Swansea University
Swansea University was founded in 1920 and has been at the cutting edge of research and innovation since, with a long history of working with industry and business, and today are part of a wider impact across four main subjects in society; health, wealth, culture and well-being.
The university prides itself on their achieved level of success and their research activity of a larger scale university, but still hold its friendly and relaxed atmosphere, characterised as the “Swansea experience”.
Swansea University has been ranked 25th in the Guardian University Guide 2027, up seven places from last year’s Guide and holds a gold TEF rating within the Teaching Excellence Framework (2018), this is the highest award for teaching at higher education level. They also have an astounding 25 subjects ranked in the QS World University Rankings by Subject (2024).
The Guardian University Guide evaluates 123 UK institutions based on factors such as teaching quality, student satisfaction, class sizes, and the percentage of graduates securing graduate-level jobs or further education within 15 months of finishing their degree. Unlike rankings that focus heavily on academic research, the Guardian University Guide helps prospective students and their families choose where to study.
As well as securing the 25th spot in the UK overall, Swansea University also excelled in individual subject rankings, securing top 10 positions in nine areas:
- Zoology – 1st
- Paramedic Science – 3rd
- Pharmacy & Pharmacology – 4th
- Mechanical Engineering – 5th
- Media & Film Studies – 6th
- Languages & Linguistics – 7th
- General Engineering – 8th
- Medicine – 9th
- Criminology – 9th
Additionally, 11 more subjects were ranked in the top 20, such as Health Professions, Economics and English, and a further seven subjects within the top 30, including Law and Sports Science.
The University has two intakes in the academic year, with the main intake being in September, but they also have a smaller postgraduate only intake in January. Swansea university has more than 4000 international students studying with them from over 130 countries, they have an international student support team on hand called International@CampusLife to help pre-arrival and once you are on campus. Below is a list of the academic schools that Swansea have, each school is home to a large selection of undergraduate and postgraduate courses:
School of Aerospace, Civil, Electrical, General and Mechanical Engineering
School of Biosciences, Geography and Physics
School of Culture and Communication
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
School of Health and Social Care
Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law
School of Management
School of Mathematics and Computer Science
Swansea University Medical School
School of Psychology
School of Social Sciences
