University of Northampton

University of Northampton

The University of Northampton is a public university located in the county of Northamptonshire, around 90 minutes from London. The university's predecessor was opened in 1924 by the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth). It received full university status in 2005. It ranked 93rd in the UK in The Guardian's 2021 University Rankings and has a TEF Gold Award. It also was named the Midlands' most 'Enterprising University of the Year' in both 2011 and 2012 for its work in social enterprise.

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Programs at University of Northampton

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Master's

MSc Advanced Design and Manufacturing With Placement Year

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Design
2 years
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MSc

MSc Project Management with placement

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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
2 years
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MSc

MSc Accounting and Finance with Placement Year

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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
2 years
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Bachelor of Arts

BA (Hons) Graphic Design

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Graphic design shapes how information and ideas look and are understood, through typography, layout, colour, image and brand systems. Projects usually move from brief to research, concept, iteration and finished artwork, with critique along the way. Graduates often work in studios, in-house design teams, advertising, publishing and digital product design.

Graphic Design
3 years
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Bachelor of Arts

BA (Hons) Fashion Textiles Footwear and Accessories (Top-Up)

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Fashion design covers the making of garments and collections: research and concept development, drawing, pattern cutting, fabric choice and construction. It is about moving an idea from sketch to finished piece while keeping the person who will wear it in mind. Graduates often work in design studios, product development, styling, buying and their own labels.

Fashion Design
1 year
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MSc

MSc 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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MSc

MSc Project Management with Placement Year

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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
2 years
United Kingdom
MSc

MSc Project Management

University of Northampton

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.

Business Administration
1 year
United Kingdom
MSc

MSc Physiotherapy (pre-registration)

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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.

Physiotherapy
2 years
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MSc

MSc Occupational Therapy (Pre-Registration)

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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.

Occupational Therapy
2 years
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MSc

MSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management

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This field follows goods from raw material to customer: sourcing, production planning, warehousing, transport and the information that ties them together. It involves modelling flows, controlling inventory and cost, and managing disruption across suppliers and borders. Graduates often work in procurement, logistics, operations planning and distribution.

Business Administration
1 year
United Kingdom
MSc

MSc International Marketing Strategy

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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

MSc International Business Management

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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
1 year
United Kingdom
MSc

MSc Computing with Placement Year

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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
2 years
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MSc

MSc Computing (Software Engineering)

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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
United Kingdom
MSc

MSc Computing (Internet Technology and Security)

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Engineering and technology cover the design, building and improvement of the systems, machines and processes societies depend on. Whatever the specialism, the method stays recognisable: apply mathematics and science, model the problem, test, and refine within real constraints of cost, safety and materials. Graduates work across industry, infrastructure, energy and technology development.

Computer Sciences
1 year
United Kingdom
MSc

MSc Computing (Computer Networks Engineering)

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Engineering and technology cover the design, building and improvement of the systems, machines and processes societies depend on. Whatever the specialism, the method stays recognisable: apply mathematics and science, model the problem, test, and refine within real constraints of cost, safety and materials. Graduates work across industry, infrastructure, energy and technology development.

Computer Sciences
1 year
United Kingdom
MSc

MSc Computing

University of Northampton

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
United Kingdom
MSc

MSc Business Analytics

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Business analytics turns organisational data into decisions: forecasting demand, measuring what marketing actually achieves, and spotting where operations lose money. The work combines statistics, database querying and modelling with the ability to explain findings to people who are not analysts. Graduates often work as analysts, consultants and decision-support specialists.

Business
1 year
United Kingdom
MSc

MSc Advanced Design and Manufacturing

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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.

Design
1 year
United Kingdom
MSc

MSc Accounting and Finance

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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
United Kingdom
Master of Business Administration

MBA Master of Business Administration with Placement

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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
2 years
United Kingdom
Master of Business Administration

MBA Master of Business Administration

University of Northampton

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
1 year
United Kingdom
Master of Arts

MA Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

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English studies covers the literature written in English and the workings of the language itself — how texts are built, how meaning shifts, how writing responds to its moment. Close reading, argument and clear writing are the core skills. Graduates often enter publishing, teaching, media, communications, marketing and law.

Education
1 year
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Master of Arts

MA Special Educational Needs and Inclusion (Autism Pathway)

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Disability studies examines disability as a social and political experience as much as a medical one, looking at barriers, rights, representation and the design of services and spaces. Students engage with law, history, ethics and the voices of disabled people themselves. Graduates often work in advocacy, policy, education, social care and accessibility roles.

Disability Studies
1 year
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Master of Arts

MA Special Educational Needs and Inclusion

University of Northampton

Disability studies examines disability as a social and political experience as much as a medical one, looking at barriers, rights, representation and the design of services and spaces. Students engage with law, history, ethics and the voices of disabled people themselves. Graduates often work in advocacy, policy, education, social care and accessibility roles.

Disability Studies
1 year
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Master of Arts

MA Social Work

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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.

Social Work
2 years
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Master of Arts

MA Education

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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.

Education
1 year
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BSc

BSc (Hons) International Nursing Studies (Top-Up)

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International relations studies how states, institutions and other actors interact: diplomacy, conflict and security, trade, development, and the rules and organisations shaping global politics. Theory and history are used to make sense of current events. Graduates often work in government and diplomacy, international organisations, humanitarian and development bodies, journalism, research and risk analysis.

International Relations
1 year
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BSc

BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance

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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
3 years
United Kingdom
Bachelor of Arts

BA (Hons) Strategic Management and International Business (Top-Up)

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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
United Kingdom
Bachelor of Arts

BA (Hons) Global Business Management (Top-Up)

University of Northampton

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
1 year
United Kingdom
Bachelor of Arts

BA (Hons) Business Management

University of Northampton

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
3 years
United Kingdom

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