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UWS offers a range of career-focused Bachelor, Masters, and Doctoral research opportunities across six academic schools.
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Every year at UWS, we welcome hundreds of international students into our vibrant and diverse academic community.
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Find out more about Ayr Campus Ayr Campus

Located just a 10-minute walk from Ayr town centre on the Craigie Estate next to the River Ayr, UWS's £81 million Ayr Campus creates a truly innovative learning environment for students.

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Our London Campus offers modern and dynamic, flexible work and learning spaces with panoramic views of London Docklands.

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Find out more about Lanarkshire Campus Lanarkshire Campus

UWS's award-winning £110m campus in Lanarkshire opened in September 2018 and is located on the outskirts of Hamilton, in Hamilton International Technology Park.

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Find out more about Dumfries Campus Dumfries Campus

Dumfries is UWS's smallest campus, but it is a unique multi-institution facility located within the beautiful Crichton estate.

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Located in the centre of Paisley – Scotland's largest town – the campus is just 10 minutes by train from Glasgow.

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DISTINCTIVE RESEARCH & INNOVATION

UWS’ strategic direction is to maintain research and innovation which addresses major global challenges
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Our vision is to be among the global leaders of excellent, relevant and purposeful research aligned with the UN SDG's
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Postgraduate Research Degrees at UWS enable you to study independently, up to doctorate level.
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Our Academic School Structure

UWS is officially ranked by Times Higher Education in the top 600 of universities worldwide (2022 World University Rankings) and in the top 150 of universities worldwide under 50 years old (2022 Young University Rankings). Helping us achieve this recognition, UWS is organised into four academic Schools for learning, teaching and research.

Business & Creative Industries

Our professionally-focused business courses and practitioner-focused creative industries courses will equip you to make an immediate impact to business or creative industries.

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Computing, Engineering & Physical Sciences

Building on a heritage of over 100 years' experience of engineering and technology education, our bachelors, masters and research courses help change the world.

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Education & Social Sciences

Ranked highly in the UK for Education provision, the School is concerned with understanding and impacting society, from Education to Social Work, Sociology to Criminal Justice and Psychology.

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Health & Life Sciences

The largest faculty of its kind in Scotland offering innovative teaching, firmly focused on the real-world challenges facing today’s health care and life sciences.

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