Items for International Students
International Students: We advise you to submit your application as early as possible. Early application will help you meet any deadlines for degree programmes, accommodation and for any funding or scholarship applications you might be eligible for. We recommend that you visit or contact the British Council office in country who will be able to provide you with information and advice about living in the UK. If there is no British Council office, contact your nearest British Embassy or Consulate.
Every year, university staff visit overseas to meet and advise students who may be interested in studying at Southampton. International Office staff can provide you with information, advice and assistance from the moment you start considering whether to study in the UK, right through to making your application and registering at the University. If you would prefer to have face-to-face advice year round, you may wish to consider contacting one of our University-appointed agents whose details are listed according to the countries in which they work. Our agents can provide you with information and advice on the University, its courses, applications procedures, English language requirements etc. They are also able to advise you on other important issues such as making visa applications, seeking funding and other information that you may require prior to applying to the University and leaving your country to come and study in the UK. The International Office can provide full details.
For a copy of the University's Guide to International Students please click here.
Advice for New International Students from a Current International Student
Required competency in the English language: guidance for applicants to the School of Education
If the IELTS (or equivalent) is below 5.5 (or equivalent), the application will not be considered, although you may reapply when you have obtained a score nearer or above our minimum score of 6.5 (or equivalent).
If the IELTS (or equivalent) is 5.5 or above (or equivalent), but below 6.5 (or equivalent), the application will be processed in the usual way but any offer will be made conditional upon attending and being successful in an intensive language course of appropriate duration in the University's Language Centre, and on subsequently getting 6.5 (or equivalent) or above in IELTS (or equivalent).
If the IELTS (or equivalent) is 6.5 (or equivalent) or above then no language competency condition will be attached to your offer.
The above criteria are applied without prejudice to the rest of the selection process and they do not preclude us from attaching other conditions to your offer or from rejecting your application on other grounds. A record is kept of all applications in each of the three categories above so that we can monitor our equal opportunities policy in action.
New International students may find the International Students Induction pages useful
Click for details on Postgraduate Scholarships on the main University website
