University of Nottingham (NOTTINGHAM)

Founded in 1881, the University of Nottingham initially called Nottingham college was the first civic college of Nottingham was converted to university in 1948. The university opened another two campuses in Malaysia (2000) and Kuala Lumpur (2005).  In 2006, Nottingham became the first foreign university to be invited to establish an independent campus in Ningbo, China, a historic city close to Shanghai.The University of Nottingham has 10 libraries in its UK and international campuses providing a....

Founded in 1881, the University of Nottingham initially called Nottingham college was the first civic college of Nottingham was converted to university in 1948. The university opened another two campuses in Malaysia (2000) and Kuala Lumpur (2005). In 2006, Nottingham became the first foreign university to be invited to establish an independent campus in Ningbo, China, a historic city close to Shanghai.The University of Nottingham has 10 libraries in its UK and international campuses providing access to more than 1 million books besides e-books and other manuscripts. The university also runs several sports clubs and is a part of British sports clubs and had a superb performance in the 2012 London Olympics. Moreover, its public arts centre (Lakeside) plays an integral and inspiring part in Nottingham's cultural life conducting several exhibitions, drama, music and other events. This university has an interdisciplinary approach towards the research in various fields including biomedical imaging, global food security, drug discovery, energy, science, technology and society etc. The university has a very important contribution in the field of medicine with the discovery of the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technique by their alumni, Sir Peter Mansfield (Nobel Laureate).