Study Abroad “It’s just like a big family here and the teachers are welcome really nice. Newcastle is such a great place, full of culture and new experiences.“

Welcome to Northumbria

Studying abroad at Northumbria Our campuses offer you a welcoming If you are a student, parent or adviser gives you an unmissable opportunity environment, a taste of British and would like to know more, please to spend an unforgettable semester university life and a varied academic feel free to contact us using the or year in . Northumbria programme that meets your interests contact details which can be found at University is based in Newcastle upon and academic needs . Since the the end of this brochure . Tyne, a popular university city bustling programme began, the most popular with life and cultural activity, located feature has been the Colloquium on in one of England’s most beautiful and British Culture – a series of weekly historic regions . excursions which tell the story of England’s long and varied history .

Contents

Welcome ...... 1

The Northumbria Experience ...... 2

About Newcastle upon Tyne ...... 3

Discovering the Region ...... 4–5

Study Abroad Programme ...... 6

Main Subject Areas ...... 7

Other Study Options ...... 7

Campus Life ...... 8

Social Life ...... 8

Further Information ...... 9

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The Northumbria Experience About Newcastle upon Tyne

The Old and the New Why Study Abroad at Student City World Class Culture You’ll find public art in the streets Northumbria? Northumbria University takes its Known as the capital of England’s Newcastle is known for its warm and modern art galleries housed name from the ancient Anglo-Saxon This programme offers you: North East, Newcastle has a and friendly welcome, with a well- in converted flour mills and biscuit kingdom of Northumbria which was • A semester or year in one of population of approximately 300,000 . established reputation as the best (cookie) factories . These new at the height of its powers in the England’s most popular student With over 42,000 students Newcastle place for city life’, and in recent years, contemporary landmarks have seventh century AD . cities is one of the UK’s most popular Newcastle and Gateshead, Newcastle’s established their own iconic status university cities . that rivals that of the historic Northumbria is a large, modern • The chance to discover England’s companion town just across the River architecture of the area . university with a broad range of culture and history It has a dramatic location on the River Tyne, have seen massive cultural regeneration and investment . There’s practical programmes in professional, • A dedicated study abroad team Tyne, about 10 miles from the coast There are so many attractions in career-based and liberal arts subjects . and lies at the heart of one of Britain’s the award-winning Gateshead Newcastle, Gateshead, the coast and • A safe, supportive environment most beautiful and historic regions . Millennium Bridge, and The Sage the surrounding countryside, there’s The main campus is based in the lively • On-campus accommodation Gateshead, an outstanding centre always something new to experience . university city of Newcastle upon Northumbria University is ranked 21 • High-quality teaching for music . Tyne . Northumbria University is one of out of 111 universities for student the largest in the UK, with over 30,000 • A wide choice of subject areas experience .* We are located in the students, of whom around 3,000 are • Easy access from Newcastle airport best place for city life^, packed with international students . to many European capitals and other bars, pubs and clubs, Newcastle is major cities more than a great night out . Boasting A Name for Quality • An ideal location for trips to Scotland, a combination of friendly culture, The University’s high standards York, Durham, etc . rich history, fantastic coastlines and in teaching and student support sporting passion, Newcastle can rival consistently place it among the top any city in the world . ‘new’ universities in the UK . It is a compact city, easy to get around and with its own underground metro train system .

A Brief History

AD 122 Completion of Emperor Hadrian’s Wall, the World Heritage Site northern frontier of the Roman Empire, which ran from Newcastle to the Lake District . 697 The Lindisfarne Gospels are created by the monks of Lindisfarne (Holy Island), only 50 miles from campus . 1080 The ‘New Castle’ is built by the son of King William the Conqueror, giving the city its name, and you can visit it to this day . 1600 Queen Elizabeth I awards the city of Newcastle its royal charter . 2001 The opening of the futuristic Millennium Bridge by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II spanning the banks of Newcastle and Gateshead .

*  Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2014 ^ WhatUni Student Choice Awards 2014 (Best City Life)

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Discovering the Region

A Taste of British Culture Newcastle is an ideal location if you The colloquium is provided free of For those interested in British history are interested in British culture . For charge to students on a fee-paying and culture, our most popular class centuries the Border country has study abroad programme . Students Colloquium on British Culture includes played a pivotal role in Anglo-Scots on a fee-free exchange programme a programme of weekly field trips to history, both in its local context and will be subject to a small charge to “Thank you for giving on a national scale . The county of cover costs . The Theatre Royal local places of interest . Northumberland and the city of us a taste of Newcastle’s The programme includes visits to: Newcastle boast many sites, buildings, Castles Galore! • Durham Cathedral museums, castles, cathedrals Over its long and eventful past, history and taking us to and churches that provide an Northumberland witnessed countless • The Theatre Royal in Newcastle, inexhaustible resource for the visitor border battles between Scotland and to see performances by the Royal some cool places!” and the student . England . Not surprising, therefore, that Shakespeare Company it has more castles than any other part Newcastle itself is also ideally positioned • The Lake District of England . for anyone wishing to explore further Alnwick Castle • Castles at Warkworth, Dunstanburgh afield . To the north of the city the and Alnwick England-Scotland border is easily • Hadrian’s Wall, England’s northern reachable by public transport, as are frontier of the Roman Empire York (one hour), Edinburgh (90 minutes) and London (three hours) by train .

Want to go Places? If you want to go further afield at weekends and in vacations, Newcastle

has excellent travel connections by road, rail and air . Oslo

By Train By Air • Spain Approximate travelling There are direct flights • Brussels Edinburgh NEWCASTLE times: from Newcastle • Greece Dublin Manchester London, 3 hours International Airport to: • London Manchester Warsaw London Berlin • Dubai Amsterdam Edinburgh, 90 mins • Paris • Copenhagen Brussels • Barcelona Düsseldorf York,1 hour • Cork PaPariris • Budapest • Milan Zurich By Sea • Amsterdam • Krakow Geneva Bucharest There is also a • Prague Milan ferry port nearby • Nice Barcelona with sailings to the • Dublin Rome Madrid Netherlands . • Rome AthenAthenss

4 For more information visit northumbria.ac.uk 5 Tynemouth Beach, only 30 minutes by Metro from City Campus awarded with recommended US a timetable composed of selected Study Abroad grade equivalents . modules from a list that will be Programme provided by the Faculty . Modules English Language Main Subject Areas Who is it for? (classes) range from 10-20 UK credits, Requirements meaning you can take between two Listed below are just some of the subject areas offered on the Study Abroad Programme. A range of modules covering This programme is open to If English is not your first language, you and six classes per semester . Your different topics is available within each subject area. For details, visit www.northumbria.ac.uk/studyabroad. This web undergraduate students from any will require IELTS 6 .0 or 6 .5 to access module choices must be approved by page shows the academic level for each module. For example, US students in their junior year generally require first country . Most of our students enrol the programme, depending on your your home institution . year honours modules. All students take the Colloquium on British Culture, which includes weekly group excursions to through affiliated partner schools, selection of modules . If you’re below but it is designed for any student Other students will join some of places of historical interest in the region. this level, there are a number of English Northumbria University’s full-time who wishes to follow a credit-based Language programmes available . programme over a semester or year . degree programmes where they can Programme Coordination work towards graduating at the end of Business Health and Community Studies How the programme works the exchange year with a UK degree . • International Business • International Health Studies The Programme has a dedicated Other study 1 . You must take between 40–60 programme team who are there to Check with your home institution • Marketing • Community Studies UK credits per semester . Modules as to which agreements are in place • Logistics and Supply Chain options help you throughout their time at Liberal Arts and Humanities (classes) range from 10–20 credits, before you apply . Management In addition to the Study Abroad Northumbria . They coordinate your • Art History meaning you can take between two academic programme and advise on • Human Resources Management Programme, the University and six classes per semester . Your Education – UK Style • British Culture (British Colloquium module selection . They are also your first • Hospitality and Tourism offers almost 500 degree and Teaching is usually via lectures, includes weekly excursions) module choices must be approved point of contact for any other day-to- diploma programmes across a supplemented by seminars and by your home institution . day matters and keep in regular contact Computing Studies • English (Literature through the wide range of subjects . tutorials with smaller groups . At 2 . Classes are available in all of with your institution back home . • Computing for Business Ages to the Present Day, Creative the subject areas shown on the Northumbria, as in most British • Internet Computing Writing) Bachelor Programmes universities, there is an emphasis adjoining page . Within each subject How to Apply • Introductory Computing • Film and TV Studies Three years, or four years If you would like to apply, you should on independent learning with area a wide range of modules is • Multimedia Computing Other Study Options including a year’s paid available . The current list of modules obtain authorisation from your individual support by academic staff . internship . Transfer students • History (British, US, European, normally available can be found on home institution and complete the All modules have a minimum of 36 Construction and accepted with relevant World History) the ‘Constructing your Programme’ application form . The form should classroom hours . At the end of the Built Environment prior study . • Media and Cultural Studies section of our website at www . be sent to the International Office – programme, a transcript is issued • Architecture and Design northumbria .ac .uk/studyabroad . contact details are at the end of this which explains the marks awarded • Project Management and Life Sciences One-year Masters along with the ECTS credit equivalent . • Biochemistry 3 . When you apply you need to list brochure . Construction Programmes English Language Requirements • Biology up to ten or more module choices Application Deadlines • Property and Housing Some are ‘conversion’ Masters on your application form . On arrival As in the study abroad programme • Genetics which do not require prior Semester 1 Late September to mid Design at the University, the study abroad • Nutrition study in the same field . December – 1 June Programme Coordination • Design for Industry team will arrange a timetable Social Sciences based on the modules which you Semester 2 Early February to early As in the study abroad programme • Fashion and Apparel PhD Research June – 1 November • Graphic Design • Criminology have chosen . This is subject to your How to apply Normally a minimum of academic eligibility and spaces in • Interior Design • Politics three years in duration . If you would like to apply, you should the class . Erasmus Exchange • 3-D Design • Psychology obtain authorisation from your home • Transportation Design • Public Policy Education – UK Style Programme institution who will nominate you for • Sociology Teaching is usually via lectures, Who is it for? the Erasmus exchange programme . Education Studies Sports Sciences supplemented by seminars and This programme is open to students Each Faculty has its own application • Students into Schools • Sports Sciences tutorials with smaller groups . from any of Northumbria University’s process, so please check the ‘How to (includes teaching practice) Apply’ page in the Erasmus section • Sport Management At Northumbria, as in most British Erasmus exchange partners . Study • Childhood Studies of our website at www .northumbria . universities, there is an emphasis periods vary from one semester to a Studio Arts ac .uk/studyabroad Foreign Languages on independent learning with full academic year . • French • Fine Art (Painting, individual support by academic How the programme works Application deadlines Printmaking, Sculpture) • German staff . All modules have a minimum This will vary depending on the • Media (Animation, Film, Semester 1 Late September to mid • Italian of 36 classroom hours and carry the Faculty in which you wish to study December – and full academic year – Photography, Scriptwriting, Video) • Spanish equivalent of three US-style credit and the agreement that is in place 30 April • Performing Arts (Acting, hours per 10-credit module . At the with your home University . • Other Minority Languages Choreography, Dance, end of the programme, a transcript Semester 2 early February to early Some students will study up to 60 UK Drama, Performance, is issued which explains the marks June – 31st October credits (30 ECTS) per semester with Physical Theatre, Voice)

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Campus Life – Student Support Social Life

Welcome and Orientation Accommodation and Meals Student Services and Facilities Where it all Happens Newcastle Eagles . It’s fitting, then, that A Meet and Greet service is available We aim to provide each student on Student facilities on campus include Student life in UK universities revolves Northumbria University is one of the for students arriving at Newcastle the programme with a single room computer centres and the Library . around the Students’ Union . This is leading universities for sport in the UK, “I’ve met many and as an international student there’s Airport . To use this service, you must in residences on the Newcastle After registration students receive a popular meeting place with bars, international complete the online booking form at campus . Many students choose their own email account . All students restaurants, shops, a bookshop, travel never been a better time to study northumbria.ac.uk/meetandgreet. to stay in Claude Gibb Hall where have ready access to our International agency, TV lounge, social and sports here . Our £30million sports facility people and To help you settle in gradually to breakfast and dinner are provided Student Advisers and a wide range of clubs plus a year-round programme of offers state-of-the-art facilities for made friends British student life, we run a special as part of the overall accommodation other staff who can provide specialist concerts, dances and other live events . everyone from performance athletes Induction Programme, where you fee . Throughout the day you can buy advice, for example, in relation to to those of you who just want to keep with them. This will meet other new students and meals and snacks in a variety finances, accommodation, insurance, Sport City fit . Getting involved in sport is a great is a very good members of staff . of canteens and cafeterias around disability and personal matters, etc . Newcastle is a city that’s passionate way to make new friends, stay healthy the campus . about sport, with Newcastle United and learn a bit about the UK, and with experience and FC playing their home games at St everything from climbing to golf and an opportunity James Park in the heart of the city and kung fu to on offer, you’re our own Sport Central facility hosting bound to find something that to understand the professional team, inspires you . different cultures. I like the life

Students’ Union here and enjoy discovering new and interesting things every day.“

Te-Hsin Tsai, Study Abroad student from Providence University, Taiwan

Sport Central

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