Northumbria University vs University of Hertfordshire

• Northumbria University's campus is spread across four cities: Newcastle, London, and Amsterdam. 
• The University is divided into City Campus and Coach Lane Campus. 
• Northumbria University has recently opened campuses in London and Amsterdam.
• Newcastle's City Campus is in the heart of the city. 
• Ideally situated just minutes away from Liverpool Street station, benefit from studying in a location where the financial district meets the heart of London’s digital and technology sector. This offers you an excellent base from which to take full advantage of all that studying in one of the world’s leading cities has to offer, including work experience and networking opportunities.

The University of Hertfordshire is located in Hatfield, just 25 minutes by train from London's King's Cross station and within easy access of the A1(M).

Our 2 sites, College Lane and de Havilland, are situated less than a kilometre apart. A network of pathways, cycle routes and handy shuttle buses connects the sites.

• The City campus fosters learning and self-development through its award-winning architecture, modern teaching buildings, and impressive sports facilities. 
• This campus also houses the University Library, which houses thousands of books, journals, e-books, research papers, and documents.
•  The campus also includes a sports facility, the Computer and Information Sciences Building, and high-tech Life Sciences and Engineering laboratories.
• Coach Lane, the other campus, is home to all Faculty of Health and Life Sciences students and features excellent computing, library services, and its modern Students' Union. 
• Coach Lane Campus has its own Students' Union and sports facilities such as indoor courts, a fitness suite, outdoor rugby and football pitches, and an all-weather floodlit pitch.
• The University owns and operates a press, which was founded in 2002. It publishes books, photography, travel, music, and biographies.
• The Students' Union offers a great social scene at the heart of our City Campus. The Union building features three award-winning bars and it's the venue for some of the biggest club nights and gigs in Newcastle.

• The campus of the University has 6,000 Square meters of laboratory, including office space for health technology business and life science.
• The 50-hectare site in Bayfordbury houses the atmospheric physics remote sensing observatory and laboratory.
• The Student Wellbeing Center on the College Lane campus of the University provides mental health, disability, emotional and health-related issues to the students.
• The campus offers first-class facilities such as a gym, social sciences spaces, and a central hub. They also have sports facilities including a climbing wall and a pool. De Harville Campus is provided with a library, computer center, and resource center.
• The campus has many educational spots, including a biology lab, creative art gallery, simulation wards, an aerospace lab, an observatory, and a law building.

Northumbria University has over 222,000 alumni spread across 170 countries. Some notable Northumbria University Alumni are Steve Cram – Athlete; Bibiana Aído - Former minister of Spain; Amanda Sonia Berry - CEO of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts; Neil Marshall - Film Director, Julie Elliott - Member of U.K. parliament and Micky Young - Rugby player.

The University has a strong alumni network of 270,000 graduates. Some of the Hertfordshire University notable alumni include Owen Farrell (England Rugby player), Sanjeev Bhaskar (British comedian), and Claire Margaret Ward (Labour Party politician).