Katharine, Duchess of Kent opened the School of Science.
In 1997, the Nottingham Trent University Venture Capital Fund was setup with £500,000 from the European Union. In the 1990s, the Southampton Institute of Higher Education, had its degrees validated by NTU. From July 2005 this institute would become Southampton Solent University.
=== Events ===
Chairman of the university governors Sir David White, in the 1990s, was a friend of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and local Conservative MP Kenneth Clarke. Clarke was awarded an honorary degree in February 1996, which a high proportion of staff opposed, many in the NATFHE trade union. On Friday May 17 1996, Clarke was given the degree at a ceremony. Around 200 angry chanting students gathered outside, with eight police officers present. There was an altercation between around 100 students and police, when Mr Clarke left the building. Clarke also presented the Harold Macmillan Memorial Lecture.
On 15 March 2001, University of Wolverhampton drama lecturer Cathy McGregor performed as a lapdancer at the university, as a part of the 'Sensitive Skin' series of 'exploratory events' of NTU. The drama lecturer described it as 'a nude exploration of one woman's experience of the sex industry'. Under council rules, strippers were not licensed to perform in Nottingham clubs.
Prince Andrew, Duke of York visited the teacher training campus on Thursday 26 April 2007. On Thursday 2 July 2015 Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh opened a Cell Therapy Centre, also on same campus
== Campuses ==
The university has five campuses: City, Clifton, Brackenhurst, NTU London and NTU in Mansfield.
=== City ===
Located just north of Nottingham City Centre, the City site is home to over 17,000 students from Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Law School, School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment, School of Art & Design, School of Social Sciences, and the Centre for Broadcasting & Journalism. The university's flagship buildings are the regenerated Newton and Arkwright, which are …
