Armstrong College & a College of Medicine were merged within 1937 to form King's College of Durham University (the Durham Section remained preponderantly dedicated to the teaching of theology & liberal arts).

Incubation of the Newcastle Section of the federal Durham University led to extreme tensions inside the structure & in 1963 an Act of Parliament separated the two divisions of the federal structure, allowing Durham as an 'Oxbridge'-style collegial university & creating a University of Newcastle upon Tyne as a monolithic university similar to Birmingham, Leeds, & Manchester.

a University of Newcastle & Durham University close once more symbolically within 2001 - thirty-eight years when splitting apart - to form a partnership to deliver a newly medical degree course where the number 1 both years would become taught by Durham, by using the leftover leash overseen by Newcastle.

the University has a core people of 16,350 students (2002-2003), including more than 2,000 overseas students from either assibilate Century countries.

the Student Union has a student nighttime both Friday known as 'Guide'. A radio station, shared using Northumbria University, called NSR FM wide casts above a cyberspace. A hebdomadally student newspaper is the award-winning 'A Courier' & additionally to this, the biweekly humanities & amusement glossy magazine known as 'Bonding resins' is published.

A todays Chancellor of the university is Chris Patten, former Chairperson of the Conservative Party and European Commissioner for External Affairs (1999-2004). He is likewise Chancellor of Oxford University.

A university won a Sunday Times University of the Year award in 2000. Around December 2004 it sparked controversy when it announced the closure of its physics course because of declining interest and financial pressures. Yet, the year late the university noted that there experienced been a rise inside applications to its chemistry course.

[http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ University of Newcastle upon Tyne]

Institute of Individual Genetics : University of Newcastle upon Tyne man of science get a 1st around Europe (August 2004) to exist as granted permission to clone human embryos. [http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/research/story/0,,1280916,00.html Newcastle scientists get human cloning go-ahead]

Research Institutes

[http://www.ncl.ac.uk/iri/ Informatics Research Institute (IRI)] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/iah/ Institute for Ageing and Health (IAH)] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/camb/ Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/research/institutes/nanoscale.phtml Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology (INSAT)] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ipp/ Institute for Policy and Practice (IPP)] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/environment/ Institute for Research on Environment and Sustainability (IRES)] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ihg/ Institute of Human Genetics (IHG)] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ion/ Institute of Neuroscience] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/niassh/ Newcastle Institute for the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (NIASSH)] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nicr/ Northern Institute for Cancer Research (NICR) ] [http://www.crest-newcastle.org.uk/ Centre for Rehabilitation Engineering Studies (CREST)]

Schools and Faculties

[http://www.ncl.ac.uk/hss/ Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences]

[http://www.apl.ncl.ac.uk/ Architecture, Planning and Landscape] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sacs/ Arts and Cultures] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nubs/ University of Newcastle upon Tyne Business School] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/ Education, Communication and Language Sciences] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/elll/ English Literature, Language and Linguistics] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/geps/ Geography, Politics and Sociology] [http://historical-studies.ncl.ac.uk/ Historical Studies] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/langcen/ The Language Centre] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nuls/ Newcastle Law School] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/ Modern Languages]

[http://medical.faculty.ncl.ac.uk/ Faculty of Medical Sciences]

[http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biomed/ Biomedical Sciences] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/cals/ Clinical and Laboratory Sciences] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/medi/ Clinical Medical Sciences] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/dental/ Dental Sciences] [http://medical.faculty.ncl.ac.uk/schools/medev/ Medical Education Development] [http://www.campus.ncl.ac.uk/pimd/ Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and Dentistry] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nnp/ Neurology, Neurobiology and Psychiatry] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/pahs/ Population and Health Sciences] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sars/ Surgical and Reproductive Sciences]

[http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sage/ Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering]

[http://www.ncl.ac.uk/afrd/ Agriculture, Food and Rural Development] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biol/ Biology] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ceam/ Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials] [http://www.ceg.ncl.ac.uk/ Civil Engineering and Geosciences] [http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/ Computing Science] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/eece/ Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/marine/ Marine Science and Technology] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/math/ Mathematics and Statistics] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/mech/ Mechanical and Systems Engineering] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nsci/ Natural Sciences]

Student Organisations

[http://www.unionsociety.co.uk/ University of Newcastle Student's Union] [http://www.nsrfm.com/ NSR FM - student radio station] [http://www.unionsociety.co.uk/main/media/thecourier/ The Courier - student newspaper]

News stories

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3554474.stm BBC News: University's International Centre for Life gets go-ahead to clone human embryos] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/3874799.stm BBC News: University sets up the company DNACare to manufacture UV radiation protection cream] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/455837.stm BBC News: Attempt at beating 'Snogathon' record cancelled because of meningitis risk]