Swansea University: Courses, Fees & Rankings

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About Swansea University

Swansea University is a research-led university in Swansea, south-west Wales, founded in 1920 when King George V laid its foundation stone. It was founded by industry, for industry, and continues to work with industrial, commercial and public sector partners for the benefit of the region and of Wales. Staff and students come from over 130 countries, and the University was named Welsh University of the Year in The Times Good University Guide 2025.

The University spans two main campuses at each end of Swansea's waterfront. Singleton Park Campus sits in mature parkland and botanical gardens overlooking Swansea Bay beach, while the £450m Bay Campus, opened in 2015, lies on the beach on the eastern approach to the city beside Crymlyn Burrows, a Site of Special Scientific Interest. A satellite campus at St David's Park, Carmarthen offers Adult Nursing and post-registration and postgraduate healthcare modules for West Wales.

Teaching and research are organised in three faculties:

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences: School of Culture and Communication, School of Management, Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law and School of Social Sciences.
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Science: Swansea University Medical School, School of Health and Social Care and School of Psychology.
Faculty of Science and Engineering: School of Aerospace, Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering; School of Mathematics and Computer Science; School of Biosciences, Geography and Physics; and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Notable centres include the Institute of Life Science, which commercialises Medical School research; the Computational Foundry for Computer Science and Mathematics; the Morgan Advanced Studies Institute for multidisciplinary research; the Zienkiewicz Centre for Computational Engineering; and Academi Hywel Teifi, established in 2010 to promote Welsh-medium study and the Welsh language, with a Swansea branch of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol.

Student life centres on the waterfront campuses, with the Students' Union, 56 sports clubs, the Taliesin Arts Centre and the Egypt Centre. University-managed residences on both campuses and at Beck House in the Uplands have all-inclusive rent covering utilities, Wi-Fi and contents insurance, with 24/7 security, and options include Welsh-language, single-sex and alcohol-free living. International students can take undergraduate and postgraduate pathway programmes at The College, Swansea University, the University's international pathway provider on Bay Campus run as a joint venture with Navitas, and English Language Training Services, accredited by the British Council and BALEAP, runs pre-sessional English courses.

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Tuition fees

For 2026/27, full-time undergraduate tuition fees for UK students living in Wales, England or elsewhere in the UK are £9,790, with a matching repayable tuition fee loan for first-degree students. PGCE, Social Work and Graduate Entry Medicine fees are also £9,790; NHS-funded Nursing, Midwifery and Healthcare students with a full bursary have their fees covered. Sandwich years are charged at 20% of the standard fee for a Year in Industry or Year in Applied Research and 15% for a Year Abroad. International (including EU) fees are listed on each course page and rise by 3% each year.

Excellence and Merit Scholarships (UK students)

New full-time UK fee-paying undergraduates who achieve AAA at A-level (or equivalent, including the Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales) receive an Excellence Scholarship of £3,000 over three years (£1,000 a year); those achieving AAB receive a Merit Scholarship of £2,000 over three years (£670 a year). Awards are automatic, must be accepted with bank details entered by the end of the first term, and continue only with a 60% average and at least 55% in every module. Externally funded programmes such as Social Work, Graduate Entry Medicine and Nursing/Midwifery are excluded. Excellence and Merit Scholarships

International undergraduate bursaries and scholarships

Thrive Bursary: £4,000 off first-year tuition fees and a £2,000 progression bursary in later years, for new self-funding students domiciled in listed countries including Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Vietnam.
Nepal Bursary and Sri Lanka Bursary: £6,000 off first-year tuition fees and £2,000 in later years for students domiciled in those countries.
International Excellence Scholarships: tuition fee discounts of up to £5,000 in the first year, with a further £2,000 in Year 2 for £5,000 awardees achieving a 70% average; applications for January and March 2027 entry close at 12:00 GMT on 27 November 2026.

Bursaries are awarded automatically to eligible applicants. International undergraduate scholarships

International postgraduate funding

New self-funding international postgraduate taught students can receive the Thrive Bursary (£4,000) or the Nepal or Sri Lanka Bursary (£6,000), and Swansea graduates returning for a taught master's or research degree can apply for the Alumni Bursary. International Excellence Scholarships give up to £5,000 off tuition fees. The University supports Chevening Scholars and takes part in Commonwealth PhD, Split-site PhD and Master's Scholarships; for 2027/28 Commonwealth applications opened on 8 September with a closing date of 16:00 BST on 20 October. International postgraduate scholarships

Other scholarships and support

Departmental scholarships, sports scholarships, scholarships for Welsh-medium study (from the University and the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol) and choral and organ music scholarships (up to fifteen hours of individual tuition a year and an annual bursary of £650) are also available, along with research scholarships for PhD, MPhil, MRes and Master's by Research students. The Money Advice team runs a Hardship Fund, Participation Team bursaries, a Sanctuary Scholarship and travel, belonging and graduation support payments for Home students. US students can use Federal Direct Loans, private loans and VA GI Bill benefits, and Canadian students can use Canada Student Loans (institution code PUCM). Scholarships and bursaries | Money Advice

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Undergraduate entry (UK applicants)

Full-time undergraduate applications, including transfers from another university, are made through UCAS (institution name and code SWAN S93; the campus code can be left blank). The UCAS deadline for courses starting in 2026 was 14 January 2026 at 18:00, although most programmes consider applications after that date. Entry requirements are set per course, and a wide range of qualifications is accepted, including T Levels. Deferred entry is considered for most programmes except highly competitive courses such as Graduate Entry Medicine, and second-year entry is considered case by case.

Guaranteed offers: Home applicants receive a guaranteed conditional offer, which may be a standard grades offer, a changed offer to a course with a foundation year or an alternative course, or a course-specific offer. Professional and externally funded courses use normal selection, including Graduate Entry Medicine, Healthcare Science, all Nursing fields, Midwifery, Maternity Care, Occupational Therapy, Operating Department Practice, Osteopathy, Paramedic Science, Pharmacy and Social Work. Applicants who firmly accept an offer are given flexibility on achieved grades.

University deadlines: for September 2026 entry the application deadline was 7 October 2026 (Home) and 26 August 2026 (International); for September 2027 entry it is 6 October 2027 (Home) and 27 August 2027 (International), with an international deposit deadline of 3 September 2027. International January 2027 entry closes on 23 November 2026, with documents due by 7 December and the deposit by 11 December 2026. Some courses, such as Adult Nursing and degree apprenticeships, have their own deadlines.

International undergraduate entry

International students apply directly and free of charge through the Learner Gateway application portal, or via UCAS. Country-by-country minimum requirements cover qualifications from across the world (for example an ATAR of 85 for several Australian state certificates, or six CAPE units at Grade III or above), and higher offers may be made depending on the course. Applicants who do not meet the minimum requirements, or who want a foundation year, can take an undergraduate pathway at The College, Swansea University, with guaranteed progression on successful completion. Applicants resident in Pakistan, Bangladesh and several Indian states must apply through one of the University's contracted agents.

English language requirements

Most departments ask for IELTS 6.0 (or equivalent) for undergraduate degrees and IELTS 6.5 (or equivalent) for postgraduate degrees; exact requirements are shown on each course page. Other approved tests, country-specific qualifications and majority-English-speaking-country nationality are accepted, and some Student visa applicants need a Secure English Language Test (SELT). Applicants who fall short can take a pre-sessional course with English Language Training Services; those scoring IELTS 4.0 or below are advised to study English locally first.

Postgraduate taught and research entry

Postgraduate applications are made on the course page or through the Learner Gateway, with a degree certificate and transcript, a short statement (or research proposal for self-funded research applicants), a CV where applying without a degree, and, for international applicants, proof of English, a CV, passport and sponsor details. The target decision time is 5 working days for taught courses and 15 for research courses, and current students can use a fast-track route with a decision within 2 working days. The LLM Law and Legal Practice and LLM Professional Legal Practice are applied for through the Central Applications Board, while MSc Social Work, MSc Physician Associate Studies, the PGCE and Graduate Entry Medicine use UCAS. PhD, EngD, ProfD and EdD applicants also complete an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion monitoring form.

Taught postgraduate deadlines: September 2027 entry closes on 12 September 2027 (Home) and 28 July 2027 (International), with international documents due by 16 August and deposits by 20 August 2027; January 2027 entry closes on 16 December 2026 (Home) and 23 November 2026 (International). The document deadline covers documents needed to meet offer conditions and to issue a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS).

Singleton Park Campus (Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP): set in parkland beside Swansea Bay beach; home to Culture and Communication, Social Sciences, Law, Psychology, Health and Social Care, Biosciences, Geography and the Medical School, with subjects including American Studies, Classics and Egyptology, Criminology, Economics, Education, English, History, Modern Languages, Welsh, Nursing, Midwifery, Paramedic Science, Pharmacy, Osteopathy, Social Work and Graduate Entry Medicine (Physics moves to Bay Campus from 2027). Facilities include Singleton Park Library, the South Wales Miners' Library, the Taliesin Arts Centre, the Egypt Centre, the campus Health Centre and dental surgery, JCs Sports Bar and Swansea Bay Sports Park with the Wales National Pool, athletics track, gym and pitches. Residences (Caswell, Langland, Oxwich, Horton, Penmaen, Preseli, Kilvey, Rhossili and others) offer en-suite, standard and catered rooms, with Singleton Hospital next to the campus.
Bay Campus (Fabian Way, Crymlyn Burrows, Swansea SA1 8EN): a beachfront campus opened in 2015 housing the engineering disciplines (Aerospace, Chemical, Civil, Electronic and Electrical, Materials, Mechanical and Medical Engineering), the School of Management (Accounting and Finance, Business, Marketing, Tourism), the Computational Foundry (Computer Science, Mathematics and Actuarial Science), Sport and Exercise Sciences and The College. Facilities include the Bay Library, Y Twyni student space, outdoor pitches, a gym, sports hall and multi-use games areas, and around 2,000 residence rooms from en-suite and premium en-suite to twin rooms and 1 and 2-bed flats.
St David's Park Campus (Jobswell Road, Carmarthen SA31 3HB): satellite campus of the School of Health and Social Care offering Adult Nursing and post-registration and postgraduate modules, with practice suites, simulation rooms, an OSCE room, lecture theatre, classrooms and a learning resource centre.
Beck House (Tŷ Beck), Uplands, Swansea: six Victorian houses 1.5 miles from Singleton Park with shared, en-suite and self-contained accommodation, popular with mature, postgraduate and international students, families and couples.

Frequent bus services link the two Swansea campuses.

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