Teesside University Teesside University Teesside University is a public university with its main campus in Middlesbrough, Teesside in North East England. It has 18,576 students, according to the 2015/16 HESA student record. A shortage of funding long proved a barrier to developing the Middlesbrough-based Mechanics' Institute of 1844. With the required funding, the College's launch could have come as early as 1914. Even after the donation of £40,000 to build the college from local shipping magnate Joseph Constantine in 1916, progress was slow. A Governing Council took place in 1922, followed by a doubling of the original financial offer by the Constantine
Teesside University Centre. In September 2017, the University unveiled a £300m campus masterplan set to transform its campus across the following decade. The University was awarded a Queen's Anniversary Prize (2014–18) for outstanding work in the field of enterprise and business engagement. In 2017, Teesside University was awarded a Silver rating in the government’s new Teaching Excellence Framework. In July 2017, it was reported that several professors at Teesside University in the UK have been told they must reapply for their positions over the summer or face redundancy. The university says the purpose of this is to bring all university professors under