Second undergraduate degrees
Oxford welcomes applications from people who already have an undergraduate degree.
Students at Rhodes House. Copyright © OUImages / John Cairns
How to apply
Applicants for a second undergraduate degree must apply in the same way as other applicants. You must submit your UCAS application by 6pm (UK time) on 15 October.
You should ensure that your UCAS personal statement includes an account of activities at university as well as at school, and the UCAS reference should be written by someone who is familiar with your academic performance in your degree(s). Second undergraduate degree applicants should also send a transcript of their degree(s) to the college considering their application by 10 November.
Information about admissions tests can be found on the admissions tests webpage.
Where written work is required for your course, you should submit work from your more recent studies, rather than from your school work.
Graduate applicants are required to fulfil the same entrance requirements, and are considered in open competition with first-degree applicants. More recent academic achievements will carry more weight than qualifications achieved at school, although a strong academic profile will generally be expected throughout.
Second undergraduate degree candidates may be able to apply for ‘Senior Status’. This exempts you from the First Public Examination, so you can start directly in the second year of the degree.
Two different Medicine courses are available as second undergraduate degrees, with the point of entry for all candidates being Year 1 for both courses. One is an accelerated course for science graduates (A101, four-year course); the other is the standard pre-clinical course (A100, six-year course), which graduates may study in five years rather than six, by enrolling in the first two years of pre-clinical training and then moving directly onto the three-year clinical course, without completing the BA year in Year 3. Read more about studying Medicine as a second undergraduate degree.
You should be aware that UK students who have already completed an undergraduate degree are not eligible for any further government support or loans.
