We’re proud to be the Community University of the Year 2027

Daily Mail University Guide 2027
About the award
University of Plymouth Graduation 2026
 
 
 
 
 

Make it Plymouth, for student experience by the sea

Students using equipment in the STEAM lab
Immersive learning, turning theory into practice
Two female students relaxing in their halls of residence.
Making your home away from home
Students overlooking Tinside Lido on the Hoe.
Living your best student life
 
 
 

Advance your career with postgraduate study — including our UK top 20-ranked research degrees* 

We offer January and September starts on a range of courses.
Postgraduate study
Postgraduate students in a lecture theatre.
 
 
 
 
 

In Plymouth, we are shaping extraordinary futures

Cyber-SHIP Lab researchers at work
Enhancing our national resilience in an ever-changing world
USV Cetus and Falcon Spirit
Developing autonomous technology for the global ocean economy
Plant factory seed propagation and growth under a blue light
Generating knowledge and innovation in our research centres of excellence
 
 
 
 

Explore our teaching, research and support facilities

At the University of Plymouth, we are significantly investing in our campus and facilities to ensure a first-class learning, research and working environment
Take a look
Students in the STEAM laboratory, Babbage
 
 
 

What's on

Students in Babbage Park on a sunny day
Undergraduate on-campus open day

Open days are the best way to get a feel for studying an undergraduate degree at the University of Plymouth

14 November 2026
* We guarantee a place in halls (either University-managed or with an accredited private provider) to all new undergraduate students who make Plymouth their firm first choice, apply by the guarantee deadline and are eligible under our terms and conditions.
* Excludes those travelling, retired or caring for someone, out of all UK domiciled, full-time first-degree graduates. Contains HESA Data: Copyright JISC 2022. JISC cannot accept responsibility for any inferences or conclusions derived by third parties from its data.
* One of the UK's most affordable cities for students. Living costs in Plymouth are 51% lower than London and 31% lower than Bristol (livingcost.org).