Postgraduate

Livestock Health and Production (MSC, Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate)

How to apply

For the MSc or Postgraduate Diploma

1. Complete and submit the application form or you may request a prospectus to be posted to you, you will find an application form stapled in the middle of the prospectus. Submit it as soon as possible, but no later than 1 November, together with the accompanying documentation listed on the form, by post to:

Postgraduate Admissions Office
University of London External Programme
Stewart House
32, Russell Square
London WC1B 5DN
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 020 7862 8375

- You must submit all the required documentary evidence with your application form. University of London cannot make a decision on your application until received the required documentation and both references.

- If you are unable to supply all of the appropriate evidence, please enclose a letter with your application giving your reasons.

2. When the University  has received your application form they will send you an acknowledgement and a student number. Please note that they allocate a student number to everyone who applies - it does not mean that you have been accepted onto the MSc degree, Postgraduate Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate. If you have not received an acknowledgement within three weeks of sending in your form, please contact the Postgraduate Admissions office with details of your full name, the qualification for which you have applied and the date you posted your form.

3. The University will notify you whether or not you have been accepted.
Note: applications will only be considered when we have received all the necessary documentation, including the references.

4. If you are accepted, you will be sent:
- an offer of registration
- a fee slip
- a registration form
- a copy of the Regulations

5. If you decide to register you will need to complete your registration form and fee slip and return these, along with the appropriate fee, no later than 1 January.

6. Study will commence in February.

Notes:
There is a definite start to the study year for these courses - February each year. Materials are despatched, usually by courier, from the beginning of January each year to all students who have paid the registration and course fees.

At its discretion, the University will sometimes consider applications received after 1 November. Enquiries should be made to the Postgraduate Admissions Office.

Short courses

35-hour Short courses
Students register using the application form in the 35-hour Short courses section of the website.

240- and 50-hour Short courses
Applicants to the 240- and 50-hour Short courses should note that there are no application and registration deadlines. Instead, there is a rolling application process throughout the year. You should be aware that there are examination deadlines that have to be met in order to sit exams in October.

Translation of Certificates and Transcripts

If your certificates and transcripts are printed in a language other than English you will need to have them officially translated into English. Official translators are usually listed in local telephone directories. When you have located one near to you, take your original certificates and transcripts to their office. The Translator should take a copy of the originals and stamp / emboss them with an official seal and sign them. The originals should be returned to you.  

After the translation into English is complete, the Translator should stamp / emboss these with the same official seal and sign them. Each of the stamped / embossed / signed documents both in English and the original language should be sent to the University in London in support of your application.

If it is a Master level programme which you are applying to join, your official translations will not be sent back to you. If it is a Bachelor level programme which you are applying to join and you would like the official translations returned to you, add the sum of GBP5 to your Application Handling Fee and the University will return them to you by Recorded Delivery.