Universities are being seen as key urban institutions by researchers and policy makers around the world. They are global players with significant local direct and indirect impacts - on employment, the built environment, business innovation and the wider society. The University and the City explores these impacts and in the process seeks to expose the extent to which universities are just in the city, or part of the city and actively contributing to its development.

John Goddard is Professor Emeritus of Regional Development Studies at Newcastle University, UK.

Paul Vallance is Research Associate in the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies at Newcastle University, UK.

1. Introduction Part I 2. The University in the City I: Place and community 3. The University in the City II: Economic impacts 4. Universities, Innovation and Economic Development 5. City Social and Economic Development: Drivers and barriers to university engagement in three European cities Part II 6. Higher Education and Cities in the UK 7. Universities, Sustainability and Urban Development 8. Universities and Health: Institutional relationships in the city 9. Universities and the Cultural Sector of Cities 10. The Embeddedness of Universities in the City and the City in the University Appendix A: Interviews Appendix B: Findings from a survey of individual academics' research impacts