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FAQs (Postgraduate)

Method of application

How do I apply?

Application forms can either be downloaded from the subject web page or found in the centre of the subject prospectus. You will need to complete the application form and submit this with the requested documentary evidence. Before you submit your application you should use the 'check list' at the end of the application form to check that you have included everything.

It is also possible to apply online for all of the postgraduate qualifications (see the subject web page for details) with the exception of Postgraduate Law, the Veterinary Epidemiology/Livestock Health and Production, Educational and Social Research. You will still need to send in the documentary evidence before an offer of registration can be made.

Do I still need to provide evidence of my school leaving qualifications if I have since completed further study?

If you are applying on the basis of your degree, then you wouldn't need to provide evidence of school leaving qualifications unless you are using them as evidence of English language.

I completed my first degree a long time ago and my former tutor is no longer at the University where I studied. What do I do?

Academic references are requested for all postgraduate programmes apart from the Postgraduate Laws Programme and the Short Courses taken from the programmes led by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and the Royal Veterinary College. If it is not possible to obtain an academic reference, you can instead seek a second reference from someone who is in a managerial position to you or a Training Officer, to comment on your suitability for postgraduate study. It is preferred that you seek one reference from an academic and the other from a supervisor, but where this is not possible we may accept two professional referees.

Our local British Council Office is unable to verify my certificates. What shall I do?

You must either send the original certificate for each qualification or you should contact the awarding/examining authority and arrange for it to send to the Postgraduate Admissions Office direct a certified transcript/statement of results. When sending original documents through the post we strongly advise you to use registered mail or recorded delivery.

My documents are not in English. Do I have to translate them?

You will be required to provide translations of your documents if they are not already in English. Only a translation by an official translator is acceptable to the University. You can contact your local British Council for advice on addresses of official translators.