Applicant Information
School Leaver Exams
We are aware of different measures in place in different countries and are continually adapting our admissions policy in line with these changes. Please also check UCAS Trackand the UCAS coronavirus page for updates.
We understand that these are challenging times for all our applicants, and that your grades may be impacted as a result. Please be assured that we are taking this into consideration when assessing applications and offering additional flexibility in light of the disruption caused by coronavirus.
Exam Cancellations
If examinations have been cancelled and applicants will instead be awarded calculated grades from a recognised examination board, then we will accept these as having equal validity to grades awarded in other years. This includes those taking International Baccalaureate and Cambridge A Levels.
Exam Delays
If examinations are delayed, we will offer additional flexibility with the start date of our programmes where possible and are increasing the number of programmes with a January start.
Pre-Sessional English programmes
Like many other universities across the world, the University of Dundee has suspended teaching on-campus during this coronavirus pandemic. We are pleased to inform you that we will now be teaching our Pre-Sessional English courses online. To ensure that students are given enough teaching time and language support to achieve the grades they need, any students previously offered the 11 week on-campus Pre-Sessional English course will now be given an offer for the 14 weeks Pre-Sessional English course online. We have also changed the start date to ensure that students have enough time to get their Tier 4 (Student) visa to join their main degree in September. To reflect the fact that students are learning online rather than in the classroom, the tuition fee for this programme has been reduced to £2200.
We will also offer all our online students intensive English language support, if they wish/require it, when they do arrive on campus, with options including classes during Welcome Week and in-sessional English support during their studies.
English Language Requirements
For September 20/21 entry we will accept a wide range of English language qualifications, including IELTS for UKVI (Academic), IELTS (Academic), Pearsons (PTE Academic), Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE), Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) and TOEFL iBT. You can see our full list here.
As the Pre-Sessional English programme will be online we are also able to accept these qualifications for it.
Interviews
Any remaining face-to-face selection activities such as interviews will now take place online. Further details will be sent to affected applicants.
Deferring to a later start date
We already offer flexibility with our Semester start dates and will continue to do this. If your students wish to defer their entry to a later intake, this will also be possible. A number of our programmes now have January and September intakes. Please check our website for details.
University examinations
Whilst we do require students to have completed their undergraduate degree in order to meet the conditions of any postgraduate offer, we will now accept their transcripts and an official university letter confirming that they have completed their degree in lieu of a final degree certificate if this is likely to be delayed.
Scholarships
Students who have been awarded our Global Excellence Scholarship and wish to defer will still be awarded their scholarship which will then commence upon their delayed start date.
The International Office continues to do online interviews for our Global Citizenship Scholarship. If you have applicants who can demonstrate the UoD values of : Valuing People; Working Together; Integrity; Making a Difference; Excellence, you can refer them for a scholarship interview by emailing contactus@dundee.ac.uk with subject line GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP SCHOLARSHIP. In the email below include the following applicant details: full name, applicant ID, date of birth, course applied for.
Online Events
We are hosting lots of online events for our applicants to give them the chance to virtually tour the campus, meet academic staff and current students and find out about our excellent facilities. Check out our schedule for more details.
Turnaround Times
Our Admissions team is working hard to continue processing application decisions as quickly as possible. However the Team is working remotely which is leading to some delays. If you have an urgent application, please let a member of the International Office know.
PhD Applications
We have now decided to coordinate the enrolment of our most of our new research students into a cohort. This means that most PhD applicants who have an expected start date from now until 31 August 2020 will now start their research programme on 14 September 2020 (subject to factors outside our control and supervisor availability). Affected applicants will receive an email explaining these changes. There may be a few exceptions to this, and in those cases supervisors will contact affected applicants directly.
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