Students from Nigeria

Foundation courses

International Foundation Year

Entry Criteria

• Be aged 18 years by June of the academic year in which the International Foundation Year is completed
• WAEC/NECO Senior School Certificate with C6 or above in 5 subjects to include Mathematics
• Attain at least an overall score of 6.0 in an Academic IELTS (with no individual band score of less than 5.5) or WAEC/ NECO Senior School Certificate English Language Grade C6

*Please note some courses require a Higher English language requirement, please check the on-line prospectus for further details.

Undergraduate courses

Each programme will have slightly different requirements, both in terms of overall points and certain subjects, so please check the relevant subject in the undergraduate on-line prospectus.

Normally Ulster University welcomes applications from students with:

Undergraduate qualifications

• Ordinary or Higher National Diploma Lower credit
• Diploma from Federal University with Lower credit
• Successful completion of Level 100 (Year 1) of a Nigerian Degree programme with 50% overall
• National Certificate of Education with a least a lower credit.
• International Foundation Programme from Westerfield College with pass in all subjects (55% or higher overall)

Meet our requirements for undergraduate courses?

Apply for Undergraduate Courses  

Postgraduate courses

Typically we require applicant for taught programmes to hold the equivalent of a UK first degree (usually in a relevant subject area). Please refer to the specific entry requirements for your chosen course of study as outlined in the online prospectus. We consider students who have good grades in the following:

Postgraduate qualifications

• Bachelor degree
  • 2:2 - 50% or above (normally CGPA 3.0/5 or 2.0/4)
    2:1 - 60% or above (normally CGPA 3.5/5 or 3.0/4)

Meet our requirements for postgraduate courses?

Apply for Postgraduate Courses  

English Language Entry Requirements

Normally the minimum English language entry requirement is IELTS (academic) of 6.0 (with no band score of less than 5.5).

Some of our courses ask for a higher score.

If you do not meet the English language requirement we will give you a conditional offer subject to you meeting the requirement before the commencement of the course.

We accept a wide range of alternative English language examinations and tests so please check the list of other accepted tests

If presenting NECO results please provide official documentation which confirm both your examination and token numbers. These are required to verify the NECO results presented.

If presenting WAEC results please provide a copy of your individual Scratch Card which conceals a PIN that is required to verify the WAEC results presented.