[7] This determines how much funding is awarded to universities to spend on research activity and represented the largest percentage-point rise in market share since the previous exercise.

[citation needed] In 2017, the university was fined £400,000 after a sports science experiment gave volunteers a hundred times the safe dose of caffeine.

The judging panel stated "The scale of [Northumbria's] ambition, the rigour and effectiveness with which it has been pursued and its role in transforming lives and supporting its region all make it a deserving winner.

[citation needed] City Campus East, designed by Atkins, opened in September 2007, winning awards from The Journal newspaper and the Low Carbon New Build Project of the Year accolade.

Administrative Departments including Finance & Planning and Human Resources, are based in Pandon Building.The Students' Union building, at City Campus West, underwent a multimillion-pound makeover with new lobby and recreational facilities, and a refurbished bar and cafe space, in summer 2010.

[19] In 2018 a £7m building for Computer and Information sciences was opened in City Campus West[20] in place of the demolished Rutherford Hall.

It is in the Dene ward near Longbenton and round the corner from Tyneview Park; a large Department for Work and Pensions office, accessible via the Four Lane Ends Interchange.

[citation needed] Northumbria University employs more than 3,100 people and offers undergraduate, postgraduate, CPD and degree apprenticeship programmes through four Faculties: In September 2007, Northumbria University opened its new Newcastle Business School building on the site of the former Warner Brothers cinema as part of a £136m city campus east development.

In 2013, the university was awarded with the Queens Anniversary Prize in Further and Higher and Further Education for outstanding community work of its student law office.

The programme has been expanded in recent years with an increased amount of time that students can spend within the United Kingdom.

[citation needed] Northumbria was one of the best performing universities in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, rising the highest number of places in a ranking of 'research power' by THE.

It is a charity currently exempt from registration and is led by six Sabbatical Officers (President and five vice-presidents) and a 26-member Student Council.

[45] Northumbria is considered one of the leading universities for Rugby League in the UK,[46] after being crowned BUCS National Champions in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022.

Current student Taka Suzuki won seven medals, including five golds and two silvers in swimming at Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympics Games.

[citation needed] Notable former students of Northumbria University, Newcastle Polytechnic, and Northern Counties College of Education include: The university states 'Northumbria's shield contains two triple-towered castles, representing the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, and an open book which represents learning.

The arched line of battlements dividing the shield refers to the Roman Wall, a historic feature of Northumberland.