Our Academic School structure

UWS is organised into four academic Schools for learning, teaching and research.

Find out more about Business & Creative Industries
Business & Creative Industries

Our professionally-focused business courses and practitioner-focused creative industries courses will equip you to make an immediate impact to business or creative industries.

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Find out more about Computing, Engineering & Physical Sciences
Computing, Engineering & Physical Sciences

Building on a heritage of over 100 years' experience of engineering and technology education, our bachelors, masters and research courses help change the world.

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Find out more about Education & Social Sciences
Education & Social Sciences

Our School of Education & Social Sciences combines our UK-leading Education provision with over 50 years’ experience in offering teaching and research in the West of Scotland

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Find out more about Health & Life Sciences
Health & Life Sciences

The largest faculty of its kind in Scotland offering innovative teaching, firmly focused on the real-world challenges facing today’s health care and life sciences.

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UWS recognition

  • Ranked in the top 200 of the world’s universities that are 50 years old, or younger (Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2024)

  • Officially recognised by Times Higher Education in the top 400 universities worldwide as assessed against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UWS was the 2nd most impactful university in Scotland and 16th most impactful university in the world for 'reducing inequalities' (UNSDG 10) (Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2024)

  • 90 percent of research at UWS is classed as world-leading, internationally excellent, or recognised internationally (source: Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021)