The University of Nottingham

The University of Nottingham was established by Royal Charter in 1881 and consistently ranks in the top ten of UK university rankings and in the world's top 100 universities. In 2004, Nottingham alumni were awarded two Nobel awards, with the Nobel Prize for Medicine going to Sir Peter Mansfield for his pioneering work in Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and an additional Nobel Prize for Economic Science to a Nottingham graduate and former member of staff, Professor Clive Granger. In the UK's most recent official assessment of research (the Research Assessment Exercise), 26 departments were awarded the prestigious five (internationally ranked) or five star (world class) ratings.