MRes Education

You will work towards a Master's qualification, through taught units and a dissertation, to cover the required preparatory training for a PhD application. The programme also provides research training for PhD candidates, who are required to take core units.

Visit our programme catalogue for full details of the structure and unit content for our MRes in Education.

You will typically need a strong second-class honours degree (55% or higher) or an international equivalent in education, social science, psychology, or a research degree in any field such as:

• Medicine research
• Mathematics research
• Engineering research.

Applicants who do not have a research degree must have evidence of one unit in research methods.

We will consider your application if your interim grades are currently slightly lower than the programme's entry requirements and may make you an aspirational offer. This offer would be at the standard level, so you would need to achieve the standard entry requirements by the end of your degree. Specific module requirements would still apply.

We will also consider your application if your final overall achieved grade is slightly lower than the programme's entry requirement.

If your achieved grade is lower than our entry requirements, or if your degree subject is not listed above, your application may be more likely to receive an offer if you have additional relevant work experience or qualifications. If you have at least one of the following, please include your CV (curriculum vitae / résumé) when you apply, showing:

• evidence of relevant work experience in a paid research role (minimum 12 months)
• a relevant postgraduate qualification

See international equivalent qualifications on the International Office website.