At Keele, we're proud to offer a diverse range of career-focused courses and a thriving student life on our beautiful 600-acre campus, with everything you need on your doorstep.
Whatever your goals, at Keele our ambition is to prepare you for success. Located near both a vibrant university town and a bustling city, Keele is a global community for both academic and personal growth.
Postgraduate study at Keele enables you to specialise, progress and gain industry-relevant skills, with scholarships and bursaries helping to make advanced study more accessible. Many of our postgraduate programmes include professional placements or industry-focused pathways to enhance your employability. As a postgraduate student, you'll also be part of the Keele Postgraduate Association (KPA), a dedicated Students' Union offering support, events and a welcoming community at the KPA Clubhouse on campus.
We have over 2,600 bedrooms on campus, all within a short walk of central teaching spaces, shops, and food and drink venues.
Our Residence Life team supports students who live in halls of residence on campus, ensuring a community where students can relax, have fun, and feel connected, safe and secure. We offer guaranteed accommodation on campus for September entry undergraduate applicants who make Keele their firm choice, and who apply for accommodation by the deadline date (terms and conditions apply).
Keele University maintains a wide selection of scholarships and bursaries, available to postgraduate students based on their academic performance, course type or level or study. These funding options are a great way for students to reduce the cost of their studies and maximise their academic potential while at Keele.
In many cases UK postgraduate students are automatically considered for a range of scholarships based on their existing credentials and performance, so applications aren't necessary.
Available awards include:
Available awards and their eligibility criteria can vary.
Our students are the pioneers who will make positive change for our future, and our innovative teaching prepares them to meet the challenges ahead. We offer a broad range of subject areas at Keele, with opportunities to learn from academics who are experts in their field, on programmes designed to help you fulfil your potential and excel in your chosen career.
Our world-class teaching and research facilities support students as they expand their knowledge and develop future-proof career skills. That's why we continue to invest, providing innovative teaching and state-of-the-art spaces such as our £34m Central Science Laboratories, Smart Innovation Hub and the Harper & Keele Veterinary School, all designed to enable and encourage student success.
As a 600-acre campus university, Keele offers everything you might expect in a small town. Plus, some things you might not expect, like a beach volleyball court, football and hockey pitches, an award-winning Students' Union venue that offers gigs, club nights, quizzes and more, and over 120 sports clubs and societies!
With over 15,000 students from all over the world, our global community is welcoming and supportive, with plenty of opportunities to have a thriving social life at university.
As a Keele postgraduate student, you'll also be part of the Keele Postgraduate Association (KPA), a dedicated Students' Union offering support, events and a welcoming community at the KPA Clubhouse on campus.
We support every single student throughout their time at Keele.
If you need to talk to someone, whether it's about your studies or life outside of them, we have a Student Experience and Support team based within every Faculty, offering one-to-one support and helping you to access any additional support you might need including financial guidance, support for disabilities, specific learning difficulties and long-term health conditions, support around wellbeing and counselling, or accessing our chaplaincy and faith services.
Every Keele student can also access a 24-hour support line through our Student Assistance Programme, offering support for concerns such as stress and anxiety, low mood, family issues, bereavement, financial wellbeing and relationship advice.
Student Financial Support
Our Student Financial Support team offers confidential advice and guidance to help you to manage your money, so that you can make the most of your time at Keele.
We can help you to resolve issues with your Student Finance, create a budget, and support you to explore your options if you're facing financial hardship. We are also able to ensure that you receive any funding for which you may be eligible, such as bursaries, scholarships, and our award-winning Access and Success Fund.
Throughout our long history, Keele alumni have gone on to achieve remarkable things.
Our graduates join a global community of tens of thousands of alumni, who have worked in some of the world's most prestigious organisations, from international governments and organisations such as the UN to renowned corporations including the BBC, LEGO and Nike.
