Applying for research: Entry requirements

All applicants
Our applicants are normally drawn from three groups:

• Final year undergraduates who expect to obtain a good 2.1 or a first class honours degree
• Graduates (often with relevant work experience) who hold a 2.1 or first class honours degree
• Graduates who hold or expect to obtain a Masters degree

Applicants should hold, or expect to hold, one or more of these qualifications in Sociology, Social Policy, Social Work or a related Social Science Discipline.

Overseas candidates
For those candidates for whom English is not their first language or who do not possess a degree from an educational institution using the English language for instruction there are minimum English language requirements:

• IELTS
  Average of 6.5 or above (with not less than 6.0 in any component)
• TOEFL (written test)
  Score of 575 or better

The University's English Language Teaching Centre runs courses in July and August in each year. You may be made an offer of a place on condition that you meet the University's English language requirement.