University of Cumbria
The University of Cumbria is one of the youngest universities in the UK. It was established in 2007 by merging St Martin’s College, Cumbria Institute of the Arts, and University of Central Lancashire’s Cumbria campuses. The university has already earned a good reputation for the excellent quality of education it provides for its students. The subject areas of the offered courses are diverse including, healthcare, business, education, sports, humanities, performing arts, law, criminology, forestry, and science. The University of Cumbria’s acceptance rate is around 46% though this can vary slightly based on different courses and departments. The university now hosts and assists over 7500 students each year. University of Cumbria rankings #117 in university ranking, UK (The complete university guide 2021) #8 for quality of education (THE impact rankings 2020) #49 in accounting and finance (The Guardian 2018)
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MSc Sport and Exercise Rehabilitation
The business side of sport is the focus here: running clubs and facilities, sponsorship and broadcasting deals, ticketing, marketing and the governance of competitions. Management and finance fundamentals combine with an understanding of how sporting organisations are structured. Graduates often work for clubs, federations, venues, agencies and sports brands.
MSc Physiotherapy (Pre-registration)
Physiotherapy studies how the body moves and how injury, illness or ageing disrupts that movement. Learning blends anatomy, exercise science and clinical reasoning with hands-on assessment and rehabilitation techniques. Graduates often work with patients recovering from surgery or injury, in sports settings, in care for older people and in community rehabilitation.
MSc Occupational Therapy (Pre-registration)
Occupational therapy helps people take part in the everyday activities that matter to them after illness, injury or disability, or as they age. Study combines anatomy, psychology and social science with assessment, adaptation of tasks and environments, and rehabilitation. Graduates often work in health services, schools, community care and rehabilitation settings.
MSc Nursing/Registered Nurse: Mental Health Nursing
Health care is concerned with how health services are organised, delivered and improved, taking in patient needs, clinical practice, ethics, quality and the systems holding it together. Health sciences sit alongside management and social science. Graduates often work in clinical support, health administration, public health bodies and service improvement.
MSc Forest Science
This field looks at how natural systems function and how forests and other landscapes are managed and protected. Ecology, soils, climate, conservation and resource policy are studied together, commonly alongside fieldwork. Graduates often work in land and forest management, conservation, environmental consultancy, restoration projects and policy.
MA Literature, Romanticism and the English Lake District
Literature is the study of written works — poetry, fiction, drama and essays — and of how they make meaning, carry ideas and speak to their historical moment. Close reading, comparison and critical theory shape the work, alongside sustained writing. Graduates often move into publishing, teaching, journalism, communications and cultural work.
MA Education Leadership
Education explores how people learn, and how teaching, curriculum, assessment and school systems shape that learning. The subject draws on psychology and sociology while staying close to what happens in classrooms and institutions. Graduates often work in teaching and training, curriculum development, educational research, policy and administration.
MA Education
Education explores how people learn, and how teaching, curriculum, assessment and school systems shape that learning. The subject draws on psychology and sociology while staying close to what happens in classrooms and institutions. Graduates often work in teaching and training, curriculum development, educational research, policy and administration.
LLB (Hons) Law
Law examines the rules that govern people, organisations and states, and the reasoning used to interpret and apply them. Much of the work is close reading, building arguments and weighing competing principles. Graduates often pursue legal practice, and also compliance, policy, human rights work, business and public administration.
BSc (Hons) Zoology - With Sandwich Year
Zoology is the study of animals: their anatomy, behaviour, evolution, physiology and the ecosystems they inhabit. Study can range from laboratory analysis to observation of species in their environment, alongside genetics and conservation biology. Graduates often go into research, conservation, wildlife management, science communication and environmental consultancy.
BSc (Hons) Woodland Ecology and Conservation - With Sandwich Year
Ecology studies the relationships between organisms and their environment: populations, food webs, ecosystems, and how they respond to disturbance and a changing climate. Observation, sampling and data analysis run through the field, with statistics and modelling used to interpret what is measured. Graduates often work in conservation, environmental consultancy, land management, research and policy.
BSc (Hons) Sport Rehabilitation
Exercise physiology examines what happens inside the body during and after physical activity — how the heart, lungs, muscles and metabolism respond to effort and adapt to training. Laboratory testing and measurement are central to the subject. Graduates often work in performance testing, clinical exercise and rehabilitation support, health promotion or research.
BSc (Hons) Sport Conditioning and Performance Analysis
The business side of sport is the focus here: running clubs and facilities, sponsorship and broadcasting deals, ticketing, marketing and the governance of competitions. Management and finance fundamentals combine with an understanding of how sporting organisations are structured. Graduates often work for clubs, federations, venues, agencies and sports brands.
BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Therapy (Top-Up)
The business side of sport is the focus here: running clubs and facilities, sponsorship and broadcasting deals, ticketing, marketing and the governance of competitions. Management and finance fundamentals combine with an understanding of how sporting organisations are structured. Graduates often work for clubs, federations, venues, agencies and sports brands.
BSc (Hons) Security Intelligence and Investigative Practice
This field studies how information is gathered, verified, analysed and communicated to support security and policy decisions. Attention goes to sources and their limits, analytic reasoning, cognitive bias, secrecy and ethics, along with clear written and spoken assessment. Graduates frequently work in analysis roles, risk and threat consulting, corporate security and policy research.
BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy studies how the body moves and how injury, illness or ageing disrupts that movement. Learning blends anatomy, exercise science and clinical reasoning with hands-on assessment and rehabilitation techniques. Graduates often work with patients recovering from surgery or injury, in sports settings, in care for older people and in community rehabilitation.
BSc (Hons) Outdoor Adventure and Environmental Studies
Education explores how people learn, and how teaching, curriculum, assessment and school systems shape that learning. The subject draws on psychology and sociology while staying close to what happens in classrooms and institutions. Graduates often work in teaching and training, curriculum development, educational research, policy and administration.
BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy helps people take part in the everyday activities that matter to them after illness, injury or disability, or as they age. Study combines anatomy, psychology and social science with assessment, adaptation of tasks and environments, and rehabilitation. Graduates often work in health services, schools, community care and rehabilitation settings.
BSc (Hons) Mental Health Nursing
Health care is concerned with how health services are organised, delivered and improved, taking in patient needs, clinical practice, ethics, quality and the systems holding it together. Health sciences sit alongside management and social science. Graduates often work in clinical support, health administration, public health bodies and service improvement.
BSc (Hons) Geography
Geography brings together physical systems such as climate, rivers and landforms with human patterns of cities, migration, development and resource use, asking how place shapes both. Mapping, fieldwork and spatial data analysis are central skills. Graduates often work in planning, environmental management, geographic information systems, development, research and logistics.
BSc (Hons) Forestry (Top-Up)
This field looks at how natural systems function and how forests and other landscapes are managed and protected. Ecology, soils, climate, conservation and resource policy are studied together, commonly alongside fieldwork. Graduates often work in land and forest management, conservation, environmental consultancy, restoration projects and policy.
BSc (Hons) Forest Management - With Sandwich Year
This field looks at how natural systems function and how forests and other landscapes are managed and protected. Ecology, soils, climate, conservation and resource policy are studied together, commonly alongside fieldwork. Graduates often work in land and forest management, conservation, environmental consultancy, restoration projects and policy.
BSc (Hons) Environmental Science
Environmental science studies natural systems and the ways human activity alters them: climate, water, soil, air and ecosystems, along with the pollution and resource pressures that connect them. Fieldwork, laboratory analysis and data modelling are the usual tools. Graduates often work in environmental consultancy, conservation, water and waste management, regulation, research and sustainability roles.
BSc (Hons) Ecology and Wildlife Conservation - With Sandwich Year
Ecology studies the relationships between organisms and their environment: populations, food webs, ecosystems, and how they respond to disturbance and a changing climate. Observation, sampling and data analysis run through the field, with statistics and modelling used to interpret what is measured. Graduates often work in conservation, environmental consultancy, land management, research and policy.
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
Biomedical engineering applies engineering to medicine and biology, designing devices, imaging systems, prosthetics, biomaterials and the instruments used in diagnosis and treatment. It sits between the laboratory, the clinic and the workshop, so technical rigour and human factors both count. Graduates often work in medical technology, research, hospitals, and clinical or regulatory engineering.
BA (Hons) Wildlife Media
Media studies and communication analyse how messages are produced, circulated and understood across journalism, broadcasting, advertising, film and digital platforms. Students examine audiences, institutions and the making of meaning, alongside practical production skills. Graduates frequently work in content creation, public relations, marketing communication, media planning, research and cultural organisations.
BA (Hons) User-Experience and User-Interface (UX/UI) Design
Design is about shaping objects, images, spaces and experiences so they work well for the people who use them. Studio practice, sketching, prototyping and critique sit alongside research into users, materials and context. Graduates often work in studios and agencies, in-house creative teams, or independently across many industries.
BA (Hons) Tourism and Visitor Economy Management (Top-Up)
Tourism management studies how destinations, hotels, tour operators and attractions are planned, marketed and run, and how visitor flows affect local economies, cultures and environments. Service operations sit alongside marketing, sustainability and destination planning. Graduates often work in hospitality groups, travel companies, tourism boards and event operations.
BA (Hons) Tourism and Visitor Economy Management
Tourism management studies how destinations, hotels, tour operators and attractions are planned, marketed and run, and how visitor flows affect local economies, cultures and environments. Service operations sit alongside marketing, sustainability and destination planning. Graduates often work in hospitality groups, travel companies, tourism boards and event operations.
BA (Hons) Sport,Coaching and Physical Education (Top-Up)
The business side of sport is the focus here: running clubs and facilities, sponsorship and broadcasting deals, ticketing, marketing and the governance of competitions. Management and finance fundamentals combine with an understanding of how sporting organisations are structured. Graduates often work for clubs, federations, venues, agencies and sports brands.
BA (Hons) Sport,Coaching and Physical Education
The business side of sport is the focus here: running clubs and facilities, sponsorship and broadcasting deals, ticketing, marketing and the governance of competitions. Management and finance fundamentals combine with an understanding of how sporting organisations are structured. Graduates often work for clubs, federations, venues, agencies and sports brands.
BA (Hons) Social Work
Social work supports people facing hardship — family difficulty, disability, poor mental health, poverty, abuse or needs that come with age — and connects them with services and protection. Human development, law, policy and ethics join the practical skills of assessment and intervention. Graduates often work in child and family services, mental health, community organisations and local government.
BA (Hons) Photography
Photography combines visual storytelling with the technical craft of light, lenses and post-production. Students develop a personal body of work while learning composition, editing workflows and how images carry meaning for different audiences. Graduates often work in commercial, editorial, documentary or fine-art photography, and in wider visual content roles.
BA (Hons) Outdoor Leadership
Education explores how people learn, and how teaching, curriculum, assessment and school systems shape that learning. The subject draws on psychology and sociology while staying close to what happens in classrooms and institutions. Graduates often work in teaching and training, curriculum development, educational research, policy and administration.
BA (Hons) Outdoor and Experiential Learning (Top-Up)
Education explores how people learn, and how teaching, curriculum, assessment and school systems shape that learning. The subject draws on psychology and sociology while staying close to what happens in classrooms and institutions. Graduates often work in teaching and training, curriculum development, educational research, policy and administration.
BA (Hons) Illustration
Sculpture works with physical form and material: carving, casting, welding, modelling, installation and found objects. Students develop technical skill in a workshop setting alongside an understanding of space, scale, site and the history of made things. Graduates often sustain their own practice, or work in fabrication, public art, teaching and galleries.
BA (Hons) Graphic Design
Design is about shaping objects, images, spaces and experiences so they work well for the people who use them. Studio practice, sketching, prototyping and critique sit alongside research into users, materials and context. Graduates often work in studios and agencies, in-house creative teams, or independently across many industries.
BA (Hons) Games Design
Design is about shaping objects, images, spaces and experiences so they work well for the people who use them. Studio practice, sketching, prototyping and critique sit alongside research into users, materials and context. Graduates often work in studios and agencies, in-house creative teams, or independently across many industries.
BA (Hons) Fine Art
Fine arts centres on making work — painting, drawing, sculpture, print and other media — and on developing a personal visual language through sustained studio practice. Critique, art history and exhibition skills shape how artists think about their own output. Graduates often become practising artists, or work in galleries, teaching and the creative industries.
BA (Hons) Film and Television
Media studies and communication analyse how messages are produced, circulated and understood across journalism, broadcasting, advertising, film and digital platforms. Students examine audiences, institutions and the making of meaning, alongside practical production skills. Graduates frequently work in content creation, public relations, marketing communication, media planning, research and cultural organisations.
BA (Hons) Education Studies (Top-Up)
Education explores how people learn, and how teaching, curriculum, assessment and school systems shape that learning. The subject draws on psychology and sociology while staying close to what happens in classrooms and institutions. Graduates often work in teaching and training, curriculum development, educational research, policy and administration.
BA (Hons) Animation and Visual Effects
Computer graphics is the study of how images are generated and manipulated by machine — geometry, lighting, shading, animation and rendering. It sits between mathematics and software engineering, with plenty of coding. Graduates often work in games, film effects, simulation, visualisation, interface development, and graphics hardware and tools.
MSc Nursing/Registered Nurse - Adult Nursing
Health care is concerned with how health services are organised, delivered and improved, taking in patient needs, clinical practice, ethics, quality and the systems holding it together. Health sciences sit alongside management and social science. Graduates often work in clinical support, health administration, public health bodies and service improvement.
MSc International Management
Business administration concentrates on running an organisation as a whole: coordinating people, budgets, operations and strategy so that separate departments work in step. Attention falls on decisions that cut across functions rather than on a narrow specialism. Graduates often move into general management, operations, consulting, and planning or administrative roles across sectors.
MBA Masters of Business Administration
Business examines how organisations are created, financed, run and grown, from managing people and money to reading markets and making decisions under uncertainty. Coursework blends analysis with practical judgement. Graduates often move into management, consulting and entrepreneurship, or into specialist roles across finance, operations and marketing.
BSc (Hons) Nursing/Registered Nurse: Adult Nursing
Health care is concerned with how health services are organised, delivered and improved, taking in patient needs, clinical practice, ethics, quality and the systems holding it together. Health sciences sit alongside management and social science. Graduates often work in clinical support, health administration, public health bodies and service improvement.
BSc (Hons) Learning Disabilities Nursing
Health care is concerned with how health services are organised, delivered and improved, taking in patient needs, clinical practice, ethics, quality and the systems holding it together. Health sciences sit alongside management and social science. Graduates often work in clinical support, health administration, public health bodies and service improvement.
BSc (Hons) Computer Science
At its core, computer science is about computation: algorithms, data structures, programming languages, operating systems and the theory beneath them. Mathematical reasoning and hands-on building reinforce each other throughout. Graduates often become software engineers, or move into data, security, research, product development and technical roles in almost any industry.
BSc (Hons) Children's Nursing
Health care is concerned with how health services are organised, delivered and improved, taking in patient needs, clinical practice, ethics, quality and the systems holding it together. Health sciences sit alongside management and social science. Graduates often work in clinical support, health administration, public health bodies and service improvement.
BSc (Hons) Business Management
Business examines how organisations are created, financed, run and grown, from managing people and money to reading markets and making decisions under uncertainty. Coursework blends analysis with practical judgement. Graduates often move into management, consulting and entrepreneurship, or into specialist roles across finance, operations and marketing.
BA (Hons) International Business Management (Top-Up)
Business examines how organisations are created, financed, run and grown, from managing people and money to reading markets and making decisions under uncertainty. Coursework blends analysis with practical judgement. Graduates often move into management, consulting and entrepreneurship, or into specialist roles across finance, operations and marketing.
BA (Hons) International Business and Communication (Top-Up)
Business examines how organisations are created, financed, run and grown, from managing people and money to reading markets and making decisions under uncertainty. Coursework blends analysis with practical judgement. Graduates often move into management, consulting and entrepreneurship, or into specialist roles across finance, operations and marketing.
BA (Hons) Business Management (Top-Up)
Business examines how organisations are created, financed, run and grown, from managing people and money to reading markets and making decisions under uncertainty. Coursework blends analysis with practical judgement. Graduates often move into management, consulting and entrepreneurship, or into specialist roles across finance, operations and marketing.
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