Postgraduate Guidelines

Before You Apply

Global Vision for UK Education helps you to choose your course based on your previous study and your qualification. Global Vision for UK education has a wide range of courses to fit your requirements.

• Timing: Some courses fill up their places very quickly, so you must prepare well in advance of the starting date. This might be as early in October or November of the previous year, ideally. It shouldn’t be later than April, although some courses accept students as late as August.
  
  
• Things to remember: You should consider the time it takes to gather information, the time it takes for referees to supply references in support of your application and the fact that it may take a while for the university to make a decision due to the sheer number of applications it receives. Your application will be considered on your achievements and on your references. Referees should be university tutors who are able to comment on your academic performance. You should also take in account the time it will take to arrange funding. In most cases, scholarship awarding bodies need to know what offer of a place you have at a university before you are eligible to apply.

Entry Requirements

• English language courses: Admission to English language courses is flexible and based on your level of ability. No matter what your current level, you will be able to study English in the UK. If you want to study an English language course alongside your main academic course. You will need to satisfy the entrance requirements for your main course.
  
  Whether you simply want to improve your English language skills or study for a postgraduate qualification, there is a place for you in UK education. Here we look at the entry requirements.
  
  
• MBA’s: Master of Business Administration (MBA) courses usually require a British undergraduate degree or equivalent, or a professional qualification. MBA courses may also require two to three years' management experience.

Postgraduate programmes

For entry to taught postgraduate courses (master's degrees, postgraduate diplomas and postgraduate certificates), you will need an undergraduate degree or equivalent from your country in a relevant area. For example, to study chemistry at master's level, you would need to have a degree in chemistry.

However, 'conversion' courses are designed to provide an intensive introduction to a subject. For these programmes any British undergraduate degree is sufficient, even one in an unrelated area, for example, you might have studied history for  your first degree, but could use 8 conversion courses to prepare for a Master of Science (MSc) Degree in information technology . It’s usual to obtain a master’s degree before progressing to Doctor of philosophy (PhD) programme. It is possible to enter PhD Directly ,with a first class degree or a significant amount of relevant work experience . You usually need to enrol as: MPhil student or on a Master of research (MRes) course, and you need to satisfy your department that you are capable of transferring to a PhD.

Check Your Qualification

If you want to know how your qualifications compare with their UK counterparts you can contact the National Academic Recognition Information Centre for the United Kingdom (UK NARIC), which is the official source of information on the comparability of international qualifications.

Admissions tutors may base their decision regarding your application not only on your Academic qualifications but also on factors Including your references and experience, English language ability and motivation for study. Your local British Council office can provide further guidance on qualifications. The office will either have access to UK NARIC's most up-to-date Information which can be used to compare qualifications, or will be able to guide you on making such comparisons.