About Us
With more than 30,000 students the University of South Wales (USW) is a major player in UK higher education – one of the UK’s ten biggest campus universities by student number.
With campuses in Cardiff, Pontypridd and Newport, the University is renowned for its partnerships with major employers. These partnerships are one of the many reasons that 94% of our students are in employment or further study within six months of graduating.
” Our students voted the University as one of the top 10 UK universities at the WhatUni? Student Choice Awards 2016.”
Faculties
Student Life
At university you’ll make friends for life, try out lots of new things and become more independent than ever before. You might be thinking, will I fit in? At the University of South Wales, you’ll find countless opportunities and award winning support to help you along the way. As the largest university in Wales, we have thousands of students who come here to study every year, so you’ll meet plenty of people and have a fantastic social life. Find out how to get started at USW here.
USW is ranked eighth in the WhatUni list of top universities across the UK, and it was voted for entirely by our current students! We also ranked 4th for course and lecturers, 6th for student support and 7th for accommodation. We’re one of the largest universities in the UK and 94% of our graduates are in employment or further study within six months of graduation.*
We have over 30,000 students, with campuses in Cardiff, Newport and Pontypridd. Treforest and Glyntaff make up the Pontypridd Campus, which is our largest campus, ten miles from Cardiff. The majority of our creative courses are located in Cardiff, with Newport City Campus hosting our brand new National Cyber Security Academy as well as many other courses.
*HESA Performance Indicator for Employment of Leavers 2014/15.
Some of our courses may charge extra fees for field trips or course related materials. Please check individual course pages for further information.
| 2016/17 Entrants | 2017/18 Entrants | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition Fee | S/ship | Min Fee Payable | Tuition Fee | S/ship | Min Fee Payable | |
| Full time Undergraduate degree courses | ||||||
| Degree Courses | £11,900 | £1,500 | £10,400 | £11,900 | £1,500 | £10,400 |
| Degree Course Placement year | £2,380 | £0 | £2,380 | £2,380 | £0 | £2,380 |
| BA + MBA Package (non-STEM) | £19,300 | £0 | £19,300 | £19,300 | £0 | £19,300 |
| BA + Masters Package (non-STEM) | £18,800 | £0 | £18,800 | £18,800 | £0 | £18,800 |
| BSc + Masters Package (STEM) | £19,300 | £0 | £19,300 | £19,300 | £0 | £19,300 |
| International Foundation Programme (IFP) | £7,350 | £0 | £7,350 | £7,350 | £0 | £7,350 |
| HND/Foundation Degree Courses | £11,900 | £1,500 | £10,400 | £11,900 | £1,500 | £10,400 |
| HND Placement Year | £2,380 | £0 | £2,380 | £2,380 | £0 | £2,380 |
| Pre-Sessional English Language Programme | ||||||
| 25 weeks | £8,625 | £0 | £8,625 | £8,625 | £0 | £8,625 |
| 20 weeks | £6,900 | £0 | £6,900 | £6,900 | £0 | £6,900 |
| 15 weeks | £5,175 | £0 | £5,175 | £5,175 | £0 | £5,175 |
| 10 weeks | £3,450 | £0 | £3,450 | £3,450 | £0 | £3,450 |
| 5 weeks | £1,725 | £0 | £1,725 | £1,725 | £0 | £1,725 |
Please note that the fees stated above are subject to change. Amount to Pay: Your offer letter states the amount of course fees you will need to pay for the first year of your studies.
International Postgraduate Tuition Fees
| 2015/16 Entrants | 2016/17 Entrants | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition Fee | S/ship | Min Fee Payable | Tuition Fee | S/ship | Min Fee Payable | ||||
| Research Degrees | |||||||||
| Full-time Research Fee | £12,750 | £0 | £12,750 | £13,100 | £13,100 | ||||
| Part-time Research Fee | £3,820 | £0 | £3,820 | TBC | —- | ||||
| Postgraduate Degree Courses | |||||||||
| All MBA Courses / Legal Practice Course / PGDip Legal Practice Course | £12,600 | £1,500 | £11,100 | £12,900 | £1,500 | £11,400 | |||
| MA/MSc Class/Laboratory based courses | £12,300 | £2,000 | £10,300 | £12,600 | £2,000 | £10,600 | |||
| MPhil in Creative Writing Yr1 and Yr2 | £7,700 | £0 | £7,700 | £7,900 | £0 | £7,900 | |||
| MPhil in Creative Writing – additional years | £2,500 | £0 | £2,500 | £2,600 | £0 | £2,600 | |||
| MSc Disaster Relief (Health Care) not including 2 field courses at £1,110 each (£2,220 in total) – invoiced seperately. | £12,300 | £2,000 | £10,300 | £12,600 | £2,000 | £10,600 | |||
| Professional Courses | |||||||||
| ACCA (per paper) | £1,270 | £0 | £1,270 | TBC | £0 | TBC | |||