The University is a place of knowledge, innovation and enterprise. We pride ourselves on these three tenets.They underpin our strategies in learning and teaching, in research, and help us to engage with the business world.That is why we have come to play a vital role in the region's economic and cultural development.Our vision for higher education goes beyond opening minds and widening individual horizons.
We want our graduates to be valuable assets to the global economies they will come to serve; businesses come back to us because we provide them with solutions that help them to sustain their future. Our research focuses on aspects of life that affect us all. The institution was known as Wolverhampton Polytechnic before gaining university status in 1992. Its roots lie in the 19th Century growth of the Wolverhampton Mechanics’ Institute (founded 1835); the Wolverhampton Free Library (1870); and the School of Art, established in 1851, which came together as the Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Technical College in 1931.
The University has eight academic schools and cross-disciplinary research centres and institutes.It has approximately 23,000 students and currently offers over 380 undergraduate and postgraduate courses.The University is noted for its success in encouraging wider participation in higher education and is the only university in Britain where the majority of undergraduates are from working-class backgrounds
: The University of Wolverhampton is located across four campuses across the West Midlands and Shropshire. A free student and staff bus service operates between each of its campuses and campus towns, running between Wolverhampton city centre, Compton Park, Walsall and Telford.The University provides one of the largest wireless networks in UK Higher Education, allowing students and staff remote access to the Internet across all its campuses. Wolverhampton is situated in the heart of England.
It has a wealth of transport connections, whether you want to explore the area or head home for a visit. You can hop in the car or on a bus, coach, tram or train direct from the city. Birmingham International Airport is just a few miles away on a direct train route. At Wolverhampton, facts are delivered to your fingertips using the most advanced electronic systems. As well as printed and electronic information resources in Learning Centres, you will find a range of study spaces, IT facilities and help with study skills.
With sports facilities located on both City and Walsall campuses you can take advantage of the gym and fitness classes or take part in a team sport. Throughout your time at University you’ll benefit from the support and social activities the Students' Union can offer you.
The University’s cross-disciplinary Research Institutes and Centres bring together scholars in a programme of research projects, conferences/seminars, and knowledge exchange with industry and others:
According to the Times Higher Education's league tables for the RAE of 2008, Wolverhampton was ranked at equal 93rd from 132 institutions for research. Wolverhampton was the sixth best university in the UK for linguistics and is the highest-rated new university in that subject area. Also in 2008, a University of Wolverhampton academic, Mike Thelwall, was ranked number one in the world in a list of leading researchers in the field of informetrics.
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) announced a 1,290% increase in funding allocation for Wolverhampton’s Quality Research (QR). The QR allocation of £1.905 million for Wolverhampton was the highest amount for a new university in the West Midlands.
| S.no |
Level |
Name of the program |
| 1 |
PG |
MSc Advanced Technology Management |
| 2 |
PG |
MSc Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology |
| 3 |
PG |
MSc Applied Sport and Exercise Science |
| 4 |
PG |
MA Art and Design |
| 5 |
PG |
PGCE Secondary Education: Biology |
| 6 |
PG |
MSc Biomedical Science |
| 7 |
PG |
Master of Business Administration (MBA) |
| 8 |
PG |
PGCE Secondary Education: Business Education |
| 9 |
PG |
PGCE Secondary Education: Chemistry |
| 10 |
PG |
MSc Civil Engineering |
| 11 |
PG |
MSc Cognitive Behaviour Therapy |
| 12 |
PG |
MMus Composition and Song Writing |
| 13 |
PG |
MSc Computer Aided Design and Construction |
| 14 |
PG |
MSc Computer Science |
| 15 |
PG |
Postgraduate Certificate Computer Science |
| 16 |
PG |
Postgraduate Diploma Computer Science |
| 17 |
PG |
MSc Computer Science (Internet Engineering) |
| 18 |
PG |
MSc Construction Law |
| 19 |
PG |
MSc Construction Project Management |
| 20 |
PG |
Practitioner Doctorate Counselling Psychology |
| 21 |
PG |
MSc Dance Science |
| 22 |
PG |
PGCE Secondary Education: Design and Technology |
| 23 |
PG |
MA Design for Advertising |
| 24 |
PG |
MA Education |
| 25 |
PG |
MA Education (Leadership and Management in Education) |
| 26 |
PG |
MA Education (Learning and Teaching) |
| 27 |
PG |
MA Education (Mentoring and Coaching) |
| 28 |
PG |
MA Education (Special Needs and Inclusion) |
| 29 |
PG |
PGCE Secondary Education: English |
| 30 |
PG |
MSc Environmental Analysis |
| 31 |
PG |
MSc Environmental Management |
| 32 |
PG |
MSc Environmental Technology |
| 33 |
PG |
MSc Finance and Accounting |
| 34 |
PG |
MA Fine Art |
| 35 |
PG |
MSc Forensic Genetics and Human Identification (TBV) |
| 36 |
PG |
MSc Health Studies |
| 37 |
PG |
MA Hospitality Management |
| 38 |
PG |
MA Human Resource Management |
| 39 |
PG |
MA Humanities/Social Science (Film Studies) |
| 40 |
PG |
MA Humanities/Social Sciences (Conflict Studies) |
| 41 |
PG |
MA Humanities/Social Sciences (Contemporary Media) |
| 42 |
PG |
PGCE Secondary Education: Information and Communications Technology |
| 43 |
PG |
MSc Information Technology |
| 44 |
PG |
MSc Information Technology Management |
| 45 |
PG |
MSc Interdisciplinary Mathematics |
| 46 |
PG |
MA International Business |
| 47 |
PG |
LLM Corporate International and Financial Law |
| 48 |
PG |
MA Language and Information Processing |
| 49 |
PG |
LLM (Law) |
| 50 |
PG |
Postgraduate programme: Legal Practice Course (LPC) |
| 51 |
PG |
MA Management |
| 52 |
PG |
MSc Management Applications of Psychology |
| 53 |
PG |
MSc Marketing |
| 54 |
PG |
Postgraduate Credit UWBS Masters Entry Programme |
| 55 |
PG |
PGCE Secondary Education: Mathematics |
| 56 |
PG |
MSc Medical Biotechnology |
| 57 |
PG |
MSc Medical Biotechnology |
| 58 |
PG |
PGCE Secondary Education: Modern Foreign Languages |
| 59 |
PG |
MSc Molecular Biology with Bioinformatics |
| 60 |
PG |
MA Music |
| 61 |
PG |
MSc Music Technology |
| 62 |
PG |
MA Musicology |
| 63 |
PG |
MSc Occupational Psychology |
| 64 |
PG |
MMus Performance |
| 65 |
PG |
PGCE Secondary Education: Physical Education |
| 66 |
PG |
Post Graduate Diploma Physician Assistant Studies |
| 67 |
PG |
PGCE Secondary Education: Physics |
| 68 |
PG |
MSc Polymer Engineering Design |
| 69 |
PG |
MA Popular Culture |
| 70 |
PG |
MA/MMus Popular Music |
| 71 |
PG |
PGCE Post Compulsory Education |
| 72 |
PG |
PGCE Primary Education |
| 73 |
PG |
PGCE Secondary Education: Psychology |
| 74 |
PG |
Master of Public Health |
| 75 |
PG |
MSc Rapid Product Development and Advanced Manufacturing |
| 76 |
PG |
PGCE Secondary Education: Science |
| 77 |
PG |
MA Social Work |
| 78 |
PG |
Postgraduate Diploma Specialist Community Nursing (District Nursing) |
| 79 |
PG |
Postgraduate Diploma Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting) |
| 80 |
PG |
Postgraduate Diploma Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (School Nursing) |
| 81 |
PG |
Postgraduate Certificate Strategic Information Technology Management |
| 82 |
PG |
Postgraduate Diploma Strategic Information Technology Management |
| 83 |
PG |
MSc Strategic Information Technology Management |
| 84 |
PG |
PGCE Teachers of Adult Literacy |
| 85 |
PG |
PGCE Teachers of Adult Numeracy |
| 86 |
PG |
PGCE Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages |
| 87 |
PG |
MA Tourism Management |
| 88 |
PG |
MSc Transport and Environmental Management |
| 89 |
PG |
MSc Transport and Infrastructure Management |
