Nottingham Trent is a campus university set on several sites across the city of Nottingham and its surrounding areas.
The City Campus is right in the heart of Nottingham and offers a community feel within a vibrant area. The Clifton site sits four miles outside Nottingham and is typical of ‘campus life' being a student village with everything in reach. Other campuses include the countryside estate Brackenhurst, which is 14 miles from town, and the Creative Quarter Campus, which is the home of creation and the arts, in the heart of the city. The campuses are linked by regular bus services.
The City, Clifton and Brackenhurst campuses all have their own Students' Union facilities and there are more than 130 clubs and societies, as well as 60 sports clubs, to join across the uni.
The city of Nottingham is in the East Midlands and is home to around 60,000 students from two major unis. It's known for its exciting student nightlife, with loads of pubs, bars and nightclubs dotted around.
There's also a great cultural scene in the city, including a wide range of live music and entertainment venues, such as the Theatre Royal. It's also famous for being a UNESCO World City of Literature.
There are excellent shopping areas and several professional sports clubs and grounds, including two football clubs, a rugby union club and Trent Bridge, one of cricket's most famous grounds.
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4.2Nottingham Trent helps its graduates stand out in the job market by offering an employability service which can be accessed during your time at uni and for three years after graduation. It aims to be an employment-focused university by making sure all undergraduate courses are professionally accredited and include work experience opportunities.
You'll also have access to tools and personalised support during the process of job-hunting. This support comes in the form of helping you write an effective CV, build a LinkedIn profile, prepare for interviews and more. Other tools and resources available include a CV builder, application masterclasses, interview simulators, advice on interviews and job-hunting techniques.
You can also take advantage of the uni's global network of employers who you'll be able to meet during campus job fairs and employer events. These are held throughout the year and allow you to build your professional network. Workshops are also held to help you develop important career-related skills.
Additionally, NTU Enterprise is the uni's centre for business enterprise and entrepreneurship and offers support for students who want to start a business.
5.04.24.4You'll find a range of university-run accommodation options available at Nottingham Trent, including en suite, shared and studio rooms. All new undergraduates are guaranteed a place in a uni-run residence, as long as the application for accommodation is made before the deadline.
There's university accommodation at City Campus (and surrounding area), Clifton Campus, Brackenhurst Campus and Mansfield. City Campus is the area with the most halls of residence, having five located on-campus and five in the surrounding area. For the off-campus accommodation that's a bit further afield, a free bus pass is included in your fees.
All halls have good security measures in place, like CCTV, door entry systems and security staff either on-site or on-call. You also have access to support services, such as a warden service and Student Accommodation Support Officers.
There's no need to worry about bills while staying in uni halls, as your rent payments include WiFi, heating, water and electricity costs, as well as basic contents insurance.
If halls aren't for you, you'll also be able to find private housing options. There's information about this on Nottingham Trent's online accommodation pages.
Nottingham Trent offers extra financial support for undergraduate students who are eligible for it. This extra funding is mainly through scholarships and bursaries that don't need to be repaid.
The uni offers bursaries to students who may otherwise struggle to afford the student fees involved in going to university. There are currently four types of bursaries on offer. For example, the NTU bursaries are worth £750 per year to eligible UK students who come from a household with an annual income of £25,000 or less. Also, the NTU Care Leavers and Foyer Resident Bursary is worth £1,000 toward living costs for eligible students.
Scholarships are awarded to help fund the studies of exceptional students with achievements and potential in academic and extra-curricular fields. For example, there are several sports scholarships that include funding, gym membership, sports nutrition and psychology services, and more.
You can find out about all the scholarships and bursaries available, as well as their eligibility criteria, by visiting the uni's online funding pages.
There are more than 200 undergraduate courses to study at Nottingham Trent. Most are studied full-time, however, you can study some part-time as well. For example, the Creative Writing BA can be done either full-time or part-time – it takes three years to study full-time and can be completed part-time over four to seven years.
Typically, full-time undergraduate degrees at Nottingham Trent take three years to study, but a number of courses include placement years, study abroad options or an integrated master's year. These courses usually take four years to complete.
Most degrees include optional modules, as well as core modules, meaning you can study the degree topics you're most interested in.
It's also possible to combine two or three subjects within an undergraduate degree in what's called a combined honours degree. For example, it's fairly common to study a humanities course, like history, alongside a language, such as French or Spanish.
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