Find your course of interest from our career-focused undergraduate, postgraduate (taught) and post-experience options.
Explore postgraduate study at UWS
Our upcoming Postgraduate Open Days, Open Evenings and Online Information Sessions are your chance to explore our wide range of postgraduate diploma and master's courses, meet our academics, tour our state-of-the-art facilities, and get all your questions answered.
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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.
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.
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Get an overview of the benefits of studying a master's degree at UWS in our Postgraduate Prospectus. You can download our prospectus, or refer to our online course pages for the most up-to-date details of specific courses.
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This innovative, flexible master's suite is designed to meet the evolving needs of professionals. It offers personalised, accelerated, and impactful development that integrates with existing commitments across a wide range of fields and sectors.
The MProf empowers you to craft a bespoke postgraduate degree programme of study tailored to your unique professional and personal development goals. You'll have the flexibility to select modules from across UWS's extensive portfolio, allowing you to focus on areas most relevant to your own aspirations and interests.
You can undertake your studies online or at any of our campuses, and takes one and a half years full-time or two to three years part-time to complete.
As Scotland’s leading career-focused university, UWS has an impressive track record working with private, public and third sector organisations to fulfil the training and development needs of their employees
Our range of flexible short courses have been developed to support continuing professional development in the workplace. Short courses will help you to gain knowledge or skills to:
Our short courses are delivered by experienced and knowledgeable staff in our academic schools and IT Academy.
Find out more about CPD, short courses & modulesGoing to university is about much more than getting a qualification, it’s also the chance to enjoy an exciting social life, gain some independence and make the most of the new opportunities available.
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