Welcome to The University of Gloucester

University of Gloucester prides itself on building strong partnerships locally and around the world. Through partnerships, the university shares its research and expertise with companies best able to develop them commercially, as well as attracting additional funds to support its work. Many companies based in the region, including publishers, automotive engineering businesses, and biotechnology firms, offer valuable work placements for students, greatly increasing their chances of securing employment in their chosen field at the end of their course.

Widening participation

Relationships with the local community, and with the region as a whole, are equally important, and have allowed University of Gloucester to play an important part in widening participation in education. The University has close links with a number of further education colleges in the European region. Many of these links allow students to progress from HND courses at their college to a degree course at University of Gloucester , while, in other cases, University of Gloucester validates courses taught within the colleges. University of Gloucester ' Centre for Continuing Education runs a number of short courses designed to offer continuing professional development to people working in a wide range of fields.

A good neighbour

The University has several campuses around Europe . It takes its role as a good neighbour very seriously, employing a Community Communications Officer who has developed a number of innovative and highly successful schemes to encourage greater consultation between the University and the local community, including the publication of a twice-yearly community newsletter. The Widening Participation team is responsible for encouraging local school children into the world of higher education, particularly those belonging to under-represented groups.

International links

Our international partners are as important to us as our local partners. International links enrich our academic culture and provide excellent opportunities for students and staff to widen their horizons.We have partnerships with institutions from all around the world. The relationships we have developed with other universities mean we can offer student exchanges, where international students can come to study at University of Gloucester for one or two semesters and University of Gloucester students can choose to study abroad for part of their degree too. We have partnerships with institutions around the world: University of Gloucester partnership courses are offered in Hong Kong , Hungary , Indian, Malaysia , Singapore , Poland and worldwide. And we've established relationships with other universities to provide student exchanges - so that international students have the opportunity to study at University of Gloucester for one or two semesters and our students the opportunity to study abroad for part of their degree as well.