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Start your UEA Study Abroad journey now
Applications for Academic Year 2025-26 are open.
Please contact your home university to be nominated. You can also apply independently via the link below.
Exchange and fee-paying students from one of our partner universities are nominated directly by their home university.
Independent fee-paying students apply directly via the link below. We require an academic reference from your current home university.
Applicants should be in good academic standing at their home university. This is equivalent to a 50% / a 2:2 in the UK higher education system (2.7 GPA).
We reserve the right to request an academic reference from any applicant.
Autumn Arrival Application Timeline
Starting UEA in September? Use this timeline to see your study abroad at UEA journey from application to arrival.
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Spring Arrival Application Timeline
Starting UEA in January? Use this timeline to see your study abroad at UEA journey from application to arrival.
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Required Documents
You must provide a copy of your valid travel document(s) before travelling to the UK. Inform us of any changes to your travel document(s) prior to your arrival.
You must provide us with an official transcript with your most recent grades, including a stamp or signature from your home university. If your official transcript is not in English, you must provide a translation by an official translator, or by your home institution (signed and stamped).
English Language
Citizens of majority English-speaking countries and students currently studying in the US are not required to provide proof of English language proficiency. All other applicants must prove the necessary level of English as stated below.
Applicants with IELTS 6.0 (with a minimum of 6.0 in Writing and Speaking and 5.5 in Reading and Listening) may take any module in Economics, and Language and Communication Studies. Applicants with these scores may also take first year modules (Level 4) in any school apart from the schools of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing, Chemistry, and Pharmacy.
For all other modules (Level 5 and 6), and all modules in Literature, Drama and Creative Writing, Chemistry, and Pharmacy, applicants must have an IELTS score of at least 6.5 overall, with at least 6.0 in each category.
English language qualification waiver
If you are:
studying a degree taught exclusively in English and
planning to come to UEA for a semester only, and
entering the UK as a non-visa national/with a Visitor visa (rather than a Student visa).
You can submit a letter from your home university confirming that:
you have at least IELTS 6.5 / high B2 level English, and
that you are studying a degree taught exclusively in English.
If your document is not in English, you must provide a translation.
We accept:
a signed and stamped letter from your home university confirming the grade you received in English on the certificate, or
a full translation done by an official translator, or by your home institution (signed and stamped).
If you have any questions, please email visiting.uea@uea.ac.uk.
If you have a lower English level, you may apply to our partner INTO for short English programmes, including Pre-Sessional Programmes and Study Abroad With English.