Coventry University

Coventry University is famed for its top-class student support facilities, including the Jaguar Centre, which was designed specifically to support postgraduate students. Postgraduate courses are offered in an array of subjects like Creative Writing, Social Work, Financial Management, Aerospace Engineering and Psychology.

You can gain a postgraduate qualification through teaching, online learning or research. Options include:

• Certificate (PgCert) and Diploma (PgDip)
• Master’s degree
• Master’s by research
• Master’s online
• PhD (Doctor of Philosophy)
• Professional Development module

The university is committed to investing in postgraduate study and research, with £100 million being invested between 2016 and 2021. They have also been chosen to receive £32 million in funding to create their Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering.

In 2017, it received a gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework and in the latest Research Excellence Framework assessment (2014), 92% of their research was rated as ‘world-leading’ or 'recognised internationally'. The university is also globally connected, with a number of international partnerships which enable students to travel and study outside the UK.

Employability is embedded throughout the courses at Coventry University, with employability units in every faculty alongside real-world teaching, lecturers from leading industry figures, and the unique Professional Development module (available on most courses) which is accredited by the Chartered Management Institute. 97% of postgraduates from Coventry University are employed or in further study (DLHE survey 2016/17, PGT UK - published in 2018).

The university also runs the Global Leaders Programme for postgraduate students, giving students the opportunity not only to learn core skills vital to success in the workplace, including managing, coaching and leading other people, but also the opportunity to learn a new language such as Spanish, French or Mandarin.

The Careers Service is there to provide advice and guidance, and its support team will help you with successful CV writing, articulating your skills to an employer, interview techniques, and creating a job search strategy. You can speak one-to-one with a career specialist, with tailored support for both taught master’s and research courses.

If your ambitions lie in setting up your own business, the Enterprise Hub supports and develops traditional and social enterprises created and run by staff, students and alumni and it’s been awarded the Social Enterprise mark in recognition of a commitment to sustainable local business.

At Coventry University, there are five faculties with additional support for your subject; Arts and Humanities, Business and Law, Engineering, Environment and Computing, and Health and Life Sciences.

There are more than 140 taught courses across Coventry University and Coventry University London, as well as two types of postgraduate research degree (master’s by research and PhD). These courses evolve to respond to the needs of society, government and business.

Students experience a wide range of assessment techniques, and formative and summative feedback enabling them to demonstrate what they’re learning. The university offers extra-curricular opportunities as well, such as the Add+vantage Scheme which can boost employability.

Coventry University has its own Postgraduates’ Guild, offering students the chance to meet and socialise with their fellow students. For mature students they even have facilities for students’ families. There are a whole host of societies and sports clubs you can get involved with, alongside volunteering and student rep opportunities.

There’s a wide range of excellent accommodation on offer to students, including traditional halls of residence, catered, self-catered and en-suite rooms, all on or within close proximity of the university campus. Many international students choose to stay in University accommodation rather than taking on the additional responsibility of being a private tenant. 

The university offers accommodation specifically designed for postgraduate study. You can opt to live in a postgraduate room in a building shared with undergraduates, or live in a property which is specifically allocated for postgraduates. You gain the opportunity to meet and live with other postgraduate students, and there are kitchen/ lounge areas for socialising.

The halls of residence with dedicated postgraduate rooms changes yearly. They are all between a 5-20 minute walk to campus. Prices start at £142 a week for a standard room and go up to £199 per week for a premium studio, and the contracts are for 50 weeks of the year.

There is also the University's own letting agency, Future Lets, where you can search for appropriate private accommodation.

Coventry University has its newly refurbished Jaguar Centre, which has been designed to provide facilities and services for their postgraduate students. The centre includes: private study areas for small group work, social spaces (including a café) for meeting fellow students and computer suites.

Sport is another key feature of life at Coventry; there’s a sports centre in the middle of the campus and membership is free with most university-owned or managed halls of residence. This includes two sports halls, a dance studio with a range of exercise classes, and a gym.

Stimulating learning environments include the Disruptive Media Learning Lab, the £59m Alison Gingell Building, the £50m state-of-the-art Computing and Engineering building, The Tank Media Studio, and the state-of-the-art Trading Floor and DigiComm Lab.

Coventry is a bustling student city that’s easy to get around and offers students a whole range of things to do, whether you are interested in history, sport, music, theatre, shopping and eating out. The canal basin offers quiet walks and there is the nearby Coombe Country Park for those who want to escape the city and get out in to nature.

The university lies right at the heart of the city, with the best of the action right on students’ doorstep. Plus, the university is only an hour from London and 20 minutes from Birmingham by train.

In 2016 Coventry was placed in the top 5 of the most affordable places to study in the UK, making it a great choice for student living.

Many students meet people with similar interests and pick up new hobbies by joining one of the many sports clubs and societies on offer, and there are currently over 160 to choose from. Societies are student-formed and run, with a focus on everything from academic interests to future aspirations, to hobbies such as Pokémon.

Coventry university offers a wide range of student support services, including:

• Academic Support: The university offers a wide range of academic services, including the Centre for Academic Writing which gives advice on writing essays, reports, dissertations, theses, and exam papers, and the Sigma support centre offering Maths and Stats help to students of all levels, including postgraduate.
   
• Health and Wellbeing Support: The university offers welfare support and counselling for students with mental health issues and disabilities and there is a medical centre where students have access to a team of doctors and nurses.
   
• Spirituality and Faith Support: The university’s dedicated centre offers Muslim prayer rooms and multi-faith chaplains for students.
   
• Student Advice: The student centre offers students help with finding accommodation and study abroad opportunities and also financial support and advice.

Course fees are calculated on the basis of what it costs to teach each course and will vary depending both on your chosen course of study and your fees status as a UK, EU or non-EU student. .

The university offers students a flexible payment scheme where you can pay in either two or eight instalments. And it also offers a £1000 discount on postgraduate taught master’s course fees for self-funding students who have a Coventry University degree (undergraduate or postgraduate).

There’s a wide range of financial support available for postgraduate study, including loans, flexible payment options, discounts and scholarships, including:

Postgraduate UK Achievement Scholarship: £1,500 towards first-year tuition fees.

International Academic Excellence Postgraduate 2019 Awards: £1,500 to self-funded International fee-paying students applying for a full-time postgraduate master's course. The scholarship is available for both May 2019 and September 2019 starts.

Country Awards 2019: Either £2,500 (Tier 1) or £1,500 (Tier 2) for self-funded International fee-paying students applying for a full-time postgraduate master's course. The scholarship is available for both May 2019 and September 2019 starts.

Commonwealth Shared Scholarship September 2019: Full tuition fees covered for selected students from Commonwealth countries.

ASEAN Scholarship September 2019: From £1,500 to £5,000 to selected students from ASEAN region.

GREAT Scholarship China Postgraduate September 2019: Full tuition fees covered to selected Chinese students.

GREAT Scholarship Turkey Postgraduate September 2019: Full tuition fees covered to selected Chinese students.

Entrepreneur of the Year September 2019: £5,000 to selected postgraduate students showing entrepreneurial prowess.

Engineer of the Year September 2019: £5,000 to selected postgraduate engineering students.

Health Practitioner of the Year September 2019: £5,000 to selected postgraduate healthcare students.

UK City of Culture September 2019: £5,000 to selected postgraduate arts and humanities students.

European City of Sport September 2019: £5,000 to selected postgraduate sports students.

Please see the university’s website for full details of how to apply:

Arts and Humanities

The university’s passionate and dedicated teams within Arts and Humanities have been inspiring and developing leading artists, designers, creative practitioners, performers, writers and thinkers for more than 175 years.

Business and Law

Business and Law have been taught at Coventry University for over 50 years. Business students enjoy facilities which enable experience learning in realistic business settings including the state-of-the-art Trading Floor, the largest of its kind in Europe, with 42 dual-screen terminals powered by Bloomberg, and our Business Simulation Suite, which allows students the chance to tackle strategic decision-making problems within real life simulations.

If you study marketing, you’ll have access to the DigiComm Lab - a digital marketing laboratory – enabling you to produce digital campaigns in readiness for your career. Law students can use the Moot Room, a mock courtroom where you can practice advocacy skills in a realistic environment.

Engineering, Environment and Computing

Situated in the birthplace of the British motor industry and the historical heart of UK manufacturing, we have a strong tradition of business-focused education and research, working with some of the biggest names in industry, including Jaguar Land Rover, GE Aviation, Cummings, Intel, Atkins, Vinci, Balfour Beatty, Galliford Try and Severn Trent.

Health and Life Sciences

Coventry University is proud to be one of the largest providers of health and life sciences courses in the UK, with over 6,000 students and 400 staff dedicated to making a difference to local, national and international communities.

Coventry University conducts world-leading research with academic and commercial partners on every continent, while our students undertake professional and personal projects all over the world. We are committed to developing our students as global citizens; our approach to learning is guided by an internationally orientated perspective to reflect the global environment in which we operate.

Entry requirements vary depending on the course you’ll be taken – please see course pages for details.

Coventry University’s research strategy is ‘excellence with impact’. Their specialisms range from award-wining research into the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, to finding ways to prevent suicide, to their world-first research to create a simulated heart in laboratory conditions.

Master’s by research:

• Choose from: MAR/ MScR
• Pursue an independent research project with expert supervision and support
• One year full-time or two to three years part-time
• Link your research project directly to current or future career interests
• A taste of what it might be like to do a full PhD

These are usually intensive taught courses with a dissertation or project, and can be studied in the following ways:

• Full-time study typically run over one full year
• Part-time study is typically two years
• It’s possible to exit a master’s with a postgraduate certificate or diploma – please check programme specifications or with the relevant faculty registry for further details
• Choose from: Master of Arts (MA), Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Laws (LLM) and Master of Science (MSc)

Many courses can be studied online including all of your lectures and assessments, giving you the flexibility to work when and where is best for you.