Preparatory course is the basic course or bridge course of university, which belongs to the preparatory education before university. Its applicable population includes those students who lack language ability, professional foundation and are influenced by differences in education system. In order to adapt overseas students to the learning style of British universities, British universities generally require overseas students to study for about 1 year as the way and basis for upgrading to university degree courses. Many parents and students may think that going to the UK for matriculation is just reading a language. In fact, this is just a misunderstanding. Preparatory study in Britain includes three aspects: strengthening language learning, professional course guidance and academic skills learning. Language courses are only the study of single language knowledge, and language courses are only suitable for students whose academic performance has reached the requirements and their language performance needs to be improved. Generally speaking, preparatory courses are divided into undergraduate preparatory courses and master preparatory courses.

1. What is the undergraduate preparatory course?

Because of the different educational systems in Britain, there are all kinds of disappointments to domestic high schools. Generally speaking, senior high school education in Britain is two years GCSE plus two years A-Level, and one is four years. High school education in China is only three years. The knowledge that middle school students in Britain have learned in the last two years of high school is already the knowledge of a specific subject related to a university, while the knowledge that high school students in China have learned in the past three years is general education. Therefore, for China high school graduates who want to go to universities in the UK, in order to make up for the shortage of secondary education for one year, students need to go to the UK to study a bridge course before the university course begins. This bridge course is a preparatory course.

2. What is a master's preparatory course?

This course is designed for those students who are going to apply for postgraduate studies in British universities, but do not meet the requirements of postgraduate entrance examination. There are three types of students who need to apply for matriculation in the UK.

Second, british foundation application conditions

First of all, you don't need China's college entrance examination scores to apply for british foundation, but the school needs the applicants to provide three years' high school scores. Therefore, if there are students who apply for studying in the UK, they need to issue complete high school transcripts and high school graduation certificates as soon as possible before the summer vacation. In addition, you need to provide IELTS scores to prove your English level when applying for the UK.

The requirements of universities for IELTS total score range from 5 to 6, and individual schools have requirements for individual scores.

3. How long is the general pre-university course?

The specific situation varies from 3 months to 1 year according to the situation of the school and the students themselves.