Overview
The University of Chester is a public university located in the historic city of Chester, England. The University of Chester has six campuses. The University, the first purpose-built teacher training college in the UK, based in five campus sites in and around Chester and one in Warrington, offers a range of foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate courses, as well as undertaking academic research.
The university is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the Cathedrals Group, the North West Universities Association and Universities UK.
Most of Chester’s 14,900 students are from the UK. A quarter of students are mature and there are twice as many female students as male (partially due to the number of nursing, midwifery and teaching students). The increasing number of foreign students are mainly participants in the university’s active exchange policy.
There are approximately 2,090 members of staff, 870 of whom are academic. Many take part in research and often publish their work through the institution’s own publishing house, the University of Chester Press. The 2014 Research Assessment Exercise resulted in Chester’s research being declared world-leading in 14 areas of that submitted.
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams was, in 2011, bestowed a visiting professorship with the title Gladstone Professor of Literature and Theology. His inaugural lecture ‘The Messiah and the novelist: approaches to Jesus in fiction’ took place in Chester Cathedral.
Peter Blair and Ashley Chantler edit Flash: The International Short-Short Story Magazine, a major literary periodical, which publishes stories and reviews of up to 360 words by writers from around the world.
14,900 Students
Location
Learning
TEF Rating
Courses Available
- Accounting, Business, Management and Marketing
- Architecture, Building, Planning and Design
- Biology and Biomedical Sciences
- Computer Science and Information Technology
- Engineering
- Foreign Studies (Language, Literature and Linguistics)
- Health Professions
- Hospitality and Culinary
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Law and Legal Studies
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Natural Sciences
- Recreation, Sports and Fitness Studies
- Theology
- Veterinary, Agricultural and Food Sciences
- Visual and Performing Arts
Applying
How to Apply?
For International Students
Deadlines and Important Dates
Cost and Scholarships
(For International Students)
Types of Scholarships Available
Scholarships
Chester Bursary
| Total Worth | £1,500 |
|---|---|
| Eligibility and Requirements | Available to new full-time level 4 home undergraduate students (paying a tuition fee of over £6,000) and to continuing students at Level 4 whose programme has included a Foundation Year, who have a means tested household income of less than £25,000. |
| Available for International Students | -- |
| Application Deadline | -- |
Care Leavers Bursary
| Total Worth | up to £6,000 |
|---|---|
| Eligibility and Requirements | Available to new full-time Level 3 or Level 4 undergraduate students under the age of 25, paying a tuition fee of over £6,000, who have evidence of their care leaver status. |
| Available for International Students | -- |
| Application Deadline | -- |
Young Adult Carers Bursary
| Total Worth | up to £4,500 |
|---|---|
| Eligibility and Requirements | Available for eligible young carers who are new full-time Level 3 or Level 4 undergraduate students. |
| Available for International Students | -- |
| Application Deadline | -- |