The University of Nottingham University Park Nottingham NG7 2RD UK t: +44 (0)115 951 5151 www.nottingham.ac.uk The University of Nottingham Ningbo China 199 Taikang East Road Ningbo, 315100 China t: +86 (0)574 8818 0000 www.nottingham.edu.cn The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus Jalan Broga 43500 Semenyih Selangor Darul Ehsan Malaysia t: +60 (0)3 8924 8000 www.nottingham.edu.my www.nottingham.ac.uk/impactcampaign Facts and Figures 2013 www.nottingham.ac.uk Design: www.campbellrowley.com The UK’s global university Our purpose is to improve life We seek to be the first choice for: Contents for individuals and societies worldwide. By bold innovation • students who want a top A world-leading university 02 Engaging with business 20 and excellence in all that we quality international education Academic departments 04 Supporting innovation 22 do, we make both knowledge • researchers who want the best Our students 06 Encouraging enterprise 24 and discoveries matter. opportunity to make a Careers 08 Global reach 26 significant global impact Making an impact 10 University life 28 Our vision is to be internationally • businesses that want innovative Excellence in education 12 Our environment 30 recognised for our signature partners who give them an Student satisfaction 14 Social responsibility 32 contributions, especially in global edge on their competition World-changing research 16 Sustaining excellence 34 food security, environmental Research excellence 18 Overview 36 sustainability, and health. www.nottingham.ac.uk Group study by the lake, University Park Campus, UK. 01 A world-leading university Nottingham is ranked within • We have over 43,000 the top 1% of all universities high-calibre students based at worldwide and placed 72nd campuses in the UK, Malaysia in the QS World University and China. Rankings 2012/13. Placed • We are a founding member of 7th in the UK for research the Russell Group and power by the latest Research Universitas21. Assessment Exercise, Nottingham is a major research • The University is a major institution which delivers work employer with over 8,000 of international significance. members of staff working across our campuses. Ningbo city, China. 02 03 Academic departments We have five faculties and a wide range of schools offering over 360 undergraduate courses and over 380 postgraduate taught courses. Our teaching is informed by the latest research delivered by hundreds of specialist cross-faculty research groups. Our faculties Arts Engineering Medicine and Health Sciences Science Social Sciences www.nottingham.ac.uk/departments Undergraduate students studying in a lecture theatre, Chemistry Building, University Park Campus, UK. 04 05 Our students We have over 43,000 students studying at our campuses in the UK, Malaysia and China. Summary of students based in Nottingham Undergraduate 24,412 Postgraduate 7,910 Other 1,622 Total 33,944 Summary of students based at our Malaysia Campus Undergraduate 3,686 Postgraduate 674 Total 4,360 Summary of students based at our China Campus Undergraduate 4,675 Postgraduate 582 Total 5,257 Overall total 43,561 2012/13 figures Students studying in the Trent Cafe, University Park Campus, UK. 06 07 Careers Nottingham is the 2nd most • Our students develop their own targeted university in the UK by careers and support business leading graduate employers.* growth in the region by working Our Careers and Employability part-time through our recruitment Service is award-winning and agency Unitemps. our graduates have access to • A recent £1m investment in the service for life. our service has resulted in the • Nottingham is a world top 25 creation of faculty based careers choice for employers according teams, offering careers advice to the QS World University and guidance tailored to the Rankings 2012. needs of students, supported by a programme of bespoke events. • Over 93% of our undergraduates In addition, a new Global Labour and 90% of our postgraduates Market team works to develop are employed or in further study the global dimension in all of our six months after graduation.** employer relationships. • Over 1,500 employers * The Graduate Market in 2013 by High approached us in 2011/12 with Fliers Research. a view to recruiting our students. ** 2011/12, data source – known destinations of full-time leavers of those • Our Enterpriselab provides an available for employment. environment in which students can learn about the practical aspects of business development. www.nottingham.ac.uk/careers Media training class at Nottingham University Business School, Jubilee Campus, UK. 08 09 Making an impact We have more than 225,000 Matthew Bannister graduates in our alumni Broadcaster and journalist community, a global family Dr Tim Brabants MBE originating from the foundation Olympic gold medallist of the University in 1881. Our famous alumni include: Robert Clift Olympic gold medallist Jeff Randall Jeremy Browne MP Broadcaster and journalist Minister of State for John Rishton Crime Prevention CEO, Rolls-Royce Sir Peter Mansfield Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib Honorary graduate and Nobel Prime Minister of Malaysia Laureate for discoveries concerning Sir John Sawers magnetic resonance imaging Head of MI6 DH Lawrence Ruth Wilson Author BAFTA-nominated and Olivier Deng Yaping Award winning actress Six time world table tennis Sir Andrew Witty champion and four time Olympic CEO, GlaxoSmithKline and gold medallist Chancellor of The University In 2011, the University launched of Nottingham Impact: The Nottingham Campaign, Dr Stewart Adams OBE our biggest fundraising campaign Pharmacologist and inventor ever, which will raise £150m to of ibuprofen ensure our work has global impact Tim Baillie MBE www.nottingham.ac.uk/ London 2012 Olympic impactcampaign gold medallist Graduation on University Park Campus, UK. www.nottingham.ac.uk/alumni 10 11 Excellence in education The Quality Assurance Agency It also recognised: for Higher Education awarded • good practice in how the its highest possible judgement University responds to the to the University for the quality student voice of learning opportunities • our integrative activities across provided to our students and our campuses our systems for ensuring high • the contribution of the Graduate academic standards. * Centres and Student Services Centres in enhancing the student experience * Quality Assurance Agency Institutional Audit 2009, published 2010. www.nottingham.ac.uk/teachingandlearning Students studying in the Pope Building, University Park Campus, UK. 12 13 Student satisfaction In the latest National Student • extended library opening times, Survey, Nottingham received as well as improved computer its highest ever result with an and wifi accessibility across overall student satisfaction the University score of 88%*. Our current • Student Services Centres students benefit from: on Jubilee Campus, Sutton Bonington Campus and The • the Nottingham Advantage School of Graduate Entry Award – a free programme of Medicine at the Royal activity focusing on skills, Derby Hospital Centre employability and personal development • a University-wide minimum for scheduled teaching delivered • continued investment in to students and a guarantee our facilities – a £90m of prompt feedback on all redevelopment of UK campuses examinations and coursework has included new mathematical sciences, engineering and * National Student Survey 2012. humanities facilities • unique opportunities to add an international element to their course via our own campuses in Asia, exchanges with partners or work placements Group study in the Coveny Library, Lincoln Hall, University Park Campus, UK. 14 15 Students working in the Biotechnology World-changing research Research Centre, Malaysia Campus. Wide-reaching, multi- • In the Leiden Ranking 2011/12, disciplinary research is which measures the research delivered by all of our faculties. performance of universities We have 12 priority groups that worldwide according to the address global issues number of most highly cited in key thematic areas or articles published in the support the delivery of world’s top research journals, research excellence. Nottingham was ranked in the top 100 with 841 articles. Themes • The extent of our international • Advanced Manufacturing research collaboration was • Aerospace also measured, with • Biomedical Imaging 1,446 research articles on • Drug Discovery projects involving Nottingham • Energy and international partners. This • Global Food Security result demonstrates the global • Integrating Global Society reach of our research. • Operations in a Digital World • Science, Technology and Society • Impact: The Nottingham • Sustainable Chemical and Campaign will raise £150m over Biological Processing the next five years to support a series of high-impact projects on Platform the local, national and global • Centre for Advanced Studies stage – www.nottingham.ac.uk/ • Clinical Translational Research impactcampaign • Facilities • International www.nottingham.ac.uk/research 16 17 Postgraduate student working in the lab, University Park Campus, UK. Research excellence The latest Research Assessment • In 2012, we admitted our Exercise found that: first students to our £5m • 90% of our research is of an Biotechnology and Biological ‘international standard’ Sciences Doctoral Training Programme, on which we are • 60% is ‘world-leading’ or collaborating with Rothamsted ‘internationally excellent’ Research. In total, we manage • 34 of our subjects are ranked in or are a partner in 12 Doctoral the top 10 within