Undergraduate Courses in the UK
Students in England, Wales and Scotland enter university at the age of eighteen, usually having studied A-levels and thus having completed thirteen years of school. Undergraduate applications to nearly all UK universities are managed by UCAS – the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service – and as an official UCAS centre, SI-UK’s professional university consultants can guide you through the entire application process with our wide range of services.
For their first degree, most students undertake a three-year bachelor’s, featuring a combination of seminars, workshops and lectures made up of different modules. Certain modules are optional, and as such you can tailor study to what you are most interested in. Science and engineering degrees usually take four years and include a research project or dissertation.
Joint degrees are another option – splitting your time across two different courses – while most universities also offer sandwich degrees whereby a year is taken out so a placement can be undertaken in the industry of your subject.
Upon graduation, you’ll have the option of either finding full-time employment and beginning your career, or moving into postgraduate study.
Short Undergraduate course Options
Shorter courses are also available.
- Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE) – This can be achieved following one year of full-time study, or two years of part-time study
- Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE) – A 2-year full-time degree course
Completion of the above courses is not enough to secure a place in postgraduate study, but students do have the option of moving into the second or third year of a full degree if they wish to graduate.
How SI-UK can help with your application
If you wish to learn more about undergraduate study and where you can do it, arrange your free consultation with our multilingual experts today.
Worried about not having good enough grades or English to start undergraduate study? Visit our dedicated IELTS Language Centre to improve your score, or learn more about foundation courses which enable you to join your desired course.