Kick-start your career with an undergraduate degree from University of the West of Scotland.
Postgrad taught and research degrees will enable you to study at an advanced level, supported by expert academics.
UWS offers a range of career-focused Bachelor, Masters, and Doctoral research opportunities across six academic schools.
Application for our undergraduate and postgraduate courses opens in Aug each year and runs until course start date.
Discover our campuses in Ayr, Dumfries, Lanarkshire, Paisley & London
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Our research centres, institutes, groups, advance research and knowledge to tackle the United Nations Global Goals.
UWS is Committed to The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
UWS attended it's first Technician Commitment Signatory Event at Queen's University Belfast in May 2025
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UWS attended it's first all-Scottish Technical Conference at University of Glasgow in June 2025.
UWS's technical colleagues in the School of Health and Life Sciences delivered a range of STEM activities as part of the Glasgow Science Festival at UWS's Lanarkshire campus on Thursday 12 June 2025.
