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Complete an application form and send it to the postgraduate admissions department of the university you are applying to, using the system it describes on their website or in their prospectus. You need to do this very carefully, because if you forget to send a document that they are asking for then this could delay the processing of your application. The key documents are likely to be:
• The application form, completed and signed by you, together with your postgraduate personal statement.
• Evidence of your qualifications – copies of your degree certificates or transcripts and your English language qualifications: if these are not in Roman script (for example, if they are in Chinese or Urdu or Cyrillic script) then you will need to send a translation of your certificate with an official certificate indicating the translation is correct.
• Details of your referees: this may simply be their contact details, but it may be the references themselves.
You should receive an acknowledgement from the university when they receive your application, and some indication of how long it will be before you hear from them again.
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If you are already living in the UK or are going to visit the UK then the university may ask you to attend an interview. Some universities will also interview postgraduate applicants either by telephone or video link if that can be arranged. An interview will give you the chance to find out more about the university and the academic staff.
Finally, you will need to decide which university offer you wish to accept. If you have several offers then you will be able to choose which one best matches your needs and interests. When you have decided you need to inform the university of your choice, but you also need to inform those universities whose offers you will not be accepting, because this means that a place on a postgraduate programme could then be offered to somebody else. A common problem that universities complain of is that applicants do not tell them if they are rejecting an offer. Now that the UK government’s new visa regulations have been introduced (Immigration and visas) you will have to choose the offer you wish to accept before you apply for a visa as you will only be issued a visa to come to the UK to study one specific postgraduate programme.
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