The University of Nottingham is a prestigious, research-intensive university in the UK and a founding member of the Russell Group. Established as University College Nottingham in 1881, it received its Royal Charter in 1948; The University of Nottingham is the third most targeted university by top employers (The Graduate Market, High Fliers 2026), and have been Top 10 since 2013. Students rate us the third best university in the UK for work experience - top of the Russell Group (HigheriN Best Universities for Work Experience 2026–27); In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF) – the UK's official assessment of the quality of research in UK higher education institutions – we have been placed 7th in the UK for research power, according to analysis by Times Higher Education (THE). 100% of our research is recognised internationally, and 90% is classed as 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent', according to THE's analysis.