The University of Nottingham is a public research university based in Nottingham

Nottingham

Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...

, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

, with further campuses in Ningbo

Ningbo

Ningbo is a seaport city of northeastern Zhejiang province, Eastern China. Holding sub-provincial administrative status, the municipality has a population of 7,605,700 inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 3,089,180 in the built up area made of 6 urban districts. It lies south of the Hangzhou Bay,...

, China and Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

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, Malaysia. With more than 49,000 applications for 5,500 places in 2011, Nottingham is the third most popular university in the United Kingdom, and has been described by The Times

The Times

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as "the nearest Britain has to a truly global university" and a "prime alternative to Oxbridge

Oxbridge

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Nottingham is a member of the Russell Group

Russell Group

The Russell Group is a collaboration of twenty UK universities that together receive two-thirds of research grant and contract funding in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1994 to represent their interests to the government, parliament and other similar bodies...

, Universitas 21

Universitas 21

Universitas 21 is an international network of universities, established as an "international reference point and resource for strategic thinking on issues of global significance." Together, there are 500,000 students and 40,000 academics and researchers associated with these universities, which...

, the Sutton Trust

Sutton Trust

The Sutton Trust is an educational charity in the United Kingdom which aims to provide educational opportunities to young people from non-privileged backgrounds...

, the Association of Commonwealth Universities

Association of Commonwealth Universities

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, the European University Association

European University Association

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 and Universities UK

Universities UK

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The University of Nottingham traces its origins to the founding of an adult education school

Normal school

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 in 1798, and the University Extension Lectures inaugurated by the University of Cambridge in 1873 – the first of their kind in the country.