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General entry requirements
We operate a devolved admissions system and all admissions decisions are made within academic Schools. Admissions staff for individual courses reserve the right to judge the relevance and acceptability of any qualification or subject.
Our admissions staff assess each application holistically and judge whether the content and demand of the qualifications presented will have sufficiently prepared you to progress on to the course you are applying for. Entry requirements will vary from one course to another and compulsory subject requirements may apply. Please refer to the specific entry requirements for your chosen course.
General requirements for undergraduate courses
Students holding the following with an overall score of 13+/20 (bien/good) will be considered for entry to the first year of our undergraduate degree courses:
Please refer to the information below as guidance for grade comparisons to A-level requirements:
Option Internationale du Baccalauréat (OIB):
Where compulsory or preferred individual subjects are required, we would expect applicants to be taking the most relevant Bac (for example, the Bac "S" for entry to science courses)." to " Students holding the following with an overall score of 13+/20 (bien/good) will be considered for entry to the first year of our undergraduate degree courses:
Please refer to the information below as guidance for grade comparisons to A-level requirements:
Option Internationale du Baccalauréat (OIB)/ Baccalauréat Français International (BFI)*:
*Please note that the new BFI exams are still being considered by our admissions teams and may be subject to change. This information is provided as a guideline only.
Where compulsory or preferred individual subjects are required, we would expect applicants to be taking the most relevant Bac (for example, the Bac "S" for entry to science courses).
General requirements for postgraduate/research courses
Students who have obtained a licence after three years of study would usually be considered for entry to master’s courses with a minimum GPA of 14 out of 20, bien, for 2:1 equivalence, or 12 out of 20, assez bien, for 2:2 equivalence.
Students who have obtained the maîtrise would usually be considered to entry for PhD courses, with a minimum GPA of 13 out of 20 for 2:1 equivalence.
English language requirements
All applicants to the University (from the UK and overseas) are required to show evidence of English language proficiency.
Appropriate grades obtained in the Option Internationale du Baccalauréat (OIB)/ Baccalauréat Français International (BFI) or Baccalauréat Général may be accepted by some schools as evidence of English Language ability. We would generally expect a grade of 12 in English in the OIB/BFI, and 14 in English in the Général for IELTS 6.5 overall.
For further information about our English language admissions policy, including a list of the most common English language qualifications we accept, please visit our English language requirements page.
Some Schools ask that the appropriate score has been met before you apply for a course, while other departments give conditional offers subject to applicants achieving our general entry requirement level of English Language proficiency before starting the course.
Other entry requirements
Please note that this is generic information only. Faculties and academic Schools have different entry requirements and some qualifications may not be acceptable for certain courses, so it is important to check with the School directly before you apply.
Some courses have additional entry requirements such as previous work experience, submission of written work with the application or previous study of a particular subject.