Find Your People
At Chester, you can join a diverse community that will share your ambitions. You can be yourself, and do what you love alongside people who share your interests and goals. No matter who you are or what your background is, you’ll soon make friends and meet people from all walks of life and corners of the world.
Find Your Place
Our locations are perfect for students, offering you a place you can learn and have fun. You’ll get a high quality teaching experience with facilities tailored to your course in convenient locations. While our city and town centre sites are ideally located for work opportunities and varied nightlife that offers something different for everyone. You can find a home at Chester.
Find Your Future
Join a university that is all about opportunity and self-development, and build the confidence you need to achieve your ambitions and more. When it comes to your future aspirations, we’ll help you get to great places with work placements, employability skills integrated into our courses, a careers team full of experts, and extra opportunities like free language learning.
Here's how we'll make your move as smooth as possible
To help make your transfer to the University of Chester a smooth and swift process, we’ll ensure that everything you need is in place prior to enrolling. Here’s how it works:
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Apply now or request a call-back
If you know you want to apply to Chester, simply see the section below to see how you can apply now. If you’re unsure about anything or would like to discuss your circumstances, then complete the registration form and we’ll call you back to discuss your options.
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Application
Once you have applied, the team will consider your application and whether we can make you an offer. At this point, we’ll make it clear at which level we are offering you a place and when we anticipate you starting on the course.
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Transition
The team will also help you with all the practicalities of moving to a new university: getting your accommodation sorted; organising a personalised induction programme for you; checking whether you have any welfare requirements; etc. This should help take some of the stress out of your switch to the University.
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Study plan
We'll also formulate a bespoke programme of study to ensure you are able to complete your course during the remainder of the academic year.
How to get the ball rolling
If you know you want to apply – great! The way you apply to us will vary according to your circumstances. Here’s everything you need to know:
- If you are looking to transfer in to the University of Chester part way through an academic year of an undergraduate course, having already started the academic year at another university.
- If you are looking to transfer in to the University at the beginning of the 2nd, 3rd or 4th year of an undergraduate course - please apply through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). If you wish to see if a transfer is possible before submitting your application to UCAS please email transfer@chester.ac.uk including a full transcript of your results so far and the module descriptors for all your modules on your current programme.
- Applying for a postgraduate taught course? You should go to our postgraduate pages.
Please email hscadmissions@chester.ac.uk.
There is a separate admissions procedure for these programmes. Please email admissions@chester.ac.uk.
If applying for an undergraduate or postgraduate taught course, you should apply via the International Centre.