International
Business programme:
MSc AND Postgraduate Diploma
How to apply
You
can either complete and return the application form by post, or you
can now apply online.
To
request access to the online application facility,
click
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Application
by post
You can apply for
the MSc or Postgraduate Diploma at any time of year, although the
University must receive your application plus all documentary evidence
and references in London by:
31
July – if you want to take your first
examination in May (of the following year)
OR
31 January – for a first examination in October.
If your application
form or documentary evidence/references are received after these
dates you will have missed the deadline for exam registration and
may have to postpone your first examination until the next sitting.
1. Complete
the
application form (pdf; new window) and, together with all the
documentation listed on page 6 of the form, submit it by
post to:
Postgraduate Admissions Office
External System
University of London
Stewart House
32, Russell Square
London WC1B 5DN
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 7862 8375
Note: faxed
applications are not accepted.
If you unable to
send all the documentation with your application form please enclose
a letter with the form giving the reasons.
2. Send a
referee’s report form to your two referees at the same
time, or before you send your application to London. Ask them to
complete the forms and send them direct to the
Postgraduate Admissions Office at the above address.
3. The University
will acknowledge receipt of your application form and send
you a student number to use as a reference whenever you contact
the University. Everyone who applies is allocated a number. You
should receive an acknowledgement within three weeks of posting
your application, but if you do not please contact the Postgraduate
Admissions Office. Please give your full name, the programme for
which you have applied and the date you posted your form to help
the University in identify your application.
4. Your application
will be considered only when they had received all of your
documentary evidence and both references. After due consideration
you will be told if your application has been successful or not.
If there is a delay in sending in any of the documentation or your
references, they will have to wait to receive them before begin
considering your application. This is because they need to have
as much information about you as possible before reaching a decision.
5. If your
application has been successful the University will send
you:
-
an offer of
registration telling you that your application has been accepted
and that you have two years in which to register
-
a fee slip for
the registration and course fees
-
a registration
form on which you indicate your choice of courses
-
a copy of the
Regulations.
6. To
register, complete the registration form and fee slip.
Return them, as soon as possible, along with the registration fee
and the course fees for the courses you will be taking at your first
examination, to:
Postgraduate Registry
University of London External System
Stewart House
32 Russell Square
London WC1B 5DN
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7862 8314
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7862 8238.
Although you can
register and buy the materials for courses at any time of year, the
fees for both must be received by:
15
October – if you want to take your
first examinations in May (of the following year)
OR
15 March – for a first examination in October.
7. The University
will send you the study materials for your first courses,
by courier, as soon as possible after they receive the appropriate
fees.
Exemptions
You may be able to
apply for
'exemption' [pdf: 7pgs, 92KB; new window]
- also known as ‘credit transfer’ or ‘advanced standing’ at other
institutions - from up to 20% of these programmes if you have
covered a similar syllabus in the same breadth and depth as part of
a previous qualification, which has been awarded within the past
five years preceding your application for exemption.
Translation of Certificates and
Transcripts
If your certificates and transcripts are
printed in a language other than English you will need to have them
officially translated into English. Official translators are usually
listed in local telephone directories. When you have located one near to
you, take your original certificates and transcripts to their office.
The Translator should take a copy of the originals and stamp / emboss
them with an official seal and sign them. The originals should be
returned to you.
After the translation into English is
complete, the Translator should stamp / emboss these with the same
official seal and sign them. Each of the stamped / embossed / signed
documents both in English and the original language should be sent to
the University in London in support of your application.
If it is a Master level programme which
you are applying to join, your official translations will not be sent
back to you. If it is a Bachelor level programme which you are applying
to join and you would like the official translations returned to you,
add the sum of GBP5 to your Application Handling Fee and the University
will return them to you by Recorded Delivery.
