📸 At a Glance
🌍 Cheshire, North West England
🎓 Russell Group ❌
⚖️ Race Equality Charter ✅ No award
💰 Scholarships Available ✅
🏅 Ranking: 79 (Complete University Guide 2026)
🔎 Overview
University of Chester is a public university with campuses in Chester and other locations across North West England. Originally founded as a teacher training college in 1839, it is one of the oldest higher education institutions in England. The university offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in areas including health, business, education, psychology, social sciences and the arts. It is known for its supportive student environment, vocational focus and relatively smaller class sizes compared with larger UK universities.
📊 Ethnicity Breakdown
- Black: 4%
- Mixed race: 3%
- White: 87%
- Asian: 4%
- Other: 1%
- Not known: 1%
💷 Scholarships & Funding
⚠️ This university does not currently offer scholarships specifically for Black students. We recommend exploring their widening participation and general scholarships, as you may qualify based on your personal circumstances and academic achievement.
- Commonwealth Scholarship – The University of Chester is offering four Commonwealth Scholarships for the 2026/27 academic year. The scholarships are available exclusively for students joining either the MSc Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine or the MSc Family and Child Psychology programme.
- Chevening Scholarships – The Chevening Scholarships are the UK government’s global scholarship programme, funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and partner organisations. They are awarded to talented individuals with the potential to become future leaders across a wide range of fields, including politics, business, media, civil society, religion and academia.
👨🏾🎓👩🏿🎓 Student Life & Support
- Afro-Caribbean Society (ACS)
*The university also points students to its full clubs and societies directory under cultural/national societies, which may include additional or more up-to-date groups not listed here.
