About Buxton
The Buxton Campus
University of Derby Buxton
The spa town of Buxton is in Derbyshire, in the middle of beautiful Peak District countryside.
With easy access by rail or road from Manchester, Stockport and Derby, Buxton is the perfect place to study.
A university and a college - all under one roof
We're unique here in Buxton, because at our campus you can do college level courses and then move on to university level qualifications, all within the same building!
The university
At the university, we offer HNDs, foundation degrees, bachelors degrees and masters courses in these areas at Buxton:
- Events management
- Travel and tourism
- Hospitality and culinary arts
- Sports and outdoor recreation
- Beauty, spa and hairdressing
- Public services.
The college
At Buxton College of Further Education, you can study:
- Apprenticeships
- BTECs
- NVQs
- other courses that will help you in your first job.
- Beauty and spa
- Business
- Catering and hospitality
- Computing and IT
- Education and childcare
- Hairdressing
- Health and social care
- Motor vehicle studies
- Public services
- Sport, recreation and outdoor education
- Travel and tourism
- improve your business through training
- stage your conferences and events
- work with you on a consultancy basis or on research projects
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If you're already working and would like to study in your spare time we have lots of part time and short courses.
Or if you prefer more hands-on experience we have exciting work based courses with great local/regional employers.
Our courses are in these subject areas:
We also offer courses for young people and adults with extra support needs.
