Higher Education
Study higher education courses at Stockton Riverside College.
Our range of degree-level courses can offer the same university-level qualifications at a lower cost, closer to home, and with smaller class sizes – meaning plenty of 1-1 support.
Earn a degree on your doorstep
At Stockton Riverside College, we are committed to providing an exceptional educational experience that enables personal growth, academic excellence, and ensures you are fully equipped to take your next steps.
With full and part-time options available, our higher education courses can fit around your everyday work and family commitments.
See what higher education courses we offer
Working in partnership with Teesside University, as well as a number of leading awarding bodies and professional organisations, we offer foundation degrees, honour degrees, degree-level equivalents, and professional courses across a wide range of subject areas.
APTA Higher Education Courses
We offer a range of full-time higher education courses, including two specific foundation degrees to enhance your practical skills in Acting and Musical Theatre.
If you want to study close to home, learn from industry-experienced tutors and technicians and are excited by the prospect of 80% practical courses, then an APTA higher education course is for you.
Whether your ambition is to be in front of the camera or working backstage on a West End production, our higher education courses will help you to develop your practical skills and theoretical knowledge, whilst gaining valuable industry experience.
Take a look at our university-level APTA courses today.
Teesside University College Partnership
Students on these courses can access services and facilities both at the college and the main Teesside University Campus. These include information and advice, the careers service, library services, the £13.2m Student Life building, Teesside University Students’ Union and disability services.
Start preparing for higher education
Here at Stockton Riverside College, we offer Pre-Access and Access to Higher Education Diplomas for those without traditional qualifications.
These courses will develop your skills and knowledge in preparation for starting a higher education course.
