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QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED to gain access to higher education will vary from institution to institution and from course to course.
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Undergraduate entry requirements
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You can find out about out what individual course admissions requirements are likely to be either from the institutions themselves or via the UCAS Big Guide which contains a complete list.
An offer of a place on a course will often be conditional on achieving certain grades in certain subjects.
An institution may ask for a certain number of UCAS points for admission onto a course.
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) site contains information about how your existing qualifications fit into the UCAS tariff.
The UCAS tariff is a points system used to report achievement for entry to higher education (HE) in a numerical format.
It establishes agreed equivalences between different types of qualifications and provides comparisons between applicants with different types and volumes of achievement.
The site also contains pre-HE UK Qualifications information.
This provides up-to-date information about a wide range of pre-HE qualifications and entry routes to HE and relates to students with UK and International qualifications.
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Postgraduate entry requirements
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Applications for postgraduate study are dealt with by individual institutions (and not by a centralised system, as undergraduate applications are). They will be able to advise as to entry requirements. As well as a undergraduate degree an institution may also stipulate a particular degree class as being necessary along with an aptitude or practical experience within the chosen area of postgraduate study and research.
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Comparing international qualifications with their UK equivalents
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Information for international students wanting to see how their qualifications compare to those in a country they wish to study or work in can be obtained from National Academic Recognition Centres (NARIC) and / or the European Network of Information Centres (ENIC).
More information on NARIC and ENIC and comparing qualifications can be found here.
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