University of Derby

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Why Derby?

"Derby is the UK's second city for job creation, has 11.8% of the workforce in high-technology (four times the national average) and has the highest salaries of any city outside London."

John Forkin, Director of Marketing Derby, December 2009.

• You can study a postgraduate degree - MSc, MA, PG Cert or PG Dip - or a research degree, such as an MPhil or doctorate.
• You can study full time, part time or online - we're really flexible and supportive, so you can fit your course around your life.
• We offer more than 20 online courses, so you can study at a time and place to suit you.
• We've been rated in the top 10% of universities for management and quality procedures by Government quality inspectors, so you can be sure that you will be studying a high quality, relevant and up to date course.
• We'll help you to get where you want to be. All our postgraduate courses are vocationally focused and regularly updated to make sure that you learn the latest industry thinking.
• We never undertake research just for its own sake. Our research directly supports businesses and organisations in solving real world challenges, and plays a major role in informing and enriching what we teach to our students.
• Our academics are scholars engaged with real world issues. They've worked in their subjects, have extensive industry experience, and continue to investigate and discover more about their subjects to keep their teaching fresh and provide real solutions to business.
• We'll help and support you all the way. From your initial enquiry right through to your graduation, we'll give you the advice, guidance and direction you need to reach your full potential.
• Many of our courses are accredited by professional bodies, so you'll learn the knowledge and skills employers are looking for and achieve a recognised qualification.

Location

We've got two safe campuses in the heart of the UK, 30 miles apart.

Derby

It's a busy city about 30 minutes from Nottingham and an hour from Birmingham with great links to other major cities by rail, road and air. Our Derby Campus is in the west of the city.

Buxton

It's a picturesque small town in the middle of beautiful Peak District countryside, about an hour from Derby and Manchester. Our Devonshire Campus is right in the middle of the town.

Student life

Find out more about student life in Derby and Buxton by taking a look at our videos.

Fantastic new facilities

We've spent over £75 million on facilities in the last few years, to make sure you'll have a great student experience at Derby.

Watch video tours of our facilities, which include:

• our newly refurbished library at Kedleston Road, with 900 study places, easy access to published and electronic research, internet connections and WiFi, printers, photocopying equipment and comfy seats all under one roof
• the Devonshire Campus in Buxton, opened by HRH Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, for courses in: hospitality management, spa management, events management, and tourism management
• Academy, our Students' Union bar, which was designed by our own students
• our Markeaton Street building for arts, design, media and technology courses
• specialist computing suites for games development, programming and networking
• our Clinical Skills Suite for health courses, built to NHS specifications
• our newly refurbishished Britannia Mill site, with dedicated art, dance and music studios
• the 'green' transformation of the towers at Kedleston Road - a contemporary design that's three times more energy efficient
• an all-weather floodlit pitch for hockey, football and rugby.

Facilities and Students' Union

• More information about our Library facilities
• More information on our sports facilities
• More information on our Students' Union
• More information about Park Medical Practice
• Amenities at our Kedleston Road site
• Amenities at our Devonshire campus, Buxton.

Fees and finance

The tuition fees you'll pay depend on the course you choose and how you study, so visit our website and search for your course for details of the fees.

If you studied your undergraduate degree with us, you may be entitled to a 10% discount off the cost of your postgraduate qualification.

More about postgraduate fees and finance

How to apply

If you're applying for most postgraduate courses, you can apply directly to us online. But if you want to study for a PGCE or the Professional Graduate Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Sector, you need to apply through the Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR).

You can apply anytime, but we suggest that you do so at least one month before the start of your course. However, due to competition for places on the PGCE courses, we don't usually take applications after 1 December in the year before you're planning to start the course.

Contact details

Admissions Department
University of Derby, Kedleston Road, Derby, DE22 1GB

E: askadmissions@derby.ac.uk
T: + 44 (0) 1332 591167

Open days

Open days - for all courses including postgraduate, professional and part time courses

In 2010

• Saturday 9 October, 10am - 3pm
• Friday 29 October, 10am - 3pm
• Saturday 27 November, 10am - 3pm

In 2011

• Saturday 5 February, 10am - 3pm
• Saturday 26 March, 10am - 3pm
• Saturday 11 June, 10am - 3pm
• Saturday 3 September, 10am - 3pm
• Saturday 8 October, 10am - 3pm
• Saturday 29 October, 10am - 3pm
• Saturday 26 November, 10am - 3pm

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