University of Bedfordshire

The University of Bedfordshire is passionate about equipping you with a 'career-powered' degree to prepare you for tomorrow's workplace and act as a springboard to your career. Practice-led courses use facilities that replicate the workplace to build your skills. Employer partnerships and links with industry ensure teaching keeps pace with real-world practice. You’ll gain first-hand work experience, and many degrees are professionally accredited. If you need help, support is available to keep you on track. This includes free study skills training, mental health services, cost-of-living help, and careers guidance.

The University of Bedfordshire offers many opportunities to boost your key skills and experience to help you stand out from the crowd when you graduate. It develops your employability through professional course accreditations and masterclasses by sector professionals. It brings learning to life on field trips, through real-life projects and in industry-standard simulated environments to practise your skills. You can gain relevant work experience, and many courses include a fee-free year in industry. The university supports you on your path to a brilliant career by providing expert careers guidance throughout your degree and after you graduate.

The university offers generous scholarships to help you achieve the career of your dreams. For 2026 entry, Excellence Scholarships are available, worth £2,500 each year for three years. You need to earn a set number of UCAS tariff points from certain qualifications. If you don’t qualify for an Excellence Scholarship but have 120 UCAS tariff points, you have enough points for the High Achievement Scholarship, offering £500 per year of study. Other scholarships, bursaries, and financial support packages are also available. See the university’s website for details, terms, and conditions.