Studying for a second undergraduate degree is a common route for students who decide to change direction in their education or to pursue areas of study that were not offered to them by the course they followed for their first degree.
Application procedures and deadlines for second undergraduate degree applicants are the same as for candidates for their first degree. The deadline for the UCAS application will be 15 October 2010 for entry in October 2011 (or deferred entry in 2012). The arrangements for international interviews are currently under review. Please see our international student pages for further information.
All second undergraduate degree applicants should ensure that their UCAS personal statement includes an account of activities at their previous (or current) university as well as at school, and the UCAS reference should be written by an individual familiar with the applicant’s academic performance in their first degree. Second undergraduate degree applicants are also required to send a transcript of their first degree to the college considering their application by 10 November 2010.
Candidates are selected on the basis of their suitability for the course proposed, personal statement, academic record, academic reference and any written work or written tests that may be required. Please note that where written work is required, you should submit work from your degree course, rather than from your school work. Graduate applicants are required to fulfil the same entrance requirements (see Courses and Entrance Requirements) and are considered in open competition with first-degree applicants. Colleges offer the same full undergraduate degrees to graduate applicants as they do to those applying for a first undergraduate degree (see which colleges offer my course?).
Second undergraduate degree candidates may apply for ‘Senior Status’. Senior Status exempts students from the First Public Examination, thereby entering students directly into the second year of the degree. The criterion for achieving such status is an approved degree at an approved university, obtained after courses extending over at least three years at that university, usually with a degree classification of 2:1 (or equivalent) or higher.
To apply for Senior Status, candidates should follow the same procedures above but also indicate their Point of Entry as Year 2 on their UCAS application.All colleges will consider applicants for Senior Status, with the exceptions of Hertford, New College, and Somerville. Applicants are assessed firstly on their suitability for the course of study and secondly on their suitability for Senior Status (so may be made an offer for the full course if this is felt appropriate). Please note that colleges may not offer Senior Status for all their courses. The colleges offering Senior Status Law are listed in the section below.
Please note that Senior Status is not available for Fine Art or Law with Law Studies in Europe.
Six Terms
Many students who already have an undergraduate degree apply to take the BA in Jurisprudence over six terms (i.e. over two academic years rather than three). Successful applicants for the six term course will normally be predicted to achieve, or have achieved, a first class degree or equivalent; or, in the case of mature applicants, there must be strong and convincing evidence of the applicant’s achievements and future promise at an equivalent level. Further information on the Senior Status law course is available on the Law Faculty website.
Please note that the Law with Law Studies in Europe course cannot be done in six terms.
Only the following colleges consider applicants for the six term Senior Status law course. Candidates who wish to apply for the six term Senior Status law course must select Point of Entry Year 2 on their UCAS application and either select one of these colleges or submit an Open application (in which case the application will be allocated to one of these colleges).
Exeter
Harris Manchester (for Mature Students only - to start in Trinity 2010)
Jesus College
Keble
Lincoln
Mansfield
Merton
Pembroke
St Anne’s
St Hilda’s
University College
Seven Terms
Harris Manchester College (a college exclusively for students aged 21 or over) may consider applications to take the BA in Jurisprudence over seven terms (i.e. over two years and one term). Places on this seven term course are not available every year: please check with
Harris Manchester College before applying. A candidate applying for the seven term course must be prepared to begin their studies one term early (i.e. in April, at the start of Trinity Term, rather than in October). The seven term course allows for students to study at the same pace as undergraduates on the standard three year law course. As a result, admissions criteria for the Senior Status seven term course may not be so strict as for the Senior Status six term course. All enquiries about the seven term course should be directed to Harris Manchester College. Please note that the Law with Law Studies in Europe course cannot be done in seven terms.
| Standard Pre-Clinical Course |
Graduates of any discipline can apply for the standard Medicine
course (UCAS code A100), provided they meet the stated requirements for
the course, as shown on the Medical Sciences website. Graduates may
apply to study this course over five years rather than six.
To apply, you need to submit a UCAS application at www.ucas.com by
15 October 2010. Please note that there is no separate paper
application form to apply for this course, but if you also wish to
submit a transcript from your first degree then please send these
directly to the following address, and not to your college.
Administrative Officer (Admissions)
Medical Sciences Teaching Centre
University of Oxford
South Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3PL
All candidates for this course must sit the Biomedical Admissions Test (BMAT). Please see the test website (www.bmat.org.uk) for further information and registration details.
