Teaching excellence
Top class teaching
According to independent reviews, our teaching is top class. Over the past 10 years, 39 of our subjects have been awarded the highest ratings of between 22 and 24 out of 24 in the Government’s independent teaching assessments conducted by the Quality Assurance Agency.
During your time at Nottingham you'll experience an integrated range of teaching and learning styles, from traditional lectures, seminars and tutorials, to contemporary multimedia and internet systems, so you’re sure to be stimulated.
Our flexible course system allows you to select almost any combination of subjects, and you’ll be able to choose from optional modules in addition to compulsory subjects. Modules are self contained units of study that usually run for one semester (14-16 weeks).
Although you will work independently, we believe that the student-tutor relationship is an important aspect of study. That's why every University of Nottingham student is allocated a personal tutor who will guide and support them through their studies. The University is also a leading player in the use of Personal and Academic Records which means you'll receive a detailed record of your achievements upon graduation - an impressive addition to any curriculum vitae.
Course structures and fees
All our degree courses are broken down into modules. Each module you take is worth a number of credits, with the expectation that a unit of credit requires an average of 10 hours of study. This is true for all subjects; though the balance between private study (in libraries, in your room, via the Web) and time spent in lectures, laboratories and classes will vary between different subject areas. Typically, science, engineering, and medical students will spend a greater proportion of their time in formal teaching situations than is the case for arts and social sciences students; this is a direct result of the nature of these disciplines and the different knowledge and skills that are being learned.
The fact that a single level of tuition fee is charged to UK/EU students is to allow students to select subjects on interest and aptitude rather than on cost; this approach is made possible by the higher level of public funding the University receives for medicine, science and engineering compared with non-laboratory subjects in recognition of the greater amount of teaching contact time and sophisticated facilities that these subjects require.
