher education |url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/performance-indicators/widening-participation |website=Higher Education Statistics Authority |publisher=hesa.ac.uk |access-date=8 February 2023}}</ref><ref name="Times23">{{cite web |date=16 September 2022 |title=Good University Guide: Social Inclusion Ranking |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/good-university-guide-in-full-tp6dzs7wn |work=The Times}}</ref>
|-
|[[Feminism in the United Kingdom#Education|Female]]
|align=right| {{bartable|52|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
|[[Private schools in the United Kingdom|Private School]]
|align=right| {{bartable|23|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
|Low Participation Areas{{efn|Calculated from the Polar4 measure, using Quintile1, in England and Wales. Calculated from the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) measure, using SIMD20, in Scotland.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|9|%|2||background:black}}
|}

In terms of average [[UCAS]] points of entrants, Newcastle ranked joint 19th in Britain in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?o=Entry+Standards|title=University League Table 2017|publisher=Complete University Guide|access-date=15 February 2016|archive-date=27 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427003846/https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?o=Entry+Standards|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, the university gave offers of admission to 92.1% of its applicants, the highest amongst the [[Russell Group]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Which elite universities have the highest offer rates |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2016/10/19/which-elite-universities-have-the-highest-offer-rates/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2016/10/19/which-elite-universities-have-the-highest-offer-rates/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=19 October 2016 |access-date=21 October 2016|last1=Gurney-Read |first1=Josie }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

25.1% of Newcastle's undergraduates are [[Independent school (United Kingdom)|privately educated]], the thirteenth highest proportion amongst mainstream British universities.<ref>{{cite web|title=Widening participation: UK Performance Indicators 2016/17|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/01-02-2018/widening-participation-tables|website=hesa.ac.uk|publisher=Higher Education Statistics Authority|access-date=1 February 2018|archive-date=27 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027015313/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/01-02-2018/widening-participation-tables|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 2016–17 academic year, the university had a domicile breakdown of 74:5:21 of UK:EU:non-EU students respectively with a female to male ratio of 51:49.<ref>{{cite web|title=Where do HE students study?|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study#provider|website=hesa.ac.uk|publisher=Higher Education Statistics Authority|access-date=9 February 2018|archive-date=10 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210120926/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study#provider|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Research===
[[File:Herschelbuildingnewcastle.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|The Herschel Building, home to the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics, and several of the university's largest lecture theatres]]
Newcastle is a member of the [[Russell Group]] of 24 research-intensive universities. In the 2021 [[Research Excellence Framework]] (REF), which assesses the quality of research in UK higher education institutions, Newcastle is ranked joint 33rd by GPA (along with the [[University of Strathclyde]] and the [[University of Sussex]]) and 15th for research power (the grade point average score of a university, multiplied by the full-time equivalent number of researchers submitted).<ref>{{cite web |title=REF 2021: Quality ratings hit new high in expanded assessment |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ref-2021-research-excellence-framework-results-announced |publisher=Times Higher Education |access-date=18 February 2023}}</ref>