1. What Next?
An Introduction to Postgraduate Study
www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate

2. Open Day Programme
Time Activity
2:00-2:20 Welcome and introduction to postgraduate
study at Swansea University
2:20-2:30 A day in the life of a Swansea PhD student
2:30-3:00 Funding your postgraduate study
3:00 Visits to participating academic departments
www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate

3. Why do postgraduate study?
www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate

4. Why do postgraduate study?
Stand out from the crowd:
 Gain valuable relevant experience and subject knowledge
 Develop your transferable skills
97% UK postgraduate employment rate
Increase your earning potential
UK-wide, postgraduates earn more:
 Women = 34%
 Men = 20%
www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate

5. Why do postgraduate study?
Intellectual Reward
 Demonstrate commitment to subject
 Develop in-depth knowledge in a specialist area
 Follow an academic interest through research
 Prepare for a research career
www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate

6. not
Why do postgraduate study?
 I don’t know what to do after graduation
 I want to stay in Swansea
 I can’t think of anything else to do
www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate

7. Why do postgraduate study?
 My motivation for pursuing a postgraduate degree was to enhance my
employability, and my Master’s definitely gave me an edge over other
applicants. I studied Maths at undergraduate level and my MSc helped to
make my subject knowledge more relevant in a
business context.
I am now an underwriter on a graduate scheme at
Zurich Financial Services. My starting salary was well
above the national average and my future with this

organization looks very exciting.
Vicky Stockley
MSc Finance (2010)
www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate

8. Postgraduate study at Swansea
www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate

9. Taught Courses (MA, MSc, LLM, MRes)
 Over 150 taught courses available
 1 year FT 2-3 years PT
MA, MSc, LLM courses:
September June August
Taught Modules Dissertation
MRes courses (Science, Engineering):
September January August
Taught Modules Research Project
www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate

10. Conversion Courses
Management • MSc Management (Finance)
• MSc Management (Marketing)
• MSc Management (International Management)
Computer Science • MSc Computer Science
Law • Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL)
www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate

11. Research Degrees (MPhil, PhD, EngD,
MSc by Research)
Opportunities available in most
subjects
PhD typically 3 years (FT),
6-7 years (PT)
Thesis usually 100,000 words
Use our supervisor search →
OR find a funded project
www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate

12. Environment
Over 2,000 postgraduate students
NSS - 82% Student Satisfaction
Research: 50% internationally significant
c. £65 million in external research funding
Collaboration with industry –
ie £20 million BEACON initiative
www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate

13. Facilities
Library and Information Services:
 Dedicated postgraduate IT & study area
 Extended borrowing: up to 20 items, for 12 weeks
 Specialist subject librarians
 Wide range of software applications, E.g. EndNote for
management of references
www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate

14. Facilities
Personal Development
Academic Office for Postgraduate Research:
 Training Conferences
 Personal Skills Development Plan
 Skills Development Training Courses (eg academic writing,
research skills, teaching, project management, employability)
Training for Master’s students
Provided by academic departments
www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate

15. Where can a research career take you?
Interdisciplinary Research Week
Bridging the Gaps: My Academic Journey
Wednesday 23rd November, 5:30pm
ILS Seminar Room, ILS (behind Café Glas)