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University of Derby
Location: Derby (United Kingdom)
Founded: 1851
Students: 19,145 (9% international)
Ranking: #362 (Europe)
#801 (World)
Listed study programmes: 374
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University of Derby

Located in the heart of England, we build on our region’s heritage of innovation to provide industry-relevant, expert teaching, from foundation and undergraduate degrees through to postgraduate study and research.

Rated Gold in the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF) and a Top 30 UK University in the Guardian University Guide 2020, our academic strength is backed up by practical experience to ensure our students are ready for a successful career.

Whether you choose to study full-time, part-time, online or on-campus in Derby, Buxton or Chesterfield, our wide range of subjects will help you develop the skills and confidence to aim high.


  • Bachelor’s
    programmes
  • Master’s
    programmes
  • Doctorate
    programmes

Bachelors at the University of Derby

Art, Design & Media (51)
  • Animation
  • Animation
  • Architectural Design
  • Architectural Technology and Practice
  • Architectural Technology and Practice with Foundation Year
  • CGI and Visual Effects
  • Computer Games Modelling and Animation
  • Computer Games Modelling and Animation with Foundation Year
  • Costume and Set Design
  • Creative Art and Design Practice (Top-Up)
  • Creative Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing
  • Creative Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing with Foundation Year
  • Dance
  • Dance and Movement Studies
  • Fashion Design
  • Fashion Design and Marketing
  • Film and Television Studies
  • Film Production
  • Fine Art
  • Football Journalism
  • Football Journalism with Foundation Year
  • Graphic Design
  • Graphic Design
  • Illustration
  • Illustration
  • Interior Architecture and Venue Design
  • Interior Architecture and Venue Design with Foundation Year
  • Interior Design
  • Journalism
  • Journalism
  • Journalism with Foundation Year
  • Magazine Journalism
  • Magazine Journalism with Foundation Year
  • Media Production
  • Music Production
  • Photography
  • Photography
  • Photography (Professional and Applied)
  • Popular Music
  • Popular Music in Society
  • Popular Music Performance
  • Product Design
  • Publishing
  • Sound, Light and Live Event Technology
  • Sound, Light and Live Event Technology with Foundation Year
  • Specialist Sports Journalism
  • Specialist Sports Journalism with Foundation Year
  • Technical Theatre
  • Textile Design
  • Theatre
  • Theatre Arts
Business & Management (54)
  • Accounting
  • Accounting and Finance
  • Accounting and Finance Integrated Masters
  • Accounting and Finance (Top-Up) (Online)
  • Accounting and Finance with Foundation Year
  • Banking and Finance (Top-Up)
  • Business Accounting and Finance
  • Business Accounting and Finance with Foundation Year
  • Business and Management (Online)
  • Business and Management (Top-Up) (Online)
  • Business Management (CMI accredited)
  • Business Management (CMI accredited) with Foundation Year
  • Business Management (Enterprise)
  • Business Management (Finance)
  • Business Management (HRM)
  • Business Management (International Business)
  • Business Management (Marketing)
  • Business Management (Top-Up)
  • Business Studies
  • Business Studies with Foundation Year
  • Economics and Finance
  • Economics and Finance with Foundation Year
  • Event Management
  • Event Management with Foundation Year
  • Finance
  • Finance with Foundation Year
  • Human Resource Management
  • International Business
  • International Business and Finance
  • International Business and Finance (Top-Up)
  • International Business and Finance with Foundation Year
  • International Business (Top-Up)
  • International Business with Foundation Year
  • International Hospitality Business Management (Top-Up) (Online)
  • International Hospitality Management
  • International Hospitality Management with Foundation Year
  • International Tourism Management
  • International Tourism Management with Foundation Year
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management with Foundation Year
  • Management Accounting (Top-Up) (Online)
  • Marketing (Consumer Psychology)
  • Marketing (Consumer Psychology) with Foundation Year
  • Marketing (Digital)
  • Marketing (Digital) with Foundation Year
  • Marketing (Management)
  • Marketing (Management) Top-Up
  • Marketing (Management) with Foundation Year
  • Marketing (PR and Advertising)
  • Marketing (PR and Advertising) with Foundation Year
  • Media and Communication
  • Media and Communication
  • Media and Communication with Foundation Year
  • Professional Culinary Arts (Top-Up)
Computer Science & IT (15)
  • Computer Games Programming
  • Computer Games Programming with Foundation Year
  • Computer Networks and Security
  • Computer Networks and Security with Foundation Year
  • Computer Science
  • Computer Science with Foundation Year
  • Computing and Information Technologies (Top-Up) (Online)
  • Cyber Security
  • Cyber Security with Foundation Year
  • Digital Forensics and Security
  • Digital Forensics and Security with Foundation Year
  • Information Technology
  • Information Technology with Foundation Year
  • Mathematics and Computer Science
  • Mathematics and Computer Science with Foundation Year
Engineering & Technology (22)
  • Architectural Technology and Practice
  • Architectural Technology and Practice with Foundation Year
  • Civil Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Civil Engineering with Foundation Year
  • Civil Engineering with Foundation Year
  • Construction Management and Property Development
  • Construction Management and Property Development with Foundation Year
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Foundation Year
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Foundation Year
  • Engineering Management (Top-Up)
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering with Foundation Year
  • Motorsport Engineering
  • Motorsport Engineering
  • Motorsport Engineering with Foundation Year
  • Property Development
  • Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management
  • Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management with Foundation Year
Environment & Agriculture (7)
  • Geography and Environmental Hazards
  • Geography and Environmental Hazards with Foundation Year
  • Geology
  • Geology
  • Geology and Environmental Hazards
  • Geology and Environmental Hazards with Foundation Year
  • Geology with Foundation Year
Humanities (17)
  • American Studies
  • Creative & Professional Writing
  • Creative & Professional Writing
  • Creative & Professional Writing with Foundation Year
  • English
  • English
  • English Integrated Masters
  • English Language
  • English Literature and Language with Foundation Year with optional TESOL pathway
  • English Literature and Language with optional TESOL pathway
  • English with Foundation Year
  • History
  • History
  • History Integrated Masters
  • History with Foundation Year
  • Writing and Publishing
  • Writing and Publishing with Foundation Year
Law (1)
  • Law
Medicine & Health (27)
  • Biomedical Health
  • Biomedical Health with Foundation Year
  • Community Specialist Practice
  • Diagnostic Radiography
  • Nursing (Adult)
  • Nursing (Children's) with NMC registration
  • Nursing (Mental Health)
  • Nursing Studies (Top-Up) (Online)
  • Performance Analysis and Coaching Science
  • Performance Analysis and Coaching Science with Foundation Year
  • Perioperative Practice (Top-Up) (Online)
  • Physical Activity, Nutrition and Health
  • Physical Activity, Nutrition and Health with Foundation Year
  • Specialist Community Public Health Nursing
  • Sport and Education
  • Sport and Education with Foundation Year
  • Sport and Exercise Science
  • Sport and Exercise Science with Foundation Year
  • Sport and Exercise Studies
  • Sport Coaching and Development
  • Sport Coaching and Development with Foundation Year
  • Sport Management
  • Sport Management with Foundation Year
  • Sport Therapy and Rehabilitation
  • Sport Therapy and Rehabilitation with Foundation Year
  • Strength, Conditioning and Rehabilitation
  • Strength, Conditioning and Rehabilitation with Foundation Year
Natural Sciences & Mathematics (13)
  • Biology
  • Biology
  • Biology with Foundation Year
  • Human Biology
  • Human Biology with Foundation Year
  • Mathematics
  • Mathematics
  • Mathematics and Computer Science
  • Mathematics and Computer Science with Foundation Year
  • Mathematics with Foundation Year
  • Zoology
  • Zoology
  • Zoology with Foundation Year
Social Sciences (67)
  • Applied Social Work
  • Child and Family Health and Wellbeing
  • Child and Family Health and Wellbeing
  • Child and Family Health and Wellbeing with Foundation Year
  • Child and Youth Studies
  • Child and Youth Studies with Foundation Year
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapeutic Approaches (Top-Up) (Online)
  • Counselling and Psychotherapy Principles and Practices
  • Counselling and Psychotherapy Principles and Practices
  • Counselling and Psychotherapy Principles and Practices with Foundation Year
  • Creative Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing
  • Creative Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing with Foundation Year
  • Criminal Psychology
  • Criminal Psychology with Foundation Year
  • Criminology
  • Criminology
  • Criminology with Foundation Year
  • Early Childhood Studies
  • Early Childhood Studies
  • Early Childhood Studies (Top-Up) (Online)
  • Early Childhood Studies with Foundation Year
  • Economics
  • Economics
  • Economics and Finance
  • Economics and Finance with Foundation Year
  • Economics with Foundation Year
  • Education Studies
  • Education Studies (Top-Up)
  • Education Studies with Foundation Year
  • Education Studies with optional pathway in SEND or TESOL
  • Education with Qualified Teacher Status Integrated Masters
  • Forensic Science
  • Forensic Science with Criminology
  • Forensic Science with Criminology with Foundation Year
  • Forensic Science with Foundation Year
  • Forensic Science with Psychology
  • Forensic Science with Psychology with Foundation Year
  • Geography
  • Geography
  • Geography and Environmental Hazards
  • Geography and Environmental Hazards with Foundation Year
  • Geography with Foundation Year
  • Health and Social Care
  • Health and Social Care with Foundation Year
  • Integrative Health and Social Care (Top-Up) (Online)
  • International Relations and Diplomacy
  • International Relations and Diplomacy (with optional year in Hague)
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Policing and Investigations
  • Politics
  • Primary Education with Qualified Teacher Status
  • Professional Policing
  • Professional Policing (Accelerated)
  • Professional Policing with Foundation Year
  • Psychology
  • Psychology
  • Psychology (Online)
  • Psychology with Foundation Year
  • Sociology
  • Sociology
  • Sociology with Foundation year
  • Special Educational Needs and Disability
  • Special Educational Needs and Disability with Foundation Year
  • Sport and Education
  • Sport and Education with Foundation Year
  • Youth Work and Community Development
  • Youth Work and Community Development with Foundation Year
Other subjects (1)
  • Foundation Programme

Masters at the University of Derby

Art, Design & Media (14)
  • Applied Acoustics
  • Applied Theatre and Education
  • Audio Engineering
  • Dance and Contemporary Circus
  • Dance Movement Psychotherapy
  • Dramatherapy
  • Fashion and Textiles
  • Film and Photography
  • Fine Art
  • Music Production
  • Music Therapy
  • Publishing
  • Sustainable Architecture and Healthy Buildings
  • Visual Communication
Business & Management (16)
  • Accounting and Finance
  • Careers Education and Coaching
  • Events Management
  • Finance (Online)
  • Financial Investigation and Digital Intelligence
  • Human Resource Management (Top-Up)
  • International Business
  • International Business and Finance
  • International Business and HRM
  • International Business and Marketing
  • International Hospitality Management
  • Marketing Management
  • Strategic Management (Online)
  • Strategic Sustainability Management (Online)
  • Supply Chain Improvement
  • Tourism Management
Computer Science & IT (7)
  • Big Data Analytics
  • Big Data Analytics (Online)
  • Computing and IT (Online)
  • Cyber Security
  • Cyber Security (Online)
  • Ergonomics and Human Factors (Online)
  • Information Technology
Engineering & Technology (12)
  • Advanced Computer Networks
  • Advanced Materials and Additive Manufacturing
  • Advanced Materials and Additive Manufacturing (Online)
  • Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Project Collaboration
  • Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Project Collaboration (Online)
  • Civil Engineering and Construction Management
  • Civil Engineering and Construction Management (Online)
  • Control and Instrumentation
  • GeoEnergy (incorporating PG Cert/PG Dip)
  • Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Professional Engineering (Online)
  • Strategic Engineering Management
Environment & Agriculture (5)
  • Conservation Biology
  • Environmental Assessment and Control
  • Environmental Assessment and Control (Online)
  • Environmental Health (Online)
  • Sustainability and Environmental Management (Online)
Humanities (5)
  • Creative Writing
  • Public History and Heritage
  • Public History and Heritage (Online)
  • Social Sciences and Humanities
  • Writing for Performance
Medicine & Health (14)
  • Advanced Clinical Practice
  • Applied Sport and Exercise Science
  • Biomedical Health
  • Community Specialist Practice (District Nursing)
  • Diagnostic Radiography (Pre-Registration)
  • Hand Therapy (incorporating PG Cert/PG Dip)
  • Medical Ultrasound
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Nursing (Adult) with NMC registration
  • Nursing (Children's) with NMC registration (Incorporating PG Dip)
  • Nursing (Learning Disabilities)
  • Nursing (Mental Health) with NMC registration
  • Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting or Occupational Health Nursing or School Nursing)
  • Sport and Exercise
Natural Sciences & Mathematics (1)
  • Conservation Biology
Social Sciences (38)
  • Advanced Occupational Therapy/​Advanced Occupational Therapy (Community) (incorporat­ing PG Cert/PG Dip)
  • Applied Developmental Psychology
  • Art Therapy
  • Behaviour Change (incorporating PG Dip/PG Cert)
  • Careers Education and Coaching
  • Childhood
  • Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy (Adult or Children and Young People)
  • Criminal Investigation
  • Criminal Justice and Criminology
  • Dramatherapy
  • Education: Early Years (pathway)
  • Education (full-time)
  • Education (Leadership and Management) (Online)
  • Education: Leadership and Management (pathway)
  • Education: Leadership Coaching and Mentoring (pathway)
  • Education: Lifelong Learning (pathway)
  • Education (Online)
  • Education (part-time)
  • Education: Primary Mathematics (pathway)
  • Education: Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (pathway)
  • Education (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) (Online)
  • Education: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) (pathway)
  • Education (Workplace Contract)
  • Forensic and Criminal Psychology
  • Forensic Science
  • Health and Social Care Studies
  • Health Psychology
  • Health Psychology (Online)
  • Inclusion and SEND
  • Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy (incorporating PG Cert/PG Dip)
  • Integrative Health and Social Care (Online)
  • Intelligence, Security and Disaster Management
  • Occupational Therapy (Pre-registration)
  • Police Leadership, Strategy and Organisation
  • Psychology
  • Psychology (Online)
  • Social Work
  • Systemic Psychotherapy (incorporating PG Dip)

Doctorates at the University of Derby

Business & Management (1)
  • Doctorate in Business Administration
Social Sciences (1)
  • Doctor of Education

Rankings

The University of Derby belongs to the top 400 universities in Europe.

Ranking Year Rank
(in the world)
Rank
(in Europe)
Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020 801 362
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Additional information

Tuition fees at the University of Derby

Students who are citizens of the EU/EEA:

The average tuition fees for students from the EU/EEA are 7,100 GBP per year.

Students who are citizens from outside the EU/EEA:

The average tuition fees for students from outside the EU/EEA are 13,200 GBP per year.

Tuition fees may vary for each study programme.

English requirements

When you apply to the University of Derby, you will need to prove your English proficiency.

  • This university accepts IELTS.
  • This university accepts TOEFL iBT.
  • This university accepts Cambridge English certificates (CAE/CPE).
  • This university accepts the Pearson Test of English (PTE).
  • This university accepts other proofs of English proficiency. Please check the details when applying.

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