Cardiff University

Master’s degrees and postgraduate research in Cardiff

Join a community of over 10,000 postgraduate students in the UK’s most affordable student city.

From world-leading research and excellent teaching to fantastic career prospects and free language classes, Cardiff University has what you need for your postgraduate studies.

Research and teaching excellence

• Cardiff University is proud to be a member of the Russell Group, a group of 24 world-class, research-intensive universities.
• We are a top 20 university in the UK for the overall quality of our research. 90% of our research was confirmed as world-leading or internationally excellent in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021.
• With breakthroughs in areas such as Alzheimer’s disease, breast cancer, nuclear waste disposal and school food reform, our research is making positive and lasting impact around the world.
• We maintain a high standard of teaching. We are in the top 40 best UK universities for teaching excellence (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022).