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Aberystwyth University
Old College, King Street, Aberystwyth, GB, Aberystwyth United Kingdom
# 661-670QS World University Rankings
307Undergraduate programs
92Postgraduate programs
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Find my courseAbout Aberystwyth University
We are Aberystwyth University, and this is your place for learning and for life. Since 1872, we have built a global reputation for teaching excellence and ground-breaking research. Today, we welcome students from all over the world and we are home to over 6,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students. We pride ourselves on our welcome and our inclusivity while at the same time as being a university rooted in excellence and research.
As we head towards our 150th anniversary in 2022 we are investing in the University to enhance the student experience and develop our historic Old College site on the seafront for the benefit of our whole community.
Study with us
Our courses are designed to enable you to go out in the world and make a difference. We offer a variety of courses including foundation, undergraduate, taught and research postgraduate programmes including our Professional and Executive MBA courses in subject areas ranging from accounting, nursing to veterinary science and zoology.
Our students are taught by frontline researchers who are internationally renowned and experts in their fields, this is why we have been awarded Best University for student experience and Teaching Quality and Welsh University of the Year (The Times and Sunday Times, Good University Guide 2021 & 2020). At Aber, you are also encouraged to expand your horizons by choosing modules and pathways from different subject areas, allowing you to develop a wide range of skills and follow your own path.
We have several scholarships and bursaries available; our most popular scholarship is our Entrance Examinations and Merit Awards for undergraduate students. Our international accommodation award for international students will cover the cost of living in our university-managed accommodation for free or at a discount of £2,000.
Learning and living at Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth University not only offers a fantastic learning environment but is also in an exceptional location.
Our main campus overlooks the stunning Welsh coast and must have claim to one of the best University environments in the UK, and our friendly town provides a home from home for university staff and students from more than 100 countries.
Aberystwyth has a lively social scene. Our Students’ Union runs more than 100 clubs and societies from canoeing and computer gaming to moot debates and musical theatre. Our Penglais campus is also home to Wales’s largest Arts Centre with a boutique cinema, theatre and live music venue as well as exhibitions, classes, cafes and a bar. Our campus is home to restaurants and cafes, the Students’ Union, teaching and studying facilities including two libraries and the National Library of Wales (a copyright library) adjacent to campus.
Located on and near to our main campus is our university-managed accommodation. From studio apartments to en-suite accommodation available catered or part-catered, we have options that will best suit you. We guarantee accommodation to all undergraduate and postgraduate students for their first year of study (this applies to applicants who have secured their place to study at Aberystwyth before the 1st of August in the year of entry you wish to study in).
As a student at Aberystwyth University, our inclusive and safe environment will give you a chance to try different things, make new friends but more importantly, be yourself.
About Aberystwyth University
We are Aberystwyth University, and this is your place for learning and for life. Since 1872, we have built a global reputation for teaching excellence and ground-breaking research. Today, we welcome students from all over the world and we are home to over 6,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students. We pride ourselves on our welcome and our inclusivity while at the same time as being a university rooted in excellence and research.
As we head towards our 150th anniversary in 2022 we are investing in the University to enhance the student experience and develop our historic Old College site on the seafront for the benefit of our whole community.
Study with us
Our courses are designed to enable you to go out in the world and make a difference. We offer a variety of courses including foundation, undergraduate, taught and research postgraduate programmes including our Professional and Executive MBA courses in subject areas ranging from accounting, nursing to veterinary science and zoology.
Our students are taught by frontline researchers who are internationally renowned and experts in their fields, this is why we have been awarded Best University for student experience and Teaching Quality and Welsh University of the Year (The Times and Sunday Times, Good University Guide 2021 & 2020). At Aber, you are also encouraged to expand your horizons by choosing modules and pathways from different subject areas, allowing you to develop a wide range of skills and follow your own path.
We have several scholarships and bursaries available; our most popular scholarship is our Entrance Examinations and Merit Awards for undergraduate students. Our international accommodation award for international students will cover the cost of living in our university-managed accommodation for free or at a discount of £2,000.
Learning and living at Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth University not only offers a fantastic learning environment but is also in an exceptional location.
Our main campus overlooks the stunning Welsh coast and must have claim to one of the best University environments in the UK, and our friendly town provides a home from home for university staff and students from more than 100 countries.
Aberystwyth has a lively social scene. Our Students’ Union runs more than 100 clubs and societies from canoeing and computer gaming to moot debates and musical theatre. Our Penglais campus is also home to Wales’s largest Arts Centre with a boutique cinema, theatre and live music venue as well as exhibitions, classes, cafes and a bar. Our campus is home to restaurants and cafes, the Students’ Union, teaching and studying facilities including two libraries and the National Library of Wales (a copyright library) adjacent to campus.
Located on and near to our main campus is our university-managed accommodation. From studio apartments to en-suite accommodation available catered or part-catered, we have options that will best suit you. We guarantee accommodation to all undergraduate and postgraduate students for their first year of study (this applies to applicants who have secured their place to study at Aberystwyth before the 1st of August in the year of entry you wish to study in).
As a student at Aberystwyth University, our inclusive and safe environment will give you a chance to try different things, make new friends but more importantly, be yourself.
Available programs
Bachelor UG
Master PG
MBA
PHD
Our courses are designed to enable you to go out in the world and make a difference. We offer a variety of courses including foundation, undergraduate, taught and research postgraduate programmes including our Professional and Executive MBA courses in subject areas ranging from accounting, nursing to veterinary science and zoology.
Our students are taught by frontline researchers who are internationally renowned and experts in their fields, this is why we have been awarded Best University for student experience and Teaching Quality and Welsh University of the Year (The Times and Sunday Times, Good University Guide 2021 & 2020). At Aber, you are also encouraged to expand your horizons by choosing modules and pathways from different subject areas, allowing you to develop a wide range of skills and follow your own path.
We have several scholarships and bursaries available; our most popular scholarship is our Entrance Examinations and Merit Awards for undergraduate students. Our international accommodation award for international students will cover the cost of living in our university-managed accommodation for free or at a discount of £2,000.
Arts and Humanities (6)
BA Art History
BA Art History with Fine Art
BA Celtic Studies
BA Creative Arts
BA Creative Writing
BA Creative Writing and Drama and Theatre
BA Creative Writing and Film and Television Studies
BA Creative Writing and Fine Art
BA Creative Writing and French
BA Creative Writing and Scenography and Theatre Design
BA Creative Writing and Spanish
BA Drama and Theatre
BA Drama and Theatre (with integrated foundation year)
BA Drama and Theatre (with integrated year in professional practice)
BA Drama and Theatre / History
BA Drama and Theatre Studies / International Politics
BA English Literature
BA English Literature / Drama and Theatre Studies
BA English Literature and Creative Writing
BA English Literature and Creative Writing (with integrated foundation year)
BA English Literature and Education
BA English Studies and Climate Change
BA English Studies and TESOL (with integrated foundation year)
BA Fine Art
BA Fine Art / Art History
BA Fine Art / English Literature
BA Fine Art with Art History
BA French
BA French / Drama and Theatre
BA French / English Literature
BA French / History
BA French / International Politics
BA French / International Politics
BA French / Mathematics
BA French with German
BA French/ Spanish
BA German / History
BA German / International Politics
BA German / Mathematics
BA German/ Spanish
BA History
BA History (with integrated foundation year)
BA History (with integrated year studying abroad)
BA History / English Literature
BA History / Mathematics
BA History / Spanish
BA History and Welsh History
BA Human Geography
BA Human Geography (with integrated foundation year)
BA Human Geography (with integrated year in industry)
BA Human Geography (with integrated year studying abroad)
BA Human Geography / English Literature
BA Human Geography with Economics
BA Irish Language and Literature/Education
BA Medieval and Early Modern History
BA Modern Languages
BA Modern and Contemporary History
BA Scenography and Theatre Design
BA Scenography and Theatre Design / Drama and Theatre
BA Scenography and Theatre Design / Film and Television Studies
BA Spanish / Drama and Theatre
BA Spanish / English Literature
BA Spanish and Latin American Studies
BA Spanish with Education
BA Welsh (for Beginners)
BSc Geography
BSc Geography (with integrated foundation year)
BSc Geography (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Geography (with integrated year studying abroad)
BSc Physical Geography
BSc Physical Geography (with integrated foundation year)
BSc Physical Geography (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Physical Geography (with integrated year studying abroad)
BSc Physical Geography / Mathematics
BSc Physical Geography with Education
BSc Physical Geography with Mathematics
Business and Management (6)
BSc Accounting and Finance
BSc Accounting and Finance / Spanish
BSc Accounting and Finance and Computing
BSc Accounting and Finance with Business Management
BSc Accounting and Finance with Economics
BSc Accounting and Finance with Foundation Year
BSc Accounting and Finance with Marketing
BSc Business Finance
BSc Business Finance with Foundation Year
BSc Business and Climate Change
BSc Business and Management
BSc Business and Management and Computing
BSc Business and Management with Foundation Year
BSc Business and Management with French
BSc Business and Management with German
BSc Business and Management with Spanish
BSc Digital Marketing
BSc Marketing
BSc Marketing / Business and Management
BSc Marketing / French
BSc Marketing / Spanish
BSc Marketing with Foundation Year
Engineering and Technology (6)
BEng Robotics and Embedded Systems Engineering
BEng Robotics and Embedded Systems Engineering (with integrated year in industry)
BEng Software Engineering (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
BSc Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Business Information Technology
BSc Business Information Technology (includes foundation year)
BSc Business Information Technology (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Computer Graphics, Vision and Games
BSc Computer Graphics, Vision and Games (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Computer Science
BSc Computer Science (includes foundation year)
BSc Computer Science (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Computer Science (with integrated year studying abroad)
BSc Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
BSc Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Computer Science and Mathematics
BSc Computer Science and Physical Geography
BSc Computer Science and Physics
BSc Computer Science and Welsh (for beginners)
BSc Data Science
BSc Data Science (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Web Development
BSc Web Development (with integrated year in industry)
MCOMP Computer Science
MCOMP Computer Science (with integrated year in industry)
MEng Robotics and Embedded Systems Engineering
MEng Robotics and Embedded Systems Engineering (with integrated year in industry)
MEng Software Engineering (with integrated year in industry)
Life Sciences and Medicine (6)
BSc Agriculture
BSc Agriculture (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Agriculture with Animal Science
BSc Agriculture with Animal Science (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Agriculture with Business Management
BSc Agriculture with Business Management (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Animal Behaviour
BSc Animal Behaviour (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Animal Science
BSc Animal Science (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Biochemistry
BSc Biochemistry (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Biology
BSc Biology (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Biology and Climate Change
BSc Biology and Climate Change (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Biology with foundation year
BSc Biomedical Sciences (Nutrition, Health and Exercise)
BSc Biomedical Sciences (Nutrition, Health and Exercise) (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Equine Science
BSc Equine Science (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Equine Studies
BSc Equine and Veterinary Bioscience
BSc Equine and Veterinary Bioscience (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Genetics
BSc Genetics (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Genetics and Biochemistry
BSc Genetics and Biochemistry (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Human Biology and Health
BSc Human Biology and Health (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Life Sciences
BSc Microbiology
BSc Microbiology (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Plant Biology
BSc Plant Biology (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Psychology
BSc Psychology (with integrated foundation year)
BSc Psychology (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Psychology (with integrated year studying abroad)
BSc Psychology and Business Management
BSc Psychology and Criminology
BSc Psychology and Criminology (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Psychology and Education
BSc Psychology and Marketing
BSc Psychology and Sociology
BSc Psychology with Counselling
BSc Veterinary Biosciences
BSc Veterinary Biosciences (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Wildlife Conservation
BSc Wildlife Conservation (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Zoology
BSc Zoology (with integrated year in industry)
MAg in Agriculture
MAg in Agriculture with Animal Science
MBio Microbiology
MBiol Biochemistry
MBiol Biology
MBiol Zoology
Natural Sciences (6)
BA Mathematics / Drama and Theatre
BEng Engineering Physics
BEng Engineering Physics (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Applied Mathematics and Pure Mathematics
BSc Applied Mathematics and Statistics
BSc Astrophysics
BSc Astrophysics (includes foundation year)
BSc Ecology
BSc Ecology (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Environmental Earth Science
BSc Environmental Earth Science (with integrated foundation year)
BSc Environmental Earth Science (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Environmental Earth Science (with integrated year studying abroad)
BSc Environmental Science
BSc Financial Mathematics
BSc Financial Mathematics (includes foundation year)
BSc Marine and Freshwater Biology
BSc Marine and Freshwater Biology (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Mathematical and Theoretical Physics
BSc Mathematics
BSc Mathematics (includes foundation year)
BSc Mathematics (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Mathematics / Accounting and Finance
BSc Mathematics / Business and Management
BSc Mathematics / Economics
BSc Mathematics / Education
BSc Mathematics / Physics
BSc Mathematics with Education
BSc Physics
BSc Physics
BSc Physics (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Physics with Education
BSc Physics with Planetary and Space Physics
BSc Pure Mathematics / Statistics
BSc Space Science and Robotics
MBio Marine and Freshwater Biology
MEng Engineering Physics (with integrated year in industry)
MMath Mathematical and Theoretical Physics
MMath Mathematics
MPhys Astrophysics
MPhys Physics
MPhys Physics (with integrated year in industry)
MPhys Physics with Planetary and Space Physics
MPhys Space Science and Robotics
Social Sciences and Management (6)
BA Childhood Studies
BA Early Childhood Studies with Early Years Practitioner Status
BA Education
BA Education (with integrated foundation year)
BA Education / Drama & Theatre Studies
BA Education and Fine Art
BA Education and History
BA Education with Mathematics
BA Education with Spanish
BA Film and Television Studies
BA Film and Television Studies (with integrated foundation year)
BA Film and Television Studies / Drama and Theatre
BA Film and Television Studies / English Literature
BA Film and Television Studies / Fine Art
BA Film and Television Studies / French
BA Film and Television Studies / Mathematics
BA Film-making
BA International Politics
BA International Politics (with integrated foundation year)
BA International Politics (with integrated year in Industry)
BA International Politics (with integrated year studying abroad)
BA International Politics / Spanish
BA International Politics and Climate Change
BA International Politics and Climate Change (with integrated year in industry)
BA International Politics and Global Development
BA International Politics and Military History
BA International Politics and Military History (with integrated foundation year)
BA International Politics with Economics
BA International Politics with History
BA Law
BA Media and Communication Studies
BA Media and Creative Writing
BA Media and Education
BA Media and English Literature
BA Media and History
BA Politics
BA Politics and Modern History
BA Sociology
BA Sociology (with integrated foundation year)
BA Sociology (with integrated year in Industry)
BA Sociology (with integrated year studying abroad)
BA Strategy, Intelligence and Security
BA Writing for Broadcasting, Media and Performance
BSc Adventure Tourism Management
BSc Business Economics
BSc Business Economics with Foundation Year
BSc Criminology
BSc Criminology (with integrated foundation year)
BSc Criminology and Criminal Psychology
BSc Criminology and Sociology
BSc Economics
BSc Economics / Business and Management
BSc Economics and Climate Change
BSc Economics and International Politics
BSc Economics and International Politics
BSc Economics and Politics
BSc Economics with Economic and Social History
BSc Economics with Foundation Year
BSc Economics with Human Geography
BSc Economics with Politics
BSc Information and Library Studies
BSc Sociology and Politics
BSc Sport and Exercise Science
BSc Sport and Exercise Science (with integrated year in industry)
BSc Sport and Exercise Science with integrated Foundation Year
BSc Tourism / French
BSc Tourism Management
BSc Tourism Management / Marketing
BSc Tourism Management / Spanish
BSc Tourism Management with Foundation Year
LLB Business Law
LLB Criminal Law
LLB European Law
LLB Human Rights
LLB Law
LLB Law (with integrated foundation year)
LLB Law and Criminology
LLB Senior Status Law
Our courses are designed to enable you to go out in the world and make a difference. We offer a variety of courses including foundation, undergraduate, taught and research postgraduate programmes including our Professional and Executive MBA courses in subject areas ranging from accounting, nursing to veterinary science and zoology.
Our students are taught by frontline researchers who are internationally renowned and experts in their fields, this is why we have been awarded Best University for student experience and Teaching Quality and Welsh University of the Year (The Times and Sunday Times, Good University Guide 2021 & 2020). At Aber, you are also encouraged to expand your horizons by choosing modules and pathways from different subject areas, allowing you to develop a wide range of skills and follow your own path.
We have several scholarships and bursaries available; our most popular scholarship is our Entrance Examinations and Merit Awards for undergraduate students. Our international accommodation award for international students will cover the cost of living in our university-managed accommodation for free or at a discount of £2,000.
Arts and Humanities (6)
MA Art History
MA Art and Art History
MA Creative Writing
MA Creative Writing
MA Fine Art
MA Fine Art
MA History and Heritage
MA History and Heritage
MA History of Wales
MA History of Wales
MA Literary Studies
MA Literary Studies
MA Medieval Britain & Europe
MA Medieval Britain & Europe
MA Medieval Welsh Literature
MA Modern History
MA Modern History
MA Practising Human Geography
MA Theatre Practice: Performance and Scenography
MA Theatre Practice: Performance and Scenography
MSc Remote Sensing and GIS
MSc Remote Sensing and GIS
Business and Management (6)
MSc Finance
MSc International Business Management
MSc International Business and Marketing
MSc International Finance
MSc International Finance and Banking
MSc Management and Finance
Engineering and Technology (6)
MSc Advanced Computer Science
MSc Advanced Computer Science (with integrated year in industry)
MSc Artificial Intelligence
MSc Computer Science
MSc Data Science
MSc Digital Curation
MSc Digital Curation
MSc Digital Information and Media Management
MSc Digital Information and Media Management
Life Sciences and Medicine (6)
MRes Agriculture
MRes Animal Science
MRes Animal Science
MRes BioInnovation
MRes Biosciences
MRes Biosciences
MRes Equine Science
MRes Equine Science
MSc Animal Science
MSc Animal Science
MSc BioInnovation
MSc Biotechnology
MSc Equine Science
MSc Equine Science
MSc Livestock Science
MSc Livestock Science
MSc Statistics for Computational Biology
MSc Statistics for Computational Biology
MSc Sustainable and Efficient Food Production
Natural Sciences (6)
MSc Environmental Change, Impact and Adaptation
MSc Environmental Change, Impact and Adaptation
MSc Environmental Management
Social Sciences and Management (6)
LLM Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
LLM Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
LLM International Commercial Law
LLM International Commercial Law
LLM Law
LLM Law
MA Archive Administration
MA Archive Administration
MA Archive Administration
MA Criminology and Criminal Justice
MA Documentary Filmmaking: Landscape and Ecology
MA Film Producing
MA Information and Library Studies
MA Information and Library Studies
MA Information and Library Studies
MA International Politics (Dual Degree)
MA International Politics (Research Training)
MA International Politics (Specialist)
MA War, Strategy and Intelligence (Specialist)
MSc Advanced Media Production
MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice
MSc Management of Library and Information Services
MSc Youth Justice
Others (1)
EMBA Management
EMBA Management
Arts and Humanities (5)
PhD Geography and Earth Science
Business and Management (5)
PhD Accounting
PhD Management and Business
Engineering and Technology (5)
PhD Computer Science
PhDPW Computer Science
Life Sciences and Medicine (5)
PhD Biological Sciences
Social Sciences and Management (5)
PhD Librarianship
PhD Librarianship
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Rankings & ratings
Aberystwyth University is one of the top public universities in Aberystwyth, United Kingdom. It is ranked #661-670 in QS World University Rankings 2025.
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