Ulster University

Ulster University

Ulster University is the largest university in Northern Ireland. It opened in 1968 and merged with Ulster Polytechnic in 1984 and has four campuses - in Belfast, Derry, Coleraine and Jordanstown. There are also campuses in London and Birmingham on the UK mainland. More than 27,000 students choose Ulster every year with international students from more than 100 countries. It is ranked in the top 150 global institutions under 50 years of age in The Times Higher Education 150 Under 50 World University rankings. It’s also scored highly in the National Student Survey with 87% satisfaction rates. What are the IELTS requirements for Ulster University? Generally, Ulster University requires an overall IELTS (Academic) is 6.0 with no band score under 5.5 for the undergraduate courses. For postgraduate, a band score of 6.0 and above is required, with no individual score lower than 5.5 depending on the program. This is applicable to international students from most countries. For more details refer to the Official website of Ulster University What is the Ulster University acceptance rate for international students? The Ulster University acceptance rate is 81%. Residential and Facilities Management offices Water Fountains Lockers Ulster University Sports Centre: Fitness Suite, Strength Zone, Group fitness studio Ulster University 24-hour Library Student Life Ulster University’s campuses each offer an individual experience, from the lively nightlife and culture of Belfast to the scenery of the Causeway Coast. This includes many of the filming locations from Game of Thrones as well as the birthplace of the Titanic. There is an international orientation programme to help students settle in, English language support and student clubs where you can meet fellow international students.

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Programs at Ulster University

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Master's

MSc Sustainable Management

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Sustainability Studies
1 year
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Master's

MSc Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

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Artificial Intelligence
1 year
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MSc

MSc Mechatronic Engineering

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Mechatronics sits where mechanical engineering, electronics, control and computing meet, designing systems in which moving parts, sensors and software behave as an integrated whole. Students build and test automated systems, from actuators and circuits to embedded code. Graduates often work in automation, manufacturing, robotics, automotive and industrial equipment.

Mechatronics
1 year
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MSc

MSc Food and Nutrition

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Food science applies chemistry, microbiology and engineering to what we eat: how ingredients behave, how products are preserved, and how safety and quality are controlled from processing to shelf. Laboratory analysis of formulation and composition is a common part of the work. Graduates often work in product development, quality assurance, food safety and manufacturing.

Food Science
1 year
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MSc

MSc Ethical and Responsible Artificial Intelligence

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Artificial intelligence studies how machines can perceive, learn, reason and act, covering machine learning, neural networks, language and vision, search and planning, and the ethical questions raised along the way. Mathematics and programming underpin the work. Graduates often work in machine learning engineering, research, data roles, robotics and product development.

Artificial Intelligence
1 year
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MSc

MSc Cyber Security

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Cyber security is about protecting systems, networks and data from attack, and understanding the people and incentives behind threats. Study covers cryptography, secure design, network defence, incident response and digital forensics, together with the habits of testing and defending real systems. Graduates often work in security operations, penetration testing, risk and governance, and consultancy.

Cyber Security
1 year
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MSc

MSc Accounting

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Accounting deals with how financial information is recorded, verified and reported so that decisions can be made and organisations held to account. Study covers financial and management accounting, auditing, taxation and reporting rules. Graduates often work in accountancy practice, corporate finance teams, audit, tax, and financial management or analysis.

Accounting
1 year
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Master's

MDes User Experience and Service Design

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User experience design asks how people encounter digital products and how to make that encounter clear and usable. The work runs from user research and information architecture through wireframes, prototypes and usability testing to accessibility and interface detail. Graduates become UX and product designers, interaction designers, user researchers and design strategists.

User Experience Design
1 year
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Master of Laws

LLM/MSc Legal Innovation and Technology Law

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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.

Law
1 year
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Master of Laws

LLM Human Rights

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Human rights as a field examines the claims people hold simply by being human, and the legal and political machinery built to protect them. Law, philosophy, history and politics come together around questions of dignity, accountability and abuse. Graduates often work in law, advocacy, humanitarian organisations, research and policy.

Human Right
1 year
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Master of Laws

LLM Gender and Human Rights

Ulster University

Human rights as a field examines the claims people hold simply by being human, and the legal and political machinery built to protect them. Law, philosophy, history and politics come together around questions of dignity, accountability and abuse. Graduates often work in law, advocacy, humanitarian organisations, research and policy.

Human Right
1 year
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Master's

PGDip/MSc Biomedical Engineering

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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.

Biomedical Engineering
1 year
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Master's

PGDip/MSc Advanced Composites and Polymers

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Polymer science studies the long-chain molecules behind plastics, rubbers, fibres, adhesives and many biological materials — how they are synthesised, how their structure governs strength, flexibility and durability, and how they are processed and recycled. Graduates often work in materials manufacturing, packaging, medical devices, coatings and research.

Polymer Science
1 year
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Master's

PGDip Manufacturing Management

Ulster University

Manufacturing engineering is concerned with how things get made at scale: machining and forming processes, automation, factory layout, quality control and the cost of every decision. It involves designing production lines and improving them once they are running. Graduates often work in production engineering, process improvement, automation and quality assurance.

Manufacturing Engineering
1 year
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Master's

PGDip Biomedical Engineering

Ulster University

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.

Biomedical Engineering
1 year
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Master's

MSc/PGDip/PGCert Health Promotion and Public Health

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Public health concerns the health of populations rather than individual patients: why disease spreads, which conditions cluster where, and what prevention and policy can change. It combines epidemiology, statistics, health promotion and the social causes of illness. Graduates often work in health authorities, non-governmental organisations, research and health programme management.

Public Health
1 year
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Master's

MSc/PGDip/PGCert Construction Management

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Civil engineering covers the design, construction and maintenance of the built environment: buildings, bridges, roads, water supply, drainage and other infrastructure. Mechanics, materials and structural analysis combine with project planning and constant attention to safety and cost. Graduates often work in design consultancies, construction, transport, and water or environmental engineering.

Civil Engineering
1 year
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Master's

MSc /PGCert/PGDip Nursing

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Nursing centres on caring for people through illness, recovery and long-term conditions: assessing patients, delivering treatment, managing risk and supporting families. Anatomy, pharmacology and evidence-based practice join communication and ethics. Graduates often work in hospitals, community and primary care, mental health, specialist services, education and health research.

Nursing
1 year
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MSc

MSc Mechanical Engineering

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Mechanical engineering deals with machines and moving systems: how forces, materials, heat and fluids behave, and how to design and manufacture things that work reliably. Modelling, simulation and laboratory testing support the design process. Graduates often work in manufacturing, automotive and aerospace sectors, energy, robotics, and product design or testing.

Mechanical Engineering
1 year
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MSc

MSc Marketing

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Marketing studies how organisations understand customers and bring products and services to them, spanning research, branding, pricing, distribution, advertising and digital channels. The work blends creative thinking with data about behaviour. Graduates often work in brand and product management, digital marketing, market research, advertising, and sales or communications.

Marketing
1 year
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MSc Manufacturing Management

Ulster University

Manufacturing engineering is concerned with how things get made at scale: machining and forming processes, automation, factory layout, quality control and the cost of every decision. It involves designing production lines and improving them once they are running. Graduates often work in production engineering, process improvement, automation and quality assurance.

Manufacturing Engineering
1 year
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MSc

MSc Management and Corporate Governance

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Governmental affairs looks at how public institutions actually work: how laws and regulations are made, how budgets and agencies operate, and how organisations engage with decision-makers. Students practise policy analysis, briefing and stakeholder engagement. Graduates often work in public administration, public affairs and government relations, advocacy organisations and regulatory bodies.

Governmental Affairs
1 year
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MSc Management

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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.

Business
1 year
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MSc

MSc International Tourism and Hospitality Management

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Hospitality management is about running places where people stay, eat and gather: hotels, restaurants, resorts and catering operations. It covers service quality, revenue and cost control, staffing, and the guest experience from booking to departure. Graduates often move into hotel and restaurant operations, revenue management, events and food service.

Hospitality Management
1 year
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MSc International Event Management

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This field covers how complex undertakings get planned, budgeted, staffed and delivered on time, from construction schemes to conferences and festivals. The work involves scheduling, risk assessment, supplier coordination and keeping everyone aligned when plans change. Graduates often work in project offices, agencies, venues and operations teams across many industries.

Project And Event Management
1 year
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MSc

MSc International Business with Human Resource Management

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Human resources focuses on how organisations recruit, develop, reward and retain people, and how workplace culture, employment law and wellbeing affect performance. The subject draws on psychology, employment relations and management practice. Graduates often work in recruitment, learning and development, employee relations, compensation and benefits, and wider people or operations roles.

Human Resources
1 year
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MSc

MSc International Business with Data Analytics

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Data science turns large and messy datasets into something useful, combining statistics, programming and machine learning with the judgement to ask sensible questions. Storage, processing at scale and clear communication of results all matter. Graduates often work as data scientists, analysts or data engineers across technology, finance, health and public services.

Data Sciences And Big Data
1 year
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MSc

MSc Energy Storage (Applied Research)

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Renewable energy policy examines how governments and markets shift electricity, heat and transport away from fossil fuels: subsidies, carbon pricing, grid rules, permitting and public acceptance. Study blends knowledge of energy systems with economics, law and political analysis. Graduates often work in policy, regulation, utilities, consultancy and advocacy.

Renewable Energy Policy
2 years
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MSc

MSc Energy Storage

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Power engineering concerns the generation, transmission and distribution of electrical energy. The subject covers machines and transformers, transmission networks, protection and control, power electronics, and the challenge of integrating renewable sources into existing grids. Graduates often join utilities, network operators, equipment manufacturers, renewable energy developers or engineering consultancies.

Power Engineering
1 year
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MSc

MSc Electronic Engineering

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Electronic engineering deals with circuits and the devices built from them, from sensors and amplifiers to embedded processors and communication systems. It covers analogue and digital design, signal processing, and the testing of hardware that must work reliably. Graduates often work in electronics design, telecommunications, semiconductors, instrumentation and embedded systems.

Electronic Engineering
1 year
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MSc

MSc Data Science

Ulster University

Data science turns large and messy datasets into something useful, combining statistics, programming and machine learning with the judgement to ask sensible questions. Storage, processing at scale and clear communication of results all matter. Graduates often work as data scientists, analysts or data engineers across technology, finance, health and public services.

Data Sciences And Big Data
1 year
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MSc

MSc Computing Science (Conversion)

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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.

Computer Sciences
1 year
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MSc

MSc Computer Science

Ulster University

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.

Computer Sciences
1 year
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MSc

MSc Business Development and Innovation

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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.

Business
1 year
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MSc

MSc Biomedical Engineering

Ulster University

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.

Biomedical Engineering
1 year
United Kingdom
MSc

MSc Artificial Intelligence

Ulster University

Artificial intelligence studies how machines can perceive, learn, reason and act, covering machine learning, neural networks, language and vision, search and planning, and the ethical questions raised along the way. Mathematics and programming underpin the work. Graduates often work in machine learning engineering, research, data roles, robotics and product development.

Artificial Intelligence
1 year
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MSc

MSc Advanced Composites and Polymers

Ulster University

Polymer science studies the long-chain molecules behind plastics, rubbers, fibres, adhesives and many biological materials — how they are synthesised, how their structure governs strength, flexibility and durability, and how they are processed and recycled. Graduates often work in materials manufacturing, packaging, medical devices, coatings and research.

Polymer Science
1 year
United Kingdom
Master of Business Administration

MBA (Master of Business Administration)

Ulster University

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.

Business Administration
1 year
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Master of Arts

MA English Literature

Ulster University

Performance and literature reads texts both on the page and on the stage, asking how writing becomes voice, body and live event. Study combines literary analysis and critical theory with practical exploration of performance, adaptation and dramatic form. Graduates often go into theatre, arts programming, teaching, publishing, media and cultural work.

Performance And Literature
1 year
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Master of Laws

LLM International Commercial Law and ADR

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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.

Law
1 year
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Master of Laws

LLM Human Rights Law and Transitional Justice

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Criminology investigates why crime happens, how societies define and respond to it, and what policing, courts, punishment and prevention actually achieve. It draws on sociology, psychology, law and statistics. Graduates often work in criminal justice agencies, community and youth services, research and policy roles, security and the voluntary sector.

Criminology
1 year
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