Entry Requirements:

Qualification Requirement:

High School Diploma: If coming from another region of the United Kingdom such as England and Wales, your high school program must consist of one of the following for the minimum grade requirement; SAT I and SAT II, ACT or Advanced Placement.

High School Equivalency Test (HSET)

Students completing the General Educational Development (GED) test must meet state-issued requirement for passing.
GPA Requirement:

English Language Proficiency Requirements:

SAT scores:
ACT:
AP:
Students enrolled in the International Baccalaureate, have earned at least five points on both Higher and Standard Level
For regions that offer GCE O & A Level exams, the student must be given credit for two courses, which will include one pass in either language, English, history or another related course of one subject, as determined by the University of Sunderland's policy-making board.
In the event you scored a below minimum requirement and did not earn acceptance into our current programs you must, at this time, complete one of the recommended pathways at our campus partners, ONCAMPUS Sunderland, in order to pursue a secondary education and continue onto the university level for undergraduate studies.

Minimum English Proficiency Test Scores

(this applies to non-native speakers). All applicants for admissions to this institution, regardless of immigration status of origin country, also must demonstrate proof of proficiency as part of their English competency requirements in the English Language test at the time of submitting your documentation and transcripts to us

Note

All students from all countries of origin, regardless of native countries of the person or their parents' countries of origin of citizenship and nationality and non-immigrant visas granted via a U.S. Consulate, must demonstrate the above requirements including English proficiency as of the date this policy was last revised in February 21st, 2024; no exceptions will be granted to this requirement; there will be no waivers of policy or special circumstances in which the university policy will not be applied as written here; students' files must meet these criteria as a mandate of Sunderland policy. Students wishing to meet language requirements and do not have proof such as the test requirements above must provide satisfactory evidence to meet proficiency in language requirement via alternative methods and means of demonstrating fluency, including;

The English Subject Requirement
Duolingo English Test.
PTE Academic.
United Arab Emirates and Dubai, Saudi Arabia and Riyadh, Jordan and Amman, Kenya, Egypt or Cairo, United States, Canada and Vancouver.
Note: Locations are subject to change please check with your nearest approved testing center.
changes to location availability and policy updates on new requirements.
English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL).
Please note the following information for language requirements.
These are in addition to all stated above.
All undergraduate applicants from outside of English-speaking locations for nonnative English students, and even those whose countries are on official commonwealth member lists as a native English-speaking region must submit proof and take a second language proficiency exam, as listed above.
As a third option for language students, who have no or limited English experience in their secondary education as per requirements above or may come from other international educational pathways that don't issue these tests in their native region of origin or have the above exam options available and/or do not issue these requirements as part of standard testing in accordance with their respective national and federal, or U.S. state education mandates (requirements for public vs private schooling will vary depending on state, province or region of origin, or native country depending on where student completed secondary schooling, including those of British Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories, which consist of the following; Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Antarctic Territory,British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, St Helena and The Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Islands as part of U.K territories along with British subjects, including; Guernsey and Jersey - Channel Islands; plus Man Island are included as the third crown dependency, all as a direct mandate from a law passed in Parliament - the British Nationality Act 1981.
American Samoa.
For those seeking acceptance directly through their secondary school completion and graduation from the listed regions in our language policy from above - the requirement given for English and their secondary school examinations must fulfill one or more given above as part of our admissions requirement policy, as listed in section D. In addition to those countries, this shall also include those from our list of approved universities in our partner nations.

Europe:

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

North America:

Barbados, Canada and United States

South America:

Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela along with islands of the South Atlantic;

St. Helena and Dependencies, Ascension Island
Tristan da Cunha- on the continents of Africa and Europe, as the country is on two continents as per its geographic regions
Oceania:
Asia:
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First you'll locate a hyperlink by clicking "here", in "Search Options for Consortium Members.
North America and The Caribbean
(this shall also include states determined by our policy listed in section A and those as determined by U.S. regulations, in particular USCIS) , states such as these include-
North America (Mexico and territories under Mexican policy, along with all sovereign states in this region, with locations in Canada as a commonwealth, including other sovereign states of Central America and The Carribbean and their respective island or continental territories are included.
South America: in this section are included all sovereign states that maintain membership and consortium agreements and which all must be current and updated on our policy list, along with other updates as changes occur and revisions to those current as of our last revision on our updated list as of August 23rd, 2023, along with states outlined by U.S. policy, as outlined and given herein, which you are instructed to locate via our provided steps, along with those of American and U.S. jurisdictions (including U.S. Virgin Islands - (all), also known as (U.S.V.I as per official government abbreviation).
As a fourth option students coming directly from native English-speaking region- secondary (high) school programs which do not issue one of the above requirements may apply directly through their high school diploma or equivalency requirements as given with the requirements as indicated in section "A", with no exceptions.
English Subjects, as determined by policy herein
a student's transcripts that show all coursework for all years spent in secondary education (either high or equivalent as stated above as listed in both sections "A" or "B"), and a certified form (which may require notarization in their native region and issued by the country or country official that oversees official documents and records, such as their state-authorized notary public in cases for the U.S., and other designated notaries such as those of British notaries public in their respective commonwealth jurisdictions or locations in their particular territory, which would be overseen and certified as official documents by their Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a requirement as the last step before this document can be reviewed for acceptance into an authorized English testing program to allow for study at any English-speaking universities).
Please check that all transcripts and documents, include official certification and legalization, along with your testing scores to the university, if these documents don't include an apostille, legalization or authentication with a government entity at a local, regional, state or provincial and federal or national government's agency that has issued your transcript to assure that this document is a legitimate school transcript then we cannot accept your documentation (if issued in one the native languages, it must also include an official and certified translation, along with a copy to demonstrate the original language in which it was issued (this would have been the first language of this specific document).

Entry requirements: All Applicants

must also check with their current region's university, if not educated at one of our consortium or partner institutions as described above. The main requirement is, regardless of language, English is not used as the sole instruction language on an institutional and university-wide or by campus level for universities that offer bilingual or multilingual courses of instruction, including languages such as English, French, French and Portuguese, French and Dutch.

(all combinations include languages, but are not limited to the following as these may vary; Arabic, Dutch, Greek, Italian, Mandarin, Spanish and Portuguese are included but not limited to these languages).
a government agency, which either issues or oversees immigration such as USCIS in some instances.

All special enrollments may or may not meet requirements with our institute for acceptance to meet enrollment requirements to continue studies at one of our consortium partner programs under our current enrollment policy, or with our consortium partners or for exchange students who wish to continue studies in one of our international or national locations, this may not provide enough evidence as part of your visa acceptance requirements and/or immigration requirements in conjunction with your acceptance into this University and/or partner institutions under our consortium agreements, as outlined herein, along with updates to policies with consortium agreements (which includes their respective countries and university updates).
A designated school superintendent, with policy given and mandated by a board of education (this may require both local, and at times regional requirements given by oversight from a federal education department or a designated official in this department, or board, which has oversight based on mandates by federal agency guidelines).
A county school superintendent - along with those given from a regional designated director, in those U.S. states that require enrollment as mandated by their U.S. state guidelines for school enrollment or oversight.
a designated superintendent at a county or local city, along with a state-designated representative such as those overseen by both a governor's designated office of education or board, along with other required oversight by both;
federal and or state agencies such as department of education in these respective regions (both local, state, regional and/or by jurisdiction of a foreign nation as given in section "a").

BA (Hons) Education Studies (In-service)

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