Is University of Nottingham prestigious?
The University of Nottingham may trace its beginnings to the establishment of an adult education school in 1798 as well as the University Extension Lectures, the nation’s first of their type, which was launched by the University of Cambridge in 1873. However, it is usually accepted that University College Nottingham, which was founded in 1881…
The University of Nottingham may trace its beginnings to the establishment of an adult education school in 1798 as well as the University Extension Lectures, the nation’s first of their type, which was launched by the University of Cambridge in 1873.
However, it is usually accepted that University College Nottingham, which was founded in 1881 as a college preparing students for exams given by the University of London, served as the university’s founding institution.
Is the University of Nottingham prestigious?
The institution won the titles of Times Higher Education “University of the Year” in 2006, “Entrepreneurial University of the Year” in 2008, and “University of the Year” runner-up in 2010 for the Sunday Times.
The Sunday Times awarded Nottingham the “University of the Year” for graduate employment in 2016–17.
The Fulbright Commission refers to Nottingham as “one of the oldest, biggest, and most distinguished institutions in the UK.” SCImago Institutions Rankings placed it 126th out of all universities around the globe in 2019.
Nottingham is placed 26th by GPA and 8th for research power in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF), which evaluates the standard of research in UK higher education institutions.
Nottingham University was ranked 10th domestically and 139th internationally in the 2016 CWUR University Ranking.
