Short-term study

Diploma programmes

Kent offers overseas students the opportunity to study for a diploma in many subject areas in the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences. The diploma lasts for one academic year (nine months).

About diplomas

Further information

Start date: Sep 2013
Finish date: Jun 2014

For more information about diplomas please contact the International Development team

T: +44 1227 827994

E: international@kent.ac.uk.

If you are taking a Junior Year Abroad and studying within the humanities, social sciences or sciences subjects you have the opportunity to use your module credits to gain a Kent diploma.

The JYA diploma programmes are designed for international students and provide the opportunity to gain another academic qualification in addition to your normal degree. The programmes last for a full academic year.

Once you have completed your undergraduate degree course, a diploma could help you to gain entry on to a postgraduate course at Kent.

Choosing modules

It is important that you choose carefully, selecting modules that you are interested in and that are suitable for your level of academic knowledge. Please bear in mind your choices will need to be approved by the relevant academic school. See more advice on choosing modules from our online catalogue.

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Diploma in the humanities

Facts

  • Location: Canterbury campus.
  • Modules: See choosing your modules
  • Accommodation: JYA diploma students are able to live in University accommodation on campus, providing they make their application by the deadline of 31 July 2013. See our accommodation pages for more information.

Enquiries: T: +44 1227 827994 F: +44 1227 823247 E: international@kent.ac.uk

Within a diploma, you can take 120 credits from your main subject (chosen from those listed above), or 90 credits from your main subject and 30 credits from other modules offered in the humanities. The modules chosen must be Intermediate or Higher (Stage 2 or Stage 3). Diploma students in French, German or Spanish need to take a module in the relevant foreign language.

Within the Faculty of Humanities, the following subjects are available to study as diplomas:

  • Architecture
  • Classical & Archaeological Studies
  • Comparative Literature
  • Drama
  • English and American Literature
  • English, American and Postcolonial Literatures
  • English Language and Linguistics
  • Film
  • French
  • German
  • Hispanic Studies
  • History
  • History and Archaeological Studies
  • History & Philosophy of Art
  • Italian (only as a combined-subject diploma)
  • Philosophy
  • Religious Studies.

Combined-subject diploma

It is also possible to gain a ‘combined-subject diploma’ in two of the academic subject areas listed (for example, a Diploma in Film and French). You choose 60 credits from each of your two chosen subjects. The modules must be Intermediate or Higher (Stage 2 or Stage 3). Diploma students in French, German, Italian or Spanish need to take a module in the relevant foreign language.

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Diploma in the social sciences

Facts

  • Location: Canterbury campus.
  • Modules: See choosing your modules
  • Accommodation: JYA diploma students are able to live in University accommodation on campus, providing they make their application by the deadline of 31 July 2013. See our accommodation pages for more information.

Enquiries: T: +44 1227 827994 F: +44 1227 823247 E: international@kent.ac.uk

Within a diploma, you take 120 credits, most of which are drawn from your chosen subject. The modules must be Intermediate or Higher (Stage 2 or Stage 3). Your option choices must be approved by your academic school. Please bear in mind that the modules listed here are subject to availability.

Within the Faculty of Social Sciences, the following subjects are available to study as diplomas:

  • Accounting & Finance
  • Business Administration
  • Economic Analysis
  • Economics
  • European Management Science
  • European Legal Studies
  • Law
  • Politics and International Relations
  • Psychology
  • Social Anthropology
  • Social Policy
  • Social Sciences
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Diploma in the sciences

Facts

  • Location: Canterbury campus.
  • Modules: See choosing your modules
  • Accommodation: JYA diploma students are able to live in University accommodation on campus, providing they make their application by the deadline of 31 July 2013. See our accommodation pages for more information.

Enquiries: T: +44 1227 827994 F: +44 1227 823247 E: international@kent.ac.uk

Within a diploma, you take 120 credits, most of which are drawn from your chosen subject. The modules must be Intermediate or Higher (Stage 2 or Stage 3). Your option choices must be approved by your academic school. Please bear in mind that the modules listed here are subject to availability.

Within the Faculty of Sciences, you can study for a diploma in:

  • Biochemistry
  • Biology
  • Computer Science
  • Electronic Engineering
  • Forensic Chemistry
  • Forensic Science
  • Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science
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Entry requirements

For entry on to a diploma course, you need to have successfully completed (or be expected to complete) studies that are equivalent to the first year of an undergraduate degree at a British university. For students at American universities, for example, the general entrance requirement is usually the successful completion of a sophomore year in approved subjects. Some diploma programmes specify particular requirements.

English language requirements

If you are applying from overseas, you must provide satisfactory evidence of your proficiency in written and spoken English to show that you can take full advantage of the teaching we offer.

The minimum requirements for a JYA Diploma are as follows:

  • We normally require a GPA of 3.0 or above (out of 4.0) or equivalent. However each application is considered on an individual basis.
  • IELTS: An average of 6.5, with at least 6.0 in Reading and Writing and 5.5 in Listening and Speaking
  • TOEFL (internet-based): 87 with at least 22 in Reading, 21 in Writing and Listening, and 23 in Speaking
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Last Updated: 19/09/2012