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Entry Requirements

What qualifications do you need?

We welcome Scottish, UK and international students and consider all applicants on an individual basis.

Don’t worry if your qualifications are not listed here, we take a range of factors into account when assessing your application and are happy to consider other alternative combinations of qualifications and experience

If you are applying with an EU or non-EU qualification, please check our Postgraduate Entry Requirements page which gives more information about country-specific entry requirements.

You will normally be expected to satisfy at least one of the following admission requirements:

  • Have a degree awarded by an appropriate institution 
  • Have a postgraduate award (passed at an appropriate level) 
  • Have an appropriate professional qualification such as those from ACCA or CIMA
  • Have passed a pre-Master's, or other foundation course 
  • Be a mature student with relevant work or professional experience

You may also be considered with other academic, vocational or professional qualifications deemed equivalent.

NB: International students may be interested to note UWS work in partnership with Olympia College to deliver the MBA course in Malaysia.

How to apply

Postgraduate courses (MA, MSc, MEd, MBA, DBA, PG Cert, PG Dip, etc.) & some Post-experience courses (CertHE, BA, Grad Cert, Grad Dip, etc.)

All students should apply directly to the University through our online application system. Before you apply, you should check that you meet our entry requirements and you should have all your supporting documents ready.

The first stage of the process is to complete the initial application form. You will then receive a follow-up email with further instructions relating to your application including documents that you will need to forward to support your application, e.g. degree transcripts and certificates etc.

Most courses don't have a formal closing date, but they will close when they are full; apply early to avoid disappointment. There may also be funding deadlines that apply to you.

The Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) applies to all international students and researchers (apart from exempt nationalities) who are subject to UK immigration control and are intending to study or research at postgraduate level in certain sensitive subjects.

Students and researchers who are nationals of EU countries, the European Economic Area (EEA), Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland or the United States of America do not need an ATAS certificate.

An ATAS certificate may be required for certain taught postgraduate master's degrees for international students at UWS.

For the latest information on ATAS and details of eligibility and how to apply for a certificate check the UK Government's dedicated ATAS web pages.

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Tuition Fees 2023-24

Use the Link below to download details of our full-time, part-time tuition fees for Bachelor, Masters, Research, and English Language pre-sessional courses for session 2023-24.

Tuition Fees

Postgraduate Tuition Fees

Tuition fees for this course 2024/25

Scottish

£15,500 per year of study

All other UK & Republic of Ireland

£15,500 per year of study

Channel Island & Isle of Man

£15,500 per year of study

International (all other EU plus Non-EU)

£15,500 per year of study

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Online Modular Tuition Fees (20-credit points) 2024-25

Scottish

£2,210 per module (20 credits)

All other UK & Republic of Ireland

£2,210 per module (20 credits)

Channel Islands & Isle of Man

£2,210 per module (20 credits)

International (all other EU plus Non-EU)

£2,210 per module (20 credits)

More on tuition fees and funding

Modular Tuition Fees (20-credit points) 2024-25

Scottish

£2,210 per module (20 credits)

All other UK & Republic of Ireland

£2,210 per module (20 credits)

Channel Islands & Isle of Man

£2,210 per module (20 credits)

International (all other EU plus Non-EU)

£2,210 per module (20 credits)

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With cutting edge facilities, specialist knowledge and world-leading and internationally excellent expertise, we aim to develop research outputs that have a tangible, early and positive impact on society across the globe.

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