Postgraduate

MSc and Postgraduate Diploma/ Certificate in International Primary Health Care

How to Apply.

Application by post

Complete the application form (pdf; New Window) or you may request a prospectus to be posted to you [New Window]. You will find an application form stapled in the middle of the prospectus and submit it by post (not by fax) together with the fee and all the documentation listed on the form to:

The Postgraduate Admissions Office
University of London
Stewart House
32, Russell Square
London WC1B 5DN
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7862 8376
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7862 8363

Note: faxed applications are not accepted

If you cannot send all the documentation with your application form, please enclose a letter with the form giving the reasons. University of London must receive your application plus all documentary evidence and references in London by 31 May if you intend to take your examination in May (of the following year).

If your application form or documentary evidence/references are received after this date, the University may not be able to consider your application in time for you to register by the deadline for the next examination. You might have to postpone your first examination until the next sitting.

2. University of London will acknowledge receipt of your application form and send you a student number to use as a reference whenever you contact the University. Everyone who applies is allocated a number.

You should receive an acknowledgement within three weeks of posting your application, but if you do not please contact the Postgraduate Admissions Office. Please give you full name, the qualification for which you have applied and the date you posted your form to help the University in identify your application.

3. Your application will be considered only when University of London has received all your documentary evidence and both references. After due consideration you will be told if your application has been successful or not.

You are asked to note that if there is a delay in sending any of the documentation or your references, the University will have to wait to receive them before begin considering your application. This is because University of London need to have as much information about you as possible before University of London can reach a decision.

4. If your application has been successful University of London will send you:

• a conditional offer of registration. Please note that the offer of registration will be valid only for the study year specified in the offer letter
• a fee slip for the registration and course fees
• a registration form, on which you indicate your choice of courses
• a copy of the Regulations
• information on how to complete the induction module (please see below*)

5. To register, complete the registration form, fee slip, and the form confirming you have completed the induction module (please see below*). Return them, as soon as possible, along with the registration fee and the course fees for the courses you will be taking at your first examination, to:

The Postgraduate Registry
External System
University of London
Stewart House
32, Russell Square
London WC1B 5DN
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7862 8314
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7862 8238
Email: j.seddon@external.lon.ac.uk

You are asked to note that there is a limit to the number of students who can be registered for this programme, therefore registration will only be confirmed on payment of the appropriate fee and if there is still a place for that study year.

A student whose registration is not confirmed will be made an offer to register for the following year instead.

*Induction module

You must complete a short online induction module as part of the preparation for the programme. If you do not complete this module, you may find you do not have the skills necessary to take part in an online programme. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have completed this module.