How to Apply
Postgraduate Taught
For an informal discussion about individual course content, please contact the relevant programme or route leader named on the course profile
Entry Requirements
The normal requirement for an MPhil is a good honours degree (first or upper second class) or a relevant Masters degree. For a PhD the normal entry requirement is an MPhil.
Most applicants apply for an 'MPhil leading to PHD' and most students have completed a period as a 'Probationer MPhil' student beforehand.
There is an Alumni discount of 10% for students applying within five years of completion of undergraduate course at Chichester. For more information please contact admissions@chi.ac.uk
Applicants for PGCE courses should apply through the Graduate Teacher Training (GTTR)
Applicants with non-standard qualifications or relevant professional qualifications
We consider academic and professional qualifications of all kinds for entry to our courses. You may be able to get exemption from certain parts of your course through previous study (APL - Accreditation of Prior Learning or APEL - Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning). In order to be considered for APL or APEL, you will need to send a letter of application to the Admissions Manager, University of Chichester, College Lane, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 6PE along with copies of award certificates, or transcripts verifying what you have studied.
MA Education Applications
For MA Education application form and fee information, please visit MA Education
Postgraduate Research
Applicants for research degrees should discuss their research interests initially with a potential academic supervisor who may be approached directly, or through the Research Office or the Director of Research. Once an appropriate supervisor has been found who is able to supervise the chosen research area, potential applicants should commence the application process. Students may consider joining the probationer MPhil scheme, designed to support students in the development of their research ideas, particularly if they have been out of education for some time. An application form should be completed in discussion with the supervisor with an outline proposal on the Probationer MPhil form. This should be handed in to the Admissions Office, where you will be asked to produce various pieces of documentation just to confirm some details on the form. Potential applicants will be given an unconditional offer and registered for a research degree after careful scrutiny of their proposal:
- Within the relevant faculty
- By the University’s Research Degrees Group
- By the External Research Degrees Committee of
- the University of Southampton
The School will take account of the field in which the student wishes to work, the availability of resources, the nature of current research strengths and the particular needs of the student for facilities.