Top 10 New Universities in the UK

Following UK universities are regularly placed among the top ten New Universities in the country by a number of national league tables:

Robert Gordon University (RGU)
- Offer a range of degree programmes in Nursing, Business, Law, Engineering, Science, Computing, Art, Design, Architecture, Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
- Rated the Best Modern University in Scotland (Guardian, The Independent, The Sunday Times 2010).
- 1st in Scotland and fourth across the UK for graduate-level jobs (The Times and The Independent 2010).

De Montfort University (DMU)
- The University’s research achieved a higher proportion of top grades than any other post-1992 university in the RAE 2001.
- Placed as one of the top 5 "new" universities for research (Sunday Times 2010).
- It has one of the largest numbers of Teacher Fellows of any UK University.

Oxford Brookes University (OBU)
- Rated the Top New University in the nation (Sunday Times 2010).
- The Department of Real Estate and Construction was awarded the excellent mark of 23 out of 24 by the Quality Assurance Agency in 1998.
- The Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP) was awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in 2001.

University of Hertfordshire
- Number One New University in the UK (The Independent 2010).
- Winner of the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade in 2004.
- 3rd out of 120 universities in a league table of environmental performance (People and Planet Green League 2007).

Nottingham Trent University (NTU)
- In 2008 it was named the top post-1992 University by the Good University Guide. The School of Science and Technology received the largest ever donation given to a post-92 university, to fund cancer research.
- Ranked 1st amongst universities in the 2009 Green League for its environmental commitment.
- 74% of its research was considered as 'internationally recognised' with 8% of our research considered 'world-leading' in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise.

Bournemouth University (BU)
- Ranked as the UK’s number one new University in The Guardian University Guide for 2009 and 2010.
- It received the ‘Outstanding Library Team’ award at the inaugural Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards in 2009.
- Placed in the top 5 among New Universities in the country (The Independent and the Times 2010).

Top 10 New Universities in the UK:
1. Robert Gordon University
2. Oxford Brookes University
3. University of Portsmouth
4. Nottingham Trent University
5. Bournemouth University
6. Chichester University
7. Glasgow Caledonian University
8. Queen Margaret University
9. University of the West of England
10. University of Plymouth

Source: Times Good University Guide 2010

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