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Why Essex?

With students from over 140 different countries, Essex is the world in one place. We currently have 157 students from Latin America studying at the University.

I chose my options based on alumni’s opinions, international and national ranking, opportunities in my field, professors and also the environment. I fell in love with all the things and opportunities that Essex had for me and also for my husband who decided to come with me as a huge support in this adventure. There was also the option of applying for scholarships provided by the university. I got ‘’Academic Excellence International Masters’ scholarship’’.
Now I’m doing an MA in Applied Linguistics in one of the best universities in this field. The language and linguistics department is simply amazing and professors are always supportive and open to new ideas and feedback. My husband has a great chance to study English here at university for free during the whole year, which is a great opportunity as well.
So far, I have been enjoying everything. There are so many activities every week and even during weekends.
I am surrounded by different cultures, my best friends here are from China, Malaysia, England, and Slovakia. This is a great opportunity for people like me who love languages because you have the chance to learn a new language with your friends. I’m also taking French classes in ‘’Languages for All’’, highly recommended. You are learning a new language and at the same time, you meet even more people from different programmes.

Camila Valenzuela MA APPLIED LINGUISTICS

Entry requirements

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 SATR 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

The majority of our Postgraduate Taught Masters will consider applicants with 4.5/7 or 65% or B from Licenciatura.

Some courses 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.

Scholarships and funding

Our Americas Regional Scholarship scheme offers £5,000 scholarships to undergraduate students from Chile. Please visit the link for the application form and further details about eligibility.

Our Academic Excellence International Masters Scholarship scheme offers a £3,000 tuition fee discount to masters students from Chile achieving a 75% average in their undergraduate degree. Please visit the link above for further details about eligibility.

Our Latin American and Caribbean Translation Scholarship offers £5,000 scholarships to students on our MA Translation, Interpreting and Subtitling and MA Translation and Professional Practice programmes. Please visit the link above for further details about the application process and eligibility.

We have an agreement with ANID - Becas Chile (formerly CONICYT) and welcome postgraduate students who have been successful in receiving funding through the ANID - Becas Chile programme. Please contact ANID for further information.

We offer two Chevening scholarships to students from across Latin America studying a one-year taught masters course in any subject at Essex. Each scholarship is worth 100% of the tuition fee. Applications for Chevening scholarships are now closed for 2023 entry. Please check the Chevening website for information for 2024 entry.

Please visit our Scholarships pages for information about additional funding opportunities.

Our student societies

We’ve got over 100 clubs and societies at Essex, including our friendly Latin American society, where you’ll have the chance to:

Share Latin American culture with other students
Fundraise for a Latin America focused charity
Make and enjoy Latin American food
Partake in society socials

Explore the Latin American society

Join in the conversation and get to know other students with the society's Facebook page.

Meet us in Chile

Unfortunately we do not have any visits to your country planned in the near future. Please do not hesitate to get in touch with your country contact named below with any questions.

You can follow my travels on Instagram.

Why should you study here?

Central London is easily accessible from all of our campuses

£5,000 undergraduate scholarships available through our Americas Regional Scholarship

Colchester is among the UK's top 10 most affordable university towns according to totallymoney.com

We have a range of job opportunities giving you first hand work experience whilst you study

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Emma Burgess Chile country contact

Telephone: +44 (0) 1206 874828

Email: americas@essex.ac.uk

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