Belgium / Entry requirements
General entry requirements for undergraduate courses
GCE A-Levels, International Baccalaureate (IB) and national university entrance exams at good grades are considered for entrance to undergraduate programmes at The University of Manchester. See individual programmes for specific information:
For Schools with specific entry requirements, defined grades will be required in named subjects. For example, entry to engineering courses usually requires A-levels in Mathematics and Physics.
If you are studying the Belgian Diplome, you will generally find entry criteria for this qualification are published under “Alternative Entry Requirements” and “Other International Entry Requirements” on the course profile pages. You may find that some Schools don't publish their entry requirements for this qualification online, but this doesn't necessarily mean that it is not accepted." to "If you are studying the Belgian Diploma van Hoger Secundair Onderwijs/Certificat d'Enseignement Secondaire Supérieur/Abschlusszeugnis der Oberstufe des Sekundarunterrichts, you will generally need between 70%-85%, 15/20 - 18/20 or 7/10 – 9/10 for courses requiring BBB – A*A*A*. If a course requires a specific subject (such as Maths) you may be required to achieve 90%, 9/10 or 18/20 in that subject as an elective.
If you need to find out more about Belgian entry criteria for a specific subject and can't find this online, please email international@manchester.ac.uk.
General requirements for postgraduate/research courses
Students who have completed an undergraduate degree at a reputable university are normally considered for postgraduate study. We would normally expect applicants to achieve Licentiaat/ Licencié/ Bachelor’s degree with 70% or 14/20 or avec distinction (3 years minimum).
General requirements for PhD programmes
Applicants with Masters degrees from strong institutions may be considered for PhD entry.
Postgraduate research degrees are individually supervised. We strongly recommend that prospective applicants make initial enquiries with the potential supervisor or school before submitting a formal application.
A research proposal is required along with your formal application.
Postgraduate research programmes
English language requirements
All applicants to the University (from the UK and overseas) are required to show evidence of English language proficiency.
UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) requires that every student from outside the UK must show evidence of a minimum level of English language in order to be granted a UK visa (Tier 4 visa) to study at undergraduate or postgraduate level.
Additionally, our individual Schools may ask for specific English language proficiency levels that are necessary for their academic programmes. In most cases these requirements are likely to be higher than the B2 level. Our English language policy outlines some of the English language qualification we accept.
Some Schools ask that the appropriate score has been met before you apply for a course, while others give conditional offers subject to applicants achieving our general entry requirement level of English language proficiency before starting the course.
Under certain circumstances, the University may consider IGCSE/O-level English, or International Baccalaureate Language (English) or Language and Literature (English) at high grades as a recognised English language qualification.
Other entry requirements
Please note that this is generic information only. Faculties and Schools have different entry requirements and some qualifications may not be acceptable for certain courses, so it is important to check with the School directly before you apply.
Some courses have additional entry requirements such as previous work experience, submission of written work with the application or previous study of a particular subject. Take a look at the individual course profiles for course specific entry requirements: