Making your application for postgraduate study
There is no central admissions system, such as UCAS, for postgraduate courses. Applications are usually made directly to the course admissions tutor. For some courses, eg teaching, law, social work and clinical psychology, applications are made to specific clearing houses. The Careers A-Z section of the website has details of these.
You will usually be asked to submit some or all of the following:
- An application form (sometimes you can upload a CV with it)
- A personal statement
- An essay on a specific topic or a sample of your existing written work
- An academic transcript from your current course of study
- Two or three referees, one of which should be academic
Admissions tutors do not look favourably on poor spelling or grammar: proof-read each application carefully. Most courses do not have official closing dates. Exceptions include medicine, law and teacher training. Popular courses fill quickly - get your application in as early as possible, ideally before Christmas or early in the New Year of your final year.
Applying for a research degree
- Speak to academics in your school: they may be able to suggest related areas of study and institutions specialising in your chosen field.
- Consider potential supervisors and make initial enquiries; they may also be able to help you to source funding opportunities.
- If you have a specific research area in mind, you will need to write a research proposal with your potential supervisor and submit it to funding bodies.
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