Units of Assessment (UoAs)

Clinical research at Newcastle has strengths in Cancer, Rare Diseases, Immunity & Inflammation, Long-term Conditions & Ageing and Regenerative Medicine, Transplantation and Advanced Therapies. This high-quality research translates into tangible benefit for patients and their carers and has reduced the burden on the NHS.

We conduct most of our research within the Newcastle University Population Health Sciences Institute, a world-leading centre. Our research aims to improve health, care and wellbeing for all and reduce health inequalities. We undertake world-class research and translating our findings into policy and practice. Our submission includes 33 staff, an increase of over 10% from 2014.

Our research seeks to shapes policy and practice. We want to enhance health and wellbeing across the lifecourse. We're keen to address and improve the impacts of inequalities. We develop and deliver novel interventions to improve health and care.

We translate the discoveries in neuroscience into health, wellbeing and wealth benefits for the UK and beyond. We undertake clinical research into the causes and impacts of neurological, neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions. We work to develop effective approaches to the treatment of these conditions.

UoA5 scientists deliver transformational biological discoveries that underpin new clinical and industrial applications. A common theme of the UoA5 ICSs is a foundation in fundamental laboratory research that can be developed for therapeutic or commercial benefit.

Our research supports the production of safe and nutritious food within a sustainable and resilient food system.

Global environmental change is one of humanity’s greatest challenges. We address fundamental areas of environmental research, including rapid climate change, extreme environments, accelerating biodiversity declines and habitat loss.

Our interdisciplinary expertise and collaborations into the life sciences drives our research.

Find out about Newcastle University's research environment in the area of mathematical sciences, covering three major divisions.

Our Arjuna (now Narayana) transaction system software contributes to international transaction processing standards.

The School of Engineering remains committed to the vision of tackling global challenges using interdisciplinary research.

Architecture, built environment and planning research works in and across three research groups. They have collaborated for more than two decades. They returned together in both the 2014 REF and 2008 RAE.

Geography at Newcastle University is the largest unit in the School of Geography, Politics, and Sociology. We are a world-leading centre of geography and environmental studies research, scholarship, and disciplinary capacity building.

Archaeology has been studied and researched at Newcastle since 1931. Over the last decade the number of archaeologists has more than doubled. Now, there are over 35 lecturing, research, and technical staff at Newcastle.

Newcastle University Business School is a research-led, multidisciplinary Russell Group Business School. We produce excellent impactful business and management research that will make a global difference. We advance discipline-based and challenge-led interdisciplinary research.

Newcastle Law School traces its origins back to 1923. That's when law was first taught at what is now Newcastle University. Today, the School forms part of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. We are 36 research-active scholars from 15 countries.

Politics at Newcastle University has a long-standing reputation for delivering outstanding research. Topics covered include political participation, security and social justice. We embrace interdisciplinarity as an organic feature of our research culture.

This is the first time we have made a submission to UoA20 Social Work and Social Policy. Our interdisciplinary Social Work and Social Policy research and impact activities seek to understand social problems. We look at their impacts both nationally and internationally. Our submission to UoA20 focuses on the two themes of health policy and ageing.

Sociology became a separate unit in the School of Geography, Politics, and Sociology in 2002. The unit has seen significant growth, from 19 staff submitted to REF2014 to 25 in REF2021. We are proud of our Sociology research portfolio. We have a long-standing commitment to collaborative working and interdisciplinarity. This is through expertise in areas such as bioethics and anthropology.

Education research at Newcastle is based in the School of Education, Communication, and Language Sciences (ECLS). Education at Newcastle has been training teachers and doing research for more than 130 years. The Unit returns 21 colleagues to REF2021. Their work ranges from pedagogic innovation to professional learning and education.

Modern Languages and Linguistics at Newcastle is a dynamic multicultural and multilingual community of 106 postgraduate students and 69 staff.

Literature and creative writing (UoA27) is part of Newcastle University's School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics. The School has a long and prestigious history, and each year we attract excellent visiting researchers from around the world.

The History unit at Newcastle University is in the School of History, Classics, and Archaeology. We carry out wide-ranging History research centred around our commitment to historical justice. Our submitted research stretches from Anglo-Saxon England and Medieval Iberia to twentieth-century China.

Classics and Ancient History at Newcastle University is in the School of History, Classics, and Archaeology. The department has a long history of teaching Classics, as well as producing research that has an impact around the world. We have been teaching Classics at Newcastle University since 1874. We pride ourselves on outstanding research and teaching in this area, and our work is internationally recognised.

The Fine Art department at Newcastle University is part of the School of Arts and Cultures. Our world-leading art and design research culture has been developing for more than 70 years. Today, we are widely recognised as among the most influential art departments in the UK.

The International Centre for Music Studies (ICMuS) represents Music (UoA33) at Newcastle. This is within the School of Arts and Cultures. ICMuS can trace its distinguished history to the 1890s. It's an anchor institution in the music and culture of north-east England.

Media, Culture, Heritage (MCH) at Newcastle is based in the School of Arts and Cultures. The subject group was established in 2016. It brought together the expertise of colleagues in the Media and Cultural Studies Department and International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies.