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Why choose us?

Why choose us?

Why choose us?

University Centre Weston is the TEF Gold higher education provider in North Somerset.

We deliver a great choice of degree-level courses in partnership with nearby universities across our three campuses in Weston-super-Mare.

We also pride ourselves on providing outstanding student support and being focused on helping our students start and progress their careers.

Come along to our next Open Day to find out how we could help you achieve your ambitions with higher education.

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Discover Excellence in Higher Education

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Quality courses

The quality of our courses has been recognised as outstanding through external review from the Teaching Excellence Framework, along with External Examiners and other quality assurance measures. This means the teaching, learning and opportunities we provide are of the highest quality in Britain. We have also achieved the best Higher Education Review in the West of England.

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Excellent results

A fantastic 39% of our Honours graduates achieved first-class degrees in 2021, which is above the national average. This remarkable achievement reflects our students' dedication and the exceptional quality of education and support provided by our faculty.

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Outstanding support

We do all we can to support our students, including offering mental health and wellbeing guidance and providing specialist learning expertise. Students regularly praise the support they receive, and often tell us this is one of the reasons they chose to study with us.

Click here to view our student support booklet.

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Fantastic facilities

We have created a modern learning environment across our campuses and have recently invested tens of millions of pounds to build a new University Centre and new Health and Active Living Skills Centre.

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Bigger choice

We offer a range of degree-level courses and qualifications to suit our students’ needs, including HNCs and HNDs, Foundation Degrees, Higher Apprenticeships, Degree Apprenticeships, Honours Degrees and Honours Top-up Degrees.

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We have created a modern learning environment across our campuses and have recently invested tens of millions of pounds to build a new University Centre and new Health. These state-of-the-art facilities provide our students with the latest resources and technologies to support their academic and professional development.