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Overview of the university

With a wide choice of degree programmes, as well as strong employment prospects upon completion of your degree, Cardiff University has a great deal to offer.

Set in the city's magnificent civic centre, it is difficult to imagine a more attractive place to study.

Research-informed teaching

Established in 1883, Cardiff University enjoys an international reputation for academic excellence and is Wales’s only Russell Group university. It was ranked 11th for impact, and its research has real-world benefits for the academic environment and our society (REF 2021).

Flexible study options

There are more than 350 degree programmes at Cardiff University and a modular system which provides a large amount of flexibility and choice. The University has links with more than 300 top-ranked institutions, which gives students an opportunity to study abroad.

Please visit our website to find out more about the degree programmes at Cardiff University.

Careers and Employability

Our graduates remain amongst the UK’s most employable. According to the latest Graduate Outcomes Survey (2019/20) 96% of our graduates were in employment and/or further study, due to start a new job or course, or doing other activities, such as travelling.

From the very beginning, throughout studies and after graduation, the Careers and Employability service is readily available to assist students with both developing and achieving career goals.

Students involved in extra-curricular activities and work experience can participate in the Cardiff Award Programme, which provides formal recognition of employability skills gained during these activities.

Student Life

Cardiff combines all the advantages of a compact, friendly, and inexpensive location with the cultural and recreational facilities you would expect from a capital city with the added benefit of being near to the beautiful Welsh countryside and coast.

Ranked 2nd best Students’ Union in the UK (Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2023). Y Plas our multi-purpose venue, The Great Hall and the Taf are among the Union’s many attractions. With more than 200 cultural, political, religious, social, and sporting societies to cater for all types of interests, you can be sure of a lively social experience at Cardiff University.


Programs and courses at Cardiff University

583 courses at Cardiff University, listed alphabetically:

A Accounting and Finance, PhD Accounting and Finance, MSc Accounting and Finance, BSc Accounting and Finance with a Professional Placement Year, BSc Accounting with a Professional Placement Year, BSc Advanced Chemistry, MSc Advanced Clinical Practice, MSc Advanced Computer Science, MSc Advanced Computer Science with a Professional Placement Year, MSc Advanced Healthcare Practice, MSc Advanced Mechanical Engineering, MSc AI and Digital Media Production, MSc Ancient History, BA Ancient History, PhD, MPhil Ancient History and History, BA Applied and Experimental Clinical Immunology, MSc Applied Bioinformatics and Genetic Epidemiology, MSc Applied Bioinformatics and Genomics, MSc Applied Clinical Research and Public Health, PhD, MPhil Applied Mathematics, PhD, MPhil Applied Software Engineering, BSc Archaeological Science, MSc Archaeology, BA Archaeology, PhD, MPhil Archaeology, BSc Archaeology and Ancient History, BA Archaeology and History, BA Architectural Design, MA Architectural Engineering, MEng Architectural Engineering, BEng Architectural Engineering (International), MEng Architectural Engineering (International) with a Year in Industry, MEng Architectural Engineering with a Year in Industry, BEng Architectural Engineering with Year in Industry, MEng Architecture, PhD, MPhil Architecture: Professional Practice, PG Dip Artificial Intelligence (MSc), MSc Artificial Intelligence with Professional Placement Year, MSc Astronomy and Astrophysics, PhD, MPhil Astronomy Instrumentation, PhD, MPhil Astrophysics, MPhys Astrophysics, MSc Astrophysics, BSc
B Bachelor of Nursing (Adult) Autumn Intake, BN Bachelor of Nursing (Adult) Spring Intake, BN Bachelor of Nursing (Child), BN Bachelor of Nursing (Mental Health) Autumn Intake, BN Bachelor of Nursing (Mental Health) Spring Intake, BN Banking and Finance, BSc(Econ) Banking and Finance with a European Language (French), BSc Banking and Finance with a European Language (German), BSc Banking and Finance with a European Language (Spanish), BSc Banking and Finance with a Professional Placement Year, BSc(Econ) Bar Professional Training Course, PG Dip, LLM Biochemistry, MBiochem Biochemistry, BSc Biochemistry with Professional Training Year, BSc Biochemistry with Professional Training Year, MBiochem Biological Sciences, MBiol Biological Sciences, BSc Biological Sciences (Zoology), BSc Biological Sciences (Zoology) with Professional Training Year, BSc Biological Sciences with Professional Training Year, BSc Biological Sciences with Professional Training Year, MBiol Biomedical Sciences, MBiomed Biomedical Sciences, BSc Biomedical Sciences with Professional Training Year, BSc Biomedical Sciences with Professional Training Year, MBiomed Biomedicine, PhD, MPhil, MD Biosciences, PhD, MPhil Biosciences, MRes Biosciences (MRes), MRes Broadcast Journalism, MA Building and Infrastructure Information Modelling (BIM) for Smart Engineering, MSc Business Administration, MBA Business Administration with Artificial Intelligence, MBA Business Analytics, MSc Business Economics, BSc(Econ) Business Economics with a European Language (French), BSc Business Economics with a European Language (German), BSc Business Economics with a European Language (Spanish), BSc Business Economics with a Professional Placement Year, BSc(Econ) Business Management, MSc Business Management, BSc Business Management (Human Resource Management), BSc Business Management (Human Resource Management) with a Professional Placement Year, BSc Business Management (International Management), BSc Business Management (International Management) with a Professional Placement Year, BSc Business Management (Logistics and Operations), BSc Business Management (Logistics and Operations) with a Professional Placement Year, BSc Business Management (Marketing), BSc Business Management (Marketing) with a Professional Placement Year, BSc Business Management with a European Language (French), BSc Business Management with a European Language (German), BSc Business Management with a European Language (Spanish), BSc Business Management with a Professional Placement Year, MSc Business Management with a Professional Placement Year, BSc Business Management with Welsh, BSc Business Management with Welsh with a Professional Placement Year, BSc Business Strategy & Entrepreneurship, MSc Business Studies, PhD Business Studies and Japanese, BSc
C Cancer and Genetics, PhD, MPhil, MD Cancer Biology and Therapeutics, MSc Catalysis in the Cardiff Catalysis Institute, PhD, MPhil Chaplaincy Studies, Postgraduate Certificate, PG Dip, MTh Chaplaincy Studies: Military Route, MTh Chemical Biology, PhD, MPhil Chemistry, MSc Chemistry, MChem Chemistry, PhD, MPhil Chemistry, BSc Chemistry for Sustainability, MSc Chemistry with a Placement Year Abroad, MChem Chemistry with a Placement Year Abroad, BSc Chemistry with a Preliminary Year, BSc Chemistry with a Year in Industry, BSc Chemistry with Year in Industry, MChem Childhood and Youth (MSc), MSc Children’s Psychological Conditions, MSc Chinese, BA Civil and Environmental Engineering, MEng Civil and Environmental Engineering, BEng Civil and Environmental Engineering (International), MEng Civil and Environmental Engineering (International) with a Year in Industry, MEng Civil and Environmental Engineering with a Year in Industry, BEng Civil and Environmental Engineering with Year in Industry, MEng Civil and Geoenvironmental Engineering, MSc Civil and Water Engineering, MSc Civil Engineering, MEng Civil Engineering, MSc Civil Engineering, BEng Civil Engineering (International), MEng Civil Engineering (International) with a Year in Industry, MEng Civil Engineering with a Year in Industry, BEng Civil Engineering with Year in Industry, MEng Clinical Dentistry (Endodontology), MClinDent Clinical Dentistry (Prosthodontics), MClinDent Clinical Dermatology, MSc Clinical Geriatrics, MSc Clinical Investigation and Vision Sciences, PhD, MPhil Clinical Optometry, MSc Clinical Pharmacy, MSc Clinical Psychology, DClinPsy Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies, PG Dip, Postgraduate Certificate Community Health Studies (SPQ), PG Dip Comparative Politics, Policy and Governance, PhD, MPhil Composition, PhD, MPhil Compound Semiconductor Electronics, MSc Compound Semiconductor Physics, MSc Computational and Data Journalism, MSc Computational Methods in Architecture, MSc Computer Science, MSci Computer Science, BSc Computer Science and Informatics, PhD Computer Science with a Year in Industry, BSc Computer Science with a Year in Industry, MSci Computer Science with a Year of Study Abroad, BSc Computer Science with a Year of Study Abroad, MSci Computer Science with Security and Forensics, BSc Computer Science with Security and Forensics with a Year in Industry, BSc Computer Science with Security and Forensics with a Year of Study Abroad, BSc Computing, MSc Computing and IT Management, MSc Computing and IT Management with placement, MSc Computing with placement, MSc Condensed Matter and Photonics, PhD, MPhil Conservation, MPhil, PhD Conservation of Objects in Museums and Archaeology, BSc Conservation Practice, MSc Continuing Professional Development in Law, CPD Creative and Cultural Industries (MA), MA Creative Practice in Architecture, PhD Creative Writing, MA Criminology, BSc Criminology and Social Policy, BSc Criminology and Sociology, BSc Critical and Cultural Theory, PhD Cyber Security, MSc Cyber Security and Technology, MSc
E Earth Sciences, PhD, MPhil Economics, PhD Economics, BSc(Econ) Economics (MSc), MSc Economics and Finance, BSc(Econ) Economics and Finance with a Professional Placement Year, BSc(Econ) Economics and Management Studies, BSc(Econ) Economics and Management Studies with a Professional Placement Year, BSc(Econ) Economics with a European Language (French), BSc Economics with a European Language (German), BSc Economics with a European Language (Spanish), BSc Economics with a Professional Placement Year, BSc(Econ) Education, BSc Education, MSc Education, Policy and Society (MSc), MSc Educational Psychology (DEdPsy), DEdPsy Electrical and Electronic Engineering, MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering, BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering (International), MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering (International) with a Year in Industry, MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering with a Year in Industry, BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Year in Industry, MEng Electrical Energy Systems, MSc Engineering, PhD, EngD, MPhil Engineering Management, MSc Engineering Net Zero, MSc Engineering with a Foundation Year, BEng Engineering: Energy and Environment, PhD, MPhil Engineering: Health, Technology and the Digital World, PhD, EngD, MPhil Engineering: Mechanics, Materials and Advanced Manufacturing, PhD, EngD, MPhil English Language, BA English Language, BA English Language and French, BA English Language and German, BA English Language and Italian, BA English Language and Linguistics, BA English Language and Linguistics, BA English Language and Literature, BA English Language and Philosophy, BA English Language and Spanish, BA English Literature, BA English Literature, BA English Literature, PhD, MPhil English Literature, MA English Literature and Creative Writing, BA English Literature and Creative Writing, BA English Literature and History, BA English Literature and Philosophy, BA Environment, PhD, MPhil Environment and Development, MSc Environmental Design of Buildings, MSc Environmental Geography, MSci Environmental Geography, BSc Environmental Geography with a Year of Study Abroad, BSc Environmental Geoscience, MSci Environmental Geoscience, BSc Environmental Geoscience with a Year of Study Abroad, BSc Environmental Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction, MSc Environmental Sustainability Science, BSc European Politics and Area Studies, PhD, MPhil Exploration Geology, MSci Exploration Geology, BSc Exploration Geology with a Year of Study Abroad, BSc
M Magazine Journalism, MA Management, Employment and Organisation, PhD Manufacturing Engineering, Innovation and Management, MSc Marine Geography, MSci Marine Geography, BSc Marine Geography with a Year of Study Abroad, BSc Maritime Policy and Shipping Management, MSc Marketing, MSc Marketing and Strategy, PhD Master of Architecture, MArch Mathematics, MMath Mathematics, MSc, PhD, MPhil Mathematics, BSc Mathematics and Music, BA Mathematics and Music with Year of Study Abroad, BA Mathematics Operational Research and Statistics, BSc Mathematics Operational Research and Statistics with a Professional Placement, BSc Mathematics with a Professional Placement Year, BSc Mathematics with a Professional Placement Year, MMath Mathematics with a Year Abroad, BSc Mathematics with a Year Abroad, MMath Mathematics, Operational Research and Statistics, MMORS Mathematics, Operational Research and Statistics with a Professional Placement Year, MMORS Mathematics, Operational Research and Statistics with a Year Abroad, BSc Mathematics, Operational Research and Statistics with a Year of Study Abroad, MMORS Mechanical Engineering, MEng Mechanical Engineering, BEng Mechanical Engineering (International), MEng Mechanical Engineering (International) with a Year in Industry, MEng Mechanical Engineering with a Year in Industry, BEng Mechanical Engineering with Year in Industry, MEng Media and Communications, BA Media Management, MBA Media, Journalism and Culture, BA Medical Education, PG Dip, MSc Medical Education (E-Learning), Postgraduate Certificate Medical Engineering, MEng Medical Engineering, BEng Medical Engineering (International), MEng Medical Engineering (International) with a Year in Industry, MEng Medical Engineering with a Year in Industry, BEng Medical Engineering with Year in Industry, MEng Medical Pharmacology, BSc Medical Toxicology, PG Dip, Postgraduate Certificate, MSc Medicinal Chemistry, PhD, MPhil Medicinal Chemistry, MSc Medicine, MBBCH Medicine: Graduate Entry, MBBCH Medicine: North Wales, MBBCH Midwifery, BMid Modern Chinese, BA Modern Languages and Translation, BA Molecular and Experimental Medicine, PhD, MPhil, MD Molecular Biosciences, PhD, MPhil, MD Music, MA Music, BMus Music, BA Music, PhD, MPhil Music and English Literature, BA Music and Philosophy, BA Music with a Year of Study Abroad, BA Music with a Year of Study Abroad, BMus Musicology, PhD, MPhil
P Palliative Medicine for Health Care Professionals, MSc Performance, PhD, MPhil Pharmacology and Physiology, PhD, MPhil Pharmacy, MPharm Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, PhD, MPhil Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy, PhD, MPhil Philosophy, BA Philosophy, BA Philosophy, PhD, MPhil Philosophy, MA Philosophy and Economics, BA Philosophy and History, BA Physical Geography, MSci Physical Geography, BSc Physical Geography with a Year of Study Abroad, BSc Physical Organic Chemistry, PhD, MPhil Physics, MPhys Physics, MSc Physics, BSc Physics and Astronomy, PhD, MPhil Physics with Astronomy, MPhys Physics with Astronomy, BSc Physics with Astronomy with Professional Placement, BSc Physics with Astronomy with Professional Placement, MPhys Physics with Medical Physics, BSc Physics with Professional Placement, BSc Physics with Professional Placement, MPhys Physiotherapy, MSc Physiotherapy, BSc Physiotherapy (Pre-registration), MSc Political Communication, MA Political Theory, PhD, MPhil Politics, BSc(Econ) Politics and Economics, BSc(Econ) Politics and International Relations, PhD, MPhil Politics and Modern History, BSc(Econ) Politics and Philosophy, BA Politics and Public Policy, MA Politics and Sociology, BSc(Econ) Politics and Spanish, BA Population Medicine, PhD, MD, MPhil Portuguese and Spanish, BA Practical Dermatology, PG Dip, MSc Probability and Statistics, PhD, MPhil Psychiatry, MSc Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, PhD, MPhil, MD Psychology, PhD, MPhil Psychology, MSc Psychology, BSc Psychology of Mental Health, MSc Psychology with Professional Placement, BSc Public Health, MPH Pure Mathematics, PhD, MPhil

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