Postgraduate Taught & Research

Open evenings and events

Experience UWS at one of our student events.

Join us at a postgraduate event to learn more about study options at UWS. Hosted across our campuses and online, these events provide the perfect opportunity to find out everything there is to know about studying at UWS.

Open evenings and Information sessions

Put your thinking to work

With over 120 years of experience, we offer vocationally-relevant degree courses. UWS postgraduate and post-experience (Masters) degrees are designed to create work-ready graduates. They will help you develop advanced knowledge and understanding in your chosen field.

UWS is officially recognised by Times Higher Education, globally, as being in the top 200 universities aged 50 years or younger, in their Young University Rankings 2024. We have an extensive and growing number of international students and partners.

As one of the UK’s most innovative modern universities, UWS has a thriving postgraduate community. Many of our students choose UWS because they know a postgraduate degree with us will help them to secure a good job, or boost their promotion prospects in their chosen industry.

In designing our postgraduate courses, we work with industry leaders to ensure that what we teach is relevant to the sector and provides the skills most needed by employers.

World-leading research

In the Research Excellence Framework (2021), 90% of research at UWS was classed as world-leading, internationally excellent, or recognised internationally. In 2024, UWS was recognised in the top 400 universities worldwide as assessed against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

UWS was recognised as the 2nd most impactful university in Scotland, and 16th globally, for 'reducing inequalities' (UNSDG 10). These are just some of the reasons why you should choose UWS for your postgraduate and professional development studies.