Welcoming students from France

BU International College Foundation Certificates

• You can undertake a Foundation Certificate before going on to an undergraduate course if you have 12 years of schooling in France and achieved a minimum of IELTS (Academic) 5.0. 

Visit: www.bournemouth.ac.uk/internationalcollege

Undergraduate courses (Bachelor’s degree)

• You can apply to study a Bachelor’s degree from year one if you hold a Baccalauréat, a Baccalauréat avec Option Internationale, a Brevet de Maîtrise, or a Brevet de Technicien (BT).
• If you have a Diplôme Universitaire de Technologie, a Brevet de Technicien Supérieur, or a Diplôme d’Etat de Technicien (two years), you can apply for a Top-up course.

Postgraduate courses (Master’s degree)

• You can apply for a taught postgraduate course with us if you have a Diplôme, a Maîtrise (pre-2009), or a Licence.

Research programmes

• You need a Master’s degree to be considered for a BU research programme.

Some courses may require specific or additional entry requirements. To find out more visit: www.bournemouth.ac.uk/courses

Undergraduate and postgraduate

• IELTS Academic (UKVI or non-UKVI) 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component.
• If you have achieved a mark of 14 (bien) in English, where the co-efficient applied to the subject is greater than 1 in English as part of the Baccalaureat de l’Enseignement du Second Degre qualification (a mark of 12 may be accepted in some circumstances).

For more information on acceptable English qualifications visit:www.bournemouth.ac.uk/english-requirements

These fees are inclusive and cover all the essential course elements. Students may be required to pay for optional or discretionary aspects of your studies, such as textbooks, optional placements and printing charges.

We have done our best to clearly outline any anticipated extra costs on each course page at BU, to help students understand our provision and what they need to budget for.

Undergraduate

• £18,700 - £19,700 per year for full-time study (BA/BSc/BEng degrees). Please check the individual course pages to see the specific fees for each course.
• Plus £1,850 to take a placement year – this is optional and additional to the tuition fee, should the student wish to gain professional experience.

Tuition fees are fixed throughout your course (except your placement year) and applies to all undergraduate honours degree students, including those who start on an integrated Foundation Year.

Postgraduate

• Taught Master’s: £17,000- £22,000 for full-time study (MA, MSc and LLM degrees). Please check the individual course pages to see the specific fees for each course.
• MBA: £19,000 for full-time study.

Plus £1,850 to take a placement year – this is optional and additional to the tuition fee, should the student wish to gain professional experience.

Postgraduate research

• Library-based research: £20,000 per year, full-time fee
• Laboratory-based research: £23,000 per year, full-time fee.

Deposit fee (applicable to undergraduate, postgraduate and postgraduate research)

• £5,000 to be paid by the deposit date stated on the student’s offer letter.

The deposit is required to secure the student’s place on course they applied for. It is non-refundable, except in certain circumstances as outlined in Fees Policy (pdf, 232kb - please see Section 3).

Visit our scholarships webpages for more information:

• Undergraduate scholarships
• Postgraduate scholarships

You can speak to one of our representatives in France who can offer in-country assistance with your application. When you apply for one of our courses, you can choose whether to do so directly, or to submit your application form via your local representative, who will liaise with us throughout the application process. For a list of our official BU representatives in France, visit our international representatives webpage.

If you’d like more general advice about the UK education system, visas, scholarships or the variety of courses on offer, you should contact the British Council in France or browse the UKCISA website.