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 30 or above or the SATR with the majority of our courses requiring a minimum of 1100 out of 1600 with 550 in each test.
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.
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.
Postgraduate Taught
The majority of our Postgraduate Taught Masters will consider applicants with 2.70 or above or B- or above from Undergraduate Degree.
Some courses have higher entry requirements as well as other admissions criteria. Please see individual courses for more information or email our admissions team pgadmit@essex.ac.uk.
We also have a range of Foundation Programmes available 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.
