Swansea University
Swansea University was founded in 1920 and teaches across two campuses in the second largest city in Wales. The Singleton Park site sits inside a park and the Bay Campus on the shoreline; engineering, law and medicine are its best known fields.
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One record matters more than any ranking when reading a university page: the Home Office register of student sponsors, which is what permits an institution to issue the CAS a student visa requires. Swansea University appears on it, and on the register that carries degree-awarding powers; this page sets out the institution’s subjects, entry requirements, fee arrangements and application steps.
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What kind of university is Swansea?
Swansea University was founded in 1920 and teaches across two campuses in the second largest city in Wales. The Singleton Park site sits inside a city park; the Bay Campus, opened in 2015, sits directly on the shoreline and holds engineering and business.
The two-campus arrangement is the result of the institution's growth over the past decade: the Bay Campus opened in 2015 and the engineering and business units moved there. Singleton Park continues to hold medicine, law, the humanities and the sciences.
Degree-awarding powers sit with the regulator of the nation the institution is in; the authority to issue the CAS a student visa requires sits on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which is a single UK-wide list.
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Which subjects stand out at Swansea?
Engineering is the widest field here and runs in the laboratories at the Bay Campus. Alongside it law, medicine, computer science, maritime law and sport science carry long course lists at undergraduate and postgraduate level and fill out the catalogue.
- Engineering: mechanical, chemical, materials, aerospace, electrical and electronic engineering.
- Medicine and Health: medicine, nursing, biochemistry, sport science.
- Law and Social Sciences: law, maritime law, criminology, politics.
- Management and Computing: business, finance, computer science, data science.
Maritime law is a specialism the institution has sustained in connection with its position in a port city. The engineering laboratories are gathered in the newer buildings at the Bay Campus.
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What are the entry requirements at Swansea?
The institution publishes no single Turkey-wide grade threshold; the qualifications accepted and the mark required are stated in the entry requirements section of each course page. A Turkish high school diploma is not sufficient on its own.
| Level | What is published |
|---|---|
| Undergraduate — with a school diploma | A-level, IB or another accepted equivalent qualification |
| Postgraduate | The grade required is published on each course page |
| English language | Published separately, course by course |
For an applicant holding a Turkish high school diploma the route is an accepted qualification such as A-level or the IB, or one of the foundation programmes. The English level a course asks for is published on the same page.
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What are tuition fees at Swansea?
The international fee varies by course and each course publishes the figure on its own page. The institution runs scholarships at undergraduate and postgraduate level; conditions and deadlines are listed on its funding pages by year of entry and by course.
Alongside tuition, living cost is the second large item. The maintenance funds a student visa asks you to show are set by region and come to £1,171 a month here; in London the same line is £1,529.
Postgraduate scholarships also run at department level and their deadlines close before the course's own. The UK scholarships page sets out the arrangement in general terms.
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What is the campus and student life like in Swansea?
The Singleton Park campus lies west of the city centre inside a park looking onto the sea. The Bay Campus lies to the east on ground opening directly onto the beach; a regular shuttle bus runs between them in under twenty minutes.
Swansea is a port city opening onto the Gower Peninsula and the coastal walking routes begin at the city boundary. The cost of living sits below Cardiff and below the large English cities.
Accommodation is mostly in university halls in the first year and both campuses have halls. Cardiff is an hour away by train and London about three hours.
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How do you apply to Swansea?
Undergraduate applications go through UCAS; the deadline for 2027 entry is 13 January 2027, moving to 15 October 2026 for medicine. Postgraduate and doctoral applications are sent directly to the course through the institution's own portal.
- Choose the course and read its own entry requirements section.
- Send the UCAS application by 13 January 2027 for undergraduate entry, and by 15 October 2026 for medicine.
- For postgraduate study apply through the institution’s own portal, uploading transcripts and references.
- If an offer is made, meet the academic and English language conditions.
- Once the conditions are met a CAS is issued and the student visa application follows.
British Global supplies information at this stage and, where it is wanted, introduces a firm whose authorisation has been verified on a register; assessing a visa application belongs to an IAA-registered or SRA-authorised adviser.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between the two campuses?
Singleton Park holds medicine, law, the humanities and the sciences; the Bay Campus, opened in 2015, holds engineering and business. A regular shuttle bus runs between the two sites.
What grade is required for postgraduate entry?
The institution publishes no single Turkey-wide grade threshold. The mark required is stated in the entry requirements section of each course page and differs from faculty to faculty.
Can you apply to Swansea with a Turkish high school diploma?
A school diploma is not sufficient on its own. Applicants complete an accepted qualification such as A-levels or the IB, or a foundation year; course pages list what is accepted.
When is the application deadline?
For 2027 undergraduate entry the deadline is 13 January 2027, the equal consideration date. Postgraduate applications run to their own timetable, published on the course page.
Sources
- Swansea University — International — Admission arrangements for international applicants, accepted qualifications and English language requirements — checked 25 August 2026
- Swansea University — Study — The two-campus structure, faculty distribution and course catalogue — checked 25 August 2026
- UCAS — The 2027 entry timetable, the five-choice limit and the 13 January 2027 equal consideration date — checked 25 August 2026
- GOV.UK — Student visa — Student visa fee, healthcare surcharge and the maintenance funds to be shown — checked 25 August 2026
