Keele University

At Keele, we’re proud to offer a diverse range of career-focused courses and a thriving student life on our beautiful 600-acre campus, with everything you need on your doorstep. 

Whatever your goals, at Keele our ambition is to prepare you for success. Located near both a vibrant university town and a bustling city, Keele is a global community for both academic and personal growth.

Postgraduate study at Keele enables you to specialise, progress and gain industry-relevant skills, with scholarships and bursaries helping to make advanced study more accessible. Many of our postgraduate programmes include professional placements or industry-focused pathways to enhance your employability. As a postgraduate student, you’ll also be part of the Keele Postgraduate Association (KPA), a dedicated Students’ Union offering support, events and a welcoming community at the KPA Clubhouse on campus.

Where is Keele?

Located in the Staffordshire countryside, but within easy reach of a bustling town, vibrant city and our noisy neighbours of Manchester and Birmingham, Keele offers the best of both worlds: a close-knit campus community and an exciting local area to explore.

We're just minutes from the university town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, with a variety of bars, cafes, supermarkets and entertainment venues - including a renowned theatre - and the ever-developing city of Stoke-on-Trent is a short bus ride away.

Jump on the train and we’re less than an hour away from the bright lights of both Manchester and Birmingham too.

Student Support

We support every single student throughout their time at Keele. If you need to talk to someone, whether it’s 
about your studies or life outside of them, we have a Student Experience and Support team based within every Faculty, offering one-to-one support and helping you to access any additional support you might need including financial guidance, support for disabilities, specific learning difficulties and long-term health conditions, support around wellbeing and counselling, or accessing our chaplaincy and faith services.

Every Keele student can also access a 24-hour support line through our Student Assistance Programme, offering support for concerns such as stress and anxiety, low mood, family issues, bereavement, financial wellbeing and relationship advice.

Funding

Our Student Financial Support team offers confidential advice and guidance to help you to manage your money, so that you can make the most of your time at Keele.

We can help you to resolve issues with your Student Finance, create a budget, and support you to explore your options if you’re facing financial hardship. We are also able to ensure that you receive any funding for which you may be eligible, such as bursaries and scholarships.

Sector leaders in sustainability

We’re proud to be one of the first UK universities to declare a ‘climate emergency’. In 2021 we were named Global Sustainability Institution of the Year and completed the installation of 12,500 solar panels and two wind turbines on campus, to generate up to half of our electricity requirements.

Welcoming International Students

With over 120 nationalities studying with us, international students are welcomed to our global community here at Keele, with dedicated support, scholarships and preparatory courses available to assist you through your application, enrolment and beyond. 

Facilities

Our world-class teaching and research facilities support students as they expand their knowledge and develop future-proof career skills. That’s why we continue to invest, providing innovative teaching and state-of-the-art spaces such as our £34m Central Science Laboratories, Smart Innovation Hub and the Harper & Keele Veterinary School, all designed to enable and encourage student success. 

Transformative teaching and learning

Our students are the pioneers who will make positive change for our future, and our innovative teaching prepares them to meet the challenges ahead. We offer a broad range of subject areas at Keele, with opportunities to learn from academics who are experts in their field, on programmes designed to help you fulfil your potential and excel in your chosen career.