Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a public research university in Nottingham, England. The university was formed by the amalgamation of many separate institutions of higher education. It originated from the Nottingham Government School of Design founded in 1843. It was founded as a new university in 1992 from Trent Polytechnic (later Nottingham Polytechnic). It is the 13th largest university in the UK (out of 167) with 29,370 students split over four different campuses. The university is composed of three colleges and nine schools.
The university has “one of the best employability records of any university in England and Wales”. In November 2015, the university was awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education, “the highest national honour for a UK University” based on numerous research projects. Globally, Nottingham Trent University was ranked in the number 16 in UK according to Guardian and 600 in the world by the QS World University Rankings 2013, to which it was also awarded a ‘4 star’ (out of 5) rating. In 2015, WhatUni ranked the university 12th in its ‘Student Choice Awards’. In the same year, the Times Higher Education ranked the university as 31st out of 113 universities in the country for student experience.
42 in League Table Ranking of The Complete University Guide
Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating
Type
University Public
Year Founded
1992
Size
Large
29,370 Students