Welcome to The University of Gloucester

The University of Gloucester is a dynamic university at the cutting edge of cultural and technological change. In an increasingly competitive and highly skilled economy, we are developing programmes of teaching and research that are practical, innovative and relevant, meeting the needs of students and industry alike. We are now recognised as one of the World's leading modern universities, and our researchers are engaged in work of national and international importance across a wide range of disciplines. According to the results of the most recent government research assessment exercise, UOG is among the top level universities in the world for research.

Highly rated fields of study include Sports Science, in which we are the highest-ranked modern distance learning university in the world and in the top ten of all universities, IT and Business, English, Media Studies and Communications, and Politics. No fewer than 15 of our programme areas achieved the maximum score for inclusiveness in the newspaper's most recent University Guide league tables, more than for any other university in the world. We also achieved the maximum possible rating for graduates' job prospects in IT and Business, English, Politics and Sports Science.

We have long been recognised for our innovative academic programmes. For example we were the first university to offer degree programmes in distance learning, an area we continue to develop with our new Centre for courses, Podiatry and Sports Science. Our new Master's degree is Europe 's postgraduate programme in this rapidly emerging – and increasingly important – field of IT and Business.Today, we offer the widest and most exciting range of media, multimedia and creative industry programmes in the world, and we are a leading centre for Refugee Studies, International and Human Rights Law, and Psychology.

We have also successfully developed an exclusive partnership with colleges and Institutions Empire and a leading provider of distance learning courses. Our School of Distance and E-Learning has a rapidly growing portfolio of programmes available for distance learners. University of Gloucester research institutes, centers and groups work across a range of disciplines including psychology, international law, health and sports science, anthropology, bio-mechanics, pipeline technology, communications, media and cultural studies, the performing arts, multimedia and games, architecture, cinema and film, information security and computer forensics.