The University of Northampton

Education has an extensive history in Northampton dating back to the 13th century whilst the University of Northampton has evolved from the beginning of the 20th century. The University of Northampton is one of the youngest universities in the UK and is already leading the way in adding value to society.

UON supports students at every step of the way whichever course they choose providing them with first–class teaching, modern facilities, impressive accommodation and great learning. The University have increased focus on seminars or tutorials that allow closer interaction between students and a member of staff in the form of discussion in small groups or one-to-one that mimic practice in the professional world, allowing for experimentation, ideas, and teamwork. All postgraduate courses that are offered at UON are fantastic and provide students with an opportunity to widen their career prospects. Students can gain detailed knowledge of a particular area that they find interesting with diverse postgraduate degree programmes.

The University offers a unique combination of benefits for international students that make them hard to beat when it comes for students on deciding where to study for UK degree. This includes work placement options, International Short Study programmes and their attractive International Scholarship scheme. Their dedicated International Student Support team helps continuing, current and new international students will all aspects of life at UON including Visa and Immigration matters.

A huge part of coming to university is the social life. Students here get the opportunity to make new friends, enjoy hobbies new and old, and sample everything the town has to offer. As well as all the fun things, UON also provides a supportive environment for students, so that their life at university is as smooth as possible. If all of that isn’t enough, Northampton town and county have so much to offer too. It has got plenty of culture, sport and history to keep students busy in their downtime.

The University’s £330 million Waterside Campus was built with the following principles in mind Open campus, for the community; Sensitive to its surroundings; Accessible, with cycle routes linking the town centre and Delapre Park; Designed to promote sustainable travel; Sustainable low carbon campus and Supporting a digitally transformed University.