Pre-Master’s / Graduate Diploma

For bachelor’s degree graduates, who fall short of the English or academic requirements of their desired master’s degrees, doing a Pre-Master’s can help bridge the gap. For sub-degree graduates who have good grades and certain work experience, doing a Pre-Master’s will enable them to enter a master’s degree, skipping the undergraduate qualification.

The length of Pre-Master’s programmes is from 3 months to 1 year, depending on the student’s academic achievement, work experience and English ability. Completion of a Pre-Master’s programme leads to 1-year master’s degree in associated universities.

Course Features

• Length of course depends on student’s academic achievement, work experience and English ability. It’s normally three months to one year long.
• Start dates depend on the length of the programme. To ensure students can start their master’s degree right after the completion of the Pre-Master’s programme, 1-term programmes usually commence in June, while 2-term and 3-term programmes commence in January and September respectively.
• Pre-Master’s programmes are only recognised by the partner universities only. Recognition by universities outside the UK might be limited.

Typical Subjects

• Art & Design
• Business
• Computing
• Communication
• Engineering
• Health Science
• Law
• Psychology
• Science

Examples of Universities that Offer Pre-Master’s

• Aberdeen
• Aston, Birmingham
• BPP University
• Cardiff
• Creative Arts
• Durham
• East Anglia
• Essex
• Exeter
• Glasgow
• Lancaster
• Leeds
• Leicester
• Liverpool
• Manchester Metropolitan
• Newcastle
• Nottingham
• Nottingham Trent
• Portsmouth
• Queen Mary
• Queen’s Belfast
• Robert Gordon
• Reading
• Royal Holloway
• Sheffield
• SOAS
• Southampton
• Surrey
• Sussex
• Swansea
• Law
• West of England
• Westminster
• York

Examples of Colleges that Offer Pre-Master’s

• Bellerbys College
• CATS College
• Chichester College