Postgraduate & Post-Experience
UWS Postgraduate & Post-experience degree courses are career-focused and will help you develop advanced knowledge and understanding in your chosen field.
Postgraduate Open Evening 2023
Take the next step to your ideal career - join us for a Postgraduate Open Evening on Wednesday 31st May at UWS Paisley campus from 4pm-6pm. Meet academics, discover courses aimed at you, and get set for success!
Course Search
Find your course of interest from our career-focused undergraduate, postgraduate (taught) and post-experience options.
Postgraduate & Post-experience Prospectus 2022-23
Whether you’re looking to build on your undergraduate studies, boost your professional experience, or interested in taking your career in a new direction, our 2023 digital postgraduate and post-experience prospectus is here to help you take you take your skills to the next level. Simply tell us a little about yourself and we’ll send your personalised digital prospectus, packed with the information that matters most to you, straight to your inbox.
Create a Personalised Postgraduate Digital ProspectusPostgraduate & Post-experience Master's & Doctoral study
In the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2022, UWS was the most impactful university in Scotland for ‘decent work and economic growth’ (UN Sustainable Development Goal 8), and 23rd most impactful university in the world for ‘reducing inequalities’ (UN Sustainable Development Goal 10). UWS is also officially ranked in the top 150 of universities worldwide under 50 years old (Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2022). In addition, in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, 90 percent of research at UWS was classed as world-leading, internationally excellent, or recognised internationally. And, with UWS being crowned Higher Educational Institution of the Year 2022 (The Herald Higher Education Awards) there's no better time to find out why you should choose UWS for your postgraduate and post-experience studies.
Put your thinking to work
With over 120 years of experience, we offer vocationally-relevant degree courses. UWS postgraduate and post-experience (Master's) degrees are designed to create work-ready graduates and will help you develop advanced knowledge and understanding in your chosen field.
We have 5 campuses across the UK (four in Scotland and one in the heart of London), and a growing number of international students and partners.
As one of the UK’s most innovative modern universities, UWS has a thriving postgraduate community, and 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 make sure that what we teach is relevant to the sector and provides the skills most needed by employers.
Why study a Master's degree at UWS
CPD, Short Courses, & Modules
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:
- Up-skill to become more effective in your current role or take the next step in your career;
- Re-skill to change the direction of your career to get the job you really want.
Our short courses are delivered by experienced and knowledgeable staff in our academic schools and IT Academy.
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