We’re the premier research-intensive education provider for nurses, midwives, health and sports professionals in Scotland.
We're dedicated to transforming lives by improving the health and wellbeing of individuals, patients, carers and communities.
We offer innovative, award-winning BSc, BA and postgraduate courses in nursing, health science, sport, exercise science, psychology and coaching. We tackle global issues with our world-leading research.
Study at the University of Stirling and discover how our degrees will prepare you to be the difference and transform lives.
Our innovative, research-led undergraduate, postgraduate and CPD programmes produce the very best graduates and redefine your career prospects.
Through our world-leading research you'll learn from the most up-to-date advances in health sciences and sport.
Watch how our research could improve the health and fitness of our schoolchildren around the world. Find out more about the study behind the research.
Stirling afforded me the opportunity to achieve my academic and sporting goals, while having fun along the way.
The teaching in the nursing degree is led by staff who have backgrounds in nursing, or who are still working with the NHS. This allows teaching staff to impart interesting, valuable and current knowledge to students.
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Find out about our continuing professional development courses and modules for qualified nurses, midwives, allied health and sports professionals.
The risk of 11 to 16-year-olds taking up smoking has reduced following the introduction of a ban on the open display of tobacco products in the UK, according to a new University of Stirling study.
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Experts at the University of Stirling are part of a new £5.9 million research consortium looking at how the marketing of alcohol, tobacco and unhealthy food and drink has a detrimental impact on health.
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If you are interested in studying at the University of Stirling, our Open Days offer campus tours, presentations, talks and displays. Speak to University support staff, academics and current students, who will be delighted to answer your questions
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