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ULSTERUNIVERSITYBUSINESSSCHOOLINTERNATIONALENTRYREQUIREMENTSThefollowingdetailstheapprovedentryrequirementsforallUlsterBusinessSchoolprogrammesofferedbyQAHEandavailabletointernationalstudentsorthosepresentingqualificationsgainedinternationally.
PreparedBy: MartinSmithDocumentVersion: 8LastRevisionDate: 18August2016RevisionBasis: RefertoDocumentChangeControlCreateDate: October2014
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TABLEOFCONTENTSEntryrequirementsforapplicantspresentinginternationalqualifications:Albania Page4Armenia Page5Australia Page6Azerbaijan Page7Bangladesh Page8Belarus Page9Bolivia Page10Botswana Page11Brazil Page12Cameroon Page14China Page15Colombia Page16Egypt Page17Eritrea Page18Ethiopia Page19Georgia Page20Ghana Page21HongKong Page22India Page23Indonesia Page24Iran Page25Iraq Page26IvoryCoast Page27Jordan Page28Kazakhstan Page29Kenya Page30Kuwait Page31Kyrgyzstan Page32Malaysia Page33Mexico Page34Moldova Page35Morocco Page36Nepal Page37Nigeria Page38Oman Page39Pakistan Page40Philippines Page41Russia Page42SaudiArabia Page43Senegal Page44Somalia Page45SriLanka Page46Sudan Page47Taiwan Page48Tajikistan Page49Thailand Page50Turkey Page51Turkmenistan Page52UAE Page53Ukraine Page54Uzbekistan Page55
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USSR(FormerSovietUnionStates) Page56Vietnam Page57Zimbabwe Page58DocumentChangeControl Page59
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COUNTRY ENTRYTO ULSTERPROPOSEDINTERNATIONALENTRYQUALIFICATIONSALBANIA Englishand
Mathsrequirements
AllstudentsapplyingforanUndergraduateorPostgraduatedegreeortheGraduateCertificateatQAHEarerequiredtomeetourstandardEnglishLanguageRequirements. StudentsmustalsoprovideevidencethattheysatisfytherequirementsforMaths(i.e.equivalenttoaGradeCinGCSE.ForstudentspresentingAlbanianqualifications,theymusthaveatleastagradeof5inMathsaspartoftheDftesPjekurie(SecondarySchoolLeavingCertificate)(6inMathsforBScHonsAccountingandManagement).
InternationalFoundationProgramme
StudentsmusthavepassedtheDftesPjekurie CertificateofMaturity/SecondarySchoolLeavingCertificatewithanoverallaverageof6orabove(grade5oraboveineachsubject).
UGProgrammes
StudentsmusthavepassedtheDiplomeMatursShtetrore(DiplomaofStateMatura)withaGradeof8oraboveORiflowermusthaveoneofthefollowing:ArecognisedUKFoundation/AccesscourseORThefirstyearoftheirDiplomeNivelittPare(FirstLevel(University)Diploma)withanoverallaverageof7orabove.StudentsmusthavepassedtheDftesPjekurieCertificateofMaturity/SecondarySchoolLeavingCertificatewithanoverallaverageof6orabove(grade5oraboveineachsubject)ANDoneofthefollowing:ArecognisedUKFoundation/AccesscourseORThefirstyearoftheirDiplomeNivelittPare(FirstLevel(University)Diploma)withanoverallaverageof7orabove.ForadvancedentrytoanUndergraduateDegreeProgramme:Ifstudentshavecompleted23yearsoftheirDiplomeNivelittPare(FirstLevel(University)Diploma)inarelevantsubjectwithanoverallaverageof7orabovetheymaybeconsidered(attheSchoolsdiscretion)foradvancedentry.StudentswhohavecompletedtheirDiplomUniversitare(UniversityDiploma)inarelevantsubjectwithanoverallaverageof7orabovemaybeconsideredforadvancedentry(finalyear).StudentswhohavecompletedtheirDiplomJoUniversitare(NonUniversityDiploma)inarelevantsubjectwithanoverallaverageof7orabovemaybeconsideredforadvancedentry(secondyear).GradingSystem:Anumericalscaleof110isused,with5beingtheminimumpassmark,10beingthetopofthescale.
PGProgrammes
StudentsmustholdaDiplomeNivelittPare(FirstLevel(University)Diploma)withanoverallaverageof7orabove.Studentswitha5orabovemaybeconsideredforourGraduateCertificate.
StudentswhoholdaDiplomuniversitareDegree(preBologna)withanoutstandinggradesmaybeconsidered.Studentswitha5orabovemaybeconsideredforourGraduateCertificate.
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COUNTRY ENTRYTO ULSTERPROPOSEDINTERNATIONALENTRYQUALIFICATIONSARMENIA Englishand
Mathsrequirements
AllstudentsapplyingforanUndergraduateorPostgraduatedegreeortheGraduateCertificateatQAHEarerequiredtomeetourstandardEnglishLanguageRequirements. StudentsmustalsoprovideevidencethattheysatisfytherequirementsforMaths(i.e.equivalenttoaGradeCinGCSE.ForstudentspresentingArmenianqualifications,theymusthaveatleastagradeof9inMathsaspartoftheCertificateof(Complete)SecondaryGeneralEducation(14inMathsforBScHonsAccountingandManagement).
InternationalFoundationProgramme
StudentsmustcompletesecondaryeducationandholdtheCertificateofCompletedSecondaryEducation(MijnakargYndhanurKrtoutianAttestat)andtheCertificateofUnifiedExaminationwithatleastaGradeC(scoreof8).
UGProgrammes
StudentsmustcompletesecondaryeducationandholdtheCertificateofCompletedSecondaryEducation(MijnakargYndhanurKrtoutianAttestat)andtheCertificateofUnifiedExaminationwithatleastaGradeB(scoreof15).ORStudentsmusthavepassedtheDiploma(MiddleLevelProfessionalEducation).ORArecognisedUKFoundationDiplomaStudentswithqualificationspriorto2007shouldalsohavecompletedaUniversityentranceexamination.StudentswithqualificationspriortothebreakupoftheUSSR,pleaserefertoentryrequirementsforFormerSovietUnionStates.GradingSystem:Grade RatingPoint 20pointgradingsystemA+ 95100 20A 8794 19A 8186 18B+ 7880 17B 6774 1516B 6166 14C+ 5560 13C 4654 912C 4045 8D 039 FailF IncompleteS >40 SatisfactoryU
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COUNTRY ENTRYTO ULSTERPROPOSEDINTERNATIONALENTRYQUALIFICATIONSAUSTRALIA Englishand
Mathsrequirements
AllstudentsapplyingforanUndergraduateorPostgraduatedegreeortheGraduateCertificateatQAHEarerequiredtomeetourstandardEnglishLanguageRequirements. StudentsmustalsoprovideevidencethattheysatisfytherequirementsforMaths(i.e.equivalenttoaGradeCinGCSE.ForstudentspresentingAustralianqualifications,theymusthaveatleastagradeofCinMathsaspartoftheirYear10certificates(variesacrossterritories)
InternationalFoundationProgramme
StudentswhohavecompletedaYear12CertificateofEducationbutdonothaveGradeCsorabove,ordonothaveaUniversityEntrancequalificationmaybeadmittedtotheInternationalFoundationDiplomainBusiness.
UGProgrammes
StudentsmusthavereceivedanAustralianTertiaryAdmissionRank(ATAR)(orpriorto2009anappropriateUniversityEntranceexam/qualification)alongwithaYear12CertificateofEducation.(ThetitleofeachqualificationdiffersdependingontheregioninAustralia.TheGradingsystemisdifferentacrosstheregionsbutoverallwewouldexpectaverageofGradeCsorequivalent.StudentswithanAQFCertificateIV/Diploma/AdvancedDiplomamayalsobeconsideredforentryandsubjecttothequalificationsobtainedandlevelofthese,advancedentrymaybepossible,
PGProgrammes
StudentsmustholdatleastaSecondClass(LowerDivision)/DivisionB/Division24yearBachelorsHonoursDegreefromarecogniseduniversity.AStudentholding3rdclasshonoursdegreeoranOrdinarydegreemaybeconsideredfortheGraduateCertificateinBusinesscourse.
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COUNTRY ENTRYTO ULSTERPROPOSEDINTERNATIONALENTRYQUALIFICATIONSAZERBAIJAN Englishand
Mathsrequirements
AllstudentsapplyingforanUndergraduateorPostgraduatedegreeortheGraduateCertificateatQAHEarerequiredtomeetourstandardEnglishLanguageRequirements. StudentsmustalsoprovideevidencethattheysatisfytherequirementsforMaths(i.e.equivalenttoaGradeCinGCSE.ForstudentspresentingqualificationsfromAzerbaijan,theymusthaveatleastagradeof3inMathsaspartoftheOrtaThsilHaqqndahadtnam(CertificateofCompleteSecondaryEducation)(4inMathsforBScHonsAccountingandManagement).
InternationalFoundationProgramme
StudentsmusthavepassedtheOrtaThsilHaqqndahadtnam(CertificateofCompleteSecondaryEducation)withaGradeof3orabove
UGProgrammes
StudentsmusthavepassedtheOrtaThsilHaqqndahadtnam(CertificateofCompleteSecondaryEducation)withaGradeof3oraboveANDhavecompletedaUKFoundationDegreeORStudentsmusthavepassedtheOrtaIxtisasMktblri(Technical/VocationalCollegeDiploma)withaGrade3orabove.StudentswithqualificationspriortothebreakupoftheUSSR,pleaserefertoentryrequirementsforFormerSovietUnionStates.GradingSystem:5 Excellent4 Good3 Satisfactory2 Fail
PGProgrammes
StudentsmustholdaBakalavrDiplomu(Bachelordegree) with70%orabove ifstudiedafter2004toincludeanindividualresearchproject/dissertation.Ifstudiedbefore2004,studentsmustdotheGraduateCertificateinBusinesscourse.
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COUNTRY ENTRYTO ULSTERPROPOSEDINTERNATIONALENTRYQUALIFICATIONSBANGLADESH Englishand
Mathsrequirements
AllstudentsapplyingforanUndergraduateorPostgraduatedegreeortheGraduateCertificateatQAHEarerequiredtomeetourstandardEnglishLanguageRequirements. StudentsmustalsoprovideevidencethattheysatisfytherequirementsforMaths(i.e.equivalenttoaGradeCinGCSE.ForstudentspresentingqualificationsfromBangladesh,theymusthaveatleastagradeofBinMathsaspartoftheHSC(AinMathsforBScHonsAccountingandManagement).
InternationalFoundationProgramme
StudentsmusthavecompletedtheirSSC(SecondarySchoolCertificate)withaCGPAof3andaboveANDtheirHSC(HigherSecondaryCertificate)withaCGPAof3.5/60%orabove.
UGProgrammes
Studentsmusthavepassed their HSCwithaminimumCGPAof3.5/60%ANDmusthaveoneofthefollowing:ArecognisedUKFoundation/AccesscourseORA2yearBachelorsdegreewithaminimumoverallaverageof50%.GradingSystem(NewSince2003):LetterGrade ClassInterval GradePointA+ 80100 5.0A 7079 4.0A 6069 3.5B 5059 3.0C 4049 2.0D 3339 1.0F 032 0.0GradingSystem(Pre2003):60100% 1stdivisionpass4559% 2nddivisionpass3344% 3rddivisionpass032% fail
PGProgrammes
Studentsmusthold:A4yearBachelorsDegreefromBUETwithaminimumoverallaverageof60%ORMaster'sdegree(whenfollowingathreeorfouryearBachelordegree)withaminimumoverallaverageof50%StudentswhohavecompletedaMaster'sdegree(whenfollowingatwoyearBachelordegree)orBachelorofMedicine,BachelorofSurgery(MBBS)maybeeligibletojointheGraduateCertificate.
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COUNTRY ENTRYTO ULSTERPROPOSEDINTERNATIONALENTRYQUALIFICATIONSBELARUS Englishand
Mathsrequirements
AllstudentsapplyingforanUndergraduateorPostgraduatedegreeortheGraduateCertificateatQAHEarerequiredtomeetourstandardEnglishLanguageRequirements. Studentsmustalsoprovideevidencethattheysatisfytherequirem
