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BA (Hons)

Product Design

Our 2024 students swept every prize at Anderson EV’s London Design Week competition

Small groups, bespoke support – not a production line

Graduates working at Wuling Motors (Shanghai), 3DC/MyMiniFactory (London) and Showbox (Dubai)

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Location

Canterbury

Start date

Sept 2027

Duration

3 years full-time

UCAS codes

Course: W243

Institution: C93

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Optional extra year of study

Placement year

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a product designer

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Product Design degree at UCA

Master through making, in workshops brimming with craft, curiosity, and experimentation on our BA (Hons) Product Design degree course.

The workshop is your classroom

Your studio sits right next door to the workshop and you’ll move constantly between designing and making, testing ideas physically within minutes of having them. Laser cutting, CNC milling, wood, metal, plastics, casting, 3D printing – it's all here, and it's yours to use.

See solutions nobody else can

The best product designers don't follow formulas. Over three years of relentless experimentation on this Product Design course – trying, breaking, discovering – you'll develop a creative intuition that lets you see solutions others miss. That's a skill that will convert client pitches, win awards, and make you impossible to ignore.

Big problems, not just pretty objects

In the second year of your Product Design degree, your projects shift from personal exploration to professional application. Working with UN Sustainability Goals, live competition briefs, and industry partners, you'll learn to apply your design thinking to problems that can make a difference to the world.

Try everything. Seriously, everything

One student spent weeks in the photography darkroom and came back with a completely new direction for their project. Another collected coffee grounds and ended up winning the Andersen EV competition at London Design Week 2024, with their bio-resin product. With small groups and huge facilities, you’ve got the space and freedom to follow your curiosity – wherever it leads.

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Upcoming webinars

We offer a range of webinars throughout the year that applicants to our Product Design course may be interested in.

You can also view recordings of all previous sessions through the UCA webinar archive.

Making an Outstanding Portfolio & Applicant Day Advice

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What you'll study

Below is a breakdown of the modules you'll study as part of this Product Design degree.

BA (Hons) Product Design explores the design, development, and making of products that shape everyday life. The course is concerned with how objects are conceived, tested, produced, and experienced, and how design can respond responsibly to human need, environmental challenge, and technological change.

Year 1 establishes the foundations of product design practice through a supportive, studio-based environment focused on experimentation, skills-building, and confidence. You are introduced to core design processes including ideation, sketching, model making, material exploration, and basic digital workflows.

Year 2 develops your product design practice through engagement with more complex briefs, real-world contexts, and increasing professional responsibility. Design activity is grounded in fabrication, prototyping, and testing, with a strong emphasis on how ideas are realised materially and technically.

Year 3 centres on independent, critically positioned product design practice and the development of a clear professional identity. You define a personal area of interest and develop ideas through sustained creative investigation.

Please note, the content of the course may be subject to change. Curriculum content is provided as a guide.

Integrated foundation year (if undertaken)

UCA’s Integrated Foundation Year is designed to give you the skills you’ll need to start your degree in the best possible way – with confidence, solid knowledge of creative practice, study skills and more.

You’ll explore a range of creative techniques and develop your portfolio, with your chosen subject in mind. We’ll work with you throughout the year to ensure you’re on the right track and give you the tools to achieve your highest potential on your degree.

Find out more about the Integrated Foundation Year

Year one

Design 01: 30 credits

In Design 01, through a supported and scaffolded studio environment you are introduced to product design as a material and object-focused discipline, concentrating on how product designers think, test ideas, and make decisions through form, function, and use. Working within a shared project context, you explore relationships between body, scale, ergonomics, material, and form through iterative design processes. Studio activity centres on developing product ideas through sketching, model making, basic prototyping, and introductory digital techniques, using representation as an active design tool rather than a final outcome.

You are supported to apply foundational product design principles such as proportion, usability, material behaviour, and basic manufacturing logic as you develop simple product proposals. The module foregrounds product-specific thinking and judgement, helping you understand how function, user experience, and material choices are shaped through design decisions. Regular tutorials and structured feedback support you in building confidence and clarity, establishing a strong foundation for progression through the course.

Career Catalyst: Skills & Capability: 30 credits

Career Catalyst: Skills & Capability runs alongside Design 01 and supports the same project work from a complementary perspective, focusing on how you work and develop as a creative practitioner, aligned to professional standards. You are encouraged to experiment across a range of skills, tools, materials, and techniques, building confidence through testing, iteration, and hands-on exploration. The emphasis is on learning through doing, reflection, and process, rather than arriving at a resolved or polished outcome.

You develop feedback literacy, reflective habits, and communication strategies that help you understand and articulate your creative process clearly. Ethical, sustainable, and inclusive considerations are introduced as part of everyday creative decision-making, supporting you to think critically about how products are conceived, produced, and used. Together with Design 01, this module supports a holistic learning journey in which experimentation, reflection, and communication strengthen your emerging product design practice.

Design 02: 30 credits

In Design 02, you build on your foundational skills by developing product design proposals that respond to defined users, contexts, and constraints. Working within a shared project, you apply design thinking more intentionally, learning how product decisions are shaped by use scenarios, cultural context, material availability, and practical limitations. Studio activity focuses on testing and refining ideas through structured iteration, with increased emphasis on material selection, construction, basic manufacturing processes, and environmental considerations.

You develop greater confidence in product-specific representation, using sketches, models, prototypes, and digital outputs to communicate form, function, and user interaction. The module foregrounds how materials, construction, and use work together to shape product performance and experience, supporting you to make informed design decisions rather than purely intuitive ones. Through tutorials and feedback, you learn to manage a design project with increasing structure, rigour, and clarity.

Critical Cultures: 30 credits

Critical Cultures runs alongside Design 02 and supports the same project work from a complementary perspective, focusing on how context, culture, and values inform product design thinking. You are introduced to key cultural, historical, and contemporary influences on product and object design, learning how to analyse, interpret, and position design work rather than produce it. Through visual, textual, and material research, you develop critical and visual literacy, building confidence in referencing, argumentation, and articulation of ideas.

You explore how ethical, sustainable, and inclusive perspectives shape product design cultures and influence decision-making across design, manufacture, and consumption. The module supports you in communicating contextual understanding clearly through written, visual, or verbal formats appropriate to the discipline.

Together with Design 02, this module helps you move from intuitive making towards more informed, intentional, and critically grounded product design practice.

Year two

Design 03: 30 credits

In Design 03, you develop your product design practice through making, fabrication, and testing, working within a shared project situated in a defined community, industry, or user context. Studio activity is strongly fabrication-led, encouraging you to explore how product ideas emerge through material experimentation, prototyping, manufacturing logic, and iterative development. You translate briefs and external constraints into product propositions, testing ideas through sketches, models, functional prototypes, and digital techniques.

The module supports you in building increasing technical confidence, helping you select and apply materials, tools, and processes appropriate to the scale, use, and ambition of your project. You learn to integrate contextual and user research with hands-on experimentation, strengthening your design judgement and ability to resolve products through making. Design 03 foregrounds product design as a materially grounded and user-focused practice, preparing you to work with greater independence and technical complexity as the course progresses.

Career Catalyst: Communities & Influence: 30 credits

Career Catalyst: Communities & Influence runs alongside Design 03 and supports the same project work from a complementary perspective, focusing on how you operate as a collaborative and professional product designer within community, industry, or group contexts. You engage with external parameters that require adaptability, professional conduct, and clear communication, learning how product design practice is shaped by social, ethical, commercial, and organisational considerations.

The module emphasises teamwork, audience-facing communication, and contextual integration, supporting you to work effectively with others and respond to real-world expectations. You develop confidence in articulating ethical, sustainable, and inclusive approaches, and in justifying design values within collaborative and professional settings. Rather than assessing the product outcome itself, Creative Communities focuses on how you engage, communicate, and operate professionally.

Together with Design 03, the module connects product design practice to real audiences and purposes, strengthening your readiness for more complex and autonomous work later in the course.

Design 04: 30 credits

In Design 04, you develop product design proposals that respond to complex functional, material, technical, and contextual constraints, with a focus on transformation, identity, and user experience. Working within a shared project theme, you are challenged to design products or product systems that communicate clear design intent and respond thoughtfully to users, use scenarios, manufacture, and broader context. Studio activity emphasises strategic decision-making, requiring you to balance creativity with constraint while developing coherent and ambitious product propositions.

You apply material, ergonomic, environmental, and manufacturing strategies to test and refine performance, usability, and experiential qualities. Advanced representation methods, including sketches, prototypes, models, simulations, and digital outputs, are used as tools for design thinking rather than presentation alone. The module

supports you in integrating research, user insight, and experimentation into resolved product outcomes, encouraging independent judgement and preparing you for the autonomy required in final-year practice.

Brand – Identity - Experience: 30 credits

Brand – Identity – Experience runs alongside Design 04 and supports the same project work from a complementary perspective, focusing on how meaning, identity, and experience are understood and communicated in relation to products and systems. You investigate brand, narrative, and experiential values, learning how these shape user perception, audience engagement, and the interpretation of designed outcomes across design and commercial contexts.

The module emphasises research, analysis, and communication rather than design production, supporting you to articulate identity and experience through appropriate visual, verbal, or material strategies. You explore how cultural, social, ethical, sustainable, and inclusive considerations inform identity-driven product design, and reflect on how narrative, positioning, and value propositions influence creative practice and future professional pathways. Together with Design 04, the module strengthens your ability to connect product design with meaning and experience, preparing you for more autonomous and critically positioned work in Level 6.

Professional practice year (if undertaken)

You may enrol to undertake an additional ‘Professional Practice Year’ as an integral part of this course.

This will take place in year three. You will undertake a work placement with a subject appropriate employer to further develop your skills and CV.

Please note: If you are an international applicant, you will need to enrol onto the course ‘with Professional Practice Year’. It will not be possible to transfer onto the Professional Practice Year after enrolment

Year three

Creative Research: 30 credits

In Creative Research, you establish the direction and ambition of your Major Project through research-through-design, appropriate to the conventions of art and design research within product design. Rather than separating research from practice, you develop ideas through sustained creative enquiry, using experimentation, sketching, making, modelling, prototyping, simulation, and digital testing as active research methods. You investigate themes, contexts, users, systems, technologies, or product ecosystems relevant to your emerging interests, allowing design exploration to inform and shape your research focus.

You are supported to analyse research findings critically, helping you articulate a clear product design position and define the scope, opportunities, and constraints of your future project. The module emphasises independence, reflection, and professional judgement, requiring you to manage a self-directed research process with confidence and rigour. By the end of the term, you will have established a well- considered research direction that provides a strong intellectual and creative foundation for your Major Project in Term 2.

Career Catalyst: Futures & Direction: 30 credits

Career Catalyst: Futures & Direction runs alongside Creative Research and focuses on how you position yourself professionally and communicate your work to external audiences. Working from the same body of research and creative development, you begin to shape a clear professional identity as a product designer, considering how your skills, interests, and values translate into contemporary and future practice. The module supports you in producing resolved outputs that demonstrate autonomy, innovation, and clarity of purpose.

You reflect on professional contexts, explore appropriate modes of communication, and develop strategies for presenting your work confidently to diverse audiences, including industry, public, and academic contexts. Emphasis is placed on independent project management, ethical and inclusive reasoning, and future planning, helping you understand how your work operates beyond the academic studio. Together with Creative Research, the module ensures you are creatively, intellectually, and professionally prepared to move into the Major Project and beyond.

Major Project: 60 credits

The Major Project is the culmination of your degree and represents your most ambitious, resolved body of product design work. Working with full autonomy and self-direction, you develop, realise, and communicate an independent creative project that synthesises research, contextual understanding, experimentation, and critical reflection. The project demonstrates advanced product design capability, originality, and a coherent personal design position appropriate to the discipline. You apply advanced material, technical, digital, and representational methods to refine and resolve your work, using sketching, modelling, prototyping, testing, iteration, and evaluation to support decision-making. Throughout the term, you integrate research and contextual insight to justify design choices and articulate the conceptual, technical, and experiential foundations of your project.

The Major Project requires you to manage a complex creative process independently, exercising professional judgement, organisation, and sustained critical evaluation. Final outcomes are communicated clearly and professionally through appropriate physical, digital, and portfolio-based formats, demonstrating your readiness to graduate as a confident, critically aware product designer.

Expected learning hours

Integrated foundation year

Independent study: 72%

Scheduled teaching: 28%

Maximum percentage of scheduled delivered online: 20%

Independent study: 74%

Scheduled teaching: 26%

Independent study: 76%

Scheduled teaching: 24%

Professional placement or International year (if undertaken)

Independent study: 98%

Scheduled teaching: 2%

Maximum percentage of scheduled delivered online: 100%

Please note: these details are for 2026 entry and could be subject to change for other years of entry.

Course specifications

Course information 2026/27 entry

Course information annex for Integrated Foundation Year 2026/27 entry

Student regulations

Please note, this course is no longer offered with the International Year abroad option. Syllabus content indicated is provided as a guide. The content of the course may be subject to change in line with our Student Terms and Conditions for example, as required by external professional bodies or to improve the quality of the course.

Product Design entry requirements

For both the BA (Hons) course and the Integrated Foundation Year we will need to see your portfolio, please see the portfolio requirements section for more details.

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Standard requirements

The standard entry requirements* for these courses are one of the following:

112 UCAS tariff points, see accepted qualifications

Pass at Foundation Diploma in Art & Design (Level 3 or 4)

Distinction, Merit, Merit at BTEC Extended Diploma / BTEC National Extended Diploma

Merit at UAL Extended Diploma

112 UCAS tariff points from an accredited Access to Higher Education Diploma in appropriate subject

27 total points in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program with at least 15 IB points at Higher Level (HL), see more information about IB entry requirements.

And four GCSE passes at grade 9-4/A*-C including English (or Functional Skills English/Key Skills Communication Level 2).

Other relevant and equivalent Level 3 UK and international qualifications are considered on an individual basis, and we encourage students from diverse educational backgrounds to apply.

Foundation year requirements

The standard entry requirements* for foundation year entry are one of the following:

32 UCAS tariff points, see accepted qualifications

Pass, Pass, Pass at BTEC Extended Diploma / BTEC National Extended Diploma

Pass at UAL Extended Diploma

32 UCAS tariff points from an accredited Access to Higher Education Diploma in appropriate subject

a minimum of 24 points from the International Baccalaureate, see more information about IB entry requirements.

*We occasionally make offers which are lower than the standard entry criteria, to students who have faced difficulties that have affected their performance and who were expected to achieve higher results. We consider the strength of our applicants’ portfolios, as well as their grades - in these cases, a strong portfolio is especially important.

Undergraduate requirements for students from Afghanistan

For our Bachelor’s courses, we usually require that you have a Grade 14 Diploma with 60% overall.

Foundation year requirements for students from Afghanistan

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Grade 12 Graduation Certificate with 60% overall.

For our International Foundation in Creative Practices and our Integrated Foundation courses we can also consider five IGCSE's with grades 9-4/A*-C.

English language requirements for students from Afghanistan

If you take the IELTS test you will need to achieve the following scores (or an equivalent from other UCA-approved English tests):

Undergraduate degree (BA/BSc/BMus):

6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in any section

Undergraduate degree with Integrated Foundation Year:

5.5 overall with no less than 5.5 in any section

International Foundation in Creative Practices:

5.0 overall with no less than 4.5 in any section

Masters Degree (MA/MSc/MArch):

6.5 overall with no less than 5.5 in any section

Integrated Pre-Masters (13 Weeks):

Integrated Pre-Masters (30 Weeks):

Postgraduate Research (PhD/MPhil):

7.0 overall, with no less than 7.0 in writing and 5.5 in any other section

Pre-Doctorate:

Undergraduate requirements for students from Albania

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a transcript showing successful completion of year 1 of a Bachelor's degree, with an average grade of 7/10 or better, from a recognised Albanian university.

Foundation year requirements for students from Albania

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have an Albanian Diplomë e Maturës Shtetërore (Diploma of State Matura) with 6/10 or better.

English language requirements for students from Albania

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Algeria

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Brevet de Technicien Superier with a score of 12/20.

Foundation year requirements for students from Algeria

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Baccalauréat de l'Enseignement Secondaire with a score of 12/20.

English language requirements for students from Algeria

Undergraduate requirements for students from Argentina

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have one of the following:

Argentinian Trayecto Técnico Profesional, Título de Técnico Superior or Técnico Universitario grade 6

A transcript showing successful completion of two years of study on a Bachelor's degree (Título/Grado de Licenciado) at a recognised Argentinian university grade 6

Foundation year requirements for students from Argentina

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have an Argentinian Título de Bachiller with an average grade 6 or better.

English language requirements for students from Argentina

Undergraduate requirements for students from Armenia

Armenian Diploma (Middle-Level Professional Education)) / Junior Specialist Diploma with 60% or better

Araratian Baccalaureate (from 2016) with grade BBC in 3 Extended Levels, or better

Foundation year requirements for students from Armenia

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have an Armenian Certificate of Secondary General Education with grade 7.5 or better.

English language requirements for students from Armenia

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Australia

Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) with an OP of 21 or better

Australian Capital Territory Year 12 Certificate with an ATAR of 70 or better

New South Wales Higher School Certificate with an ATAR of 70 or better

Northern Territory Certificate of Education and Training with an ATAR of 70 or better

South Australian Certificate of Education with an ATAR of 70 or better

Victorian Certificate of Education with an ATAR of 70 or better

Western Australian Certificate of Education with an ATAR of 70 or better

Tasmanian Certificate of Education with an ATAR of 70 or better

Australian AQF Diploma

Australian AQF Advanced Diploma.

We also require Australia Year 10 Certificate with English C or above.

Foundation year requirements for students from Australia

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a satisfactory pass in your Australian Certificate of Education or equivalent school qualification.

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Austria

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Reife und Diplomprufung/Matura OR Reifeprufung/Matura with minimum grade 2.2.

Foundation year requirements for students from Austria

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Reife und Diplomprufung/Matura OR Reifeprufung/Matura with minimum grade 4.

English language requirements for students from Austria

We accept Matura/Reifeprufung. You must attain a 2 (gut) in English Language in both written and oral exams.

Undergraduate requirements for students from Azerbaijan

For our Bachelor's courses, we can accept a Study Net Group International Foundation Year with 60% overall grade.

Foundation year requirements for students from Azerbaijan

Please contact internationaladmissions@uca.ac.uk for more information on foundation year entry requirements.

English language requirements for students from Azerbaijan

Undergraduate requirements for students from Bahamas

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Bahamas Associate of Applied Science or Associate of Arts / Science.

Foundation year requirements for students from Bahamas

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have Bahamas GCSEs in at least five subjects with grade C or better.

English language requirements for students from Bahamas

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Bahrain

Two year Associate Degree or Diploma with a CGPA of 2.5 (4.0 scale) or C or better, from a recognised Bahraini institution

A transcript showing successful completion of one year of study on a Bachelor's degree with a CGPA of 2.5 (4.0 scale) or C, from a recognised Bahraini university

Foundation year requirements for students from Bahrain

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Bahraini Tawjahiya / Shahadat Al-Thanawaya Al-Aama (General Secondary Education Certificate) with an average grade of 70%.

English language requirements for students from Bahrain

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Bangladesh

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have either:

A Diploma in either Engineering, Architecture, Medical Faculty, Medical Technology, Nursing Science or Midwifery at 60%

2 years of Bachelor Degree at 60%.

Foundation year requirements for students from Bangladesh

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Bangladeshi Higher Secondary Certificate, showing 12 years of completed school study, with 3.0 out of 5.0 or better. We can also consider five IGCSE's with grades 9-4/A*-C.

English language requirements for students from Bangladesh

Undergraduate requirements for students from Barbados

Associates Degree from a recognised institution in Barbados, with GPA 3.0 overall

Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) in six CAPE units, including two double-unit courses, minimum grade III

Foundation year requirements for students from Barbados

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Caribbean Examinations Council Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) with grade 3 in 5 subjects.

English language requirements for students from Barbados

For Bachelor's courses we can accept the Caribbean Examinations Council Secondary Education Certificate, English grade 3 (General Proficiency). If you are a national of Barbados, we will be able to accept your degree level qualification to meet our English Language requirement for Master's and PhD courses.

Undergraduate requirements for students from Belarus

Diploma of Specialised Secondary Education with 5/10

A transcript showing year 1 completion from a recognised university with 5/10

Foundation year requirements for students from Belarus

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Certificate of General Secondary Education with a score of 7/10 overall

English language requirements for students from Belarus

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Belgium

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a 70% in one of the following:

Flemish speaking:

Diploma van de hogere secundaire technishce school

Diploma van secundair onderwijs (in general education)

French speaking:

Certificate d'enseignement secondaire superieur (in general education)

Diplome d'aptitude a acceder a l'eseignement superieur

German speaking:

Abschulusszeugnis der Oberstufe des Sekundarunterrichts

Foundation year requirements for students from Belgium

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require 60% in one of the following:

Abschulusszeugnis der Oberstufe des Sekundarunterrichts"

English language requirements for students from Belgium

We can accept a mark of 8/80% / grote onderscheiding / grande distinction in English as part of the Getuigschrift Van Hoger Secundair Onderwijs or Certificat d'Enseignement Secondaire Superieur qualification.

Undergraduate requirements for students from Benin

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Diplome d'Etudes Techniques Superieures grade 12.

Foundation year requirements for students from Benin

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Baccalauréat or equivalent with 12/20.

English language requirements for students from Benin

Undergraduate requirements for students from Bermuda

For our Bachelor's level courses, we usually require that you have a Bermudan Associate degree.

Foundation year requirements for students from Bermuda

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Bermuda School Diploma 70%.

English language requirements for students from Bermuda

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Bhutan

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Bhutan Higher Secondary Education Certificate 60%.

Foundation year requirements for students from Bhutan

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Bhutan Higher Secondary Education Certificate (BHSEC) with a minimum of 50%.

English language requirements for students from Bhutan

We can accept 65% or higher in the HSEC (12th standard) English subject.

Undergraduate requirements for students from Bolivia

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have on of the following:

Completion of first year Licenciado with 64% or above

Título de Técnico Universitario Medio (2 Years) with 64% or above

Diploma de Técnico Superior/Título de Técnico Universitario Superior

Foundation year requirements for students from Bolivia

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Diploma de Bachiller Cientifico - Humanistico or Diploma de Bachiller Tecnico (12 years of schooling) with a score of at least 60.

English language requirements for students from Bolivia

Undergraduate requirements for students from Botswana

Diploma from the University of Botswana with GPA 3/5 or better

Higher Diploma from the University of Botswana

Foundation year requirements for students from Botswana

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have one of the following:

Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education with a grade of C or higher in 5 subjects

International General Certificate of Secondary Education (School Certificate) with a grade of C or higher in 5 subjects

English language requirements for students from Botswana

Undergraduate requirements for students from Brazil

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a transcript showing successful completion of one year of university study at a recognised Brazilian university, with an average of 5.0.

Foundation year requirements for students from Brazil

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Certificado de Conclusão de Ensino Médio or Título de Técnico with at least 5.

English language requirements for students from Brazil

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Brunei

Brunei/Cambridge GCE A Levels BBC

Brunei BDQF or BDTVEC Diploma with a satisfactory result

Foundation year requirements for students from Brunei

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Brunei / Cambridge GCE A levels with at least one grade C or equivalent.

English language requirements for students from Brunei

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Bulgaria

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Bulgarian Diploma za sredno obrazovanie obtaining minimum overall grade 5.0, or 5.2 or above for Architecture.

Foundation year requirements for students from Bulgaria

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Bulgarian Diploma za sredno obrazovanie obtaining minimum overall grade 3 or above.

English language requirements for students from Bulgaria

Diploma za sredno obrazovani with grade 5 in English Language is accepted at UCA.

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Cambodia

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Cambodian Associate Degree with satisfactory grades.

Foundation year requirements for students from Cambodia

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Cambodian Diploma of Upper Secondary Education with at least Grade C.

English language requirements for students from Cambodia

Undergraduate requirements for students from Cameroon

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have successfully completed the Brevet de Technicien Supérieur with 11/20 or standard A-levels are required.

Foundation year requirements for students from Cameroon

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have successfully completed a Baccalaureat of General Secondary Education at grade 12 or 5 O-levels at Grade C.

English language requirements for students from Cameroon

Bacculareate English Language currently accepted with minimum score of 12. We can also accept English Language-Literature studied as part of the British or American Option of the Baccalauréat avec Option Internationale, where a grade of 10 or above has been obtained.

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Canada

High/Secondary School Diploma/Certificate from English-speaking Canada with a minimum of 65 per cent in at least five subjects

Arts related Canadian College Diploma

Diplôme d'Études Collègiales (DEC) from Quebec with a minimum of 65 per cent in at least five subjects

British Columbia Senior Secondary Graduation Diploma with five Bs in grade 12 courses.

Foundation year requirements for students from Canada

For our Integrated International courses, we usually require that you have a satisfactory passes in your Canadian Secondary School Diploma or equivalent school qualification.

English language requirements for students from Canada

For undergraduate applicants who have completed Grade 12 Canadian High School/Secondary School qualifications, we require grade B or 75% in a grade 12 English module.

For postgraduate applicants, if you are a Canadian national we will be able to accept your degree level qualification to meet our English Language requirement.

Undergraduate requirements for students from Chile

A transcript showing successful completion of one year of a Bachelor's degree from a recognised Chilean university with 4/7 or better

Chilean Técnico Superior or Técnico Universitario

Chilean Grado de Bachiller (after at least 2 years study) with satisfactory grades

Foundation year requirements for students from Chile

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Chilean Licencia de Educación / Enseñanza Media / Técnico de Nivel Medio with average grade 5 and with minimum grade 4 in all subjects.

English language requirements for students from Chile

View more information for students from China 🇨🇳

Undergraduate requirements for students from China

Chinese Senior School graduation with 12 years of completed school study, with an average of 75%, or

Senior Secondary Academic Proficiency Test (HuiKao) at 75% overall, or

Gaokao at 60%, or

A transcript showing successful completion of one year of university study at a recognised Chinese university with average of 70%

Foundation year requirements for students from China

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Chinese Senior School graduation with 11 or 12 years of completed school study, with an average of 70% or above.

English language requirements for students from China

For January 2026 entry, the English language requirements for Masters degrees are 6.5 overall with no less than 5.5 in any section. Requirements for all other study levels match the September 2026 English language listed below.

Undergraduate requirements for students from Colombia

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a transcript showing successful completion of one year of university level study with average GPA of 3.5 from a recognised Colombian university.

Foundation year requirements for students from Colombia

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Colombian Bachillerato with 'desepeno basico'.

English language requirements for students from Colombia

Undergraduate requirements for students from Cote d'Ivoire

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a French Baccalaureate or French Option Internationale du Baccalaureat (OIB) with 12 points overall or above.

Foundation year requirements for students from Cote d'Ivoire

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a French Baccalaureate or French Option Internationale du Baccalaureat (OIB) with 10 points overall or above.

English language requirements for students from Cote d'Ivoire

The French Bacculareate English Language is currently accepted with minimum score of 12. We can also accept English Language-Literature studied as part of the British or American Option of the Baccalauréat avec Option Internationale, where a grade of 10 or above has been obtained.

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Croatia

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Croatian Svjedodzba o Maturi (Matura Certificate) with a minimum mark of 3.8.

Foundation year requirements for students from Croatia

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Croatian Svjedodzba o Maturi (Matura Certificate) with a minimum mark of 2.

English language requirements for students from Croatia

An English Language Grade 4 in Matura is accepted.

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Cyprus

Greek Cypriot Apolytirion with a minimum grade of 16 (or 18 for BA Architecture)

Devlet Lise Diplomasi with a minimum grade of 70/100 (or 80/100 for BA Architecture)

Foundation year requirements for students from Cyprus

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have:

Greek Cypriot Apolytirion with a minimum grade of 14

Devlet Lise Diplomasi with a minimum grade of 50/100 (or 60/100 for BA Architecture)

English language requirements for students from Cyprus

Integrated Pre-Masters course

Our Pre-Masters courses require a recognised bachelor degree or 3 year diploma with a strong portfolio in a relevant subject. Applicants will also need to meet any course-specific requirements.

Masters course

We accept Cyprus/Cypriot Apolytirion with 18/20 in English (Upper Secondary School Leaving Certificate).

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Czechia

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have either a Czech Maturitni Zkouska/Maturita or Vysvedceni o maturitni zkousce (Secondary School Leaving Certificate) with a minimum of 2.5 overall.

Foundation year requirements for students from Czechia

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Czech Maturitni Zkouska/Maturita or Vysvedceni o maturitni zkousce (Secondary School Leaving Certificate) with a minimum of 4 overall.

English language requirements for students from Czechia

For undergraduate degrees we require a Grade 2 or above in Maturitni Zkouska / Vysvedceni o Matuitni Zkousce.

For our Master's courses we require a Grade 1 Maturitni Zkouska / Vysvedceni o Matuitni Zkousce.

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Denmark

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Danish Studentereksamenor Hojere Forberedelseseksamenor Hojere Handelseksamen (HHX) / Hojere Teknisk Eksamen with minimum overall score 7 (if studying on 7 point scale) or 9 (if studying on 13 point scale).

Foundation year requirements for students from Denmark

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Danish Studentereksamenor Hojere Forberedelseseksamenor Hojere Handelseksamen (HHX) / Hojere Teknisk Eksamen with minimum overall score 2 (if studying on 7 point scale) or 6 (if studying on 13 point scale).

English language requirements for students from Denmark

We accept a mark of 7 in English (levels A or B) as part of the Studentereksamen/ Hojere Forbesedels-Eksamen qualification.

Undergraduate requirements for students from Dominican Republic

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Técnico or Técnico Superior with C/70%.

Foundation year requirements for students from Dominican Republic

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Bachillerato, taken after 12 years of schooling, with an average of 80% or better.

English language requirements for students from Dominican Republic

Undergraduate requirements for students from Ecuador

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have successfully completed the first year of an undergraduate degree (Licenciatura) with 7/10 or 70%.

Foundation year requirements for students from Ecuador

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have an Ecuadorian Senior Secondary School (Bachillerato), with an overall grade of 14/20 or 7.5/10.

English language requirements for students from Ecuador

View more information for students from Egypt 🇪🇬

Undergraduate requirements for students from Egypt

2 year Diploma (Al-Azhar) with 60% or above

Diploma from Technical/Commercial/Industrial/Health institute 60%

Foundation year requirements for students from Egypt

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a General Secondary Education Certificate with 65% or above.

English language requirements for students from Egypt

Undergraduate requirements for students from El Salvador

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Técnico with a score of 8 or better.

Foundation year requirements for students from El Salvador

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a completed Título de Bachiller or Título de Bachiller Técnico Vocacional with a score of 6 or better, following 12 years of completed schooling.

English language requirements for students from El Salvador

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Estonia

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have an Estonian Gumnaasiumi loputunnistus (Secondary School Certificate) with a minimum overall score 4.

Foundation year requirements for students from Estonia

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have an Estonian Gumnaasiumi loputunnistus (Secondary School Certificate) with a minimum overall score of 3.

English language requirements for students from Estonia

English language B2 in Gumnaasumi loputunnistus is accepted.

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Finland

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Finnish Ylioppilastutkinto Studentexamen with Grade C / 4 (Cum laude approbatur) or above.

Foundation year requirements for students from Finland

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Finnish Ylioppilastutkinto Studentexamen with Grade A / 2 (Approbatur) or above.

English language requirements for students from Finland

We require that you attain a mark of 5 (magna cum laude approbatur) in English as part of the Ylioppilastutkinto / Studentexamen qualification.

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Undergraduate requirements for students from France

Foundation year requirements for students from France

English language requirements for students from France

A minimum score of 12 in the English component of your French Baccalaureate is required. We can also accept English Language-Literature studied as part of the British or American Option of the Baccalaureat avec Option Internationale.

Undergraduate requirements for students from Gambia

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have:

SSCE (WAEC) Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination with five passes at grade B or above.

For advanced entry (such as undergraduate top-up degrees) we usually require that you have a Gambia HND (2 years Orinary National Diploma + 2 years higher diploma).

Foundation year requirements for students from Gambia

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have an SSCE (WAEC) Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination) with five passes at grade C6 or above or IGCSE or equivalent.

English language requirements for students from Gambia

A Senior School Certificate Examination - West African Exams Council (WAEC) delivered / assessed in English) with English at grade C6 or above is accepted.

Undergraduate requirements for students from Georgia

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have successfully completed year 1 of Bachelor/Specialist Diploma: 60% or GPA 3.5/5.

Foundation year requirements for students from Georgia

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a General education Diploma (Sashualo Ganatlebis Atestasi) grade 8.

English language requirements for students from Georgia

View more information for students from Germany 🇩🇪

Undergraduate requirements for students from Germany

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a German Abitur with an overall grade of 2.6 or better, except for BA Architecture which requires an overall grade of 2.4 or better.

Foundation year requirements for students from Germany

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a German Abitur with an overall grade of 4 or better.

English language requirements for students from Germany

We accept an English subject grade of 12 or better in your Abitur. English must have been taken as a Hauptfach / Leistungskurs / Kurs mit erhohtem Anforderungsniveau, achieved within 2 years.

View more information for students from Ghana 🇬🇭

Undergraduate requirements for students from Ghana

SSSCE (Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination) with five passes at grade B or above.

Ghanaian Higher National Diploma for year 1 or 2 or top up.

Successful completion of one year of university study with average GPA 3.0 or better.

For advanced entry (such as undergraduate top-up degrees), we usually require that you have a Ghana HND (2 years Ordinary National Diploma + 2 years higher diploma).

Foundation year requirements for students from Ghana

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have an SSSCE (Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination) with five passes at grade C or above.

English language requirements for students from Ghana

We accept a Senior School Certificate Examination - West African Exams Council (WAEC) delivered / assessed in English) with English at grade C6 or above.

View more information for students from Greece 🇬🇷

Undergraduate requirements for students from Greece

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Greek Apolytirion of Geniko Lykeio with a minimum grade of 16. For BA Architecture, we require an minimum grade of 18.

Foundation year requirements for students from Greece

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Greek Apolytirion of Geniko Lykeio with a minimum grade of 14.

English language requirements for students from Greece

We accept a Greek Apolytirion of Geniko Lykeio with a minimum grade of 18/20 in English in final average achieved within 2 years.

Undergraduate requirements for students from Guatemala

Tecnico (Universitario) / Diplomado - one year of study with 61% from public institutions and 71% from private institutions

Licenciado / Titulo - one year of study with 61% from public institutions and 71% from private institutions

Foundation year requirements for students from Guatemala

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Bachiller/Bachillerato/Perito with 51% from state school and 61% from private school taken after 12 years of schooling.

English language requirements for students from Guatemala

View more information for students from Hong Kong SAR 🇭🇰

Undergraduate requirements for students from Hong Kong SAR

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require a Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education with 433 (excluding Chinese, English and Liberal Studies).

Foundation year requirements for students from Hong Kong SAR

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require a Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education with 322 (excluding Chinese, English and Liberal Studies).

English language requirements for students from Hong Kong SAR

We accept the a Hong Kong Diploma for Secondary Education (HKDSE) English Pass at the following levels:

Level 3 or above for international foundation year courses

Level 4 or above for undergraduate, integrated pre-master and postgraduate courses

Level 5 or above for the MBA course

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Hungary

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Hungarian Erettsegi/Matura qualification with a grade of 3.5 or above.

Foundation year requirements for students from Hungary

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Hungarian Erettsegi/Matura qualification with a grade of 2 or above.

English language requirements for students from Hungary

We accept a minimum grade of 4 in English on the Erettsegi / Matura.

Undergraduate requirements for students from Iceland

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have an Icelandic Studentsprof with a score of 7.0 or better (with a grade of 5.0 or better in the English component).

Foundation year requirements for students from Iceland

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a transcript showing 12 years of completed school study in Iceland with a grade of 7/10.

English language requirements for students from Iceland

We require a grade of 5.0 or better in the English component of your Studentsprof.

View more information for students from India 🇮🇳

Applicants from Punjab and Haryana

To ensure we can process your application as efficiently as possible, applicants from these states are required to apply through one of our approved agents. Our agents can support you throughout the application process, including guidance on entry requirements, supporting documents and next steps.

Undergraduate requirements for students from India

Indian HSC/Standard XII with an overall average of 60% or higher (all boards including CBSE and CISCE)

A transcript showing successful completion of Year 1 of a Bachelor's degree from a recognised Indian university

Foundation year requirements for students from India

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have an Indian HSC/Standard XII with an overall average of 50% or higher (all boards including CBSE and CISCE).

English language requirements for students from India

We can accept the Indian Standard XII from a NARIC recognised board with minimum 70% in English (excluding Punjab or Haryana boards). For Research Degrees a UCA-approved English test is required.

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Indonesia

a transcript showing successful completion of year 1 of a Bachelor's degree (Strata 1) from a recognised Indonesian university with overall GPA 2.75

SMA 3 (STTB SM and Ujian National Exam) Senior High School Diploma and National Exam award with grade 7/10

Foundation year requirements for students from Indonesia

Sekolah Menengah Atas (SMA) / Madrasah Aliyah (MA) with 60%

English language requirements for students from Indonesia

View more information for students from Iran 🇮🇷

Undergraduate requirements for students from Iran

Iranian High School Diploma 12 or above and a Pre-University Certificate (Peeshdaneshgahe) with marks of 14 or above

Iranian High School Diploma 12 or above and Iran University Entrance Exam (Konkur) with a score in the 60th percentile

Foundation year requirements for students from Iran

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have an Iranian High School Diploma with an overall grade of 14 or above.

English language requirements for students from Iran

View more information for students from Iraq 🇮🇶

Undergraduate requirements for students from Iraq

Diploma of Technician (Technical Diploma) with 65% or more

Completed one year at a recognised Iraqi university with an average score of 60%

Foundation year requirements for students from Iraq

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Certificate of Preparatory Education/ Secondary School Certificate (also known as Sixth Form Baccalaureate) with an overall grade of 65% or more.

English language requirements for students from Iraq

View more information for students from Ireland 🇮🇪

Undergraduate requirements for students from Ireland

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have an Irish Leaving Cert (Higher Level) with H3, H3, H3, H3, H4.

We also require Ordinary Level 4 (O4) in English language in the Irish Leaving Certificate.

Foundation year requirements for students from Ireland

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have an Irish Leaving Cert (Higher Level) with at least 3 Higher level subjects at H5.

View more information for students from Israel 🇮🇱

Undergraduate requirements for students from Israel

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have an Israeli Bagrut (Matriculation Certificate) with an average score of 70% with at least three subjects at levels 4 or 5.

Foundation year requirements for students from Israel

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have an Israeli Bagrut (Matriculation Certificate) with an average score of 60%.

English language requirements for students from Israel

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Italy

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have an Italian Esame di Stato with a grade of 70% or above.

Foundation year requirements for students from Italy

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have an Italian Esame di Stato with a grade of 60% or above.

English language requirements for students from Italy

We accept 80% or above in English in Italian Esame di Stato.

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Japan

Japanese Associate degree

A transcript showing successful completion of year 1 of a Bachelor's degree from a recognised Japanese university with average score of 70%

For Advanced entry (undergraduate top-up degrees), we usually require that you have completed an Associate degree with a score of at least 70%.

Foundation year requirements for students from Japan

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have completed 12 years of Japanese High School (Upper Secondary Leaving Certificate) with average grade of 3.0/5.0 or higher.

English language requirements for students from Japan

View more information for students from Jordan 🇯🇴

Undergraduate requirements for students from Jordan

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Community College Diploma/Associate Degree with a score of 60%.

Foundation year requirements for students from Jordan

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Tawjihi (secondary school certificate) with a minimum of 65%.

English language requirements for students from Jordan

View more information for students from Kazakhstan 🇰🇿

Undergraduate requirements for students from Kazakhstan

Kazakhstani Diploma of Secondary Vocational Education with 3.5

A transcript showing successful completion of one year of a Bachelor's degree from a recognised Kazakhstani university with 60% or 3.5/5

Foundation year requirements for students from Kazakhstan

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Kazakhstani Certificate of Completed Secondary Education grade 4.

English language requirements for students from Kazakhstan

View more information for students from Kenya 🇰🇪

Undergraduate requirements for students from Kenya

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) with grade B or above.

3-year Polytechnic Diploma (TEP)

Foundation year requirements for students from Kenya

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE), taken after 12 years of schooling with overall grade C or above.

English language requirements for students from Kenya

We accept the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE), English - Grade C or above.

Undergraduate requirements for students from Kosovo

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a transcript showing successful completion of year 1 of a Bachelor's degree from a recognised Kosovan university, with average grade of 8/10

Foundation year requirements for students from Kosovo

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Diplomë për Kryerjen e Shkollës së Mesme të Lartë/ Matura (High School Diploma from Kosovo) with a score of 2 or higher.

English language requirements for students from Kosovo

View more information for students from Kuwait 🇰🇼

Undergraduate requirements for students from Kuwait

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Diploma/Certificate from PAEET College.

Foundation year requirements for students from Kuwait

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you Pass Shahadat Al-Thanawaya Al-Aama (General Secondary Education Certificate) with 60% overall

English language requirements for students from Kuwait

View more information for students from Latvia 🇱🇻

Undergraduate requirements for students from Latvia

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Latvian Atestats certificate with a minimum overall grade of C (6 point system) or point 7 (10 point system).

Foundation year requirements for students from Latvia

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Latvian Atestats certificate with a minimum overall of point 5.

English language requirements for students from Latvia

We accept Atestats par visparejo videjo izgliti with grade 8 or above in English.

View more information for students from Lebanon 🇱🇧

Undergraduate requirements for students from Lebanon

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Lebanese Diplôme de Technicien Supérieur or Diplôme Universitaire de Technologie with 12.

Foundation year requirements for students from Lebanon

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have your Lebanese Baccalauréat General or Baccalauréat Technique with score 12/20 or 60%.

English language requirements for students from Lebanon

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Lithuania

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Lithuanian Brandos Atestatas achieving an overall score of 80 / 8.

Foundation year requirements for students from Lithuania

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Lithuanian Brandos Atestatas achieving an overall score of 50 / 5.

English language requirements for students from Lithuania

We accept English Language with grade of 8 in Lithuanian Brandos Atestatas.

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Luxembourg

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Luxembourgish Diplôme de Fin d'Études Secondaires with minimum overall score of 42.

Foundation year requirements for students from Luxembourg

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Luxembourgish Diplôme de Fin d'Études Secondaires with minimum overall score of 30.

English language requirements for students from Luxembourg

We accept Luxembourgish Diplôme de Fin d'Études Secondaires with a grade of 46 (mention bien) or above in English.

Undergraduate requirements for students from Macedonia

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Secondary School Leaving Diploma with an overall score of at least 3.5.

Foundation year requirements for students from Macedonia

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Secondary School Leaving Diploma with an overall score of at least 2.

English language requirements for students from Macedonia

View more information for students from Malaysia 🇲🇾

Undergraduate requirements for students from Malaysia

Three Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM/Malaysia Higher School Certificate) qualifications with grades A-C.

Malaysian Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) Senior Middle Level with 5 subjects of grades A1-B5

For advanced entry, we usually require that you have:

Year 2 entry: Malaysian Diploma (MQA)

Year 3 entry: Malaysian Diploma (MQA) with exceptional grades (3.2/4) or Advanced Diploma

Foundation year requirements for students from Malaysia

Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia / Certificate of Education (SPM) – a minimum of 5 subjects at grade C or better

3 Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM/Malaysia Higher School Certificate) qualifications with grades DDD

English language requirements for students from Malaysia

We accept Malaysian SPM English (1119/O Level paper only) - Grade C or above (GCE-O grade only).

Undergraduate requirements for students from Maldives

International Advanced (A) Level / Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) with BBC

Foundation Studies Level II from The Maldives National University with satisfactory grades

Foundation year requirements for students from Maldives

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a UCLES A level / Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) with at least one grade C or equivalent.

English language requirements for students from Maldives

View more information for students from Malta 🇲🇹

Undergraduate requirements for students from Malta

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Matriculation Certificate with 2 Advanced Level subjects at BC plus 3 intermediate Level subjects at BBC.

Foundation year requirements for students from Malta

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Maltese Advanced Matriculation or Matriculation Certificate with a minimum overall grade of D.

English language requirements for students from Malta

We accept Maltese Matriculation Certificate with grade C or above in English.

Undergraduate requirements for students from Mauritius

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Cambridge Overseas Higher School Certificate/GCE Advanced Level BBC.

Foundation year requirements for students from Mauritius

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Cambridge Higher School Certificate/General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level with 5 grade Cs.

English language requirements for students from Mauritius

Undergraduate requirements for students from Mexico

A transcript showing successful completion of one year of a Bachelor's degree from a recognised Mexican university with 7.0 or 70%

Mexican Título de Técnico Superior Universitario / Título de Profesional Asociado

Foundation year requirements for students from Mexico

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Mexican Título Académico de Bachiller, Diploma de Bachiller or Bachillerato General with grade 6.

English language requirements for students from Mexico

Undergraduate requirements for students from Moldova

For our Bachelor's and Foundation level courses, we usually require that you have a Moldovan Diploma de Bacalaureat obtaining an overall final average grade of 8 or above.

Foundation year requirements for students from Moldova

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Moldovan Diploma de Bacalaureat obtaining an overall final average grade of 7.

English language requirements for students from Moldova

Undergraduate requirements for students from Mongolia

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have successfully completed one year at a Mongolian university with at least 70%.

Foundation year requirements for students from Mongolia

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Certificate of Complete Secondary Education with at least 70%/C.

English language requirements for students from Mongolia

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Morocco

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Diplôme du Baccalauréat or Diplôme du Baccalauréat Technique with 15/20.

Foundation year requirements for students from Morocco

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Diplôme du Baccalauréat or Diplôme du Baccalauréat Technique with 10/20.

English language requirements for students from Morocco

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Myanmar

For our Bachelor’s courses, we usually require that you have successfully completed an Associate degree/Diploma (at least 2 years in duration).

Foundation year requirements for students from Myanmar

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Basic Education High School Examination/Matriculation Examination with 65% overall.

English language requirements for students from Myanmar

Undergraduate requirements for students from Namibia

Namibian Polytechnic Diploma (3 years) with 60% or better

Undergraduate Diploma (3 years) with 60% or better

Cambridge Overseas Higher School Certificate (COHSC) / GCE A level with grades BBC in 3 Higher Levels or better

Foundation year requirements for students from Namibia

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Namibian Senior Secondary Certificate with at 5 ordinary level subjects at grade C.

English language requirements for students from Namibia

View more information for students from Nepal 🇳🇵

Undergraduate requirements for students from Nepal

Higher Secondary Education Certificate (until 2017) with 65%

School Leaving Certificate Examination Grade 12 (from 2018) with CGPA 2.6/4

Complete UCA international foundation year or equivalent or a recognised International Foundation course from a UK institution following a validated UK syllabus

Successful completion of year 1 Bachelor’s degree from a recognised institution with at least 55%

Foundation year requirements for students from Nepal

Higher Secondary Education Certificate (until 2017) with 50%

School Leaving Certificate Examination Grade 12 (from 2018) with CGPA 2.0/4

English language requirements for students from Nepal

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Netherlands

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Dutch Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs (VWO) (Gymnasium A/B and Atheneum A/B) Diploma, with a minimum score of 7.

Foundation year requirements for students from Netherlands

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Dutch Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs (VWO) (Gymnasium A/B and Atheneum A/B) Diploma, with a minimum score of 6.

English language requirements for students from Netherlands

We accept the English component of the VWO with a minimum grade of 7.

Undergraduate requirements for students from New Zealand

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a New Zealand University Entrance Certificate with National Certificates in Educational Achievement (NCEA) Level 3 - at least 60 credits with Merit.

We also require a National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA), English, Achieved.

Foundation year requirements for students from New Zealand

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have either of the following New Zealand National Certificates in Educational Achievement (NCEA) results:

NCEA Level 2 with 60 credits at Merit

NCEA Level 3 with 60 credits at Achieved

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Nigeria

Senior Secondary School Certificate (SSSC) or West African Senior School Certificate (WASSC), showing 12 years of completed school study with minimum grades B in 5 subjects OR / National Examinations Council (NECO) -minimum grades B in 5 subjects

Nigerian Ordinary National Diploma with CGPA 2.5 Lower Credit

A transcript showing successful completion of one year of a Bachelor's degree from a recognised Nigerian university with GPA 2.5/4.0 or GPA 3.0/5.0

Nigerian Higher National Diploma for entry into year 1 or 2 or top up

For advanced entry (year two, year three or undergraduate top-up), we usually require that you have a Nigerian HND ( 5years programme including 2 years OND + 1 Year professional Practice + 2 Higher diplomas).

Foundation year requirements for students from Nigeria

Senior Secondary School Certificate (SSSC) or West African Senior School Certificate (WASSC), showing 12 years of completed school study with minimum grades C in 5 subjects

National Examinations Council (NECO) - minimum grades C in 5 subjects

English language requirements for students from Nigeria

We accept a Senior School Certificate Examination - West African Exams Council (WAEC) / National Examinations Council (NECO), Grade C6 (C5 for our MBA course) or above in English Language.

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Norway

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Norwegian Vitnemål fra den Videregående Skole with average score 3, including a score of at least 4 in English.

Foundation year requirements for students from Norway

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Norwegian Vitnemal for Videragaende Opplaering (Leaving Certificate from Upper Secondary School) with average score of 2.5/6.

English language requirements for students from Norway

We require a score of at least 4 in the English component of your Vitnemål. (if your English score is lower than 4 then we will require you to take an IELTS test and achieve satisfactory scores).

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Oman

2 year post-school Diploma with a final GPA of at least C+ / Good / 60%

3 year post-school Advanced/Higher Diploma

Foundation year requirements for students from Oman

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have an Omani General Education Diploma with at least 70% overall.

English language requirements for students from Oman

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Pakistan

Associate Degree from a recognised Pakistani university with 55% or GPA 2.5

A transcript showing successful completion of two or three year of a Bachelor's degree from a recognised Pakistani university with 55% or GPA 2.5

Foundation year requirements for students from Pakistan

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Pakistani Higher Education Secondary School Certificate (HSSC)/Intermediate, showing 12 years of completed school study, with 60% or 3/5.

English language requirements for students from Pakistan

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Palestine

A transcript showing a successful completion of one year of Bachelor's degree from a recognised Palestine university with 70%.

Community College Diploma 70%

Foundation year requirements for students from Palestine

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a General Secondary Education Certificate 'Shahadat Al-Thanawaya Al-Aama' with at least 60%.

English language requirements for students from Palestine

Undergraduate requirements for students from Panama

A transcript showing year 1 completion of Licenciado / Título de [subject area] with an overall grade of 71% or above

Foundation year requirements for students from Panama

High School Graduation Diploma with 3.5/5

Bachillerato with 3.5/5

English language requirements for students from Panama

Undergraduate requirements for students from Peru

A transcript showing completion of one year of Bachelor's degree (Bachiller/Licenciado/professional title) with 12/20

Peruvian Título de Profesional or Título de Profesional Técnico with 12/20

Foundation year requirements for students from Peru

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Certificado de Educación Secundaria Común Completa with 12/20.

English language requirements for students from Peru

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Philippines

Associates Degree from a recognised Philippine university with B, GPA 2.0/5.0(1 is the highest mark) or GPA 3.0/4.0

A transcript showing successful completion of two years of Bachelor's degree from a recognised Philippine university with B, GPA 2.0/5.0(1 is the highest mark), or GPA 3.0/4.0

Foundation year requirements for students from Philippines

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Philippine High School Diploma with 80% or better.

English language requirements for students from Philippines

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Poland

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Polish Maturity Exam (Egzamin dojrzalosci) with a minimum mark of 65% overall.

Foundation year requirements for students from Poland

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Polish Maturity Exam (Egzamin dojrzalosci) with a minimum mark of 50% overall.

English language requirements for students from Poland

We require a minimum 70% in the English component of the Polish Matura.

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Portugal

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Diploma Nivel Secundario de Educacao or Certificado Nivel Secundario de Educacao score of 15.

Foundation year requirements for students from Portugal

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Portuguese Certificado de Estudos Secundarios with an overall score of 10.

English language requirements for students from Portugal

We accept the Diploma Nivel Secundario de Educacao / Certificado Nivel Secundario de Educacao / Certificado de fim de Estudos Secundarios / Certidao do Decimo Segundo Ano - Pass with a 16 in English achieved within 2 years.

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Qatar

Two years of a Bachelor Degree from a recognised Qatari university with a GPA of 2.5/4.0 or better

Associate degree from the Community College of Qatar with a GPA of 2.5/4.0 or better

Foundation year requirements for students from Qatar

Qatar Senior School Certificate or Shahadat Al-Thanawaya Al-Aama with a final grade of 600 or better

General Secondary Education Certificate or Shahadat Al-Thanawaya Al-Aama with an average grade of 60% and not below 50% in any subject

English language requirements for students from Qatar

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Romania

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Romanian Diploma de Bacalaureat obtaining an overall final average grade of 8 or above.

Foundation year requirements for students from Romania

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Romanian Diploma de Bacalaureat obtaining an overall final average grade of 5 or above.

English language requirements for students from Romania

We accept the Diploma de Bacalaureat (Baccalaureate Diploma) with grade CEFR B2 or above in all English components, achieved within 2 years.

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Russia

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a transcript showing successful completion of one year of a Bachelor's degree (Bakalavr or Specialised Diploma) from a recognised Russian university with CGPA 3.8.

Foundation year requirements for students from Russia

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have an Attestat o Sredniem Obshchem Obrazovanii with overall grade of 3.5 or better.

English language requirements for students from Russia

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Saudi Arabia

Two year Diploma from a Saudi Technical College/Vocational Institute/Health College with GPA 3.0/5.0 or GPA 2.5/4.0

A transcript showing successful completion of one year of a Bachelor's degree from a recognised Saudi university with GPA 3.0/5.0 or GPA 2.5/4.0

Associates degree from a recognised Saudi university with GPA 3.0/5.0 or GPA 2.5/4.0

Foundation year requirements for students from Saudi Arabia

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Saudi General Secondary Education Certificate or Secondary Institute Diploma, showing 12 years of completed school study, with 65%.

English language requirements for students from Saudi Arabia

Undergraduate requirements for students from Senegal

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require one of the following:

Brevet de Technicien Supérieur (BTS)

Diplôme d'Ingénieur Technologue (DIT)

Diplôme de Technicien Supérieur (DTS)

Diplôme Universitaire de Technologie (DUT) with grade 12

Foundation year requirements for students from Senegal

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Senegalese Baccalaureate or Senegalese Option Internationale du Baccalaureat (OIB) with 12 points overall.

English language requirements for students from Senegal

We accept the French Bacculareate English Language currently accepted with minimum score of 12. We can also accept English Language-Literature studied as part of the British or American Option of the Baccalauréat avec Option Internationale, where a grade of 10 or above has been obtained.

Undergraduate requirements for students from Serbia

Diploma of Completed Final Examination, Secondary School Leaving Diploma or Diploma of Completed Secondary Education with a score of 3.8 or better

Diploma of Higher Education

Foundation year requirements for students from Serbia

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Diploma of Completed Final Examination, Secondary School Leaving Diploma or Diploma of Completed Secondary Education (when studied for four years) overall grade 2.5.

English language requirements for students from Serbia

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Singapore

Singapore/Cambridge GCE A Levels BBC

Singapore Polytechnic Diploma

For advanced entry we usually require:

Year two entry: Singapore Polytechnic Diploma or completion of 2 years of a 4 year degree course in Singapore.

Year three entry: Singapore Advanced Diploma or Singapore Polytechnic Diploma with high grades 3.2/4 or completion of 3 years of a 4 year degree course in Singapore with high grades.

Foundation year requirements for students from Singapore

A minimum of 32 new UCAS tariff points from your Singapore/Cambridge GCE A Levels

Average grade C in five Singapore / Cambridge GCE O levels

English language requirements for students from Singapore

We accept the Singapore-Cambridge GCE O-Level English – Grade C or above.

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Slovakia

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Slovakian Maturitna skuska / Maturita or a Vysvedcenie o Maturitnej Skuske with a minimum overall score of 2.4.

Foundation year requirements for students from Slovakia

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Slovakian Maturitna skuska / Maturita or a Vysvedcenie o Maturitnej Skuske with a minimum overall score of 4.

English language requirements for students from Slovakia

We accept the Slovakian Maturitna skuska / Maturita or a Vysvedcenie o Maturitnej Skuske with a minimum grade of 2 in English Language.

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Slovenia

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Slovenian Matura (Secondary School Leaving Certificate) with a minimum overall grade of 20.

Foundation year requirements for students from Slovenia

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Slovenian Matura (Secondary School Leaving Certificate) with a minimum overall grade of 14.

English language requirements for students from Slovenia

Slovenian English language qualifications are not accepted.

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Undergraduate requirements for students from South Africa

National Senior Certificate with minimum grades of 66655

Senior Certificate (with matriculation endorsement) with minimum grades BBBCC

Foundation year requirements for students from South Africa

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a National Senior Certificate with an average of 60%.

English language requirements for students from South Africa

For undergraduate programmes we accept the South Africa National Senior Certificate (English as a first additional language or home language): Grade 3 or above.

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Undergraduate requirements for students from South Korea

A transcript showing successful completion of one year of a Bachelor's degree from a recognised Korean university with GPA 75%

Junior College Diploma or Associate Degree

For advanced entry: (year two, year three, undergraduate top-up degrees), we usually require that you have:

A two-year Associate degree with a score of at least 70%/CGPA 2.5/Grade C+ for year two entry.

A three-year Associate degree with a score of at least 70%/CGPA 2.5/Grade C+ for year three or Undergraduate top-up degree entry.

Foundation year requirements for students from South Korea

South Korean High School Diploma with an average 70%

High School Graduation Equivalency Examination with an average 70%

English language requirements for students from South Korea

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Spain

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Spanish Titulo de Bachiller achieving an average mark of 7.0 or above.

Foundation year requirements for students from Spain

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Spanish Titulo de Bachiller achieving an average mark of 5 or above.

English language requirements for students from Spain

We accept a minimum mark of 8 or above in Spanish Titulo de Bachiller for English Language.

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Sri Lanka

Grades BBC in Sri Lanka A levels

A recognised International Foundation course from a UK institution following a validated UK syllabus

Successful completion of year 1 Bachelor’s degree from a recognised institution with at least 60%

Foundation year requirements for students from Sri Lanka

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have five O levels at Grade C.

English language requirements for students from Sri Lanka

For degree entry, Grade C in O level English or A level English Language and/or Literature.

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Sudan

Diploma from a Sudanese higher institution with 60%

a transcript showing a successful completion of one year of Bachelor's degree from a recognised Sudanese university with 60%

Foundation year requirements for students from Sudan

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Sudanese School Certificate with 70%.

English language requirements for students from Sudan

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Sweden

For our Bachelor's degrees, we usually require that you have an award of the Hogskoleforberedande Examen with at least 2250 points, including C in 1600 points.

Foundation year requirements for students from Sweden

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have an award of the Hogskoleforberedande Examen with at least 2250 points, including C in 1150 points.

English language requirements for students from Sweden

We accept Grade C in any level of English in the Fullstandigt Slutbetyg fran Gymnasasieskolan /Avgangsbetyg, achieved within 2 years.

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Switzerland

Certificat de Maturité / Certificat de Maturité Cantonal reconnu par la Confédération (French speaking) with a minimum overall score 4.5/6

Eidgenössisch anerkanntes kantonales Maturitätszeugnis / Maturitätsausweis (German speaking) with a minimum overall score 4.5/6

Attestato di Maturità / Attestato di Maturità Cantonale riconosciuto dalla Confederazione (Italian speaking) with a minimum overall score 4.5/6

Foundation year requirements for students from Switzerland

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require a Swiss Certificat de Maturité, Maturitätszeugnis, Attestato di Maturità or equivalent school qualification with a score of 4.

English language requirements for students from Switzerland

We require a mark of at least 5 in the English component of your Swiss Certificat de Maturité, Maturitätszeugnis, Attestato di Maturità or an equivalent school qualification.

Undergraduate requirements for students from Syria

Syrian Technical Diploma/Associate degree with 65%

A transcript showing successful completion of year 1 of a Bachelor's degree from a recognised Syrian university 65%

Foundation year requirements for students from Syria

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Syrian General Secondary Certificate (al Shahâda al-Thânawiyya al-cÄmma or Baccalauréat), showing completion of 12 years of school study, with the minimum pass-mark in your stream (118/280 in Literary Stream or 116/290 in Scientific Stream).

English language requirements for students from Syria

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Taiwan

A transcript showing successful completion of one year of a Bachelor's degree from a recognised Taiwanese university with 70%

Associate degree / Junior College Diploma 70%

Foundation year requirements for students from Taiwan

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Senior High School graduation with 12 years of completed school study, with an average of 70%.

English language requirements for students from Taiwan

Undergraduate requirements for students from Tajikistan

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a successful completion of year 1 of a Bakalavr or Specialist Diploma at a recognised Tajik university, with an average of 60% or 3.5/5.

Foundation year requirements for students from Tajikistan

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Diploma of Completed Vocational Education or Certificate of Completed Secondary Education with grade 4.

English language requirements for students from Tajikistan

Undergraduate requirements for students from Tanzania

Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education with grades BBC (or equivalent)

Advanced Diploma

Foundation year requirements for students from Tanzania

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Certificate of Secondary Education Examination with Division 1.

English language requirements for students from Tanzania

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Thailand

A transcript showing successful completion of one year of a Bachelor's degree from a recognised Thai university with GPA 2.5

Thai Advanced Diploma / Associate Degree 2.5

Foundation year requirements for students from Thailand

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Thai Certificate of Secondary Education (Maw 6) showing 12 years of completed school study with an average grade 2.5.

English language requirements for students from Thailand

Undergraduate requirements for students from Trinidad and Tobago

Foundation year requirements for students from Trinidad and Tobago

English language requirements for students from Trinidad and Tobago

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Turkey

Devlet Lise Diplomasi, Lise Bitirme Diplomasi, or Anadolu Lisesi with 70/100 or 4/5

a transcript showing successful completion of one year of a Bachelor's degree from a recognised Turkish university with 2.5/4.0

Ön-Lisans Diplomasi (Associate degree)

Foundation year requirements for students from Turkey

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Turkish Devlet Lise Diplomasi or Lise Bitirme Diplomasi with 55/100 or 2.75/5.

English language requirements for students from Turkey

Undergraduate requirements for students from Uganda

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have the Ugandan Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) with 3 subjects at principle level of grade C or above

For Advanced entry Year 2 - Higher Diploma pass or above

For Advanced entry Year 3 and top-up – Higher Diploma merit or above

Foundation year requirements for students from Uganda

For our Integrated International courses, we usually require that you have the Ugandan Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) with 1 subject at principle level of Grace C or above.

English language requirements for students from Uganda

We accept the Ugandan Certificate of Education (UCE) Grade 6 and above.

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Ukraine

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a transcript showing successful completion of one year of Bachelor Degree or Specialist Diploma from a recognised Ukrainian university, with GPA 4.0/5.0.

Foundation year requirements for students from Ukraine

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Ukrainian Certificate of Complete General Secondary Education with 6/12 or 3/5.

English language requirements for students from Ukraine

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Undergraduate requirements for students from United Arab Emirates

A transcript showing successful completion of one year of a Bachelor's degree from a recognised Emirati university with GPA 2.5/4.0

Higher College of Technology Certificate/Diploma with GPA 2.5/4.0

University Diploma with GPA 2.5/4.0

Associate Degree

Foundation year requirements for students from United Arab Emirates

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have an Emirati Tawjahiya (Secondary School Leaving Certificate) showing 12 years of completed school study with 65%.

English language requirements for students from United Arab Emirates

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Undergraduate requirements for students from United States

US High School Diploma with GPA 2.8 or better, plus SAT scores (if taken in 2016 or later) of 1050 or better

US High School Diploma with GPA 2.8 or better, plus SAT scores (if taken before 2016) of 1600 or better

US High School Diploma with GPA 2.8 or better, plus two or three Advanced Placement tests with scores of 3 or better

US High School Diploma with GPA 2.8 or better, plus ACT scores of 24 or better

A transcript showing successful completion of one year of a Bachelor's degree from a recognised American university with GPA 2.0

For advanced entry (year two, year three, undergraduate top-up degrees), we usually require that you have one of the following:

Associate Degree/ 60 Community College credits with a minimum GPA of 2.5 out of 4

2 years of university study with a minimum GPA of 2.5 out of 4

You will also need to meet the following English language requirements:

The US High School Diploma, English Language Grade C (2.8/4.0 GPA)

SAT (2016 onwards): Evidence based Reading/Writing 610, plus at least 2 years of study in a US accredited institution or institution accredited by a recognised body from majority English speaking country as defined by the UKVI

ACT: 27 composite score, with a minimum 26 in English and Reading, plus at least 2 years of study in a US accredited institution or institution accredited by a recognised body from majority English speaking country as defined by the UKVI

Advanced Placement English: Grade 3, plus at least 2 years of study in a US accredited institution or institution accredited by a recognised body from majority English speaking country as defined by the UKVI

Foundation year requirements for students from United States

US High School Diploma with GPA 2.4 or better

US High School Grade 11 with GPA 2.8 or better

General Educational Development (GED) Programme

Undergraduate requirements for students from Uzbekistan

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have successfully completed year 1 of a Diplomi (Specialist Diploma) or a Magistr Diplomi (masters degree) with at least 60% or 3.5/5.

Foundation year requirements for students from Uzbekistan

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have an Umumiy o'rata ta'lim to'g'risida attestat/Shahodatnoma (Certificate of General Secondary Education) grade 3.

English language requirements for students from Uzbekistan

Undergraduate requirements for students from Venezuela

A transcript showing successful completion of one year of a Bachelor's degree (Licenciatura / Título de (subject area)) from a recognised Venezuelan university with 61% or 11/20

Título de Técnico Superior Universitario with 61% or 11/20

Foundation year requirements for students from Venezuela

For our Integrated International Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Título de Bachiller /Título de Educación Media General /Título de Técnico Medio with 12/20.

English language requirements for students from Venezuela

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Undergraduate requirements for students from Vietnam

A transcript showing successful completion of one year of a Bachelor's degree from a recognised Vietnamese university with 6/10

Vietnamese Bang Tot Nghiep Cao Dang (College Diploma/Associate Degree) 6/10

Year two entry: holders of Vietnamese University or Technical/Vocational College 2 - 3 year diplomas with average score of 7

Foundation year requirements for students from Vietnam

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Vietnamese Bang Tot Nghiep Trung Hoc Pho Thong (THPT) (Senior Secondary School Grduation Diploma) or equivalent vocational qualification with a GPA of 5 or better.

English language requirements for students from Vietnam

Undergraduate requirements for students from Zimbabwe

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have an award of the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (ZIMSEC) GCE A Level with grades BBC at principal level.

Foundation year requirements for students from Zimbabwe

For our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Zimsec O-level/Cambridge School Certificate (CSC): 5 passes grades C.

English language requirements for students from Zimbabwe

We accept a Grade C at Zimsec O level.

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Portfolio requirements

For both the BA (Hons) course and the course with the Integrated Foundation Year we will need to see a portfolio.

UK applicants: We will invite you to attend an Applicant Day so you can have your portfolio review in person.

International applicants: We will ask you to submit an online portfolio.

In your portfolio we’re looking for up to 12 examples of your current work that showcase your level and range of achievements.

Please check our Product Design BA (Hons) portfolio requirements and read our advice on creating a strong Product Design portfolio.

UCAS applicants should also check our UCAS personal statement guide for Product Design applicants.

Full portfolio requirements and advice

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International

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Tuition fees - 2027/28

Integrated Foundation Year: £10,050

BA course: £10,050

If you opt to study the Professional Practice Year, you will be required to pay a reduced tuition fee, for 2027/28 this is £2,010. You will also incur additional travel and accommodation costs during your Professional Practice year. The University will provide you with further advice and guidance about this.

Government guidance indicates that tuition‑fee caps will rise annually with inflation from 2026, subject to legislation, so tuition fees are likely to increase each year of study.

EU fees are reduced with the Creative Europe Scholarship to the same rate as the UK fees for the duration of the course.

Integrated Foundation Year: £19,800

BA course: £19,800

Please note: for overseas students on undergraduate courses, annual fees will increase by four per cent (4%) for each subsequent year of study, rounded up to the nearest fifty pounds (£50), subject to any overriding applicable legislative requirements.

If you opt to study the Professional Practice Year, you will be required to pay a reduced tuition fee, for 2027/28 this is £3,650. You will also incur additional travel and accommodation costs during your Professional Practice year. The University will provide you with further advice and guidance about this.

The fees listed here are correct for the stated academic year only, for details of previous years please see the full fee schedules.

UCA scholarships and fee discounts

At UCA we have a number of scholarships and fee discounts available to assist you with the cost of your studies.

Financial support

There are lots of ways you can access additional financial support to help you fund your studies - both from UCA and from external sources. Discover what support you might qualify for please see our financial support information.

Additional course costs

In addition to the tuition fees there may be other costs for your course. The things that you are likely to need to budget for to get the most out of a creative arts education will include books, printing costs, occasional or optional study trips and/or project materials.

These costs will vary according to the nature of your project work and the individual choices that you make. Please see the Additional Course Costs section of the Course Information Document for more details of the costs you may incur.

Find out what's included in your tuition fees.

Product Design careers

Industry links

Further study

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You’ll be fully immersed in the architecture and design industries through live projects. In the past these have included work with the leading London architecture firm AKT II, global design and architecture firms such as HOK and SOM, local government organisations and architecture companies in Margate and Folkestone. You’ll also have the opportunity to enter industry competitions.

Graduates of the course have gone on to work at the following leading design practices:

Platform

Bompas and Parr

Piercy and Co

Harvey and John

Grimshaw

Hawkins Brown

Jason Bruges Studio

Graduates of this course can expect to work within the industry in a variety of different roles.

These include:

Product designer

CAD designer

Product developer

Technical designer

Product technician

Furniture designer/maker

Design and communications manager

Market research specialist

Purchasing manager.

What careers can you do with a Product Design degree?

Your guide to creative and technical careers related to a degree in Product Design.

Is a creative arts degree worth it?

Choosing to study a creative arts degree is rarely a simple decision and is scarcely a purely financial one. For many, it’s driven by passion and a desire to build a career doing something expressive that gives them as sense of meaning. But alongside that passion often comes a practical question: will my degree actually improve my job prospects?

You may also like to consider further study at postgraduate level.

Please note: the data shown in the Pathways Graduate tool is based on a range of datasets, including the Graduate Outcomes Survey and occupational data from the Office for National Statistics. Salary data only includes graduates who report earnings in British pounds, but excludes statistical outliers. It also includes graduates who are self-employed or freelancing, which is common within the creative industries and can mean income varies over time.

View our student work

We’re privileged to be able to share our graduates’ incredible work with the world, click on the work below to see more images and find out about the project.

David Lister

Edward Lewis

Anthony Lam

Sota Nakatsugawa

Oliver Maloney

Eleni Macbean

Michelle Stannard

Xuanle Zheng

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Product design facilities & equipment

UCA Canterbury has open plan studio spaces offer a flexible learning environment, used for tutorials and independent working. It includes fully equipped Mac and PC computer labs with software for design and coding.

You'll also have access to a purpose built FabLAB with laser cutters, 3D printers and CNC milling and injection moulding equipment, as well as virtual reality and spatial tracking technology.

There are also workshops with machines for working in wood, metals, plastics and ceramics.

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Product Design Studios

Canterbury Wood Workshop

This workshop contains:

Pillar Drills

Panel and table saw

Wazer water jet cutter

CNC milling machine

Bandsaws

Hand tools

ScanLAB Digital Fabrication Studio

Two structured light scanners

LiDAR scanner

Twelve FDM (Fused Deposition Modelling) printers

One Formlabs resin printer

Four laser cutters

Nylon Powder Printer

Fabrication Lab

This room contains:

Eight PLA 3D printers

Two resin printers

CNC Room

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