University of Gloucestershire

The University of Gloucestershire is spread across three campuses in the town of Cheltenham and City of Gloucester. The university offers over 100 academic study programmes through nine schools, which are:

• Art and Design
• Computing and Technology
• Education
• Health and Social Care
• Liberal and Performing Arts
• Media
• Natural and Social Sciences
• Sport and Exercise
• Business School

All campuses are well served with public transport and are close to the M5 within easy reach of Birmingham and Bristol, while London is just two hours away.

Park campus brings together students from a range of subjects and is surrounded by 24 acres of parkland and a lake.

Francis Close Hall campus helps shape the next generation of graphic designers, teachers, creative writers, criminologists, biologists and geographers.   Part of Francis Close Hall campus and just a 2 minute stroll down the road, the Hardwick Centre for Art and Photography is a thriving hub of creativity dedicated to design and photography with studios, gallery, dark room and sculpture yard.

Oxstalls campus in Gloucester is one of the largest sports campus in the country and is also home to the Leisure, Events Management and Performing Arts and Drama courses.

The university is in the midst of a £90 million capital programme of investment which has contributed to new buildings and facilities including state of the art facilities in the Media Centre and a new computing and cyber security centre at Park campus in Cheltenham, and a brand new Performing Arts and Events Centre at Oxstalls campus in Gloucester.  A new 794-bed Student Village at Pittville in Cheltenham is set to open in September 2017.

The university is also moving ahead with plans to double the student population in Gloucester, move its Business School from Cheltenham to Oxstalls campus, build a brand new £16 million building to house the Business School and Growth Hub and substantially improve and increase sports facilities at the Oxstalls campus and adjacent Plock Court Sports Park for September 2018.