Masters in the United Kingdom (UK) Level 7

Reasons why you should take your degree from the UK

The UK provides the students with the chance to get academic qualifications that are recognized internationally while also enjoying the diversity in the culture within the UK

The higher education in the UK is well known for the quality of its research and teahcing nature. Several universityies in the UK boast world-class research facilities and produce top notch research, enabling the students who research and beng taight to gain from the xpertise and knowledge of the most respected soecialists in the world.

Several unitvisities in the UK encourage their students to cretaively think and also think in an independent way to stimulate an environment of learning, offering them the ability, knowledge and confidence to succeed in the careers they have chosen. Employers across the world recognise and value the quality of a UK university education.

Living and studying in the UK offers the international students a great chance ti enhance their english soeking skills and increase their probability to be employed in future.

The popularity of masters in the UK.

More than 450,000 people study abroad in the UK, qualifying it to be the world’s second most popular international study destination.

How long is a Masters degree in the UK?

Many of the UL masters degress take only a year. The students finish two semeters  of assessedm modules of study the proceed to do their dissertaions and theses over the summer. By research, the UK masters degrees follow a unique format and normally take a couple of years to finish.

Cost of Masters in the UK

The international students pay more efees than the local students. Many Masters programmes cost between £12,000 and 15,000 anually.

Are UK Masters degrees taught in English?

Yes – all English is the language used to teahc all masters programmes in the UK. However, some welsh universities offer an option hwere they teahc in Welsh.

All international students often get English language support from most universities, but they require all aplicants not speaking Eenglish to submit a recognised language test (or its equivalent) while applying.

Quality Assurance

The UK’s teahcing quality is assessed thoroughly by QAA (Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education)in the UK. The subject departments and areas at in every university are assessed on criteria like as curriculum design, assessment, student support. Te rating of subjects is done as “Excellent”, “Satisfactory” or “Unsatisfactory”, and departments are given a score out of 24 (all scoring 22 and above as considered as excellent students).

The UK universities’research strength is measured regulalry. Till the year 2008, RAE (Research Assessment Exercise) was the system applied. However, it has noe been replaced with REF (results for the first) that firts operated in the year 2014. However, the 2008 data still exists.

Under the RAE and the REF, research is rated on a scale of “unclassified” – “4*”, with definitions of each category as follows:

4*	World-class quality in terms of rigour, originality and significance.
3*	Internationally excellent quality in terms of siginificance, originality, significance and rigour but which nonetheless falls short of the highest standards of excellence.
2*	Quality that is recognised internationally in terms of originality, significance and rigour.
1*	Quality that is recognised nationally in terms of originality, significance and rigour.
Unclassified	Quality that falls below the standard of nationally recognised work. Or work which does not meet the published definition of research for the purposes of this assessment.

English requirements

All students who have not taught in english before wou;d normaly be needed to have a TOEFL or IELTS test before they join the university. The specific requirements of English weill be dependent on the institution, but normally range from IELTS 5.5 to IELTS 7.5.

Instead of the IELTS or TOEFL, those students who have been educated in English language are allowed to submit their highschool qualifications. Several unicersities need the student to have scored an equivalent to C at the GCSE level.

Peparation programmes for the English Language

The students who never meet the minimum requirements of the Engish anguage are allowed to take an option of an English Language preparation programme. Several Univesities offer intensive English Language summer schools, aimed at helping the students attain the expected level of English conforming to their chosen programme. Such courses normally range from 4-16 weeks.  At the same time, many schools exist across the country offering pure courses of the English langage and students can take that. Any students opting for the courses need to be careful to ensure that their universities accept them.

Pre-Masters programmes

The pre-master programmes are meant for the students who do not meet the expected qualifications for a direct entry. The programmes have been created in a way that they prepare the studdents for tyhe posgraduate stidies in the UK. Some of the universities have independent pre-masters programes whereas others partner with different special colleges.