Newcastle University
Build your future at a world-class university
Newcastle University is a World Top 125 university (QS World University Rankings 2023) and a founder member of the Russell Group.
Awarded 5+ QS Stars for Excellence (2022), we are a global leader of sustainable development – ranked 1st in the UK and 8th in the world in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2022.
Research excellence
The Research Excellent Framework (2021) demonstrated that the University’s research power has grown by 65% since 2014. 42% of our research was scored as world-leading, and research income increased from £93m to £109m.
We have one of the largest European Union research portfolios in the UK. We host three National Innovation Centres in ageing, rural enterprises and data, and are a University Partner in The Alan Turing Institute – the UK’s leading Institute for data science and AI research.

Your learning
Our pioneering research feeds into over 300 taught and research degrees, and our teaching is five-star (QS Stars 2022).
We are continually investing in your learning experience with state-of-art facilities such as our £110m engineering hub – a world-class centre of excellence due to open in 2024. Your learning will be enhanced by our partnership with Newcastle Helix, a £350m innovation district.

Your career
Placements, internships, and skills development opportunities will build your experience. You will connect with employers through our events and strong links with national and international businesses, and network with our 250,000-strong alumni community.
We offer tailored careers advice for our postgraduate students and Careers Service support for up to three years after graduation.
Your student experience
Our city-centre campus is at the heart of one of the UK’s most affordable cities and a top 10 student cities (QS Best Student Cities 2023). Known for the warmth of its welcome, Newcastle is multicultural, rich in history, arts and culture, with vibrant nightlife, shopping and sport.
You will join a community of 29,000 students from 140 countries and be supported to settle in through welcome and induction programmes. Dedicated Student Services teams and tailored postgraduate support, will ensure you reach your full potential.

Funding your studies
We offer a number of scholarships and bursaries for UK, EU, and international students. Our searchable funding database is updated regularly and funding opportunities are linked to our online course profiles.
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Department / School information and available programmes:
Programme List:
- Ageing - MPhil
- Ageing and Health - MRes
- Animal Behaviour - MRes
- Biofabrication and Bioprinting MRes
- Biomedicine - MPhil
- Biosciences - MPhil
- Biotechnology (Medical Sciences) - MPhil
- Biotechnology and Business Enterprise - MRes
- Cancer - MPhil
- Cancer - MRes
- Cancer Studies - PGCert (E-learning)
- Cardiovascular Science in Health and Disease - MRes
- Clinical and Health Sciences - MSc/PGDip/PGCert
- Clinical and Health Sciences with Ageing - MSc/PGDip/PGCert
- Clinical and Health Sciences with Allergy - PGCert
- Clinical and Health Sciences with Clinical Research - MSc/PGDip/PGCert
- Clinical and Health Sciences with Molecular Pathology - MSc/PGDip/PGCert
- Clinical Research MClinRes, PGDip, PGCert (E-learning)
- Clinical Research MClinRes/PGDip/PGCert
- Clinical Research/Clinical Research (Ageing) - MClinRes/PGDip/PGCert
- Clinical Science MSc
- Diabetes - MRes
- Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine MRes
- Education (Clinical) - MPhil
- Epidemiology - MRes
- Evolution and Human Behaviour - MRes
- Exercise Physiology MSc
- Food and Human Nutrition MPhil
- Genetics - MPhil
- Global Public Health MSc, PGDip
- Immunobiology - MRes
- Medical and Molecular Biosciences - MRes
- Medical Education - MMedEd/PGDip/PGCert
- Medical Genetics - MRes
- Medicine and Surgery - MPhil
- Microbiology (Medical Sciences) - MPhil
- Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine - MRes
- Molecular Cell Biology and Cell Signalling in Health and Disease MRes
- Molecular Microbiology - MRes
- Neuroscience - MPhil
- Neuroscience - MRes
- Oncology - MSc/PGDip/PGCert
- Oncology for the Pharmaceutical Industry - MSc/PGDip/PGCert
- Palliative Care - MSc/PGDip/PGCert
- Pharmacy MPhil
- Physician Associate Studies MSc
- Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells - MRes
- Social Science and Health Research - MSc
- Toxicology - MRes
- Translational Medicine and Therapeutics - MRes
- Transplantation - MRes
Programme List:
Programme List:
Programme List:
- Accounting, Finance and Financial Analysis - MSc
- Accounting, Finance and Strategic Investment - MSc
- Advanced International Business Management (Dual Award) - MSc/MSc
- Banking and Finance - MSc
- Behavioural and Experimental Economics MSc
- Business and Humanities - Graduate Diploma
- Business and Humanities with Pre-Sessional English - Graduate Diploma
- Coaching and Mentoring - MSc
- Digital Business - MSc
- Digital Business (E-Marketing) - MSc
- Economics - PhD
- Economics and Data Science MSc
- Economics and Finance - MSc
- Economics MSc
- Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainability MSc
- Executive Master of Business Administration - EMBA
- Finance - MSc
- Finance and Accounting - PhD
- Finance and Economics (Research) - MA
- Global Human Resource Management - MSc
- International Business Management - MSc
- International Marketing - MSc
- Management and Business Studies (Research) - MA/PGDip
- Marketing - PhD
- Master of Business Administration - MBA
- Operations Management (Dual Award) - MSc/MSc
- Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management - MSc
- Quantitative Finance and Risk Management - MSc
- Strategic Leadership - MSc
Programme List:
Programme List:
- Advanced Architectural Design MSc
- Advanced Landscape Planning and Management MSc
- Architectural Practice and Management - PGDip
- Architecture - MArch
- Architecture & Landscape Arch Grad Dip with Pre-sessional English
- Architecture and Landscape Architecture Graduate Diploma
- Architecture, Planning and Landscape - MPhil
- Landscape Architecture Studies MA
- Landscape Architecture, Master of (MLA)
- Planning and Environment Research - MA
- Regional Development and Spatial Planning - MA/PGDip
- Spatial Planning - PGDip
- Urban Design - MA/PGDip
- Urban Energy Technology and Policy MRes
- Urban Planning MSc
Programme List:
- Art Museum and Gallery Studies - MA/PGDip
- Creative Arts Practice - MA
- Cultural Property Protection MLitt
- Curating Art MA; PGDip
- Digital Media - PhD
- Film Practice - PhD
- Fine Art - MFA
- Fine Art - MPhil
- Global Heritage Management MA, PGDip
- Heritage Studies - MA/PGDip
- Heritage, Museums and Galleries - MLitt
- International Multimedia Journalism - MA
- Journalism and Public Relations PhD
- Media and Cultural Studies - MPhil
- Media and Journalism - MA
- Media and Public Relations - MA
- Media, Society and Cultural Studies (Research) MA
- Museum Studies - MA/PGDip
- Museum, Gallery and Heritage Studies - MPhil
- Music - MLitt
- Music - MMus
- Music - MPhil
Programme List:
- Advanced Computer Science - MSc
- Bioinformatics - MSc
- Cloud Computing - MSc
- Computational Neuroscience and Neuroinformatics - MSc
- Computer Game Engineering - MSc
- Computer Science - MPhil
- Computer Science - MSc
- Computer Science Integrated PhD
- Cyber Security - MSc
- Data Science (with specialisation in Artificial Intelligence) MSc, PGDip, PGCert
- Data Science (with specialisation in Statistics) MSc, PGDip, PGCert
- Data Science (with specialisation in Visualization) MSc, PGDip, PGCert
- Data Science MSc/PGDip/PGCert
- Digital and Technology Solutions (Cyber Security Specialist) MSc (Specialist Integrated Degree Apprenticeship)
- Digital and Technology Solutions (Data Analytics Specialist) MSc (Specialist Integrated Degree Apprenticeship)
- Digital and Technology Solutions (Software Engineering Specialist) MSc (Specialist Integrated Degree Apprenticeship)
- Human-Computer Interaction MSc
- Smart Systems Engineering MSc
- Synthetic Biology - MSc
Programme List:
- Applied Educational Psychology Doctorate (DAppEdPsy)
- Applied Linguistics and TESOL - MA
- Applied Linguistics Research - MA
- Clinical Linguistics and Evidence Based Practice (Research) - MSc/PGDip
- Cross-Cultural Communication - MA
- Cross-Cultural Communication and Applied Linguistics - MA
- Cross-Cultural Communication and Education - MA
- Cross-Cultural Communication and International Management - MA
- Cross-Cultural Communication and International Marketing - MA
- Cross-Cultural Communication and International Relations - MA
- Cross-Cultural Communication and Media Studies - MA
- Education - MPhil
- Education Research - MA
- Education: International Perspectives - MA
- Educational Leadership - PGCert
- Educational Research and Innovation - PGCert
- International Development and Education - MA
- International Development and Education with Cross Cultural Communication - MA
- Language Pathology - MSc
- Linguistics (Applied Linguistics) - MPhil
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) - School Direct
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) Primary (with Qualified Teacher Status QTS)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) Secondary (with Qualified Teacher Status QTS)
- Practitioner Enquiry/Practitioner Enquiry Leadership - MEd
- Research Training - PGCert
- Speech and Language Sciences - MPhil
Programme List:
- Automation and Control - MSc
- Biofabrication and Bioprinting MRes
- Biomedical Engineering - MSc
- Chemical Engineering - MPhil
- Civil Engineering (Environmental) - MPhil
- Civil Engineering (Geotechnical and Engineering Geology) - MPhil
- Civil Engineering (Structural) - MPhil
- Civil Engineering (Transport) - MPhil
- Civil Engineering (Water Resources) - MPhil
- Communications and Signal Processing - MSc
- Electrical Power - MSc
- Embedded Systems and Internet of Things (ES-IoT) - MSc
- Energy - MPhil
- Engineering Geology - MSc
- Environmental Consultancy - MSc
- Environmental Engineering - MSc
- Geomatics - MPhil
- Geospatial Engineering MPhil
- Geotechnical Engineering - MSc
- Hydrogeology and Water Management - MSc
- Hydroinformatics and Water Management (Euro Aquae) - MSc
- Hydrology and Water Management MSc
- Marine Engineering - MSc
- Marine Technology - MPhil
- Marine Technology Education Consortium - MSc/PGDip/PGCert
- Materials Engineering - MPhil
- Mechanical and Systems Engineering - MPhil
- Mechanical Engineering - MSc
- Microelectronics: Systems and Devices - MSc
- Naval Architecture - MSc
- Offshore, Subsea and Pipeline Engineering MSc
- Renewable Energy, Enterprise and Management (REEM) MSc
- Shipping and Logistics - MSc
- Sustainable Chemical Engineering MSc
- Technology in the Marine Environment - MRes
- Transport Engineering, Planning and Management - MSc
Programme List:
Programme List:
- Environmental Geoscience MRes
- Environmental Science (Applied and Environmental Biology) MPhil
- European Union Studies - MA
- Geography - PhD
- Human Geography Research - MA
- International Political Economy - MA
- International Politics (Critical Geopolitics) - MA
- International Politics (Global Justice and Ethics) - MA
- International Politics (Globalisation, Poverty and Development) - MA
- International Relations - MA
- Local and Regional Development (Research) - MA
- Politics - PhD
- Politics (Research) - MA
- Sociology - MA
- Sociology - PhD
- Sociology and Social Research - MA
- World Politics and Popular Culture - MA
Programme List:
Programme List:
- Chinese Studies - MLitt
- Film Studies - MLitt
- Film: Theory and Practice - MA
- French - MLitt
- German - MLitt
- Interpreting - MA
- Japanese Studies - MLitt
- Latin American Studies - MLitt
- Modern Languages - MPhil
- Portuguese - MLitt
- Professional Translation for European Languages - MA
- Spanish - MLitt
- Translating - MA
- Translating and Interpreting - MA
- Translating and Interpreting - MPhil
- Translation Studies - MA
- Translation Studies - MLitt
Programme List:
- Agricultural and Environmental Science - MSc
- Agriculture - MPhil
- Animal Science - MPhil
- Biology - MPhil
- Biotechnology (Biological, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences) - MPhil
- Biotechnology (Marine Sciences) - MPhil
- Biotechnology and Biodesign MRes
- Chemistry - MPhil
- Chemistry MSc
- Conservation and Ecosystem Management - MSc
- Drug Chemistry - MSc
- Ecological Consultancy - MSc
- Ecology - MRes
- Environmental Science (Applied and Environmental Biology) MPhil
- Food and Human Nutrition - MPhil
- Food and Society - MPhil
- Geosciences MPhil
- Industrial and Commercial Biotechnology - MSc
- International Marine Environmental Consultancy (IMEC) - MSc
- Marine Ecosystems and Governance - MRes
- Marine Sciences - MPhil
- Microbiology (Biological Sciences) MPhil
- Rural Studies - MPhil
- Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security - MRes
- Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security - MSc
- Wildlife Management - MSc
Programme List:
- Clinical Psychology Doctor of (DClinPsy)
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - PGDip
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Anxiety Disorders - PGCert
- Forensic Psychology - MSc
- Foundations in Clinical Psychology - MSc
- Low Intensity Psychological Therapy - PGCert
- Psychology - MPhil
- Sport and Exercise Psychology MSc