Note for international and European applicants:
details of how your qualification compares to the published academic entry requirements can be found on our Country Specific Entry Requirements page.
Qualifications
MSc by Research: Applicants for MSc by Research must normally hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level (or Non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University).
MPhil: Applicants for MPhil must normally hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level in Computer Science, Mathematics or a closely related discipline (or Non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University).
PhD: Applicants for PhD must normally hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level in Computer Science, Mathematics or a closely related discipline, or an appropriate master’s degree with a minimum overall grade at ‘Merit’ (or Non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University).
As well as academic qualifications, Admissions decisions may be based on other factors, including (but not limited to): the standard of the research synopsis/proposal, performance at interview, intensity of competition for limited places, and relevant professional experience.
English Language
IELTS 6.5 Overall (with no individual component below 6.0) or Swansea University recognised equivalent. Full details of our English Language policy, including certificate time validity, can be found here.
As well as academic qualifications, Admissions decisions may be based on
other factors, including (but not limited to): the standard of the research
synopsis/proposal, performance at interview, intensity of competition for
limited places, and relevant professional experience.
Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) Requirement
Non UK/EU applicants are required to obtain ATAS clearance for this
programme of study. Successful applicants are sent ATAS application details
by the University PGR Admissions team. Further details on the ATAS scheme
can be found at on the
government Academic Technology Approval Scheme webpage.
Reference Requirement
As standard, one reference is required before we can progress applications
to the Faculty research programme, academic Admissions Tutor for
consideration.
Please note that any protracted delay in receiving the outstanding reference
may result in the need to defer your application to a later potential start
point/entry month, than what you initially listed as your preferred start
option.
You may wish to consider contacting your referee to assist in the process of
obtaining the outstanding reference or alternatively, hold submission of
application until a reference is sourced. Please note that it is not the
responsibility of the University Admissions Office to obtain missing
reference after our initial email is sent to your nominated referee,
requesting a reference on your behalf.
The reference can take the form of a letter on official headed paper, or via
the University’s standard reference form.
Click this link to download the university reference form.
Alternatively, referees can email a reference from their employment email
account, please note that references received via private email accounts,
(i.e. Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail) cannot be accepted.
References can be submitted to
pgradmissions@swansea.ac.uk.
