European Diploma Supplement - 3.3 Access requirements

Postgraduate taught programmes

The normal minimum entry requirements for admission to a taught postgraduate programme require candidates to be graduates of The University of Manchester or any other approved university or institution of higher education, with normally at least the Honours degree of Bachelor in an appropriate discipline or its equivalent; or if not graduates, to possess other qualifications and/or experience that is recognised by the University as the equivalent of an Honours degree of Bachelor through its procedures for the recognition of prior certificated or experiential learning.

Undergraduate programmes

The normal minimum entry requirement for admission to a first degree or undergraduate award programme comprises passes (in GCSE subjects at grade A*, A, B or C) in 5 subjects in GCSE/GCE A Level examinations including:

• At least a grade A*, A, B or C in English at GCSE or its equivalent, and;
• At least two subjects at grade A-E in GCE A-Level examinations or their equivalent.

This normal minimum requirement may also be fulfilled by the equivalent in other examinations such as Intermediate GNVQ and Advanced GNVQ/Advanced VCE, International Baccalaureate Diploma, a recognised access programme or other qualifications recognised by the University, or through the assessment of an applicant's prior certified or experiential learning through the University's procedures for the recognition of such learning.

In addition, all applicants whose first language is not English must, before they are admitted to a programme of study leading to a first degree, provide evidence that they have attained normally at least a pass (grade C) in the Certificate of Proficiency in English of the University of Cambridge or an IELTS band score of 6.5 overall with not less than 5.5 in any individual skill, or a paper-based TOEFL score of 575 with 4 on the Test of Written English or a computer-based TOEFL score of 230 with 4 on essay-writing.

All programmes

Upon admission to postgraduate taught or undergraduate programmes at the University, all applicants whose first language is not English must, before they can be admitted to the University, provide evidence that they have attained normally at least a pass (grade C) in the Certificate of Proficiency in English of the University of Cambridge or an IELTS band score of 6 overall with not less than 5.5 in any individual skill, or a paper-based TOEFL score of 550 with 4 on the Test of Written English or a computer-based TOEFL score of 220 with 4 on essay writing. If evidence cannot be provided then they must undergo a test in English. Students who fail to reach a satisfactory standard in this test are required to complete satisfactorily appropriate units, as may be required. These may require a year of study additional to the period required for a qualification of the University.