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Top in Wales for new business startupsfor the 5th consecutive year, and 6th in the UK!

At the University of South Wales, we deliver courses that will change lives and our world for the better. This is education in action.

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Upcoming Open Days

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Undergraduate Open Day

14 June

Undergraduate Open Day

27 September

Come and meet us on campus and see what makes us special. Discover our facilities, explore the campus, and meet academics from your course.

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Why USW?

Top in Wales

For new business startups for the 5th consecutive year, and 6th in the UK! 

HE Business and Community Interaction (HE-BCI) Survey 2023/24

  • 3rd in the UK for total number of active graduate businesses (1st in Wales).

  • Named in the Top 50 UK institutions for research power by the Times Higher Education.

Why USW?

96%

of USW graduates are in employment and/or further study 15 months after graduation.

Graduate Outcomes Survey 2021/22
Employability and Careers

  • 3rd in the UK for total number of active graduate businesses (1st in Wales).

  • Named in the Top 50 UK institutions for research power by the Times Higher Education.

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A multi-million pound investment in our campus teaching facilities.Read about campus developments

Transforming Teaching Through Campus Investments

We are investing in the future of STEM at USW with an exciting new Computing, Engineering and Technology building at our Pontypridd Campus.

STEM Hub Pontypridd Campus

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This is South Wales

Welcome to a place of inspiring contrasts. One university across three locations, you can enjoy the buzz of the cities, the beauty of the coast and the calm of the countryside.

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University is a place to feed the heart and the head. Somewhere to develop yourself personally, socially, and academically.

Join the USW Family

  • Employability is so important that we’ve made it part of all our courses. Our careers service is here to help with CVs, interviews, and to link you to global employers.

  • At USW you’ll make friends for life, try out lots of new things and become more independent than ever before. 

  • The USW Accommodation Guarantee will give you peace of mind, knowing that your student room is guaranteed before you join us in September.

  • In uncertain times you must invest in something you believe in – yourself. Find out how you can fund your studies and start your tomorrow at USW.

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I FELL IN LOVE WITH WALES AS SOON AS I GOT OFF THE TRAIN. IT WAS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR, THE PEOPLE WERE REALLY FRIENDLY AND THE CAMPUS WAS REALLY MODERN.

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