Course at an acceptable level

You can do courses that lead to an approved qualification and are:

• approved at level 3 or above on the National Qualifications framework (NQF);approved at the same level in the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF);
• approved at the same level by the Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales (ACCAC);
• approved at the same level by the Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) in Northern Ireland; 
• are short-term study abroad programmes in the United Kingdom as part of your qualification at an overseas higher education institution, as long as the qualification is confirmed as the same as a United Kingdom degree level by UK NARIC. You can find contact details for UK NARIC on the right side of this page; or
• an English language course at a level A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. If you want to do another English language course after your first course, you will need to show a formal assessment of the English language level you got.