Teesside University

We offer an outstanding study experience in a range of dynamic, energetic and innovative environments. International students ranked us number one in the UK for overall average satisfaction.*

We focus on helping you develop the knowledge and skills which will enhance your career potential. This is why international students ranked us number one in the UK and number two globally for our careers service.* Our graduates are working all over the world for companies such as the BBC, Aston Martin, Disney, Johnson Matthey, HSBC, United States Air Force Research Lab, Vodafone, Microsoft, the NHS, Rolls-Royce, Raleigh UK, 22 Cans, Framestore. International students ranked us number one in the UK for careers advice and employability.*

We have invested £270m into our new campus in Middlesbrough, creating new, world-class teaching facilities, and a safe and friendly place for you to focus on your study. One of the most affordable places in the UK, international students ranked us number one in the UK for accommodation costs.* Within minutes you can reach some of the most beautiful coast, countryside and historic cities in the UK, all by public transport.

We are committed to creating and delivering a valuable and enjoyable learning experience for our students – it’s what we do best.

• Students from over 100 countries have graduated from our programmes
• We are in the top 10% of world universities (THE World University Rankings 2016-17)
• International students ranked us number one in the UK for overall average satisfaction*
• Number one in the UK for average satisfaction with the learning experience*
• Number one in the UK and number two globally for our careers service*
• Number one in the UK for careers advice and employability.*
• Number one in the UK for overall average satisfaction*
• Over £270m invested in our award-winning campus
• Number two in England for the most qualified academic staff (HEFCE)
• Majority of our research is world leading or internationally excellent (Research Excellence Framework 2014)
• 85 years of innovation in education

*182 institutions participated globally, 42 in the UK, International Student Barometer Autumn 2016

For more information on Teesside University, courses and fees, please visit our website.

At Teesside University we offer programmes in a wide range of subjects. For most programmes you can select from a range of optional modules – so you can explore specific areas within your subject or a subject which most interests you.

• Art & Design
• Business, Accounting & Marketing
• Computer Animation & Visual Effects
• Computer Games
• Computing & Web
• Crime Scene & Forensic Science
• Criminology & Sociology
• Education, Early Childhood & Youth
• Engineering
• English
• History
• Health & Social Care
• Law, Policing & Investigation
• Media & Journalism
• Performing Arts & Music
• Psychology
• Science & Environment
• Sport & Exercise

Our programmes are accredited by relevant professional bodies like the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, British Psychological Society, Chartered Institute of Marketing, British Computer Society and National Council for the Training of Journalists.

Here are the types of programmes on offer:

International Foundation Year

A one-year programme that combines English language with some subject-specific modules.

Integrated Foundation Year

One year to prepare for a relevant degree, for those who do not require additional English language study, for example: Art Foundation Year (Games and Animation)

Undergraduate Degree

Three or four years’ study, sometimes called a bachelor’s or first degree. The four year course typically includes a work placement lasting one year.

Extended degree

Four-year programme that includes an integrated foundation year available across all science and engineering programmes.

Top-up Degree

One-year, full-time programme allowing you to top-up a Higher National Diploma (or equivalent) to an undergraduate degree.

Integrated Master’s Degree

Four-year, full-time integrated programme with three years at undergraduate level and one year at master’s level. Also available with one-year work placement extending the degree to five years

Postgraduate taught diploma, PgDip

One academic year full-time programme.

Postgraduate research degree

18-36 months depending on the award

Research degrees

Teesside offers research degrees at Master of Philosophy (MPhil) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) levels.

The University has excellent research partnerships with industry, commerce, and the public sector and academic partners. It offers a range of research support, services and facilities. There are a number of self-funded research projects available in selected research areas.

Students are required to bring their own scholarships or fund the PhD study themselves.

Research at Teesside is World-leading and internationally excellent research in selected areas of strength that informs learning and teaching, partner activity and knowledge transfer.

The research activity of each of the academic schools is co-ordinated via a school research institute attached to it:

• Digital Futures Institute Find out more.
• Health and Social Care Institute Find out more.
• Institute of Design, Culture and the Arts Find out more.
• Social Futures Institute Find out more.
• Technology Futures Institute Find out more.

Fees for international (non-European Union) students

Courses starting in September 2017

The yearly fees for new international students (non-EU) on a full-time course in 2017-18 are:

• £9,750 - international foundation programmes starting September (120 credits)
• £10,750 - full-time undergraduate course
• £1,350 - work placement year
• £10,450 - full-time postgraduate diploma course
• £10,950 - full-time postgraduate course
• £13,000 - Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• £10,950 - full-time research degree (standard tier)
• £13,650 - full-time research degree (higher tier)
• £5,475 - distance learning research degree (standard tier)
• £6,825 - distance learning research degree (higher tier)
• £650 - postgraduate writing-up fee

* The postgraduate taught degree, MBA and diploma is not an annual fee, it is the full cost of the programme, whether studied full-time or part-time. 

Some programmes are subject to higher fees. Find out more.

Scholarships

Teesside University offers a wide range of scholarships to International and EU students. Find out more.

Teesside University offers scholarships to international (non-EU) students who apply with higher than average grades or English language ability. These Teesside University International Scholarships apply to full-time students on undergraduate, postgraduate taught and postgraduate research programmes. The Scholarships are not available to students during a work placement year.  Find out more.

Entry Requirements

You will find the standard entry requirements for each programme on our website, alongside the programme details. Find out more.

The campus

We've invested £270m in our friendly town campus at the heart of Middlesbrough, and when you come to Teesside University you will discover that our campus facilities are first class. From the Curve, our new £20m teaching facility, to our Campus Heart outdoor space and our state-of-the-art library and learning spaces – you will find everything you need to support your studies. Find out more.

• Over £270m invested in our award-winning campus
• The Curve, our ultra-modern £22m five-storey teaching facility – providing a lecture theatre and flexible, innovative teaching and learning spaces – opened in 2015
• £6m expansion and upgrade of our science and engineering facilities, including a flight simulator and plant and jet engine simulation opened in 2016
• A new £2.75m gym opened in 2016
• A £6m library refurbishment investment

Library

Our library has four floors of quality, up-to-date resources with experienced staff on hand, 1,300 places for individual and group study, access to over 40,000 books and 79,500 journals. There are over 400 PCs available for use in the library, and there are specialist academic librarians for each subject area. Our learning hub provides practical advice on developing your academic skills – literature searching and referencing – and a learning café. There is also a new postgraduate learning lounge for quiet study. An additional £6m investment in refurbishment of the library is currently underway.

Business and management

Teesside University Business School is located in the Clarendon Building. Modern classrooms and group working areas provide a great space for you to challenge your thinking and gain practical skills, business acumen and entrepreneurial flair.

Engineering

Our engineering students enjoy access to the latest industry standard equipment. We have specialist engineering labs for the built environment, computer-aided design and manufacture, control systems, electrotechnology and telecommunications, plus specialist pilot plant facilities for chemical and mechanical engineering and nanotechnology.

Forensics

Teesside University has the largest crime scene house in a British university, with over

30 areas. In addition, you can use our state-of-the-art digital evidence laboratory, vehicle examination laboratory and our forensic science laboratories.

Sports

Put theory into practice with our excellent sporting facilities, combined with physiology and biomechanics labs, a hydrotherapy pool and an environmental chamber. Find out more

Health

Benefit from our clinical skills labs (four wards, 17 beds), with life-size training dummies, manual handling hoists, delivery beds, cots and midwifery equipment.

Law

Use our courtroom on campus, a replica of one of the courtrooms at Teesside Combined Court, to simulate Family, Crown or Magistrates’ Court hearings. Our replica police station includes an interview room, examination room, custody office and front desk. Our law clinic offers a free service to the community, giving law students practical experience in handling legal cases.

Creative arts

Get creative in our life drawing, music and HD TV studios, facilities for animation, post-production, motion capture, radio recording and editing, and the first purpose-built convergent newsroom in a UK university.

Media

Experiment in our new sound stage facility, including a state-of-the-art recording studio, lighting rig, stedicam, large HD green/bluescreen and a specialist Mark Roberts’ motion control system.

IT

Enjoy technology that meets your needs, from Macs for high-end design to hi-tech workstations for complex visualisation and software development, and over 2,700 workstations on campus. 

At Teesside University, we do everything we can to help you adapt quickly to your new life in a new country, and to make you feel at home. We offer many services and activities which will help you to make friends and become part of the University community. Find out more.

Our multi-award-winning Students' Union is the hub of social activity, in the UK top 10 (National Student Survey 2016), Gold in the 2015 NUS Green Impact Excellence Awards. Here you will find multi-award-winning social spaces, including our alcohol-free Love It Lounge, places to eat, support and advice services, sports clubs and Societies. There is also a job service to help you find part-time work.

Societies

When you arrive at Teesside University, you will have the chance to meet many students from different parts of the UK and from around the world. Joining a club or society will help you to make friends quickly as you will meet people with similar interests and share new experiences together. Find out more.

Fitness and Wellbeing

We have superb facilities for sport and wellbeing on campus and nearby. Our flagship Olympia building houses top-of-the-range sport and exercise labs, a temperature-controlled environmental chamber, 500-spectator sports hall for major tournaments, floodlit artificial turf pitch and a climbing wall. The new £2.5m health and fitness suite includes the latest cardiovascular and resistance fitness equipment, free weights areas, a sprint track, multi-purpose studios, sauna and a specialist treatment area.

Off-campus you will enjoy our 60-acre Saltersgill sports ground, River Tees Water Sports Centre for rowing, canoeing and kayaking, and the nearby Tees Barrage with its world-class white water rafting course. Or choose from local tennis, swimming, water sports, athletics, cycling, pool and snooker facilities.

Our local countryside offers many beautiful places for walking, running, mountain biking and horse riding in the North York Moors and along the beautiful North Yorkshire coastline.

Faith

Middlesbrough is a multicultural town with a wide range of faith communities. Within easy reach of the University you will find Anglican, Baptist, Buddhist, Greek Orthodox, Hindu, Islamic, Jewish, Methodist, Quaker, Roman Catholic, Sikh and United Reformed places of worship.

Eating

Middlesbrough has great cafés and restaurants for all budgets and tastes – Arabic, British, Chinese, Halal, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Malaysian, vegetarian and more. If you are missing your home food, you will also find many international supermarkets selling authentic products close to the University. Halal food is very easy to find.

Entertainment

Support our Premier League Team, Middlesbrough Football Club. Watch world-class football at the club's Riverside Stadium, just a few minutes away from the campus.

Music - Hear live music from British and international performers at The Empire, Town Hall or Middlesbrough Mela, which celebrates Asian culture with music, dance and food.

Art & Culture - Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (mima), part of Teesside University, is an international Plus TATE gallery, linking with national and international artists and institutions. Visit Middlesbrough Theatre for drama, comedy and musicals and Cineworld for current blockbuster films – both are within walking distance of the campus.

Career guidance

International students rank us number one in the UK for careers advice and employability, number one in the UK and number two globally for our careers service (182 institutions participated globally, 42 in the UK, International Student Barometer Autumn 2016). Get advice and guidance to explore new career options. Speak with a dedicated adviser, make use of our comprehensive resources, research jobs and vacancies online or work on online applications.

Counselling

Our confidential service can support you through personal or academic difficulties with professional counsellors available by appointment.

Specialist international advice

International students looking for help in matters regarding visas, immigration, work permits, funding study, residency and settling can talk to the international advisers on campus.

Gokul Ratakonda, from Mumbai, India

Doctorate in Counselling Psychology

I had the choice to either study in India or to go abroad. When I researched the courses available in India, I discovered that there weren’t many courses available which combined practice and study. So I looked at the UK, because the qualification system is aligned with India, and I had the right entry requirements to apply for study.

When I looked at the course content at Teesside University, I saw they teach a wide perspective here. The course is accredited by the British Psychological Society. The fees for courses like mine are roughly the same across the UK, but the living expenses at Teesside are much more affordable, and this is very attractive.

I’m only a few months into my course, but I can already say the teaching is very different. Lectures are longer and more focussed. In one week you can cover a whole subject from start to finish. You have the chance to prepare before your classes, you know the reading materials in advance.  

The campus is great. I have access to the library and I love the ambience there. I have time constraints, but I have found time to enrol in cinema society – we meet twice a week. I have made friends – it’s amazing how I have been able to gel with people. The neighbourhood is very friendly. People were so helpful in guiding me around town when I arrived. Local people are very kind.

I would definitely recommend my course here at Teesside. It is an operative, well-structured course, with excellent faculty. They are experienced, they have worked as psychologists.