According to the organizer:
1, directly under the university preparatory course
The preparatory courses directly under British universities are managed by the university system, and they can enjoy all the faculty resources and academic facilities of the university, with a good learning environment. Usually, the better the school, the higher the recognition of its matriculation results. The matriculation directly under the university has an unparalleled enrollment rate (over 90%). After completing the preparatory course, you can enter the undergraduate stage of our school as long as you meet the requirements of our school. Even if students want to apply for a better university, the competition is greater. However, correspondingly, the entrance requirements for such preparatory courses are relatively high.
At present, universities offering directly affiliated preparatory courses include City University of London, Birmingham University, Bristol University, Queen Mary College, Kingsmith College, Cardiff University and Aston University. There are no preparatory courses for famous universities such as Oxford, Cambridge, IC and LSE.
2. Education group preparatory courses legally authorized by British universities.
British Education Group Foundation is a foundation course offered by a third-party institution authorized by a British university. Every year, these institutions will introduce qualified preparatory students into universities and enter undergraduate or master's courses. There are many groups offering preparatory courses in Britain, such as INTO, Kaplan, CEG, Navitas, Study Group, NCUK University Alliance, etc., all of which are preparatory courses for British education groups with more students at present.
Education groups independently authorize cooperative universities, and students can choose a wide range of undergraduate majors. After graduation, there is also a certain probability to enter the cooperative colleges to study directly. However, due to the low admission requirements for such preparatory courses and the relatively high admission requirements for some undergraduate courses, the enrollment rate is low. In addition, it should be noted that, because the preparatory course is mainly aimed at international students, there are great opportunities for China students to promote others, which weakens the significance of the preparatory course to help students integrate into British culture and adapt to British life in advance.
3. University independent preparatory courses
Independent preparatory courses in British universities are offered independently by international schools. For example, some public or private international high schools in Britain also have preparatory courses. The better the school, the better the recognition. Generally, many schools except G5 school recognize it, so the risk of students is relatively low. When choosing, students should first know which schools have agreements and how recognized they are in British universities.
Depending on the type of university you can apply for:
1, one-on-one preparatory course
This kind of preparatory course is set for a specific university, which means that the recognition of other schools is not high. Students take this preparatory course only to get into this school. If they can't get in, the risk will be even greater.
2, one-to-many preparatory course
There is no one-to-one directional preparatory course, but many schools can accept it. For example, UCL has one-to-many preparatory courses, and many people can't get into UCL, but many top 30 schools admit it.
Generally speaking, when you choose a preparatory course, remember to distinguish what kind of preparatory course it is, what advantages it has, how to be recognized, what restrictions it has on recognition and application, and choose the one that suits you best according to your own needs. There are four points to note below.
1 learning resources
Many British universities offer preparatory courses, but generally speaking, the preparatory courses directly under universities are the most popular, that is, preparatory students can study and stay in the university campus, and after registering in the school, they can use all the resources of the school like other undergraduates and graduate students (such as libraries and computer classrooms). ); Courses are designed and assessed by universities, and specialized courses are taught by university teachers. However, the preparatory courses of some universities are not on campus, and the quality and enrollment rate are also very poor. They only cooperate with many famous schools, so students must pay attention when choosing the preparatory courses of the school.
2 professional diversity
Because the basic bridge courses are mainly provided in the preparatory stage, many colleges and universities want to share a piece of it. However, in the preparatory stage, it is necessary to provide several hours of relevant professional basic courses. This limits the opening of many highly specialized preparatory courses. Therefore, to judge the strength of a college offering preparatory courses, we should first look at the number of courses offered by the college: if a college can provide a wide range of majors to choose from, even including a wide range of postgraduate preparatory courses, it shows that the college is strong. On the other hand, if a college can only offer pre-university courses and its major is limited to business courses, then it can be judged that the strength of this college is limited.
3. Approaches to further studies in preparatory schools
Many preparatory courses are called "direct education", so what is direct education? Direct entry into higher education means that high school graduates enter freshmen (or sophomores) directly after finishing the preparatory course, without having to fill in any application form again or apply through UCAS; After finishing the preparatory course for graduate students, you can go directly to the corresponding graduate school to study related postgraduate majors without rewriting PS and resubmitting your application.
4 University enrollment rate
The possibility of going to school and being able to go to school are two completely different concepts. To understand these two concepts, the enrollment rate is a good explanation. If a pre-university student gets good grades and ranks first among these students, then if his language and gap are high enough, it is possible to be admitted to Oxford and Cambridge through interviews. If this can be regarded as further education, any preparatory course is "all-round promotion"