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 Nottingham, United Kingdom

NTU: the University of Choice for nearly 5000 students

Nottingham Trent University

Why Study at NTU?

Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a postgraduate centre of excellence, a globally renowned research hub, and one of the most industry-focused universities in the UK. Our vibrant postgraduate community is made up of students from over 160 countries, working together in Nottingham – the cultural, financial and social capital of the East Midlands.

Discover the top ten reasons to choose postgraduate study at NTU.

What Can I Study?

We offer a variety of taught postgraduate courses and a wide range of research degree options including Masters degrees, PhDs, conversion courses and professional qualifications. With over 200 postgraduate courses to choose from in more than 40 subject areas, we’re confident we have a course for you.

We are flexible

Our course delivery is flexible. We offer courses starting in January and September, and provide part-time, distance learning and online options alongside personalised pathways and CPD modules.

Join a postgraduate event

Visit us at a postgraduate open event and speak to course tutors, view our facilities, and find out about funding, admissions and support, or join us online to get information and advice.

NTU: the University of Choice for nearly 5000 students

Expert teaching

Our academic supervisors, tutors and lecturers are leading practitioners in their fields and engaged in world-class consultancy and global research. Outstanding teaching comes as standard.

Personalised and specialist careers advice

With a dedicated careers consultant for each school and a specialist consultant for postgraduate research students, there is great support for you throughout your time at NTU. This support doesn’t end when you graduate either. You’ll have access to the team for three years after you graduate and forever online. Find out about our targeted careers support.

Scholarships

We offer a range of scholarships worth up to half the value of your tuition fee and our Student Money team provides funding advice and will help you to budget and manage your finances. Find out more about funding scholarships for postgraduate students at NTU.

Strong links with companies worldwide

We work with over 2,000 industry partners to ensure our courses are cutting-edge in a rapidly changing world. We embed professional work-like experience into every course, all aimed at improving your employability.

Plenty to get involved with

We have over 100 societies to help make the most of your student experience, including everything from astronomy to volunteering and from fashion to cocktails.

Accommodation

If you’re looking to stay on campus, we provide an excellent, postgraduate focused living and learning experience. You can choose from a range of residences on — or in the immediate vicinity of — our campuses. We have accommodation advice that’s specific for postgraduate students, visit our website to find out more.

Ground-breaking Research

From innovative cancer analysis to studies on the detection of explosives in luggage, pioneering projects at NTU are tackling some of the world’s biggest issues. In the most recent Research Excellence Framework (2021) results, 86% of NTU's research impact was assessed as either 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent'

We want to continue building on our renowned reputation for research excellence by taking a themed approach to addressing the world’s most pressing problems, we’re calling this new approach Re:search Re:imagined.

NTU: the University of Choice for nearly 5000 students

Nottingham: A student city

With a large student population, a rich history, plenty of green spaces and award-winning nightlife, Nottingham is a thriving student destination. Explore our versatile and friendly city.

It also has a thriving art scene with excellent independent cinemas and galleries including Nottingham Contemporary, one of the largest art centres in the UK, as well as great shopping and sport facilities.

Discover life at NTU for yourself

We hold postgraduate open events throughout the year, both online and on campus. Check our website for event dates or sign up for emails.

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Biological Sciences (4) Medicine (26) Computer Science (8) Business & Management (5) Engineering (12) Chemistry (6) Forensic & Archaeological Sciences (16) Materials Science (24) Mathematics (25) Physics (29) Psychology (31) Economics (10) Information Services (20) Nursing & Health (27) Social Work (32) Law (22) Sociology (33) Politics & Government (30) Education (11) Creative Arts & Design (9) Communication & Media Studies (7) Finance (14) Architecture, Building & Planning (3) Agriculture (1) Veterinary Sciences (35) Environmental Sciences (13) Geography (17) History & Archaeology (19) Philosophy (28) Languages, Literature & Culture (21)

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At Nottingham Business School, our teaching excellence and research combines academic excellence with a powerful and positive impact on business and society. With us you’ll shape your own unique master’s qualification, developing the valuable, high-level skills you need to become a leader in your field.

Nottingham Business School have both EQUIS and AACSB accreditation. We're also ranked in the top 95 European Business Schools in the Financial Times (FT).

Nottingham Trent University has been named University of the Year in the Guardian University Awards 2019

Connections to industry
Nottingham Business School has over 900 connections with business and industry and regularly welcome specialists on campus to work with students. The School’s reputation helps attract a diverse range of industry partners, creating pioneering courses informed by real-world business challenges.

Our courses

Our courses are carefully structured to give you core skills, expertise in more specialist areas and valuable hands-on experience.

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At Nottingham Institute of Education, it’s the people that make us. We are a community – learning from and supporting each other to make a positive difference in society.

Designed and delivered to prepare you for your future career, our education, teacher-training and childhood courses are innovative, hands-on, and career-focused.

Together, we inspire, we empower, and we impact.

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Nottingham Law School is one of the largest and most established law schools in the UK, with over 60 years’ experience supporting students through every stage of their legal journey, to help them become more than qualified. The Law School has a commitment to ensuring that all students, from undergraduates to experienced practitioners, receive high quality practical legal education and training. Nottingham Law School is proud to be the only UK Law School with an on-campus teaching law firm, NLS Legal, which offers students the opportunity to work on real client cases. For more information about how to fund your studies, please visit ntu.ac.uk/nlsscholarships.

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Enhance your creative career and develop your professional potential

We've been teaching Art and Design since 1843, making us one of the UK's most well-established, renowned and respected creative universities.

Studying on one of our postgraduate courses you'll have the opportunity to tailor your learning to suit your interests and career aspirations. Part-time options offer you the flexibility to study around your existing commitments, for personal development and career progression.

You will be supported and guided by our expert teaching staff who will help you to advance your practical, theoretical and critical skills. As active practitioners and researchers, they will give you access to specialist knowledge and support towards MPhil, PhD and Professional Doctorate study.

We'll also help you to develop your professional practice, and you can take advantage of our strong commercial links. Short internships, collaborative projects with industry, guest lectures and study visits will help you to network and gain skills for employment.

You will benefit from our extensive facilities which include a dedicated postgraduate studio for practice-based students, specialist design studios and workshops, advanced textile and fashion technology, exhibition galleries, an art shop, cafe and social spaces.

We're proud to call Nottingham our home: being based in the hear of a city with a thriving arts scene and a strong creative economy means there's lots of exciting opportunities on our doorstep for you to take advantage of.

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The School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences (ARES) is located at Nottingham Trent University’s Brackenhurst Campus, approximately 14 miles outside of Nottingham.

It’s our goal to have a positive impact on the planet by improving the wellbeing of environments, animals, plants, and people. The ARES experience is a deeply personal one. For you, that means the kind of personalised learning that counts - open doors, first-name terms, an unparalleled standard of care, and closer links to employers. Brackenhurst Campus is also the perfect outdoor classroom - a 200-hectare farm and woodland estate provides the perfect learning environment to complement your studies.

We’re an international university, with staff, students and researchers from over 100 countries. We also have strong links with relevant industry organisations from around the world, including World Horse Welfare, Mankwe Wildlife Reserve (South Africa), the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA), and Durrell Conservation Academy (Jersey and Mauritius).

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The School of Arts and Humanities provides a supportive, high-quality learning environment with excellent teaching and research.

We offer a range of postgraduate degrees in contemporary, real-world subjects which combine academic rigour with excellent skills preparation for work or further study.

Our journalism courses are accredited by the BJTC (British Journalism Training council) and NCTJ (National Council for Training of Journalists).

We also offer the opportunity to undertake MPhil and PhD research degrees within our vibrant research community.


ACADEMIC STRENGTHS

Our research explores who we are, where we come from and where we want to go, as individuals and as a society. Through inquiry, critical reflection, creative interventions and dialogue, we deepen our understanding of how we inhabit and make sense of the world.

We host two specialist research centres and a range of journals and book series are also produced in the School.

We have an active programme of visiting speakers and Journalism guest editors, including public figures, leading academics and professional experts, which aim to give students a broader perspective on their subjects.


FACILITIES

Our nationally recognised Doctoral School provides a base for all postgraduate and research students within the School. It offers one of the country’s benchmark research training programmes, incorporating well-established staff/student research seminars, a research methods training course, reading groups and thesis writing groups.

Postgraduate students in the School have access to dedicated facilities, such as our recently refurbished Postgraduate Centre and quiet study areas.

Our suite of journalism courses are taught in the industry-standard Centre for Broadcasting & Journalism, giving students plenty of opportunities for hands on experience and ensures that they learn both the academic and practical skills which provide the training essential to build a successful journalism career.


ENTRY REQUIREMENTS AND APPLICATION PROCEDURES

Apply for our courses online. See our website at www.ntu.ac.uk for details or call the Admissions Office.


FUNDING

Nottingham Trent University runs a scheme awarding a number of bursaries for students who have been accepted for enrolment on Masters courses. This scheme is competitive, with selection criteria based upon academic quality and impact.

Many of the School’s postgraduate courses are recognised for AHRC funding, see www.ahrcb.ac.uk for further details.


CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

NTU has one of the highest graduate employment records among UK universities. Our strength lies in the relevance of our degrees to the real world; even our traditionally academic subjects encourage students to recognise their transferable skills and their application to a multitude of careers.

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The School of Science and Technology at NTU is a world leader in research with an outstanding record for teaching excellence. Our state-of-the-art facilities and career-focused approach to course design provide the right conditions for postgraduates to succeed in their chosen field.

The School has a thriving postgraduate community and places great emphasis on supporting our students with the right equipment, dedicated resources and appropriate training.


Get hands-on experience

All of our postgraduate courses incorporate training in professional skills and Research Methods, and our courses offer opportunities to carry out research projects in industry or at other research institutes.


Take a placement

NTU offers paid industry placements on many of our MSc courses. The placements we offer last up to one year and are sandwiched between Masters degree modules.

Placement help you gain vital experience in the workplace and develop important skills while pursuing your studies. We offer extensive support in securing a placement, including language support for international students.


Change your career direction

If you're looking to work in computing and technology industries, we have great fast-track conversion courses for graduates from subjects unrelated to IT and computing. See MSc Cyber Security, MSc Artificial Intelligence, MSc Data Science and MSc Software Engineering.

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Welcoming thousands of new students each year, the School of Social Sciences at Nottingham Trent University transforms lives by doing the right things – inside of our lecture theatres, and across our communities.

We combine a compassionate, inclusive approach to university-level study with game-changing research that is powerful, bold, and applied throughout professional practice.

We are decisive, but nuanced; confident, but thoughtful. We are meticulous and methodical. Where meaningful support is needed, we provide it – and when tough, informed decisions are required, we make them.

We are the mind, heart, and hands of society. We are a dedicated family of students, teachers, researchers, and change-makers. We are the School of Social Sciences.

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