Sri Lanka
The University of Leicester welcomes students from Sri Lanka.
You can find country specific information here including entry requirements for our courses, and information about the Sri Lankan student community.
The Future Students Office
The Future Students Office can provide you with more information about studying in the UK at Leicester.
Please visit our contact us page for details.
Useful information
Entry requirements
Undergraduate (Bachelors) degrees
If you have completed the Sri Lankan General Certificate of Education (Advanced level) then you can begin from the first year of a Bachelors degree. Your offer will normally be equivalent to the UK A-level requirements, so please see individual course pages for information about entry requirements.
If you are studying A-levels or the International Baccalaureate (IB) then you can begin from the first year of a Bachelors degree. Please see individual course pages for entry requirements.
If you have already completed the first year of an undergraduate degree at a Sri Lankan university, you may be considered for entry to the first or second year of a Bachelors degree if you have studied relevant subjects.
For more information about available degrees please see the individual course pages.
Postgraduate (Masters) degrees
If you hold a four-year Bachelor Special Degree or a three-year Bachelor General Degree with an overall grade of 60% (depending on the subject that you wish to study) can be considered for entry to a Master's degree.
For more information about courses please see individual course pages.
PhDs and other research degrees
To apply for a PhD (or other postgraduate research qualification) you must have a four-year Bachelor Special Degree or a three-year Bachelor General Degree from a recognised Sri Lankan university with an overall grade of 60%, usually in a related subject area (depending on the subject that you wish to study) which is equivalent to a UK Upper Second Class Honours degree (also known as a 2:1).
You must also be able to demonstrate practical knowledge of appropriate research methodologies. Research degrees are demanding and intensive: to succeed at this level you must be highly motivated, be able to work independently, and have an appropriate familiarity with the discipline and its associated research techniques/methodologies.
Where a Masters degree is required, this is indicated in the relevant description on our Postgraduate Research webpages, together with further information about requirement.
English language requirements
Please see details of our English language requirements.
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