Founded by industry and the professions, the University of South Wales, with more than 30,000 students is one of Britain’s most exciting new universities and a major player in higher education. It attracts a cosmopolitan mix of students from more than 120 countries and all backgrounds.

Within the UK, USW is unique in the breadth of its role, encompassing a modern university and two subsidiaries in Wales’s national conservatoire, the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, and The College Merthyr Tydfil.

The University offers a full range of qualifications from further education level to degrees and PhD study. As a major university it delivers the full range of STEM subjects, from engineering and mathematics to computing and surveying, as well as being an experienced provider of teacher training courses.