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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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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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Each UWS campus has a choice of accommodation on offer from University-managed flats to private rentals.
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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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Our research centres, institutes, groups, are advancing research and knowledge exchange
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Postgraduate Research Degrees at UWS enable you to study independently, up to doctorate level.
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Find all the knowledge you need. Our internationally-renowned academics can share expertise in a wealth of topics.
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Take advantage of the professional development courses and events at UWS – or ask us to design bespoke training.
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Our Academic School Structure

UWS is organised into four academic Schools for learning, teaching and research.

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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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