International
Autonomous Region of Kurdistan, Iraq
The University of Leicester welcomes students from the Autonomous Region of Kurdistan, Iraq.
You can find country specific information here including entry requirements for our courses, and information about the Kurdistani student community.
The Future Students Office Team
The Future Students Office can provide you with more information about studying in the UK at Leicester.
Students are welcome to contact us to schedule a digital conversation with our staff, or can chat with our current students online. If you would like to speak directly to our Global Recruitment & Conversion Officer please contact Mariam Adel (mena@leicester.ac.uk) directly and he will be happy to answer your questions. So please get in touch!
Please visit our contact us page for details.
Useful information
Entry requirements
Undergraduate (Bachelors) degrees
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.
For more information about available degrees please see individual course pages.
Postgraduate (Masters) degrees
If you hold a Bachelors degree from a recognised university in Iraq, with an average of over 70% (depending on the subject that you wish to study) you will be considered for entry to a Masters degree.
For more information about available degrees please see individual course pages.
PhDs and other research degrees
To apply for a PhD (or other postgraduate research qualification) you must have an undergraduate (Bachelors) degree ) from a recognised university in Iraq, usually in a related subject area, with an average of over 70% (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.
International student community
The University of Leicester welcomes students from all over the world. Of our 13,000 full-time, campus-based students, over 25% come from outside the EU, from more than 70 different countries.