Our sector expertise

Our sector knowledge and expertise include specialisms led by worldleading researchers. Academic excellence, outstanding facilities, professional accreditations, and industry links ensure our students are prepared for future careers in these growing sectors.

Architecture and construction

Our fabulous £120 million Springfield Campus is dedicated to construction and the built environment, combining accredited courses with industry-leading equipment and technology, and produces graduates who are ready to enter the workforce as soon as they leave.

Facilities include virtual reality equipment, data capture technology, design studio, building information modelling programs, and a range of specialist practical labs.

Our National Brownfield Institute onsite helps develop modern methods of building through innovation and partnership with the construction industry.

Business, professional and financial services

Our Business School has offered employer-relevant academic programmes and tailored business services for over 80 years

We have a successful Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development centre, are an approved centre for ILM, and hold membership of the Chartered Association of Business Schools.

We offer a range of accredited courses, highly desirable and instantly applicable in industry.

Law students benefit from our unique partnership with DWF LLP to receive careers advice and mentoring.

Digital and cyber

Researchers from our Wolverhampton Cyber Research Institute are collaborating with industrial and governmental organisations on all aspects of security and privacy, helping to tackle threats in the cyberspace. We also continue to invest in world-leading facilities such as the £9 million cyber centre in Hereford, and are proud to have won Cyber University of the Year at the National Cyber Awards 2022.

Health and social care

We have specialist teaching facilities for health and social care in Wolverhampton, Walsall, and Telford for the next generation of key workers.

Our new Marches Centre of Excellence for Health and Social Care at Telford Campus provides state-of-the-art training facilities including advanced anatomy visualisation tables and an immersive reality interactive simulation suite. We have invested £3 million in the refurbishment of our pharmacy facilities. This includes extended practice suites, a multi-purpose flexible teaching space, and a new dispensary.

Sports

Our courses benefit from partnerships with both local and national teams and organisations, and many are accredited by the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity. You’ll have the opportunity to gain work placements –and perhaps jobs – at all professional levels.

Our Walsall Campus has recently benefitted from £6million investment in health and sports facilities. It houses British Judo’s HQ. We’re also proud to team up with Hudl (a leading sports technology company), Telford Tigers, and more.

Education

We work in partnership with over 450 schools, colleges and private providers to provide placement opportunities, bespoke CPD and accredited courses. Our Centre for Research and Education and Social Transformation aims to undertake research in all areas of education, encouraging collaborations among researchers, practitioners, policy-makers, and stakeholders.

Our teacher training is rated Good by Ofsted and highlighted our extensive school partnerships, and ability to develop effective and highly reflective practitioners.

Creative industries

Wolverhampton School of Art has been the heart of the city’s creative community since 1851. Our new multi-million-pound Screen School opened in 2021, nurturing talent for the careers of tomorrow.

Professional practice and live briefs from companies in the creative sector are embedded into our courses.