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
MPhil: Applicants for MPhil must normally hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level (or Non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University). See - Country-specific Information for European Applicants 2019 and Country-specific Information for International Applicants 2019.
PhD: Applicants for PhD must normally hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level and a master’s degree. Alternatively, applicants with a UK first class honours degree (or Non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University) not holding a master’s degree, will be considered on an individual basis. See - Country-specific Information for European Applicants 2019 and Country-specific Information for International Applicants 2019.
English Language
IELTS 6.5 Overall (with no individual component below 6.5) 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.
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.
