Flexible Online Degrees

The University of Sunderland has created nineteen 100% online degrees and a blended learning degree that have been expertly designed for busy working professionals around the world. They combine the University’s core strengths of high-quality teaching, deep expertise in international and distance learning.

There is a high percentage of international students at University of Sunderland, and we have students studying by distance learning all around the world. Sunderland is also one of the UK’s leading widening participation Universities and was awarded with a ranking of 7th in the UK for social inclusion (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024).

Our portfolio of online MBA degrees are designed to develop contemporary management and leadership excellence to fulfil career potential in a range of industries, sectors and global organisational settings. With an International MBA and 4 specialisms in key ‘in demand’ areas of business, they present an exciting opportunity to enhance your career prospects.

Our suite of online Management Masters degrees provides you with a comprehensive understanding of a wide range of business and management theories, concepts and practices, covering all of the major disciplines and with opportunities to specialise in four key areas of business.

Our online LLM degrees provide a challenging legal education for individuals seeking experience across a range of legal disciplines and is well suited to both lawyers and non-lawyers from a wide range of professionals backgrounds.

Our online Computer Science Masters degrees equip you with an understanding of current research and technical developments in the field, and provide you with the opportunity to develop computing solutions to real-world problems. You will learn programming languages including Python and R.

Our Nursing degrees include a blended learning BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing, which combines online and campus learning with NHS trust placements and leads to registration as an adult nurse. The other two programmes are 100% online and are the BSc (Hons) Nursing Practice Top Up and the MSc Nursing, which have been designed to equip registered nurses for accelerated career progression.

The flexible teaching model means our online courses can be studied at any time and from anywhere to fit around work and life commitments, with no need to ever visit campus. What’s more, you will be allocated a dedicated Student Success Coordinator to support you from enrolment through to graduation.

With these online degrees, you can equip yourself for success in a wide range of careers across diverse sectors, with a University recognised for its high-quality teaching and superb student support, whilst continuing to earn and progress.