Aston University, a prestigious public research university in Birmingham, UK, is known for its commitment to excellence in teaching, pioneering research, and strong industry connections. The university offers a wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional courses across various fields, focusing on practical, industry-relevant education. Its research and innovation are impactful, particularly in areas like business, engineering, life and health sciences, and social sciences. Aston's strong industry links enhance the curriculum, offer valuable work placement opportunities, and provide students with a competitive edge in the job market. The vibrant campus life in Birmingham offers modern facilities, extracurricular activities, and a supportive community. The university focuses on enhancing employability by providing comprehensive career support, placement years, internships, and personalized guidance. With a diverse student body from over 120 countries, Aston promotes a global outlook and encourages cross-cultural interactions. The university aims to produce graduates who are confident, skilled, and ready to make a positive impact in their chosen fields.
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Why study at Aston University?
Birmingham is a large, vibrant and exciting place to live and study. It has a lower cost of living than London, but still provides all the major benefits of a large international city.
Birmingham is a major hub for business and industry, attracting companies such as Amazon, Arup, ASOS, Balfour Beatty, BBC, Deutsche Bank, PwC, HSBC and Goldman Sachs. There are also more business startups in Birmingham than in any other UK city outside of London (Centre for Entrepreneurs (CfE), 2020).
Birmingham is a great student city and there's plenty to do when not studying, such as visiting museums, art galleries, parks, restaurants and much more. The city is located in the centre of England with easy transport routes across the UK. Birmingham airport has flights to countries all over Europe and with many long-distance links.
Entry Requirements
Typical offers:
BBB-BBC including B in Mathematics
View our Admissions Policy
Whilst the grades listed here are our entry requirements, we understand that predicted grades are only an estimate. We will therefore consider applicants with predicted grades that fall below these entry requirements if the application is of a high standard (however, initial offers will not be lower than stated above).
Entry onto our Foundation Year maybe offered as an alternative to the degree course if lower entry grades are achieved.
The information contained on this website details the typical entry requirements for this course for the most commonly offered qualifications. Applicants with alternative qualifications may wish to enquire with the relevant admissions teams prior to application whether or not their qualifications are deemed acceptable. For less commonly encountered qualifications this will be judged on a case-by-case basis in consultation with the academic admissions tutor.
International students
Applicants whose first language is not English will be required to provide evidence of an English language qualification. Find out more about our
English language requirements. For more information about qualifications view our
Aston in your country
webpage.
Scholarship
- Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship
- Global Ambassador Scholarship
- Women in Engineering Scholarship (Engineering students only)
- Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship
- Global Ambassador Scholarship
- Women in Engineering Scholarship (Engineering students only)
- GREAT Scholarship
- MSc Applied Artificial Intelligence Scholarships
- (selected Artificial Intelligence degrees)
- MBA Scholarships
Life at Aston University
Entry requirements for interantional students
Students who have a Senior Secondary Certificate of Education (SSCE) will be required to complete our International Foundation Programme.
For entry to the International Foundation Programme, we would require an average of eight subjects at C6 and above. This must include subjects that are relevant to the degree programme.
You should have a minimum of Grade C6 in SSCE in the English language. If you cannot show that you have obtained this grade in English, then you can provide us with an IELTS or TOEFL qualification.
Postgraduate (Master)
Y
ou should have a degree from a Ghanaian university with a high percentage or GPA.
If you are applying for finance, engineering or science-based subjects, you must have studied a similar field in your undergraduate degree.
The Business School has several conversion courses that accept students from any subject background.
Postgraduate (MBA)
You can apply for the MBA programme with an undergraduate degree in any subject area from an overseas institution and with three years minimum post-graduation managerial work experience.
English
- For entry into an undergraduate or postgraduate taught degree a grade of C6 or higher is generally accepted from the English Language in the West African Secondary School Certificate in Education.
- For entry onto the MBChB a minimum grade of C4 in English Language in the West African Secondary School Certificate in Education is required.
Students who have the West African Senior Secondary Certificate of Education (WASSCE) will be required to complete a recognised foundation programme.
You should have a degree from a Nigerian university recognised by the Nigerian University Commission (NUC) and the specific percentage requirement will vary depending on the course you are applying for at Aston and the Nigerian university from which you have graduated. In general applicants should have completed a Bachelors honours upper second-class degree.
If you are applying for finance, engineering or science-based subjects, you must have studied a similar field in your undergraduate degree.
There are a number of conversion courses in the Business School which will accept students from any subject background.
You can apply for the MBA programme with an undergraduate degree, in any subject area, from an overseas institution and a minimum of three years post-graduation ma
nagerial work experience. You should have completed should have completed a Bachelors honours upper second-class degree from a recognised Nigerian university.
English
- For entry onto an undergraduate or postgraduate taught degree a grade of C6 or higher is generally accepted from English Language in the West African Secondary School Certificate in Education.
- For entry onto the MBChB a minimum grade of C4 in English Language in the West African Secondary School Certificate in Education is required.
- Undergraduate Programmes - Direct Entr
We accept students with International School Qualifications such as IGCSE, and International Baccalaureate in addition to the Bangladesh National Board for direct entry onto our Undergraduate programmes. The equivalent entry requirements for the Bangladesh qualifications below are in line with the international qualification as on the respective course pages under the 'Entry Requirements' section.
AAA
AAB
ABB
BBB
BBC
BCC
CCC
DDD
Bangladesh HSC – Standard XIIth (Percentage)
90%
85%
80%
75%
70%
65%
60%
50%
Bangladesh HSC – Standard XIIth (CGPA out of 5)
5.0
5.0
5.0
4.0
4.0
3.5
3.5
2.0
Some programmes' entry requirements might have specific IGCSE (equivalent Standard 10th Requirement) as well and will be stated in the 'Entry Requirements' section of the programme page. The IGCSE equivalencies are as follows:
Bangladesh SSC (Standard Xth) - Percentage
Bangladesh SSC (Standard Xth) - CGPA
IGCSE Maths Grade B
75%
4.0
IGCSE Maths Grade C
65%
3.0
If the programme of your choice has additional subject requirements, this will be assessed at the time of the assessment of your application. All Undergraduate applicants have to apply to study at Aston University via UCAS.
If you are not eligible for direct entry, you may follow the International Foundation or the International Year One route above to progress to an undergraduate programme of your choice at Aston University.
Accept a 3-year Technical/Polytechnic Diploma with a minimum of 70% or above for direct entry onto year 1 of our UG programmes.
If you have or you are on the path to study a different qualification and need further clarification on your eligibility, please contact us at
astonsouthasia@aston.ac.uk for evaluation. - Postgraduate Masters - Direct Entry
Students must have completed a relevant Bachelors degree with the minimum UK equivalent GPA required for entry onto a Masters programme in line with the grades below.
UK 1st Class Equivalent UK 2:1 Equivalent UK 2:2 Equivalent CGPA out of 4 3.4 3.0 2.6 Percentage 85% 75% 65% Some programmes might have additional subject requirements, which will be assessed at the time of the assessment of your application.
You may email us on
astonsouthasia@aston.ac.uk for any further query.
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