Newcastle University is a member of the elite Russell Group, an association of leading research-intensive UK universities. Our research and teaching have a 'real world' focus and a survey by the Higher Education Funding Council for England found that we spend more time working with businesses than any other UK university. We also work closely with communities - the University is aligned with the aims of the Make Poverty History campaign and we are committed to achieving the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/development).

The University offers a wide range of full- and part-time courses (see www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate) in a variety of subject areas including:

• Arts and Humanities
• Biological, Environmental and Agricultural Sciences
• Biosciences, Medicine and Dentistry
• Business, Finance and Management
• Education, Communication and Language Sciences
• Engineering and Computing Science
• Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Social Sciences and Law