University of Nottingham
| Motto | Latin: Sapientia urbs conditur |
|---|---|
Motto in English | A city is built on wisdom |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1798 – As an Adult Education School 1881 – University College Nottingham 1948 – Received royal charter |
| Endowment | £78.1 million (2024) |
| Budget | £834.7 million (2023/24) |
| Chancellor | Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey |
| Vice-Chancellor | Jane Norman |
| Visitor | Lucy Powell (as Lord President of the Council ex officio) |
Academic staff | 7,220 Nottingham-based (2023/24) |
| Students | 36,180 Nottingham based (2023/24) 47,953 worldwide (2019/20) |
| Undergraduates | 27,890 (2023/24) |
| Postgraduates | 8,290 (2023/24) |
| Location | , England 52°56′20″N 1°11′49″W / 52.939°N 1.197°W |
| Students' Union | University of Nottingham Students' Union |
| Colours | Nottingham Blue Green Gold |
| Affiliations | |
| Website | nottingham |
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.
Nottingham's main campus (University Park) with Jubilee Campus and teaching hospital (Queen's Medical Centre) are located within the City of Nottingham, with a number of smaller campuses and sites elsewhere in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Outside the UK, the university has campuses in Semenyih, Malaysia, and Ningbo, China. Nottingham is organised into five constituent faculties, within which there are more than 50 schools, departments, institutes and research centres. Nottingham has more than 46,000 students and 7,000 staff across the UK, China and Malaysia and had an income of £834.7 million in 2023–24, of which £141.6 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £615.3 million.
The institution's alumni have been awarded one Nobel Prize, a Fields Medal, and a Gabor Medal and Prize. The university is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association, the Russell Group, Universitas 21, Universities UK, the Virgo Consortium, and participates in the Sutton Trust Summer School programme as a member of the Sutton 30.
In November 2023, it was announced that the University of Nottingham had become the first university in the UK to be awarded an Athena SWAN Gold Award for its commitment to advancing gender equality.