Newcastle is located in the North East of England, and has a global reputation for high quality teaching and cutting edge research. We have a tradition of welcoming students from all over the world with currently more than 4,000 international students from over 100 countries.

Newcastle is a member of the elite Russell Group, an association of the leading research-intensive universities in the UK. Amongst our UK peers, we are ranked 5th for employability of our graduates, 10th for student satisfaction, and in the top 12 for research power in science and engineering.

Other rankings:

• No. 1 in the Russell Group of research universities for Graduate Employment (2013)
• No. 10 in the UK for overall student satisfaction (amongst peers) by the National Student Survey 2013
• No. 10 in the UK for student sport by the British University and Colleges Sports organisation (2013)

• No. 129 in the world by the QS ranking (2013)

Newcastle University was established as a School of Medicine and Surgery in 1834 and is now one of the UK's leading international universities. Our students enjoy an excellent success rate in finding employment after graduation and the University is a key supplier of new recruits to many international companies. The University has developed a range of teaching and research interests which span a wide and varied range of subjects which include:

Arts and humanities; biological and biomedical sciences; environmental and agricultural sciences; business and management; education; communication and language sciences; engineering and computing science; medicine and dentistry; physical and mathematical sciences and social sciences and law.

The campus is within walking distance of the centre of Newcastle, one of the most exciting, friendly and cosmopolitan cities in the UK, and ranked  number 1 for 'good social life' - Times Higher poll of student experience (2012). It is rapidly becoming an internationally renowned centre of culture and science.

The International Office is delighted to announce one $3,000 scholarship for an NSHSS member from the United States to study at Newcastle University. The scholarship cheque will be sent to the recipient upon proof of enrollment. This is available to high achieving students from the US applying for entry into degree programmes instructed by postgraduates and commencing in September 2014.

Eligibility
In order to apply for one of these scholarships you must satisfy the following conditions:

• you must be a citizen of (or permanently domiciled in) USA
• you must hold a conditional or unconditional offer of a place in a postgraduate degree programme
   at Newcastle University
• you must have been assessed as international/overseas for fees purposes
• you must have registered to start your studies during the 2014- 15 academic year to receive the scholarship
• you are not in receipt of any other scholarships or discounts

For all enquiries:

Visit: www.ncl.ac.uk

Email: Americas.io@ncl.ac.uk