University of Northampton
About this university
The University of Northampton has over 350 undergraduate, postgraduate and professional courses in a range of traditional and cutting edge subjects. It has around 14,000 students and 1,500 staff. It has received an £80 million investment in new buildings since 2000 and an extra £70 million worth of investment on buildings and facilities will carry them forward to 2015. It is home to two award-winning campuses (Avenue and Park), housing six schools – Arts, Northampton Business School, Education, Health, Science and Technology and Social Sciences.
Northampton is in the heart of England and is the fastest growing town in the UK with around 250,000 residents. Northampton is a modern, bustling town centre surrounded by beautiful countryside and is steeped in history. Within Northamptonshire we have “Silverstone – The British Formula One circuit” with many international companies based here including Carlsberg, Weetabix, Avon Cosmetics, Nationwide and Barclaycard.
Last year 92% of the University of Northampton graduates were in employment or further study six months after graduating and they currently have alumni working for international organisations throughout the world. Undergraduates placements have been arranged with global companies including Tesco, IBM and Volkswagen.