University of Nottingham
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About University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham traces its ultimate roots to a private adult-education and teacher-training (normal) school founded in that Midlands city in 1798. In 1873, the University of Cambridge began offering college extension courses in connection with the normal school. However, the official founding of the present university is usually taken to coincide with the establishment of University College Nottingham, in 1881.
After World War I, the college underwent significant expansion, and in 1928 it was transferred from its original building in downtown Nottingham to a larger site in what is now the University Park area, to the southwest of the city center. During this period, several highly distinguished persons delivered lectures at the university, including H.G. Wells (novelist), Albert Einstein (Nobel laureate in physics), and Mohandas K.(“Mahatma”) Gandhi (lawyer, Indian independence activist, and non-violent civil disobedience pioneer).
The school received its royal charter in 1948, officially becoming the University of Nottingham. At this time, it also became able to award degrees in its own name.
Today, the University of Nottingham has a half dozen campuses besides the University Park campus, including one in Malaysia and one in China.
The university is made up of five faculties comprising altogether some 40 academic departments. The student body numbers more than 33,000 individuals associated with the five campuses located in Nottingham and environs, and nearly 44,000 worldwide.
Prominent alumni and faculty of the University of Nottingham include the following:
- Mathematician and Fields Medalist, Caucher Birkar
- Computer scientist, Nigel Shadbolt
- Novelist, D.H. Lawrence
- Mystery writer, Barry Baldwin
- Screenwriter, Michael Hirst
- Actors, Haydn Gwynne, Ruth Wilson, Theo James, Nicholas Farrell & Liz Carr
- Astronomer, Gerald Hawkins
- Cosmologist, Edmund Copeland
- Physicists, Andre Geim (Nobel laureate), Louis Essen & Clare Burrage
- Physicist, Magnetic Resonance Imaging pioneer and Nobel laureate for physiology or medicine, Peter Mansfield
- Aeronautical engineer, Sophie Harker
- Chemists, Martyn Poliakoff, Frederic Kipping & Elena Besley
- Geologist, A.E. Trueman
- Paleontologists, Mark Purnell & M. Paul Smith
- Meteorologist, Helen Willetts
- Biophysicist and medical engineer, Adrian B. Mann
- Biochemists, David Dolphin & Michael Creeth
- Structural biologist, Janet Thornton
- Embryologist, Ian Wilmut
- Microbiologist, Milton Wainwright
- Pathologist, Mark A. Smith
- Epidemiologists, Jonathan Van-Tam & Richard Wilkinson
- Pharmacologists, Stewart Adams & Christophe Wiart
- Neuroscientist, Matthew Walker
- Psycholinguist, Zoltán Dörnyei
- Historians, Jeremy Lawrance & Ian Kershaw
- Sociologist, Reiner Grundmann
- Classicist, Helen Lovatt
- New Testament scholar, Scot McKnight
- Geographer, Roger Tomlinson
- Economists, Clive Granger (Nobel laureate) & Ivy Pinchbeck
- Political scientist, David Regan
- Business journalist and columnist, Jeff Randall
- British radio broadcaster, Emma Barnett
- TV talk show host and columnist, Michael Coren
- Former Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Razak
- Current World Health Organization (WHO) Director, General Tedros Adhanom
- British High Court Judge, Nigel Sweeney
According to Wikipedia, The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. The University of Nottingham belongs to the research intensive Russell Group association.
What Is University of Nottingham Known For?
University of Nottingham is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:
- Education
- Medical
- Biology
- Business
- Engineering
- Communications
- Physics
- Mathematics
- Philosophy
- Literature
- Economics
- Chemistry
- Political Science
- Computer Science
- History
- Religious Studies
- Law
- Psychology
- Earth Sciences
- Sociology
- Nursing
- Criminal Justice
- Anthropology
- Social Work
University of Nottingham's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered
Each rank compares how much University of Nottingham's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence
University of Nottingham ranks #191 worldwide for influence in Education.
University of Nottingham ranks #163 worldwide for influence in Medical.
University of Nottingham ranks #216 worldwide for influence in Biology.
University of Nottingham ranks #241 worldwide for influence in Business.
University of Nottingham ranks #277 worldwide for influence in Engineering.
University of Nottingham ranks #209 worldwide for influence in Communications.
University of Nottingham ranks #182 worldwide for influence in Physics.
University of Nottingham ranks #249 worldwide for influence in Mathematics.
University of Nottingham ranks #248 worldwide for influence in Philosophy.
University of Nottingham ranks #273 worldwide for influence in Literature.
University of Nottingham ranks #165 worldwide for influence in Economics.
University of Nottingham ranks #132 worldwide for influence in Chemistry.
University of Nottingham ranks #358 worldwide for influence in Political Science.
University of Nottingham ranks #301 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.
University of Nottingham ranks #237 worldwide for influence in History.
University of Nottingham ranks #212 worldwide for influence in Religious Studies.
University of Nottingham ranks #339 worldwide for influence in Law.
University of Nottingham ranks #276 worldwide for influence in Psychology.
University of Nottingham ranks #245 worldwide for influence in Earth Sciences.
University of Nottingham ranks #320 worldwide for influence in Sociology.
University of Nottingham ranks #260 worldwide for influence in Nursing.
University of Nottingham ranks #337 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.
University of Nottingham ranks #657 worldwide for influence in Anthropology.
University of Nottingham ranks #293 worldwide for influence in Social Work.
Who Are University of Nottingham's Most Influential Alumni?
University of Nottingham's most influential alumni include professors and professionals in the fields of Chemistry, Medical, and Economics. Here are some of University of Nottingham's most famous alumni:
- Martin Wolf
- A British journalist.
- Clive Granger
- A British economist.
- Ian Wilmut
- A British embryologist.
- Roger Tomlinson
- An English geographer.
- Sara Danius
- A Swedish academic.
- Ali Moustafa Mosharafa
- An Egyptian physicist .
- Blake Morrison
- A Poet and author.
- Alan Cox
- A British computer programmer.
- Rod Thornton
- A British terrorism scholar.
- Brian Wilson
- A British systems scientist.
- Gerald Hawkins
- A British astronomer.
- Michael Scammell
- A British writer.
Who Are University of Nottingham's Most Influential Faculty?
University of Nottingham's most influential faculty include professors in the fields of Chemistry, Medical, and Economics. Here are some of University of Nottingham's most famous faculty:
- Paul Ormerod
- An English economist.
- Rod Thornton
- A British terrorism scholar.
- Matthew Goodwin
- A British academic.
- Caucher Birkar
- A Kurdish mathematician.
- Uri Gordon
- An Israeli anarchist theorist and activist.
- Nitasha Kaul
- An Indian economist and writer.
- Fotini Markopoulou-Kalamara
- A Greek physicist.
- Emma Chapman
- A British physicist and Royal Society Research Fellow.
- Becky Smethurst
- A British astrophysicist.
- Stephen L. Morgan
- A Sociologist.
- Molly Stevens
- A Professor of Biomedical Materials at Imperial College London.
- Conor McBride
- A Computer Scientist.
