Schools
The University of the West of Scotland is organised into eight schools:
- Business School
- School of Computing
- School of Creative and Cultural Industries
- School of Education
- School of Engineering
- School of Health, Nursing & Midwifery
- School of Science
- School of Social Sciences
The university offers over 100 degree courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and has a rapidly growing number of doctoral students. It also carries out research and consultancy work for industry, and is ranked second in Scotland for the number of Knowledge Transfer Partnerships with businesses. The University attained Skillset Media Academy status in August 2010. Many courses at the University of the West of Scotland have an emphasis on vocational skills and offer students the option of spending a year working in industry at home or abroad.
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