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Overview of the university

UEA: One of the best universities for student experience

The University of East Anglia (UEA) is an internationally renowned, campus-based university that delivers top quality academic, social and cultural facilities to over 15,000 Home/EU and International students. UEA’s postgraduate community is around 3,500 students, forming one of the central strengths of the University.

The University maintains its brilliant reputation by selecting the most able and dedicated staff and students from around the world, and challenging them to reach their full potential.

Brilliantly placed

The campus is located in a beautiful, green part of Norwich, a city equipped with its own cathedral and medieval history, as well as being voted one of the safest, happiest places to live and work in the UK, and proudly England's first UNESCO City of Literature. It’s just two miles from the heart of the city, which is easily reached by foot, bike or bus.

The stunning Norfolk coast is 1 hour away, and London a swift 2 hours by train. This uniquely-placed University is also part of the Norwich Research Park, one of Europe's biggest concentrations of researchers in the fields of environmental, health and plant science.

Sporting facilities on campus include the Sportspark, which houses an Olympic-sized swimming pool and regularly hosts local and international athletic events. UEA also offers the world famous Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts and hosts an International Literary Festival that featuring famous names such as Ian McEwan, Kazuo Ishiguro and Anne Enright (all UEA Creative Writing course alumni).

If you want to change the world with your degree, make an impact in your industry and reach your full potential - the University of East Anglia is a brilliant next step.

Postgraduate study at UEA

Four Faculties provide research-led teaching with academic rigor in a range of subjects across the Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences and Medicine and Health Sciences.

Degrees may be offered as full-time and part-time options, and also include professional studies such as teaching, medicine, law and business, as well as a number of short course professional development opportunities.

Faculty of Science

The quality of UEA’s scientific performance has earned it a reputation as one of the Top 10 research universities for science in the UK.

Schools of study include:

  • School of Biological Sciences
  • School of Environmental Sciences
  • School of Chemistry
  • School of Mathematics
  • School of Computing Sciences
  • School of Pharmacy

Affiliated Institutes:

  • Norwich Research Park
  • The John Innes Centre for Plant and Microbial Science
  • The Institute of Food Research
  • The Sainsbury Laboratory
  • The BBSRC Genome Analysis Centre

Faculty of Arts and Humanities

The early reputation of UEA was established through its inimitable creative strength in the Arts and Humanities and this has been developed through its leading departments:

  • Art, Media and American Studies
  • Interdisciplinary Institute for the Humanities
  • History
  • Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
  • Politics, Philosophy Languages and Communication Studies

Faculty of Social Sciences

This Faculty works at the forefront of academic and professional development and has a powerful reputation for originality and creative collaboration.

Schools of study include:

  • School of Economics
  • Norwich Business School
  • The Law School
  • School of International Development
  • School of Education and Lifelong Learning
  • School of Psychology
  • School of Social Work

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

This Faculty builds on a commitment to providing innovation in research and training, supported by close partnerships with local health service providers, with a desire to improve the nation's health by linking laboratory science to the needs of patients, populations and health policy makers.

Departments within the Faculty include:

  • Health Sciences
  • Norwich Medical School

Postgraduate Funding at UEA

Funding for Postgraduate Taught and Postgraduate Research courses is available both from the University and from a number of external schemes. Scholarships, Bursaries and Studentships offered by UEA are normally awarded to students on the basis of academic merit and are usually for the duration of the period of study. Full details are available on UEA’s dedicated funding page for postgraduates.

Employability

UEA actively strives to equip its postgraduate students with the attributes necessary to succeed in their chosen field of employment. Professional Advisers will provide impartial information, advice and guidance, helping students to understand themselves and the employment market and to develop suitable career-related skills and practical knowledge.

The University also benefits from having its on-campus, friendly drop in CareerCentral hub, where students can book one-to-one appointments with career advisers, seek enterprise guidance and access their unique online resource zone.

Norwich, East Anglia – your home away from home

Norwich has all the characteristics of a 'university city'; a major commercial and thriving cultural centre, steeped in history yet still a vibrant place to live, shop, and study. Its unique blend of independent stores, small specialist shops, major high street chains and the country's largest six-day open-air market, all set amidst a maze of medieval cobble-stoned lanes and alleys.

Norwich also has good bus and rail connections to the rest of the UK, plus its own international airport that ensures easy access to Europe with connections to over 200 cities worldwide.

Programs and courses at University of East Anglia (UEA)

411 courses at University of East Anglia (UEA), listed alphabetically:

A Accounting and Finance, MSc Accounting and Finance, BSc Accounting and Finance with a Year Abroad, BSc Accounting and Management, BSc Accounting and Management with a Year Abroad, BSc Actuarial Sciences, BSc Actuarial Sciences (with a Year in Industry), BSc Adult Literacy, Lifelong Learning and Development: International Perspectives, MA Adult Nursing, BSc Adult Nursing - preregistration, MSc Advanced Business Management, MSc Advanced Computing Science, MSc Advanced Computing Science (Part time), MSc Advanced Operations and Logistics Management, MSc Advanced Organic Chemistry, MSc Advanced Practitioner: Emergency Care Practitioner, MSc Advanced Practitioner: Emergency Care Practitioner (Part time), MSc Advanced Practitioner: Midwife, MSc Advanced Practitioner: Midwife (Part time), MSc Advanced Practitioner: Neonatal Nurse, MSc Advanced Practitioner: Nurse, MSc Advanced Practitioner: Nurse (Part time), MSc Advanced Practitioner: Occupational Therapy, MSc Advanced Practitioner: Occupational Therapy (Part time), MSc Advanced Practitioner: Paramedic, MSc Advanced Practitioner: Paramedic (Part time), MSc Advanced Practitioner: Pharmacist, MSc Advanced Practitioner: Pharmacist (Part time), MSc Advanced Practitioner: Physiotherapist, MSc Advanced Practitioner: Physiotherapist (Part time), MSc Agriculture and Rural Development, MA Agriculture and Rural Development (Part time), MA American and English Literature, BA American History, BA American Literature with Creative Writing, BA American Studies, MA American Studies, BA American Studies (3 years), BA American Studies (Part time), MA American Studies (with a Foundation Year), BA Applied Computing Science With a Foundation Year, BSc Applied Ecology - International Programme, MSc Applied Ecology and Conservation, MSc Applied Ecology and Conservation (Part time), MSc Applied Translation Studies, MA Applied Translation Studies (Part time), MA Archaeology, Anthropology and Art History, BA Archaeology, Anthropology and Art History (Part time), BA Archaeology, Anthropology and Art History (Year in Australasia or North America), BA
B Banking and Finance, MSc Behavioural and Experimental Economics, MSc Biochemistry, BSc, MSci Biochemistry (Part time), BSc Biochemistry (with a Year in industry), BSc Biochemistry with a Year Abroad, MSci Biography and Creative Non-Fiction, MA Biography and Creative Non-Fiction (Part time), MA Biological Sciences, BSc, MSci Biological Sciences (Part time), BSc Biological Sciences (with a Year Abroad), BSc Biological Sciences (with a Year in Industry), BSc Biological Sciences with a Foundation Year, BSc Biomedicine, BSc Brand Leadership, MSc Broadcast Journalism: Theory and Practice, MA Business Economics, BSc Business Finance and Economics, BSc Business Finance and Management, BSc Business Finance and Management with a Year Abroad, BSc Business Information Systems, BSc Business Information Systems with a Year in Industry, BSc Business Management, MSc Business Management, BSc Business Management with a Year Abroad, BSc Business Statistics, BSc
C Chemical Physics, BSc Chemical Physics with a Year in Industry, MChem Chemical Physics with a Year in North America, MChem Chemical Sciences, GDip Chemistry, BSc, MChem Chemistry with a Foundation Year, Foundation Chemistry with a Year in Industry, MChem Chemistry with a Year in North America, MChem Children's Nursing, BSc Climate Change, MSc Climate Change and International Development, MSc Climate Change and International Development (Part Time), MSc Clinical Education, PG Dip, MCE Clinical Education (Part time), PG Dip, PG Cert, MCE Clinical Psychology, ClinPsyD Clinical Research, PG Dip, MSc Clinical Research (Part time), PG Dip, MSc Clinical Research NIHR, MSc Clinical Science, MRes Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Part time), PG Dip Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Skills (part time), PG Cert Cognitive Neuroscience, MSc Cognitive Neuroscience (Part Time), MSc Cognitive Psychology, BSc Cognitive Psychology (with a Year Abroad), BSc Coloproctology (Part time), PG Dip, MS Communication and Language Studies, MA Communication and Language Studies (Part time), MA Computer Graphics, Imaging and Multimedia, BSc Computer Graphics, Imaging and Multimedia with a Year in Industry, BSc Computer Systems Engineering, BEng Computer Systems Engineering with a Year in Industry, BEng Computing Science, MSc, MRes Computing Science, BSc, MComp Computing Science (Part time), MSc Computing Science with a Year Abroad, MComp Computing Science With a Year in Industry, BSc Conflict, Governance and International Development, MA Conflict, Governance and International Development (Part Time), MA Counselling, PG Dip, MA Creative Entrepreneurship, MA Creative Writing, MFA Creative Writing Crime Fiction (part time), MA Creative Writing Poetry, MA Creative Writing Poetry (Part time), MA Creative Writing Prose Fiction, MA Creative Writing Prose Fiction (Part time), MA Creative Writing Scriptwriting, MA Creative Writing Scriptwriting (Part time), MA Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, MA Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies (Part time), MA Culture, Literature and Politics, BA
D Development Economics, MSc Development Economics (Part Time), MSc Developmental Psychology, MSc Developmental Psychology (Part Time), MSc Drama, BA
E Early Modern History, MA Early Modern History (Part time), MA Ecology, GDip, BSc Ecology (Part time), GDip, BSc Ecology (with a Year Abroad), BSc Economics, MSc, GDip Economics, BSc Economics and International Relations, MSc Economics and International Relations (Part Time), MSc Economics of International Finance and Trade, MSc Economics of Money, Banking and Capital Markets, MSc Economics with a Year Abroad, BSc Economics with Accountancy, BSc Education and Development, MA Education and Development (Part Time), MA Education: Learning, Pedagogy and Assessment, MA Educational Practice and Research (Part Time), MA Employment Law, LLM Employment Law (Part time), LLM, PG Cert Energy Engineering, BEng, MEng Energy Engineering with Environmental Management, BEng Energy Engineering with Environmental Management, MSc Energy Engineering with Environmental Management (2 Years) (Part time), MSc Energy Engineering with Environmental Management (3 Years) (Part time), MSc Energy Engineering with Environmental Management (4 Years) (Part time), MSc Engineering, BEng, MEng Engineering with a year in industry, BEng English and American Literature, BA English Literature, BA English Literature (Part time), BA English Literature (with a Foundation Year), BA English Literature and Drama, BA English Literature and Philosophy, BA English Literature with Creative Writing, BA Enterprise and Business Creation, MSc Environment and International Development, MSc Environment and International Development (Part Time), MSc Environmental Assessment and Management, MSc Environmental Assessment and Management (Part time), MSc Environmental Earth Sciences, BSc, MSci Environmental Earth Sciences with a Year Abroad, BSc Environmental Earth Sciences with a Year in Industry, BSc Environmental Geography and Climate Change, BSc, MSci Environmental Geography and Climate Change with a Year in Industry, BSc Environmental Geography and International Development, BSc Environmental Geophysics, BSc, MSci Environmental Geophysics with a Year Abroad, BSc Environmental Geophysics with a Year in Industry, BSc Environmental Sciences, MSc Environmental Sciences, BSc, MSci Environmental Sciences (Part time), MSc Environmental Sciences with a Foundation Year, Foundation Environmental Sciences with a Year Abroad, BSc Environmental Sciences with a Year in Industry, BSc
F Film and English Studies, BA Film and History, BA Film and Television Studies, BA Film and Television Studies (with a Foundation Year), BA Film Studies, MA Film Studies (Part time), MA Film, Television and Creative Practice, MA Film, Television and Creative Practice (Part time), MA Finance and Economics, MSc Finance and Management, MSc Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy (Part time), PG Cert Forensic and Investigative Chemistry, MChem
G Gender Analysis and International Development (Part Time), MA Gender Analysis in International Development, MA Geography, BA, BSc Geography and International Development, BA Geography and International Development with Overseas Experience, BA Globalisation Business and Sustainable Development (Part Time), MA Globalisation, Business and Sustainable Development, MA
H Health Economics, PG Dip, MSc Health Economics (Part time), PG Dip, MSc Health Research (Part time), MSc History, BA History (Graduate Diploma), GDip History (Graduate Diploma) (Part time), GDip History (Part time), BA History (with a Foundation Year), BA History and History of Art, BA History and Politics, BA History of Art, MA History of Art, BA History of Art (Part time), MA History of Art (Part time), BA History of Art (with a Foundation Year), BA History of Art (with a Year in Australasia or North America), BA History of Art and Literature, BA History of Art with Gallery and Museum Studies, BA History Preparation for Undergraduate Study (Bridge Course) (Part time), CRED Human Resource Management, MSc
I Impact Evaluation for International Development, MSc Impact Evaluation for International Development (Part Time), MSc In Education: Learning, Pedagogy and Assessment, MA Industrial Economics, MSc Information Systems, MSc Information Systems (Part time), MSc Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law (Part Time), LLM Information, Technology and Intellectual Property Law, LLM Intercultural Communication with Business Management, BA Intercultural Communication with Business Management (with a Foundation Year), BA International Accounting and Financial Management, MSc International Business Economics, MSc International Business Economics (Part Time), MSc International Business Finance and Economics, MSc International Business Finance and Economics (Part Time), MSc International Commercial and Business Law, LLM International Commercial and Business Law (Part Time), LLM International Commercial and Competition Law, LLM International Development, MA International Development, BA International Development (Part Time), MA International Development and the Environment, BSc International Development and the Environment with Overseas Experience, BSc International Development with Anthropology, BA International Development with Anthropology with Overseas Experience, BA International Development with Economics, BA International Development with Economics with Overseas Experience, BA International Development with Overseas Experience, BA International Development with Politics, BA International Development with Politics with Overseas Experience, BA International Public Policy and Public Management, MRes International Public Policy and Public Management (Part time), MRes International Public Policy, Regulation and Competition, MA International Public Policy, Regulation and Competition (Part time), MA International Relations, MA International Relations, BA International Relations (Part time), MA International Relations and Modern History, BA International Relations and Modern Languages, BA International Relations and Politics, BA International Security, MA International Security (Part time), MA International Social Development, MA International Social Development (Part Time), MA International Trade Law, LLM International Trade Law (Part Time), LLM Investment and Financial Management, MSc
K Knowledge Discovery and Datamining, MSc Knowledge Discovery and Datamining (Industry based) (Part time), MSc Knowledge Discovery and Datamining (Part time 2 Yr), MSc Knowledge Discovery and Datamining (Part time 3 Yr), MSc
L Landscape History, MA Landscape History (Part time), MA Language and Intercultural Communication, MA Language and Intercultural Communication (Part time), MA Law, LLM Law, LLB Law with American Law, LLB Law with European Legal Systems, LLB Leadership in Dementia Care (Part time), PG Dip, MSc, PG Cert Leading Innovation for Clinical Practitioners (Part time), MA Learning Disabilities Nursing, BSc Legal Studies, GDip Literary Translation, MA Literary Translation (Part time), MA Literature and History, BA
M Marketing, MSc Marketing and Management, MSc Marketing and Management, BSc Marketing and Management with a Year Abroad, BSc Master of Business Administration, MBA Master of Business Administration (Executive Part Time), MBA Master of Laws, LLM Master of Laws (Part Time), LLM Master of Mathematics, MMath Master of Mathematics (with a Year Abroad), MMath Masters by Research in Computing Science (Part time), MRes Mathematics, BSc Mathematics Education, MA Mathematics with a Foundation Year, BSc Mathematics with a Year in Industry, BSc Mathematics with Business, BSc Media and Cultural Politics, MA Media and Cultural Politics (Part time), MA Media and International Development, MA Media and International Development, BA Media and International Development (Part Time), MA Media and International Development with Overseas Experience, BA Media Economics, MSc Media Economics (Part Time), MSc Media Law, Policy and Practice, LLM Media Law, Policy and Practice (Part Time), LLM Media Studies, BA Media, Culture and Society, MA Media, Culture and Society (Part time), MA Medicine, MBBS Medicine With a Foundation Year, MBBS Medieval and Early Modern Textual Cultures 1381 - 1688, MA Medieval and Early Modern Textual Cultures 1381 - 1688 (Part time), MA Medieval History, MA Medieval History (Part time), MA Mental Health Nursing, BSc Meteorology and Oceanography, BSc, MSci Meteorology and Oceanography with a Year Abroad, BSc Meteorology and Oceanography with a Year in Industry, BSc Midwifery, BSc Midwifery (Shortened), BSc Modern British History, MA Modern British History (Part time), MA Modern European History, MA Modern European History (Part Time), MA Modern History, BA Modern Language(s) with Management Studies, BA Modern Languages, BA Modern Languages (Double Honours), BA Modern Languages with a year Abroad, BA Modern Languages with Management Studies (Double Honours), BA Molecular Biology and Genetics, BSc Molecular Medicine, MSc Museum Studies, MA
N Natural Sciences, BSc, MNatSci Natural Sciences with a Year Abroad, BSc Natural Sciences with a Year in Industry, BSc
O Occupational Therapy, MSc Occupational Therapy, BSc Oncoplastic Breast Surgery (Part time), PG Dip, MS Operating Department Practice, DipHE
P Paramedic Science, BSc Person-Centred Counselling Skills (PG Cert) (Part time), PG Cert PGCE Primary, PgCE PGCE Secondary, PgCE Pharmacology and Drug Discovery, BSc Pharmacy, MPharm Pharmacy Practice (Part time), PG Dip Pharmacy with a Foundation Year, Foundation Pharmacy with a Placement Year, MPharm Philosophy, MRes Philosophy, BA Philosophy (Part time), MRes Philosophy (Part time), BA Philosophy (with a Foundation Year), BA Philosophy and History, BA Philosophy and Literature, MA Philosophy and Literature (Part time), MA Philosophy and Politics, BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics, BA Physician Associate Studies, MSc Physiotherapy, MSc Physiotherapy, BSc Plant Genetics and Crop Improvement, MSc Plant Genetics and Crop Improvement (Part time), MSc Politics, MA Politics, BA Politics (Part time), MA Politics (with a Foundation Year), BA Politics and Economics, BSc Politics and Media Studies, BA Psychology, BSc Psychology with Year Abroad, BSc Public Policy and the Environment, MA Public Policy and the Environment (Part time), MA
Q Quantitative Financial Economics, MSc
R Regional Anaesthesia (Part time), PG Dip, MSc
S Scriptwriting and Performance, BA Social Psychology, MSc Social Psychology, BSc Social Psychology (Part Time), MSc Social Psychology (with a Year Abroad), BSc Social Science Research Methods, MRes Social Work, MA Social Work, BA Society, Culture and Media, BA Speech and Language Therapy, BSc
T The Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, MA Theatre Directing: Text and Production, MA Theatre Directing: Text and Production (Part time), MA Translation and Interpreting with Modern Languages Double Honours (with a year abroad), BA Translation, Media and Modern Language, BA Translation, Media and Modern Language - 3 year option, BA Translation, Media and Modern Languages (Double Honours), BA
W Water Security and International Development, MSc Water Security and International Development (Part Time), MSc World Art Studies (Graduate Diploma), GDip World Art Studies (Graduate Diploma) (Part time), GDip Writing the Modern World, MA Writing the Modern World (Part time), MA

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