QS World Ranked · Top 40

Shaped by
curiosity.
Driven by purpose.

Aldermoor University has educated independent thinkers since 1887. Across 14 faculties, one question guides everything: what does the world genuinely need next?

38,000
Students from 120 nations
94%
Graduate employment within 6 months
£2.4B
Active research portfolio
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Our History
1887
Founded by Royal Charter
1923
First women admitted
1954
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1971
Medical School opens
1998
Global campus network
2014
Top 40 QS World Rank
Today
38,000 students worldwide

14 faculties.
One community.

We offer undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programmes built around discipline-crossing research. Aldermoor graduates enter their fields with both deep expertise and the breadth to lead.

420+ Degree pathways
52 Research centres
Top 5 Law, Medicine, Engineering
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Medicine & Health Sciences
Clinical training embedded in one of Europe's largest teaching hospital networks.
28 Programmes →
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Law
Consistently ranked among the top five law schools in the UK, with strong Bar and solicitor outcomes.
12 Programmes →
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Sciences & Engineering
Fully integrated laboratory and industry placement structure across all years.
64 Programmes →
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Business & Economics
Triple-accredited business school with campuses in London, Singapore, and Toronto.
34 Programmes →
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Arts & Humanities
From classical literature to contemporary digital practice — all within a research-intensive culture.
52 Programmes →
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Social Sciences
Policy, sociology, international relations, and education — with real placement opportunities in government and NGOs.
41 Programmes →

A campus that works
as hard as you do.

Aldermoor campus main building Students collaborating
🏆 Times Higher Education University of the Year 2024

Life here runs well beyond the lecture hall. Aldermoor's 87-acre main campus sits 12 minutes from the city centre, with dedicated residential colleges, an Olympic-standard sports complex, and over 200 student societies.

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Guaranteed first-year accommodation All undergraduate offer holders receive a guaranteed room in a residential college within 10 minutes walk of their faculty.
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Wellbeing embedded, not bolted on Every student has a named personal tutor and access to counselling with no waiting list for first appointments.
03
Careers from year one Aldermoor's careers service is ranked first in the country for graduate employer connections and internship placement rates.

Your application.
No mystery to it.

We want to admit the right people, not the most coached applicants. Our process rewards genuine ability and potential, and we're transparent about every stage.

Start Your Application
1
Choose your programme Use our programme finder to filter by subject, study mode, and intake year.
2
Submit your application Undergraduate via UCAS. Postgraduate directly through our applicant portal — no fee.
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Interview or portfolio review Select programmes require an interview or portfolio. We offer remote and in-person slots from October.
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Receive your offer Decisions are sent within 21 working days. You'll have a named admissions contact for any questions.

What our students
actually say.

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I came from a state school in rural Wales with no family history of university. The support here didn't feel charitable — it felt like they genuinely expected me to succeed, and then made sure I did.

RJ
Rhiannon Jones
BSc Computer Science, 2023
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My supervisor pushed me to publish in my second year. That paper led directly to the fellowship I'm on now. At other institutions I'd probably still be waiting for permission to matter.

MP
Marcos Pereira
PhD Biochemistry, current
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The careers team placed me in an internship at a firm I'd never have had the nerve to apply to alone. I got a graduate offer from them six months before I'd even finished my degree.

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Nadia Nakamura
LLB Law, 2024

Research. Appointments.
What's happening now.

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Lecture hall
Appointments
Former UN Special Envoy joins faculty as Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs
Professor Amara Diallo will lead a new postgraduate policy clinic launching in January 2026.
8 June 2025
Students on campus
Open Days
Undergraduate Open Day — 14 September 2025. Bookings now live.
Tour every faculty, meet current students, and attend a sample lecture in your subject. Places are limited to 3,000 visitors.
1 June 2025

Ready to find out if
Aldermoor is for you?