UK: Study Abroad and Scholarships - & Universities

 STUDY ABROAD -UK & COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES DIRECTORY

United Kingdom
Academic year: October to June.
Admission requirements: Each British university determines its own entrance requirements and these will vary according to the particular course or programme of study. However, in general, international students should have qualifications equivalent to the United Kingdom General Certificate of Education (GCSE) with at least 5 passes including 2 at A-level. Advice on equivalence of qualifications is available from the British National Academic Recognition Information Centre (NARIC) operated by ECCTIS 2000 Ltd, Oriel House, Oriel Road, Cheltenham GL50 1XP, tel.: 1242 252 627; fax: 1242 258 600.

Language proficiency required: Good knowledge of English is essential for all regular university courses. Orientation courses including some language training are provided for new students at certain educational establishments of higher education. English language classes in particular are offered at many private and public institutions throughout the United Kingdom.

Monetary unit: pound sterling (£).Expenses for one academic year. Institutions decide whether it is appropriate for fees to be charged at the ‘home’ rate or the higher ‘overseas’ rate. Students who meet residency conditions in the United Kingdom and Islands for a specified three-year period before their course will be classified as ‘home’ students if they are settled in the United Kingdom, i.e., resident in the United Kingdom with no restriction on how long they can stay. Students unable to meet these criteria may be charged fees at the higher ‘overseas’ rate unless they meet conditions applying to one of six limited categories.

These relate to European Union nationals and their children, European Economic Area migrant workers and their spouses and children, refugees and their families, people granted exceptional leave to enter or remain as an outcome of an asylum application and their families, exchange students and certain people who have lived in Hong Kong and have recently settled here. Students unable to meet residency criteria because of the temporary employment abroad of themselves, one of their parents or their spouse will be treated as ‘home’ students by institutions.

Immigration requirements: A person seeking leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom as a student must produce evidence that he has been accepted on a course of study at a publicly funded institutions of further or higher education, a bona-fide private education institution which maintains satisfactory records of enrolment and attendance, or an independent fee paying school outside the maintained sector.

The course should either be a recognized full-time degree course at a publicly funded institution of further or higher education, a weekday full-time course involving attendance at a single institution for a minimum of 15 hours organized daytime study per week of a single subject or directly related subjects, or a full-time course of study at an independent fee-paying school. A student must be able to meet the costs of his course, and the accommodation and maintenance of him or herself and any dependants, without taking employment, engaging in business or having recourse to public funds. He or she must also not intend to engage in business or to take employment, exert part time or vacation work undertaken with the consent of the Secretary of State for Education and Employment.
Nationals of those countries whose citizens require a visa to enter the United Kingdom need to obtain entry clearance before travelling. Applications may be made at the nearest British diplomatic post overseas. Overseas students who wish to take part-time or vacation employment need to apply to their local Jobcentre for permission. This will apply whether the work is paid or unpaid.
Normally the Jobcentre will only give permission to work for up to a maximum of 20 hours per week in term time, and only if they are satisfied that no resident labour will be displaced. This provision is not designed to enable a student to meet the maintenance and accommodation requirement of the Rules and any prospective earnings will not be taken into account when assessing the adequacy of funds available.

Information services:
• British Council, 10 Spring Gardens, London SW1A 2BN (tel.:0171-930 8466; fax: 0171-839 6347) and offices in capitals and other large cities in 109 countries (information for international students on study in the United Kingdom - where to study, how to apply, equivalence and costs).
• United Kingdom diplomatic missions or information offices abroad.
• National Union of Students, 461 Holloway Road, London N7 6LJ (tel.: 0171-272 8900, fax: 0171-263 5713) (advice is provided only to students’ unions on study opportunities in the United Kingdom, etc.).
• Association of Commonwealth Universities, John Foster House, 36 Gordon Square, London WC1H OPF (tel.: 0171-387 8572; fax: 0171-387 2655) (information about universities of the Commonwealth and about fellowships and scholarships for travel between them).
• Association of Recognized English Language Schools (ARELS), 2 Pontypool Place, Valentine Place, London SE1 8QF (tel.: 0171-242 3136; fax: 0171-928 9378) (information on teaching in member schools, overseas students’ welfare, etc.).

Publications:
• British University and College Courses; a handbook for students intending to study in the United Kingdom, and their advisers; published by Trotman and Company.
Studying and Living in Britain: the British Council’s Guide for Overseas Students and Visitors, annual; published by Northcote House, in association with the British Council.
• The Association of Recognized English Language Schools ARELS produces an annual guide Learn English in Britain with ARELS; this contains details of courses offered by member English language teaching establishments, fees, course dates, and other services provided. The guide is available from ARELS, 2 Pontypool Place, Valentine Place, London SE1 8QF.
It is also available from overseas British Council and British Tourist authority offices.
• BASCELT Handbook: Courses for Students and Teachers of English; annual list of state-sector colleges with details of their English language courses, term dates, fees, etc.; obtainable free of charge from the British Council or from the Council’s offices overseas.
• UCAS/On Course world Study Guides, a guide book for international students who are considering studying in Britain.
The guides are published by On Course Publications in association with the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) and will be available from April 1998 in Chinese, Japanese, Korean and English versions. This publication can be obtained from: On Course Publications, Layton House, Kew Green, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AF (tel.: 0181 332 6060; fax: 0181 332 1177).
• Home from Home, the complete guide to homestays and exchanges and Working Holidays, the complete guide to seasonal jobs. These provede a guide to opportunities in the United Kingdom for students and young people from other countries seeking to stay with a British family or work for a short period in the United Kingdom; available from the Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges, 10 Spring Gardens, London SW1A 2BN.
The following are published by the Association of Commonwealth Universities, John Foster House, 36 Gordon Square, London W1H OPF:
• Commonwealth Universities Yearbook.
• Awards for Postgraduate Study at Commonwealth Universities.
• Awards for First Degree Study at Commonwealth Universities.
• Awards for University Administrators and Librarians.
• Awards for University Teachers and Research Workers.
• International Guide to Qualifications in Education published by Mansell Publishing, Cassell Academic, Wellington House,125 The Strand, London WC2R OBB.
The Higher Education Careers Service Unit (CSU Ltd), Armstrong House, Oxford Road, Manchester M1 7ED, published also postgraduate directories.

1. Anglia Polytechnic University
2. Aston University
3. Birkbeck College, University of London
4. Birmingham City University
5. Bournemouth University
6. British College of Osteopathic Medicine
7. Brunel University Uxbridge
8. Buckinghamshire New University
9. Camberwell College of Arts
10. Canterbury Christ Church University College
11. Cardiff University
12. Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design
13. Chelsea College of Art and Design
14. City University
15. Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London
16. Coventry University
17. Cranfield University
18. De Montfort University Leicester
19. European School of Economics
20. Glasgow Caledonian University
21. Glasgow School of Art
22. Goldsmiths College, University of London
23. Heriot-Watt University
24. Heythrop College, University of London
25. Huron University USA in London
26. Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London
27. Imperial College School of Medicine
28. Institue of Historical Research, University of London
29. Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London
30. Institute of Classical Studies, University of London
31. Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London
32. Institute of Education, University of London
33. Institute of Germanic Studies, University of London
34. Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London
35. Keele University
36. King's College London, University of London
37. Kingston University
38. Leeds Metropolitan University
39. Liverpool Hope University College
40. Liverpool John Moores University
41. London Business School
42. London Guildhall University
43. London Institute of Management and Technology
44. London Metropolitan University
45. London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London
46. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of London
47. Loughborough University
48. Middlesex University
49. Napier University
50. Newport International University
51. Nottingham Trent University
52. Open University
53. Oxford Brookes University
54. Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London
55. Richmond University - The American International University in London
56. Roehampton University of Surrey
57. Royal Academy of Music, University of London
58. Royal College of Art
59. Royal College of Music, University of London
60. Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, University of London
61. Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
62. Saint George's Hospital Medical School, University of London
63. Schiller International University, London
64. School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
65. School of Pharmacy, University of London
66. School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London
67. Sheffield Hallam University
68. Southampton Institute.
69. South Bank University
70. Staffordshire University
71. St.Patrick's International College, London
72. Thames Valley University
73. The Manchester Metropolitan University
74. The Queen's University Belfast
75. The Robert Gordon University
76. Trinity College Carmarthen
77. Trinity College of Music
78. United Medical and Dental Schools, University of London
79. University Campus Suffolk
80. University College London, University of London
81. University College Northampton
82. University College Worcester
83. University of Aberdeen
84. University of Abertay Dundee
85. University of Bath
86. University of Bedfordshire
87. University of Birmingham
88. University of Bradford
89. University of Brighton
90. University of Bristol
91. University of Buckingham
92. University of Cambridge
93. University of Central Lancashire
94. University of Chester
95. University of Derby
96. University of Dundee
97. University of Durham
98. University of East Anglia
99. University of East London
100. University of Edinburgh
101. University of Essex
102. University of Exeter
103. University of Glamorgan
104. University of Glasgow
105. University of Gloucestershire
106. University of Greenwich
107. University of Hertfordshire
108. University of Huddersfield
109. University of Hull
110. University of Kent at Canterbury
111. University of Lancaster
112. University of Leeds
113. University of Leicester
114. University of Lincolnshire and Humberside
115. University of Liverpool
116. University of London
117. University of Manchester
118. University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
119. University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
120. University of North London
121. University of Northumbria at Newcastle
122. University of Nottingham
123. University of Oxford
124. University of Paisley
125. University of Plymouth
126. University of Portsmouth
127. University of Reading
128. University of Salford
129. University of Sheffield
130. University of Southampton
131. University of St. Andrews
132. University of Stirling
133. University of Strathclyde
134. University of Sunderland
135. University of Surrey
136. University of Sussex
137. University of Teesside
138. University of the West of England, Bristol
139. University of Ulster
140. University of Wales
141. University of Wales, Aberystwyth
142. University of Wales, Bangor
143. University of Wales College of Medicine
144. University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
145. University of Wales, Lampeter
146. University of Wales, Newport
147. University of Wales, Swansea
148. University of Warwick
149. University of Westminster
150. University of Wolverhampton
151. University of York
152. Warburg Institute, University of London
153. William Gilbert College
154. Wimbledon School of Art
155. Wye College, University of London