Central Asia

Undergraduate

Previous university/college study is required in addition to local high school qualifications for our undergraduate Bachelor degree courses.

We accept a number of international qualifications, including the International Baccalaureate with the majority of our courses requiring a grade between 29 - 32, or the SAT with the majority of our courses requiring a minimum of 1100 out of 1600 with 550 in each test.

We also offer a range of foundation programmes which can lead to entry to our undergraduate degrees, please visit University of Essex International College for further information.

Some courses have higher entry requirements as well as other admissions criteria. Please see individual courses for more information or email our admissions team admit@essex.ac.uk.

Postgraduate taught (Masters)

Many of our postgraduate taught Masters will consider applicants with 3.5 or above from Bakalavr, Specialist Dipoma or Magistr. Some courses and departments have higher entry requirements as well as other admissions criteria. Please see individual courses for more information or email our admissions team at pgadmit@essex.ac.uk.

We also have a range of foundation programmes available through our partner Kaplan International Colleges if you do not meet these grades. Please visit University of Essex International College for further information.

Postgraduate research 

For entry to research degrees, please refer to the entry requirements for the degree that you are interested in.

An undergraduate degree equivalent to a UK 2:2 (see the grade information above), and a Master's degree with a good grade is required for most PhD programmes, in addition to a well-developed research proposal in a field in which we can offer supervision. Please have a read through our information for research degree applicants and check the course details for your chosen programme for further information about entry criteria.

Undergraduate

Previous university/college study is required in addition to local high school qualifications for our undergraduate Bachelor degree courses. Most of our undergraduate Bachelor degree courses will consider a GPA of 3.0 from the first year of a Kazakhstan university degree. We accept a number of international qualifications, including the International Baccalaureate with the majority of our courses requiring a grade between 29 - 32, or the SAT with the majority of our courses requiring a minimum of 1100 out of 1600 with 550 in each test.

We also offer a range of foundation programmes which can lead to entry to our undergraduate degrees, please visit University of Essex International College for further information.

Some courses have higher entry requirements as well as other admissions criteria. Please see individual courses for more information or email our admissions team admit@essex.ac.uk.

Postgraduate taught (Masters)

Many of our postgraduate taught Masters will consider applicants with 3 (Satisfactory) or 3.0/4.0 or 3.0/4.33 or 3.5/5.0 from Bachelor degree/Diplom. Some courses and departments have higher entry requirements as well as other admissions criteria. Please see individual courses for more information or email our admissions team at pgadmit@essex.ac.uk.

We also have a range of Foundation Programmes available through our partner Kaplan International Colleges if you do not meet these grades. Please visit University of Essex International College for further information.

Postgraduate research

For entry to research degrees, please refer to the entry requirements for the course that you are interested in. An undergraduate degree equivalent to a UK 2:2 (see the information above), and a Master’s degree with a good grade is required for most PhD programmes, in addition to a well-developed research proposal in a field in which we can offer supervision. Please have a read through our information for PhD applicants and check the course details for your chosen programme for further information about entry criteria.