Postgraduate course changes
New fully approved
| Course | Faculty/ school | Programme code | Status | First entry date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Data Science with Health MSc | MSP |
5521F |
Fully approved (18.09.2024) |
September 2025 |
| Advanced Data Science with Statistics MSc | MSP |
5520F |
Fully approved (18.09.2024) |
September 2025 |
| Artificial Intelligence in Business MSc | NUBS |
5549F |
Fully approved (08.10.2025) |
September 2026 |
| Biomedical Informatics MRes | BNS |
4874F |
Fully approved (19.05.2025) |
September 2025 |
| Clinical Exercise Physiology MRes | BNS |
4863F |
Previously only open to intercalating students. Now open to external applicants as well (07.08.2025) |
September 2025 |
| Civil Engineering MSc | Engineering |
5538F |
Fully approved (10.09.2025) |
September 2026 |
| Contemporary Art History and Curating MA | Arts and Cultures |
4184F/P |
Fully approved (5.10.2024) |
September 2025 |
| Creative and Cultural Industries Management MA | Arts and Cultures |
4197F/P |
Fully approved (12.08.2025) |
September 2026 |
| Data Science MSc | Mathematics, Physics and Statistics |
5543F |
Fully approved (10.10.2025) |
September 2026 |
| Data Science and Artificial Intelligence MSc | Mathematics, Physics and Statistics |
5544F |
Fully approved (10.10.2025) |
September 2026 |
| Data Science and Digital Humanities MSc | Mathematics, Physics and Statistics |
5546F |
Fully approved (10.10.2025) |
September 2026 |
| Data Science and Finance MSc | Mathematics, Physics and Statistics |
5548F |
Fully approved (10.10.2025) |
September 2026 |
| Data Science and Industrial Biotechnology MSc | Mathematics, Physics and Statistics |
5547F |
Fully approved (10.10.2025) |
September 2026 |
| Data Science and Sport MSc | Mathematics, Physics and Statistics |
5545F |
Fully approved (10.10.2025) |
September 2026 |
| Digital Media, Technology and Society MA | Arts and Cultures |
4199F/P |
Fully approved (31.07.2025) |
September 2026 |
| Educational Leadership (online) MA | Education, Communication and Language Sciences |
4204P |
Fully approved (28.07.2025) |
September 2026 |
| Engineering Management MSc | Engineering |
5523F |
Fully approved (05.12.2024) |
September 2025 |
| Fine Art MA | Arts and Cultures |
4186F/P |
Fully approved (25.10.2024) |
September 2025 |
|
Gender MA You have to study one of the specialist pathway programmes
|
Geography, Politics and Sociology |
4191F/P |
Fully approved (04.11.2024); International Security approved 06.05.2025
07.11.2025 The generic 4191F/P codes are no longer being used for 2026 entry and have been replaced by individual pathway codes. See details under 'Title and major content changes' tab. |
September 2025 & 2026 |
| Geospatial Artificial Intelligence MSc | Engineering |
5540F |
Fully approved (10.09.2025) |
September 2026 |
| Global Sustainable Futures MA | Geography, Politics and Sociology |
4185F/P |
Fully approved (25.09.2024) |
September 2025 |
| International Security: Conflict, Crime and Justice MScL | GPS and Law |
5901F/P |
Fully approved (10.05.2025) |
September 2025 |
| Interpreting and Conference Diplomacy MA | Modern Languages | 4208F |
Fully approved (16.09.2025) |
September 2026 |
| Landscape Architecture MA | APL | 4177F |
Fully approved (04.12.2024) |
September 2025 |
| Medical Statistics MSc | MSP |
5519F |
Fully approved (18.09.2024) |
September 2025 |
| Oral Sciences MSc | Dental Sciences |
5528F |
Fully approved (20.12.2024) |
September 2025 |
| Project Management MSc | NUBS |
5530F |
Fully approved 21.01.2025 |
September 2025 |
| Robotics and AI MSc | Engineering |
5524F |
Fully approved (05.11.2024) |
September 2025 |
| Statistics MSc | MSP |
5518F |
Fully approved (18.09.2024) |
September 2025 |
| Translation Studies MA | Modern Languages |
4181P |
Fully approved (13.01.2025) |
September 2025 |
Reinstated
| Course | Faculty/ school | Programme code | Status | Entry date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Linguistics and Evidence Based Practice (Research) MSc | ECLS | 597FP |
Reinstated for 2025 entry (29.04.2025) |
September 2025 |
| Education EdD | Education, Communication and Language Sciences | 8902F/P |
PT course (8902P) now being offered for January 2025. PT and FT September 2024 still suspended. (22.03.2024). FT course being offered for September 2025 entry (only suspended for September 2024 entry.
Pattern of delivery: Jan 25 - PT start Sep 25 - FT start Nothing in 2026 Jan 27 - PT Start Sep 27 - FT start Nothing in 2028 Jan 29 - PT Start Sep 29 - FT start |
January/ September 2025 |
| Low Intensity Psychological Therapies PGCert | Psychology | 3196F | 3196F (self-funded route) replaced the suspended 3070F (self-funded route) 25.06.2024 | September 2025 |
| Low Intensity Psychological Therapies PGCert | Psychology | 3196F | Reinstated for 2025 entry (previously suspended) (14.07.2025) | October 2025 |
| Public Health PGCert | Institute of Population and Health Sciences | 3193P | 09.07.2025 - reinstated for 2025 entry | September 2025 |
| Public Health PGDip | Institute of Population and Health Sciences | 3554F/P | 14.07.2025 - reinstated for 2026 entry | September 2026 |
Withdrawn & suspended
| Course | Faculty/ school | Programme code | Status | Effective from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Food Marketing MSc | SNES |
5164F/P |
Withdrawn (0.01.2025) |
September 2025 |
| Advanced Computer Science MSc | COMP |
5178P |
Withdrawn (17.02.2025) |
September 2025 |
| Applied Linguistics and TESOL | ECLS |
4056F/P |
Withdrawn (24.11.2025) |
September 2026 |
| Applied Linguistics Research MA | ECLS |
4806F |
Suspended (10.07.2025) |
September 2025 |
| Biofabrication and Bioprinting MRes | Biomedical, Nutritional and Sport Sciences |
4864F |
Withdrawn (21.03.2025) |
September 2025 |
| Biopharmaceutical Process Development MRes | Engineering |
4858F |
Withdrawn retrospectively for 2024 entry ((08.07.2025) |
September 2024 |
| Biopharmaceutical Process Development MRes | Engineering |
8802F |
Withdrawn retrospectively for 2024 entry ((08.07.2025) |
September 2024 |
| Classics and Ancient History | HCA |
4035F/P |
Suspended (03.07.2023) - - 2023 entry Suspended (15.11.2023) - 2024 entry Suspended (07.11.2024) - 2025 and 26 entry |
September 2025 and September 2026. |
|
Cloud Computing MSc
|
COMP |
5056P |
Withdrawn (17.02.2025) |
September 2025 |
| Competition Law and the Digital Economy LLM | Law |
5894F/P |
Withdrawn for 2025 entry (18.03.2025) |
September 2025 |
| Computational Neuroscience and Neuroinformatics MSc | COMP |
5199F |
Withdrawn for 2025 entry (09.04.2025) |
September 2025 |
| Computer Science MSc (PT only) | COMP |
5055P |
Suspended for 2024 entry (07.02.2024). FT version still being offered (5055F). 5055P re-suspended for 2025 entry (07.04.2025)
Withdrawn for 2026 entry (19.04.2025) |
September 2024 September 2025
September 2026 |
| Conservation and Ecosystem Management MSc | SNES | 5437F |
Suspended for 2025 entry (13.02.2024) Suspended for 2026 entry (13.03.2025) |
September 2025 and 2026 |
| Creative Arts Practice MA | SACS | 4134 F/P |
Suspended for 2025 entry (04.11.2024) Suspended for 2026 entry (10.11.2025) |
September 2025 & 2026 |
| Cultural Property Protection MLitt | SACS | 7826F/P |
Suspended for 2024 entry (13.02.2024) and 2025 entry (14.10.2024) Suspended for 2026 entry (05.11.2025_ |
September 2024, 2025 and 2026 |
| Cyber Security MSc | COMP |
5144P |
Withdrawn (17.02.2025) |
September 2025 |
| Data Science (with Specialism in Statistics) MSc, PGDip, PGCert | MSP | 4870F/P; 3527F/P; 3177F/P | Withdrawn for 2025 entry (01.07.2024) | September 2025 |
| Data Science (various) | COMP |
Various |
New suspension for 25
• 5395P MSc Data Science (PT)
• 3155F PGCert Data Science (FT)
• 3155P PGCert Data Science (PT)
• 5449P MSc Data Science and AI (PT)
• 5450P MSc Data Science with Visualisation (PT)
plus
Re-suspension (suspended 24 and re-suspended for 25)
Data Science
PGDip (3505F and 3505P)
Data Science and AI
PGDip (3532F and 3532P)
PGCert (3180F and 3180P)
Data Science with Visualization
PGDip (3533F and 3533P)
PGCert (3181F and 3181P)
|
September 2025 |
| Diabetes MRes | FMS |
4835F |
Suspended for 2025 and 2026 entry - open to internal intercalating students only |
September 2025 and 2026. |
| Digital and Technology Solutions (Cyber Security Specialist) MSc (Specialist Integrated Degree Apprenticeship) | COMP |
5418P |
Suspended for 2023 entry (12.4.2023).Suspended for 2024 entry (04.01.2024) Withdrawn for 2025 entry (09.04.2025)
|
September 2025 |
| Digital and Technology Solutions (Data Analytics Specialist) MSc (Specialist Integrated Degree Apprenticeship) | COMP |
5419P |
Withdrawn for 2026 entry (25.07.2025) |
September 2026 |
| Digital and Technology Solutions (Software Engineering Specialist) MSc (Specialist Integrated Degree Apprenticeship) | COMP |
5458P |
Suspended for 2024 entry (04.01.2024) Suspended for 2025 entry (09.04.2025) Withdrawn for 2026 entry (25.07.2025) |
September 2024, 2025 & 2026 |
| Ecology MRes | SNES | 4871P |
PT course withdrawn (24.10.2023). FT still being offered. |
September 2026 |
| Education EdD | ECLS | 8902F/P |
FT suspended for 2026 entry. PT available for January 2027 (12.08.2025) |
2026-27 |
| Educational Leadership (online) MSc | ECLS | 4204P |
Suspended for 2026-27 entry (new course never ran) (10.11.2025) |
2026-27 |
| Drug Chemistry MSc | SNES | 5099P |
Withdrawn for 2025 entry (15.05.2025) |
September 2025 |
| Education EdD | ECLS |
8902P |
Suspended (10.07.2025) FT still available |
September 2025 |
| Education EdD | ECLS |
8902F |
Suspended (10.07.2025) PT still available for January 2027 |
September 2026 |
| Educational Research and Innovation PG Cert | ECLS |
3074P |
Suspended (10.07.2025) |
Suspended (10.07.2025) |
| Education Research MA | ECLS |
4018 F/P |
Suspended (10.07.2025) |
Suspended (10.07.2025) |
| Educational and Applied Linguistics IPhD | ECLS |
8182 F |
Suspended (10.07.2025) |
Suspended (10.07.2025) |
| Engineering and Science in the Marine Environment IPhD | Engineering | 8071F |
Withdrawn (19.11.2024) |
September 2025 |
| Engineering and Science in the Marine Environment IPhD | Engineering | 8071P |
Withdrawn (17.12.2024) |
September 2025 |
| Environmental Engineering MSc | Engineering | 5038P; 5310P |
PT courses withdrawn (17.12.2024) FT course still being offered 5038F |
September 2025 |
| Environmental Geoscience MRes | Geography, Politics and Sociology | 4867F |
Course suspended for academic years 2025/2026 & 2026/27 (30.102024) |
September 2025 and September 2026. |
| Forensic Psychology MSc | Psychology | 5270F/P (accredited); 5285F (non-accredited) |
Suspended (20.01.2025) - 2025 entry Suspended (22.10.2025) - 2026 entry |
September 2025 and 2026 |
| Geospatial Data Science MRes | Engineering | 4881F/P |
Suspended (20.01.2025) - The MRes was only offered to students who studied with the Geospatial Systems CDT |
September 2025 |
| Geotechnical and Geological Engineering MSc | Engineering | 5041F/P |
Withdrawn (17.12.2024) |
September 2025 |
| Global Public Health MSc, PGDip | Population and Health Sciences Institute |
5231P,5424P,3500P 5231F, 3500F |
Partial withdrawal (19.12.2023). Some course codes still recruiting - PGDip 3500F and MSc 5231F
5231F (MSc), 3500F (PGDip) withdrawn for 2025 entry (13.05.2024) |
September 2024 & 25 |
| Hydrology and Water Management MSc | Engineering |
5408P |
Withdrawn for 2025 entry (17.12.2024) |
September 2025 |
| Law and Society (Legal Research) LLM | Law |
5865F/P |
Withdrawn for 2025 entry (18.03.2025) |
September 2025 |
| Low Intensity Psychological Therapies PGCert (self-funded route) | Psychology |
3196F |
Suspended (06.11.2024) NHS funded route (3197F) still being offered. |
September 2025 |
| Management and Business Studies (Research) MA & PGDip | NUBS | 4118F/P & 3440F/P | Suspended 17.02.2025 | September 2025 |
| Marine Conservation and Sustainability | MSc |
5158P |
Withdrawn (09.04.2025). FT course still being offered (5158F) | September 2025 |
| Marine Technology Education Consortium (MTEC) | Engineering |
3173P/3174P PG Cert Marine Technology
• 3518P/3519P PG Diploma in Marine Technology
(General)
• 3520P/3521P PG Diploma in Marine Technology
(Marine Engineering)
• 3522P/3523P PG Diploma in Marine Technology
(Naval Architecture)
• 5409P/5410P MSc in Marine Technology
(General)
• 5411P/5412P MSc in Marine Technology
(Marine Engineering)
• 5413P/5414P MSc in Marine Technology (Naval
Architecture)
|
Withdrawn 24.05.2024. Replaced by new course: Marine Technology Education Consortium (MTEC) 5510P (September start only)
|
September 2024 and January 2025 |
| Mediation and International Commercial Dispute Resolution LLM; PGDip | Law |
3551P PGDip (September)
3552F PGDip (January)
3552P PGDip (January)
5890P LLM (September)
5897F LLM (January)
5897P LLM (January)
|
Withdrawn (30.06.2025) The following courses are recruiting for 2025 entry but will be withdrawn for 2026 entry: 5890F LLM (September)
3191P PGCert (September)
3551F PGDip (September)
|
September 2025 and January 2026 |
| Mediation and International Commercial Dispute Resolution LLM; PGDip; PGCert | Law |
5890F LLM (September)
3191P PGCert (September)
3551F PGDip (September)
|
Withdrawn (30.06.2025) |
September 2026 |
|
Music MMus |
Arts and Cultures | 5811F/P | Officially withdrawn (26.11.2025) | September 2025 |
|
Oncology MSc 5397P Palliative Care MSc 5399P Oncology for the Pharmaceutical Industry MSc 5401P Oncology PGDip 3506P Palliative Care PGDip 3508P Oncology for the Pharmaceutical Industry PGDip 3511P Oncology PGCert 3159P Palliative Care PGCert 3161P Oncology for the Pharmaceutical Industry PGCert 3163P |
Pharmacy | Withdrawn (14.11.2024) | September 2025 | |
| Planning and Environmental Research MA | APL |
4006F/P |
Withdrawn (28.11.2024) |
September 2025 |
| Public Health MPH, PGDip | Population and Health Sciences Institute |
5855P |
Partial withdrawal (19.12.2023). Some course codes still recruiting - PGCert 3028P, MSc 5011F, PGDip 3385F Withdrawal for 2025 entry: 5854F,5854P (MPH), 3498F/P (PGDip)
|
September 2024 & 2025 |
| Practitioner Enquiry MEd | ECLS |
5836P / 5858P / 5837P / 5859P |
Suspended (10.07.2025) |
September 2025 |
| Renewable Energy, Enterprise and Management (REEM) MSc | Engineering | 5160P (September intake) |
Withdrawn for September 2025 entry (17.12.2024) |
September 2025 |
| Shipping and Logistics MSc | Engineering | 5276F/P |
Suspended (22.01.2025) for 2025 entry PT course (5276P) withdrawn for 2026 entry (19.03.2025) |
September 2025 & 2026 |
| Smart Systems Engineering MSc | COMP | 5396F | Withdrawn (09.04.2025) | September 2025 |
| Synthetic Biology MSc | COMP |
5200F |
Suspended (05.02.2024) Withdrawn (09.04.2025) |
September 2024 & 2025 |
| Transport Engineering, Planning and Management MSc | Engineering |
5440P |
PT course withdrawn (17.12.2024). FT course still being offered. |
September 2025 |
| Transport Planning and Engineering MSc | Engineering | 5293P | Withdrawn (17.12.2024) | September 2025 |
Title & major content changes
| Course | Faculty/ school | Programme code | Status | Effective from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Artificial Intelligence MSc | Computing | 5449F |
Title change from Data Science and AI MSc (2025 entry) to Advanced Artificial Intelligence MSc (2026 entry) - no code change |
2026 |
| Advanced Data Science MSc | Computing | 5395F |
Title change from Data Science MSc (2025 entry) to Advanced Data Science MSc (2026 entry) - no code change |
2026 |
| Biomedical Engineering MSc | Engineering | 5204F |
Removal of the following pathways: (21.03.2025) |
2025 |
| Clinical Exercise Physiology MSc | Biomedical, Nutritional and Sports Sciences | 5430F |
Title change and reinstatement from Exercise Physiology MSc (29.07.20204) |
2025 |
| Development, Environment and International Politics MSc | GPS | 4086F/P | Title and qualification change from International Politics (Globalisation, Poverty & Development) MA (05.06.2024) | 2025 |
| Education MA | Education, Communication and Language Sciences | 5842F | Title change from Education: International Perspectives MA (No code change) (24.07.2024) | 2025 |
| Electronic Commerce MSc | Business School | 5491F | Title change from Digital Business (E-Commerce) MSc (14.03.2025) | 2026 |
| Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management MSc | Business School | 5476F | Title change from Entrepreneurship Innovation and Sustainability MSc (24.03.2025) |
2026 |
| Financial Analytics and Risk Management MSc | Business School | 5173F | Title change from Quantitative Finance and Risk Management MSc (no code change) (05.06.2025) | 2026 |
| Gender MA | GPS | Various |
Application process changed. Previously applicants applied on a generic 'dummy' code (4191F/P). They now apply for a specific pathway code: Gender and Sociology 4192F/P
URL also changed from https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/degrees/4191f/ to https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/degrees/4192f/ 06.11.2025 |
2026 |
| Global Film MA | Modern Languages | 4039F/P | Title change for 2025 entry from Film Theory and Practice MA (14.08.2024) | 2025 |
| Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence MSc | Computing | 5450F | Title change from Data Science with Visualization MSc to Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence MSc (no code change) (25.06.2025) | 2026 |
| Human Resource Management MSc | NUBS | 5291F | Title change from Global Human Resource Management MSc to Human Resource Management MSc (no code change) (01.05.2025) | 2026 |
| International Business MSc/ International Business (Sustainability) MSc | NUBS | 4047F/ 5461F | Title change from International Business Management MSc/ International Business Management (Sustainability) MSc to International Business MSc/ International Business (Sustainability) MSc (20.08.2024) | 2025 |
| International Politics (Geopolitics) MA | GPS | 4088F/P |
Title change from International Politics (Critical Geopolitics) MA to International Politics ( Geopolitics) MA |
2026 |
| Linguistics and English Language MA | SELLS | 4140F/P |
Title change from Linguistics MA to Linguistics and English Language MA (06.01.2026) |
2026 |
| Maritime Engineering MSc | Engineering | 5497F/5498F |
Major change in steams for 2025 entry (10.04.2025) |
2025 |
| Mechanical Engineering MSc | Engineering | 5120F | Removal of Materials pathway (21.03.2025) | 2025 |
| Naval Architecture, Marine and Ocean Engineering MSc | Engineering | 5497F/5498F |
Change of title from Maritime Engineering MSc (29.04.2025)
|
2026 |
| Planning MPlan | APL | K400 |
The conservation pathway on this programme will be rested in 2025/26
It will be replaced by a Global Sustainable Development pathway (22.05.2025)
|
2025 |
| Public Health MPH, PGDip | FMS | Various | Withdrawal of codes 5854F, 5854P (MPH), 3498F, 3498P (PGDip). New codes 5898F, 5898P, 5899P (MPH) (05.08.2024) | 2025 |
| Public History MA | HCA | 4169F/P | Major changes to module offering (31.03.2025) | 2025 |
| Robotics and Artificial Intelligence MSc | Engineering | 5524F | Title change from Robotics and AI MSc to Robotics and Artificial Intelligence MSc (28.07.2025) | 2026 |
| Sustainable Chemical Engineering MSc | Engineering | 5031F | Major changes to module offering (05.12.2024) | 2025 |
| Translation Studies MA | SML | 4181F |
Code change from 4059F to 4181F (12.08.2024) - 2024 entry Course has now been opened up to applicants wishing to use following language pairs: French-English German-English Spanish-English This is in addition to Chinese-English which is currently offered (13.01.2025). |
2024 & 2025 entry |
Courses still subject to full university approval
| Course | Faculty/ school | Programme code | Status | Planned year of entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Apprenticeship | Psychology | TBC | Strategic and Business Case approval. The proposal will now move to the Academic approval stage of the programme approval process. (4.1.2023) | 2023 |