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Newcastle City Campus Ellison Place Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST
Contact number: 
0191 232 6002 (switchboard)
Brief history: 

Northumbria University has its origins in three regional colleges: Rutherford College of Technology, the College of Art & Industrial Design and the Municipal College of Commerce.

An amalgamation of these three institutions formed the Newcastle Polytechnic in 1969, which became the major regional centre for the training of teachers with the incorporation of the City College of Education in 1974, and the Northern Counties College of Education in 1976.

Northumbria was inaugurated as a university in 1992, under the name University of Northumbria at Newcastle. The trading name was simplified to Northumbria University in 2002.