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Postgraduate taught entry requirements

Your application will be reviewed by the Admissions Tutor for your course, who will decide whether your application should receive an offer.

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Find your entry requirements

Specific entry requirements for each course can be found on individual course listings. Entry to our postgraduate programmes usually require a good Honours degree, or equivalent if you were educated outside the UK. Any academic and professional qualifications or industrial experience you may have are normally taken into account, and in some cases form an integral part of the entry requirements.

International student entry requirements

We welcome postgraduate applications from candidates offering a range of overseas qualifications. As well as achieving appropriate grades in your examinations, you also need to submit official transcripts of your qualifications translated into English and showing the subjects and grades obtained.

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Complete your application

Before continuing with your application, please read our application guidance carefully, including information on the supporting documents that are required before we can make a decision.

Please be aware that entry on to many programmes is highly competitive; consequently we also consider the skills, attributes, motivation and potential for success of an individual when deciding whether to make an offer. After we have received your application you may, if you live in the UK, be invited for an interview or to visit us to discuss your application.

Non-standard qualifications

If your qualifications are non-standard or different from the entry requirements stated in this prospectus, please contact the relevant school or department to discuss whether your application would be considered

Please visit the Terms and conditions page which contains important information concerning the University's conditions of study.