📸 At a Glance
🌍 Nottingham, East Midlands
🎓 Russell Group ✅
⚖️ Race Equality Charter ✅ BRONZE
💰Scholarships Available ✅
🏅Ranking: 23 (Complete University Guide 2026)
🔎 Overview
The University of Nottingham is a Russell Group university known for its strong research, global outlook, and wide range of degree programmes across the sciences, engineering, medicine, humanities, and social sciences. It has a large student community, a well-known parkland campus, and an international presence with campuses in the UK, China, and Malaysia.
📊 Ethnicity Breakdown
- Black: 9%
- Mixed race: 7%
- White: 63%
- Asian: 16%
- Other: 1%
- Not known: 4%
💰 Funding
- Faculty Alumni Scholarship for Black Students in STEM – The Faculty Alumni Scholarship for Black Students offers five annual scholarships to increase Black participation in STEM, paid termly over four years. No separate application is needed, all eligible applicants to the Faculty of Engineering or Faculty of Science Alumni Scholarship will automatically be considered based on their supporting statement.
- International Undergraduate Excellence Scholarship – Automatic scholarships for outstanding international undergraduate students.
- Developing Solutions Masters Scholarship – The Developing Solutions Scholarship covers 50% or 100% of tuition fees for a one-year master’s at the University of Nottingham, starting September 2026. Open to students from Africa, India and selected Commonwealth countries studying in Engineering, Medicine and Health Sciences, Science or Social Sciences, it is designed for those committed to driving development and change in their home country.
- GREAT Scholarship (Kenya) – The University of Nottingham is offering GREAT Scholarships worth £10,000 each for the 2026/27 academic year, available for all full-time postgraduate taught master’s programmes.
ℹ️ Availability changes yearly, some scholarships may be closed now but reopen later. Check official sites for details and revisit this page for updates and new listings.
👩🏿🎓👨🏾🎓 Student Life & Support
- African and Caribbean Society
- Nigerian Students Society
- Ghanaian Students Society
- Black Feminist Society
- African and Caribbean Medical Network
- Queer People of Colour Society
- Mixed Heritage Society
*The university also points students to its full clubs and societies directory under cultural/national societies, which may include additional or more up-to-date groups not listed here.
📣 Things Uni To Know
Black and Minority Ethnic Student’s Network – This Network provides support, representation and community for Black and minority ethnic students at the University of Nottingham. The network advocates for students’ interests, promotes inclusion, organises cultural events and campaigns, and works with the university to address issues affecting Black and minority ethnic communities.
