Cardiff University

Postgraduate study at Cardiff

As one of Britain's leading universities, Cardiff University is a major centre for postgraduates from throughout the UK, the European Union and the rest of the world. Our thriving postgraduate community currently numbers over 8,000 students - some 31% of our student body. We offer a variety of research and taught postgraduate programmes, including more than 200 postgraduate taught courses and over 140 areas of postgraduate research.

To read more about postgraduate study at Cardiff, please visit our website at www.cardiff.ac.uk/postgraduate

Outstanding research and research-led teaching

Cardiff is internationally recognised as being one of Britain's major teaching and research universities and is a member of the Russell Group, the UK's top 20 research intensive universities. The Research Assessment exercise 2008 showed that world-leading research is being undertaken throughout Cardiff University. In addition to the benefits our research brings to society, our research contributes significantly to the high quality of teaching. Find out more about teaching and research at Cardiff.

Postgraduate courses

Cardiff University offers a variety of research and taught postgraduate programmes, including more than 200 postgraduate taught courses (full-time and part-time taught Master's degrees, postgraduate diploma and certificate courses), 140 postgraduate research degrees (MPhil and PhD), a number of Professional Doctorates and an array of continuing professional development (CPD) and adult education courses.

Postgraduate opportunities are available in virtually all subject areas, including the following:

• Architecture
• Biosciences
• Business
• Chemistry
• City and Regional Planning
• Computer Science
• Creative Writing
• Dentistry
• Earth Sciences
• Education
• Engineering
• English Literature
• European Studies
• Finance
• Healthcare Studies
• History and Archaeology
• International Relations
• Journalism
• Law
• Language and Communication
• Mathematics
• Medicine
• Modern European Languages
• Music
• Nursing and Midwifery
• Optometry and Vision Sciences
• Pharmacy
• Philosophy
• Physics and Astronomy
• Politics
• Psychology
• Public Relations
• Religious Studies
• Social Sciences
• Welsh

Information on all the opportunities offered for postgraduate study at Cardiff can be accessed via our Course Finder database at www.cardiff.ac.uk/postgraduate/pgcoursefinder

A first-class study environment

In excess of £200 million has been invested in recent years to provide students with modern and well-equipped facilities that create a first-class environment in which to live and study. Postgraduates at Cardiff benefit from a variety of new or recently refurbished lecture theatres and laboratories, state-of-the-art resource centres and comfortable study areas located throughout the University.

Dedicated postgraduate facilities

The University has invested in a range of provision specifically to meet postgraduate needs. These facilities include our own dedicated Graduate Centre which serves as a hub for taught and research postgraduates and is a source of academic and social facilities, as well as a centre for the broader postgraduate community. The University has also established a Graduate College which exist to foster an intellectually stimulating environment where students are encouraged to share and develop research interests with colleagues from other academic schools and to feel part of a wider research community.

An attractive, convenient location

The main University campus is located in and around Cardiff's magnificent civic centre. Academic buildings, student residences, the Graduate Centre, the Students' Union and the city centre are within a short walk of each other, saving you time and money on travel. A short distance away is the Heath Park campus, a multi-professional healthcare environment which shares a site with the University Hospital of Wales.

Capital city advantages

Both Cardiff University and the city of Cardiff offer wide-ranging opportunities for cultural, social and sporting activities, from contemporary film to dance and drama, from major concerts to high-profile sporting events. The city is compact, yet has a wide range of facilities to keep you entertained. Multi-screen cinemas, theatres, concert venues and many other arts facilities can be found in the city. Cardiff is home to the National Orchestra of Wales and the internationally renowned Welsh National Opera, housed at the spectacular Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay. For those who enjoy shopping, the city is one of Britain's most successful retail centres. Glass canopied Victorian and Edwardian shopping arcades host independent boutiques, bookstores and record shops while in 2010, Cardiff's £675m St. David's Centre won the International Shopping Centre of the Year Award.

Funding

Each year Cardiff University offers a range of funded, competitive studentships to support postgraduate study. These include our prestigious Presidents Research Scholarships a £4m investment which will provide 72 RCUK rate scholarships over two years. Other Funding sources include the UK Research Councils, awards made by individual academic schools, and collaborations with industry, business, government departments and other bodies. Awards can range in value from partial or full tuition fees support to awards which include a stipend to help with living costs. You should check your eligibility for specific studentships carefully; some are restricted to UK/EU applicants and others are open to non-EU applicants.

Studentships are advertised as they become available throughout the academic year in our Funding and Scholarship Search at www.cardiff.ac.uk/searchforfunding. Information on new awards becomes available on virtually a weekly basis all year round, so you are advised to check back regularly for details of the latest studentships on offer at Cardiff. Alternatively you can subscribe to an RSS feed of a particular search you performed or keep up to date by following us on Twitter or liking us on Facebook.

Open day

Cardiff University's annual Open Day will take place in December. The next Open Day is on the 7th December 2011 with two Open Evenings in February 2012. On 9th February the Postgraduate Open Evening focuses on Humanities and Social Sciences and the Postgraduate Open Evening on 23rd February focuses on Biomedical, Life and Physical Sciences as well as on Engineering.