University of Sunderland vs University of Northampton

There are two campuses in Sunderland, one in Hong Kong and one in London. The Sunderland campuses are City Campus and the Sir Tom Cowie Campus at St Peter's.

Until 2018 the university had three main sites: Avenue Campus, just north of the town centre, opposite a large open park known as the Racecourse; Park Campus in Kingsthorpe to the north of the town which was the main and largest campus and an Innovation centre opposite Northampton railway station. The Avenue and Park campuses were replaced by the new Waterside campus in 2018.

The University of Sunderland has four halls of residence: Scotia Quay, Panns Bank, Clanny House, and The Forge U-Student Village. The Students' Union is responsible for offering support and advice to students, leading campaigns and being the voice of the student body. The Students' Union's mission is to make all its members' University experience valuable for life. All students enrolled on a course at Sunderland University are automatically members of the Students' Union.  The university's Institute of Sport organises training events, courses and other sporting activities for students, staff and the local community. There are over 50 clubs and societies in the university. Users have access to the £12m CitySpace building on the City Campus, which features a climbing wall, fitness suite, physiotherapy and injury centre, sports hall, multi-purpose suite and spectator seating.

• The Students' Union operates out of the redeveloped Engine Shed location on the Waterside Campus, which also operates as a daytime cafe and food outlet.
• The Union also operates a venue in the town centre, The Platform. During the day the venue operates as a cafe and conference centre.
• At night the venue also operates as a nightclub with three floors and staffed by student staff. 
• During the midweek, all events held at the venue are student only while the venue opens up the locals during the weekend with a number of different events held throughout the year. 
• The Students' Union has 35 sports clubs and enters 24 teams in Wednesday BUCS Leagues each week, with the SU currently ranked 99th in the BUCS ranking.
• The Students' Union operate on a policy of free sports membership, meaning all teams are free to join with no membership fee and offers a wide variety of sports including rugby league (Gremlins RL), football, netball, basketball, hockey and lacrosse. 
• Approximately 60 student societies are affiliated to The University of Northampton Students’ Union. These range from special interest societies such as Doctor Who and Anime to faith-based societies such as the Christian Union and Hindu Society.

• Griselda Allan – English artist
• Richard Billingham – English photographer and artist who is best known for his photobook Ray's A Laugh which documents the life of his alcoholic father Ray, and obese, heavily tattooed mother, Liz.
• Kerry Ann Christiansen – British actress who began her career in the popular British children's TV series Byker Grove.
• Steve Cram – Retired track and field athlete. Along with fellow Britons Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, he was one of the world's dominant middle-distance runners during the 1980s.
• Terry Deary – British children's author of over 200 books, selling over 25 million copies in over 40 languages.

• Will Alsop, modernist architect; graduated from Northampton College of Art
• Jon Bewers, footballer
• James D. Boys, academic and media consultant
• Dallas Campbell, television presenter and stage actor
• Andrew Collins, writer and broadcaster
• James Densley, academic and author