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Apply for Economics (Pre-Masters) - PGP

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Program facts

  • Program type
    Postgraduate pathway
  • Duration
    1 year
  • Annual tuition fee
    15,250 GBP

    Fees are displayed in the university's local currency

  • Language taught in
    English
  • Start date
    March

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Program overview

What Royal Holloway, University of London says about their program:
"Our economics pathway will allow you to progress to one of three Masters degrees at Royal Holloway. Covering topics like corporate finance and pure economics, this pathway will enrich your studies and give you a good base for a maths-related degree."

Admissions requirements

Postgraduate academic requirements

  • Students will need to have successfully completed an appropriate first qualification in their resident country (typically a Bachelors degree).

English proficiency

International Foundation Year

  • IELTS: 5.0 overall (minimum 5.0 in writing)

International Year One

  • IELTS: 5.5 overall, Reading 5.5, Writing 5.5, Listening 5.5, Speaking 5.5

Postgraduate

  • IELTS: 5.5 overall, Reading 5.5, Writing 5.5, Listening 5.5, Speaking 5.5
  • TOEFL: 78, Reading 18, Writing 17, Speaking 20, Listening 17

English proficiency waivers

  • Students from the following predominantly English-speaking countries are not required to submit an English language proficiency score

    Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, the British overseas territories, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Ireland, Jamaica, Malta, New Zealand, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, USA.

Documents required

  • Passport
  • Official Transcripts
  • Diploma of previous studies
  • Official translations
  • Proof of Financial Support
  • Proof of language proficiency

Fees and funding

Fee information

  • International foundation year: from £18,100 per program
  • International year one: from £18,500 per program
  • Pre-masters: from £15,250 per program

Funding

International Future Leadership Scholarship

  • There are 30 scholarships available for ambitious students showing the potential to be leaders of tomorrow. Students who are awarded the scholarship will receive a tuition fee reduction of £6,000 for the first year of their course at Royal Holloway, University of London.
  • Amount: £6,000

Principal Masters Scholarship

  • Students studying a Pre-Masters programme at the International Study Centre can apply for the Principal Master Scholarship. There are 64 scholarships available and successful applicants will receive a tuition fee reduction of £4,000.
  • Amount: £4,000

Royal Holloway International Study Centre Progression Scholarship

  • Royal Holloway International Study Centre students who successfully complete their pathway programme and progress on to Royal Holloway, University of London, will receive the Royal Holloway International Study Centre Progression Scholarship. The Progression Scholarship is 10% of the student’s first year tuition fees and is to reward students for all of their hard work and efforts during their pathway course.

Visa requirements for Royal Holloway

Many international students will require a visa to study in the UK, and this is a vital step of your study abroad journey. Make sure you understand the requirements you may need to meet before applying.

UK student visa requirements