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[[File:UnivNcle-shield.png|thumb|University coat of arms]]'''Creating Newcastle University''' owes its origins to a medical college founded in 1834, and the College of Physical Science (later renamed Armstrong College), founded in 1871. The two colleges later became part of the federal [[University of Durham]] and merged in 1937 to become King's College. It became an independent university in 1963. The University occupies a campus in the centre of [[Newcastle upon Tyne]].

==Alumni and staff ==

*[[Jackie Kay]], Scottish poet and novelist (Professor of Creative Writing)
*[[Iain Smith]], Scottish Liberal Democrat politician

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