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At the University of South Wales, we deliver courses that will change lives and our world for the better. This is education in action.

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Upcoming Open Days

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Undergraduate Open Day

13 June

Undergraduate Open Day

26 September

Come and meet us on campus and see what makes us special. Discover our facilities, explore the campus, and meet academics from your course.

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Why Choose Us?

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Ranked Top 50 in the UK

The University of South Wales is officially ranked in the Top 50 UK universities in the Guardian University Guide 2026. This achievement reflects our commitment to providing an applied, hands-on approach to education, because we believe the best way to learn is to do.

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Employable graduates

94% of our graduates are in employment and further study 15 months after graduation (Graduate Outcome Survey 2022/23). Our graduates thrive because every step of their journey at University is built around career-readiness from hands-on learning, immersive facilities, industry connections and world-leading expertise.

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Business Startups

The University of South Wales is top in Wales for new business startups for the 6th consecutive year, and 7th in the UK.

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Hands-on learning

From hands-on projects and real-world simulations to industry collaborations working with real clients, tackling real problems, and developing the skills employers are looking for. We create graduates who are prepared for the future and ready to build their careers.

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Industry connections

Not only do our industry partners allow us to set up relevant work experience, but the partnerships inform our curriculum, so everything you learn is relevant for the field you’re embarking on.

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Immersive facilities

From on-campus flight simulators to mock courtrooms, film studios and a multi-million-pound clinical simulation centre and sport park, our facilities equips you for career success by immersing you in real world learning, so you practice your craft, not just read about it.

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Taught by experts

With 81% of our research rated as world-leading or internationally recognised, you’ll learn from experts whose work shapes their sector, bringing real-world relevance into the classroom and equipping you with insights that influence industries today and will shape them in the future.

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two students working togther at a desk in the Newport Campus Library
Nursing and policing students taking part in a blue light simulation at the Glyntaff campus.
Joshua Stucky, AME graduate and GE employee, is stood wearing a lanyard and holding a clipboard in an aircraft engineering work environement.
A student films another student in a green room with a large TV camera in the USW green screen studio
Two chemistry researchers working together in a science lab, smiling at eachother.
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This is South Wales

Welcome to a place of inspiring contrasts. One university across three locations, you can enjoy the buzz of the cities, the beauty of the coast and the calm of the countryside.

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University is a place to feed the heart and the head. Somewhere to develop yourself personally, socially, and academically.

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Welcoming New Students

Your guide to the start of term. Find everything you could possibly need to start your studies and settle into university life.

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Our Locations

One university across three locations, you can enjoy the buzz of the cities, the beauty of the coast and the calm of the countryside.

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Student Life

Studying with us is more than just earning a degree. Here, you'll make friends for life, try out and learn lots of new things and become more independent than ever before.

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Transforming Teaching Through Campus Investments

We are investing in the future of STEM with the exciting new Calon building at the heart of our Pontypridd Campus.

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I FELL IN LOVE WITH WALES AS SOON AS I GOT OFF THE TRAIN. IT WAS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR, THE PEOPLE WERE REALLY FRIENDLY AND THE CAMPUS WAS REALLY MODERN.

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