Nottingham Trent University

Nottingham Trent University is a public university in Nottingham, England. Its oldest part is the Nottingham Government School of Design, founded in 1843. The institution became Trent Polytechnic and received university status in 1992. It is a large post-1992 university with City, Clifton, and Brackenhurst campuses.

Schools include Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Law School, the School of Art and Design, science and technology, architecture and the built environment, animal and rural sciences at Brackenhurst, and Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies for music, games, and film. Research sits inside these schools rather than in a handful of standalone institutes.

About 38,000 students enroll, including a large international cohort from Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. Graduate students are a minority of the total. Academic staff number in the thousands, including part-time practitioners.

Graduate study is dominated by taught master's degrees, with professional doctorates, PhDs, and law training for solicitors and barristers. Coursework and project supervision are the usual model. The year has two semesters. Some scholarships are offered. Students live in Nottingham city center and at Clifton, south of the city, with art, law, and business schools next to courts, agencies, and studios.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, Nottingham Trent University lists 1 master's program, in art. Nottingham Trent University holds rank 479 in the GSN Overall University Ranking.