POSTGRADUATE OPEN DAY GUIDE 26 November 2025 3.00-5.00pm
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WELCOME TO
LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY Thank you for joining us at our Postgraduate Open Day. In this guide, you’ll find everything you need to know about what’s happening today, along with tips on how to make the most of your visit with us. We have a team of staff and students on hand to offer help and advice throughout the event. So, if you have any questions or queries, don’t hesitate to ask.
WHY CHOOSE LJMU? LJMU offers a supportive and flexible academic environment, wellstructured postgraduate programmes, excellent research opportunities and access to extensive resources. The University’s wide range of disciplines span the arts, business, law, justice, humanities, education, health, science, engineering and technology. All postgraduate programmes are delivered by academics actively involved in research or consultancy projects.
*Graduate Outcomes Survey, published 2025
97% of our postgraduates are in work or further study 15 months after graduation*. It is this combination of academic expertise and ‘real world’ experience that ensures LJMU courses prepare students for the job market, enabling them to enjoy fulfilling and successful careers.
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WHO SHOULD I SPEAK TO?
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ACADEMICS
MONEY ADVICE TEAM
Chat to academics within your school specific networking session. Find out about the topics you will study on your course, how you will be assessed and what additional opportunities are on offer.
In addition to the funding talk at 3:30pm, our Money Advice team will be avalable in our Student Support Hub throughout the event. Chat to the team to learn about postgraduate loans, bursaries and our Alumni Discount Award.
ACCOMMODATION TEAM
DISABILITY TEAM
Find out about the great range of accommodation on offer to postgraduate students by chatting to accommodation staff on their information stand, and visiting the accommodations for a tour.
If you have a disability of any kind and need extra support, there are many ways we can help. As a student with a disability, there is specialist support and a wide variety of services available to you. Discuss those services and how you can access them with the Disability team.
ADMISSIONS TEAMS Talk to our admissions staff to find out all you need to know about what you can study, how to apply, visas and costs.
STUDENT FUTURES TEAM Hear how postgraduate study can enhance your career prospects by chatting to our Student Futures team at the Career Zones in the Student Life Building and the James Parsons Building.
STUDENTS Meet our postgraduate students throughout the event and talk to them about their studies, the support available and what it feels like to take a higher level qualification.
THE DOCTORAL ACADEMY Visit the research stand in the Student Life Building to find out how our dedicated staff can offer support and ongoing training to enhance your research and future career in this sector.
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SCHOOL SESSIONS *Please note Postgraduate Taught Funding Talk is optional to attend
LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF ART AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES School welcome presentation followed by course-based activities and networking opportunities.
Time
Activity
Location
3.00-3.30pm
Registration and refreshments
Student Life Building - main foyer
3.30-4.00pm
Postgraduate Taught Funding Talk*
Student Life Building, room SLB/208, second floor
4.15-5.00pm
MArch Architecture MA Urban Design
Student Life Building, room SLB/302, third floor
4.15-5.00pm
MA Art in Science MA Exhibition Studies MA Fashion Innovation MA Fine Art MA Illustration
Student Life Building, room SLB/303, third floor
4.15-5.00pm
MA Cities MA Documentary MA Film MA Journalism MA Sports Journalism MA Immersive Media
Student Life Building, room SLB/211, second floor
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE School welcome presentation followed by course-based activities and networking opportunities.
Time
Activity
Location
3.00-3.30pm
Registration and refreshments
Student Life Building - main foyer
3.30-4.00pm
Postgraduate Taught Funding Talk*
Student Life Building, room SLB/208, second floor
4.15-5.00pm
MA English Literature MA International Relations MA Modern History MA Mass Communications MA Writing MA Screenwriting
Student Life Building, room SLB/203, second floor
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SCHOOL OF EDUCATION School welcome presentation followed by course-based activities, networking opportunities and an optional facilities tour. Please allow additional time for the tour around facilities as this could run past 5pm.
Time
Activity
Location
3.00-3.30pm
Registration and refreshments
Student Life Building - main foyer
3.30-4.00pm
Postgraduate Taught Funding Talk*
Student Life Building, room SLB/208, second floor
4.15-5.00pm
Train to Teach at LJMU
Student Life Building, room SLB/204, second floor
4.15-5.00pm
MA Education and Social Justice MSc Psychology in Education
Student Life Building, room SLB/205, second floor
4.15-5.00pm
Doctor of Education
Student Life Building, Postgraduate Research Stand
SCHOOL OF LAW AND JUSTICE STUDIES School welcome presentation followed by course-based activities and networking opportunities.
Time
Activity
Location
3.00-3.30pm
Registration and refreshments
Student Life Building - main foyer
3.30-4.00pm
Postgraduate Taught Funding Talk*
Student Life Building, room SLB/208, second floor
4.15-5.00pm
MA Criminal Justice MSc Criminal Psychology and Criminal Justice MA Criminology MSc Policing and Criminal Investigation PhD Policing
Student Life Building, room SLB/210, second floor
4.15-5.00pm
Doctor of Policing and Criminal Justice
Student Life Building, Postgraduate Research Stand
4.15-5.00pm
LLM Artifical Intelligence and Law LLM International Crime, Justice and Security LLM International Maritime Law and Sustainability LLM Business, Corporate and Finance Law LLM Master of Laws
Student Life Building, room SLB/207, second floor
4.15-5.00pm
LLM Legal Practice (SQE 1 and 2) PGCert Foundations in Law
Student Life Building, room SLB/206, second floor
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LIVERPOOL BUSINESS SCHOOL School welcome presentation followed by course-based activities and networking opportunities.
Time
Activity
Location
3.00-3.30pm
Registration and refreshments
Student Life Building - main foyer
3.30-4.00pm
Postgraduate Taught Funding Talk*
Student Life Building, room SLB/208, second floor
4.15-5:00pm
DBA Doctorate in Business Administration
Student Life Building, Postgraduate Research Stand
4.15-5.00pm
MSc Digital Marketing MSc International Business and Management MSc International Business and Management (with Advanced Practice) MSc Investment and Finance MSc Investment and Finance (with Advanced Practice) MSc Management MSc Management (with Advanced Practice) MSc Management and Digital Business MSc Management and Digital Business (with Advanced Practice) MA Strategic People Management and Practice MSc Supply Chain, Logistics and Management MSc Supply Chain, Logistics and Management (with Advanced Practice) PGCert Business Scale up and Leadership
Student Life Building, room SLB/209, second floor
4.15-5.00pm
MSc Leadership and Management Practice Master of Business Administration Master of Business Administration—Business Scale-Up
Student Life Building, room SLB/208, second floor
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SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES School welcome presentation followed by course-based activities and networking opportunities.
Time
Activity
Location
3.00-3.30pm
Registration and refreshments
James Parsons Building - main foyer
3.30-4.00pm
Postgraduate Taught Funding Talk*
James Parsons Building, Lower Lecture Theatre, ground floor
4.15-5.00pm
MSc Climate Change and Sustainability
James Parsons Building, room BS/322, third floor
4.15-5.00pm
MSc Forensic Anthropology
James Parsons Building, room BS/323, third floor
4.15-5.00pm
MSc Primate Behaviour, Conservation and Welfare
James Parsons Building, room BS/324, third floor
4.15-5.00pm
MSc Wildlife Conservation
James Parsons Building, room BS/325, third floor
SCHOOL OF PHARMACY AND BIOMOLECULAR SCIENCES School welcome presentation followed by course-based activities and networking opportunities.
Time
Activity
Location
3.00-3.30pm
Registration and refreshments
James Parsons Building - main foyer
3.30-4.00pm
Postgraduate Taught Funding Talk*
James Parsons Building, Lower Lecture Theatre, ground floor
4:15-5:00pm
MRes Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences MSc Biomedical Sciences MSc Clinical Embryology MSc Cosmetic Science MSc Drug Discovery, Development and Delivery MSc Forensic Bioscience MSc Industrial Biotechnology MSc Natural Products Discovery
James Parsons Building, Peter Jost Upper Exhibition Area/ Upper Lecture Theatre
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SCHOOL OF SPORT AND EXERCISE SCIENCES School welcome presentation followed by course-based activities and networking opportunities.
Time
Activity
Location
3.00-3.30pm
Registration and refreshments
James Parsons Building - main foyer
3.30-4.00pm
Postgraduate Taught Funding Talk*
James Parsons Building, Lower Lecture Theatre, ground floor
4.15-5.00pm
MSc Clinical Exercise Physiology MSc Sport Physiology and Performance MSc Sport Nutrition MSc Sport Psychology MSc Strength and Conditioning
James Parsons Building, Lower James Parsons Exhibition Area/ Lower Lecture Theatre
SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS ASTROPHYSICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE School welcome presentation followed by course-based activities and networking opportunities.
Time
Activity
Location
3.00-3.30pm
Registration and refreshments
James Parsons Building - main foyer
3.30-4.00pm
Postgraduate Taught Funding Talk*
James Parsons Building, Lower Lecture Theatre, ground floor
4.15-5.00pm
MSc Computing and Information Systems MSc Artificial Intelligence (Machine Learning) MSc Cyber Security
James Parsons Building, room BS/313, third floor
4.15-5.00pm
MSc Astrophysics MSc Data Science
James Parsons Building, room BS/315, third floor
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SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING School welcome presentation followed by course-based activities and networking opportunities.
Time
Activity
Location
3.00-3.30pm
Registration and refreshments
James Parsons Building - main foyer
3.30-4.00pm
Postgraduate Taught Funding Talk*
James Parsons Building, Lower Lecture Theatre, ground floor
4.15-5.00pm
MSc Audio and Video Forensics MSc Electrical Power and Control Engineering MSc Embedded Systems and IC Design MSc Wireless Communications MSc Sensors, Data and Management MSc International Transport, Trade and Logistics MSc Maritime Operations Management MSc Port Management MSc Marine and Offshore Engineering MSc Renewable Energy MSc Maritime Energy Efficiency
James Parsons Building, Upper Peter Jost Building, room PJ/205 - second floor
SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT School welcome presentation followed by course-based activities and networking opportunities. Time
Activity
Location
3.00-3.30pm
Registration and refreshments
James Parsons Building - main foyer
3.30-4.00pm
Postgraduate Taught Funding Talk*
James Parsons Building, Lower Lecture Theatre, ground floor
4.15-5.00pm
MSc Civil Engineering MSc Commercial Building Surveying MSc Construction Project Management MSc Housing MSc Project Management MSc Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management MSc Real Estate MSc Water, Energy and the Environment
James Parsons Building, room BS/302, third floor
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SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY School welcome presentation followed by course-based activities and networking opportunities.
Time
Activity
Location
3.00-3.30pm
Registration and refreshments
James Parsons Building - main foyer
3.30-4.00pm
Postgraduate Taught Funding Talk*
James Parsons Building, Lower Lecture Theatre, ground floor
4.15-5.00pm
MSc Brain and Behaviour
James Parsons Building, room BS/311, third floor
4.15-5.00pm
MA Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice
James Parsons Building, room BS/310, third floor
4.15-5.00pm
MSc Forensic and Investigative Psychology
James Parsons Building, room BS/307, third floor
4.15-5.00pm
MSc Health Psychology
James Parsons Building, room BS/309, third floor
4.15-5.00pm
MSc Positive Psychology and Wellbeing
James Parsons Building, room BS/312, third floor
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND ALLIED HEALTH School welcome presentation followed by course-based activities and networking opportunities.
Time
Activity
Location
3.00-3.30pm
Registration and refreshments
James Parsons Building - main foyer
3.30-4.00pm
Postgraduate Taught Funding Talk*
James Parsons Building, Lower Lecture Theatre, ground floor
4.15-5.00pm
MSc Public Health MSc Public Health (Addictions) MSc International Public Health
James Parsons Building, room BS/317, third floor
4.15-5.00pm
MA Social Work
James Parsons Building, room BS/330, third floor
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SCHOOL OF NURSING AND ADVANCED PRACTICE Course and school based networking opportunities.
Time
Activity
Location
3.00-3.30pm
Registration and refreshments
James Parsons Building - main foyer
3.30-4.00pm
Postgraduate Taught Funding Talk*
James Parsons Building, Lower Lecture Theatre, ground floor
4.15-5.00pm
MSc Advanced Clinical Practice MSc Advanced Clinical Practice Degree Apprenticeship PGCert Advanced Wound Care PGCert Cardiovascular Health and Management PGCert Complexities in Acute Medicine and Surgery PGCert Complexities in Urgent and Primary Care PGCert Clinical Education PGCert Independent Prescribing and Clinical Decision Making Doctor of Professional Practice in Health
James Parsons Building, Student Futures Careers Zone
4.15-5.00pm
MSc Nursing (Adult) MSc Nursing (Child) MSc Nursing (Mental Health)
James Parsons Building, room BS/301, third floor
THE DOCTORAL ACADEMY Time
Activity
Location
3.30-4.00pm
What is a PhD?
Student Life Building, room SLB/203, second floor
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION COMPLIMENTARY REFRESHMENTS Teas, coffees and biscuits will be available in the Student Support Hub throughout the event. Student Support Hub locations are: City Campus James Parsons Building (L3 3AF) Mount Pleasant Campus Student Life Building (L3 5AH)
FREE WIFI AVAILABLE For free Wi-Fi access, please connect to LJMU_Guest
FAITH ROOM FACILITIES Open to all visitors during the event, we have a faith room on the first floor of the Student Life Building, Room 1.17. Please speak to staff member at the Information Desk who can take you to the space.
HEALTH AND SAFETY Fire Alarm If during the event a fire alarm sounds, please exit the building via the nearest fire exit as quickly and safely as possible. Staff and student ambassadors will ensure you are guided to the nearest fire assembly point. Illness or accident If you feel unwell or require first aid, please notify a member of staff. First aiders will be available all day to help you.
NEED A QUIET SPACE? We have created a quiet space so should you need to, you can take a break from our busy Postgraduate Open Day. Our quiet room for today in the Student Life Building is the Global Lounge on the lower ground floor and room BS/121 on the first floor of the James Parsons Building.
PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILMING We will be taking some promotional images throughout todays event. These will be used by LJMU to share news about the event and publicise our future postgraduate events. Images may be used in press releases, printed publicity and on social media. If you would prefer not to be filmed/photographed, please speak to a member of staff.
HOW WAS OUR DAY? SCAN to tell us about your experience at LJMU.
It’s hard work but I’m in a really exciting place now. I’d never thought in a million years that I’d be in that position, I didn’t think I could be somebody who could do a masters. It’s just been an amazing, amazing achievement. Alison Robinson
HAVE A QUESTION, JUST ASK! For course advice and general guidance: Email courses@ljmu.ac.uk Tel 0151 231 5090 Web ljmu.ac.uk
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The information in this planner is correct at the time of going to press (November 2025). However, some changes will inevitably occur in the interval between publication and the academic year to which the planner relates and the University reserves the right to withdraw or make alterations to the courses and facilities if necessary. Applicants should therefore use this planner in conjunction with the University website, which we shall maintain and keep up-to-date. For further information on the LJMU admissions policy, please visit ljmu.ac.uk/admissions.
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