Newcastle University Postgraduate programs
Introduction
A Global Top 125 university (QS World University Rankings 2023), Newcastle is home to 29,000 students from 140 countries.
A founding member of the Russell Group, we are one of only 19 universities in the world – and just three in the UK – to achieve a five-plus QS Star rating for overall excellence (2022).
We can trace our origins back to the School of Medicine and Surgery, established in 1834.
Today, we combine world-leading research with a world-class academic experience.
A global leader with strengths in aging and health, data, energy, cities, and the creative arts, we’re pioneering solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing the world. In the UK’s Research Excellence Framework 2021, 42% of our research was scored as world-leading.
Through 5-star teaching (QS Stars 2022), we educate for life. Students are challenged and supported to learn from world-class experts across more than 185 undergraduate and 300 postgraduate degrees.
Student experience
Students are supported to reach their full potential by our Student Health and Wellbeing services which provide counseling, mental health, disability, and specialist learning support, as well as financial support and faith and spirituality support.
We’ve developed an online Academic Skills Kit to support students to become effective independent learners.
Our Students' Union is at the heart of the Newcastle experience, offering more than 180 student-run societies and over 60 sports clubs.
A top student city Multicultural, vibrant, and friendly, Newcastle is the capital of North East England – the University’s city-center campus is at its heart.
A global top 50 and UK top 10 student city, it’s also one of the most affordable in the UK (QS Best Student Cities, 2023).
Newcastle offers top-class sports, a vibrant arts scene, great shopping, and exciting nightlife. It’s also close to beautiful countryside and award-winning beaches.
Campus Features
Our 50-acre campus in Newcastle city centre is the hub for our teaching, research and collaboration. It includes facilities for research innovation, teaching and learning, and engagement.
Students benefit from facilities such as our award-winning library service and Centre for Physical Recreation and Sport.
We aim to be a sustainable campus, promoting initiatives to encourage our students and staff to adopt a sustainable lifestyle.
Our environmental commitments have been rewarded with a First Class award from the People and Planet University League.
Programs
- Accounting, Finance and Financial Analysis MSc
- Advanced Computer Science MSc
- Banking and Finance MSc
- Biomedical Engineering MSc
- Biotechnology (Biological, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences) MPhil
- Biotechnology (Biological, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences) MPhil, PhD
- Chemical Engineering MPhil
- Chemical Engineering MPhil, PhD
- Chemistry MChem Honours
- Chemistry MSc
- Cloud Computing MSc
- Computer Game Engineering MSc
- Computer Science MSc
- Cross-Cultural Communication and International Marketing MA
- Cyber Security MSc
- Data Science MSc
- Data Science MSc; PGDip; PGCert
- Digital Business MSc
- Electrical Power MSc
- Embedded Systems and Internet of Things (ES-IoT) MSc
- English Language and/or Linguistics MLitt
- Exercise Physiology MSc
- Film Studies MLitt
- Finance MSc
- Global Human Resource Management MSc