Botswana
At Kent we consider all applications on their individual merit and welcome students from Botswana with a wide variety of qualifications and experience.
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Foundation and Undergraduate
At Kent we consider all applications on their individual merit and welcome students from all around the world with a wide variety of qualifications and experience. Please note that some programmes have a slightly different entry criteria.
Postgraduate
Find out about our postgraduate entry requirements.
English language requirements
Find out about our standard English language criteria.
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Undergraduate entry requirements
Foundation requirements
If you do not have the qualifications, study skills or English language ability you need to take the degree of your choice, you can apply for one of our foundation programmes.
We offer two types of foundation programmes: the International Foundation Programme (IFP), and an honours degree with an integrated foundation year.
International Foundation Programme
Applicants can study the International Foundation Programme at the University of Kent International College (UK IC), run in collaboration with Oxford International on our Canterbury Campus. The International Foundation programme is for international students who may not meet the academic or English language requirements. You can check the entry requirements for the country you have studied in on the Oxford International College webpage.
Applicants for the International Foundation Programme are required to have a UKVI-recognized SELT (Secure English Language Test). These must be taken at one of the UKVI approved test centres.
Integrated Foundation Year
For honours degrees with a foundation year, entry requirements vary depending on the degree you are applying to. You can check the requirements on our foundation programmes webpage.
Undergraduate requirements
- A foundation course, either at a UK based college, or a college in Botswana. All applicants with a foundation qualification will be considered on an individual basis – please email our International Recruitment team to check if your qualification is acceptable
- A Diploma from an accredited university with a final grade of Merit or a GPA of 4.0/5.0 – these will be considered on a case-by-case basis
- A 4 or 5-year Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university with a Second Class Upper Division degree or a final GPA of 4.0/5.0. Applicants may be considered for 2nd year entry on a case-by-case basis if they have studied similar content to Year 1 of the relevant Kent undergraduate degree. Students with exceptionally high grades from a 5-year programme may also be considered for entry to a Kent postgraduate degree programme (Master’s).
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Postgraduate entry requirements
- For entry to a Kent postgraduate degree programme (Master’s), Botswana students typically need to have completed a Master’s degree at an accredited university. Exact requirements will depend on the postgraduate degree you are applying for and the institution you have studied at.
- For programmes that require a 2:1 we usually ask for a final grade of 70% or B or a GPA of 4.0/5.0 or 3.33/4.0
- For programmes that require a 2:2 we usually ask for a final grade of 60% or B or a GPA of 3.0/5.0 or 2.67/4.0
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English language requirements
Applicants will also need to meet University of Kent's standard English language requirements. These are set at a level that meets both the academic needs of the University and the minimum requirements for a Tier 4 (General) student visa.
Applicants for the International Foundation Programme or pre-sessional English programmes are required to have a UKVI-recognised SELT (Secure English Language Test). These must be taken at one of the UKVI-approved test centres.
Pre-sessional course information
If you need to raise your English language skills, you can attend one of our intensive pre-sessional courses in English for Academic Purposes. Satisfactory achievement on one of these courses can be used to meet Kent's English language entry requirements in place of other external language examinations.
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Fees and funding
The University offers a wide variety of financial support and scholarships, including awards for academic, musical and sporting excellence. Scholarships including dedicated scholarships for our international students.
For details of all the scholarships available, please use our scholarship finder.
For the latest details on fees, see our course fees look-up table.
You will be asked to pay a £5,000 deposit prior to receiving your CAS. If you have received your offer and have not yet paid the international deposit you can pay via our online store:
• Applicants new to Kent
• Applicants who are currently studying at Kent
The deposit payment is recorded on your CAS document and deducted from your overall tuition fees.
Applicants who provide verified documents confirming that they will be fully funded by a scholarship or sponsored by a national/government-based organisation, will not be required to pay the Tuition Fee Deposit. Applicants who previously met their deposit condition will not be required to make a further payment to get the CAS. The process is as follows:
• Meet all of your conditions (as above, the deposit is not added as a condition of offer).
• Accept your unconditional offer
• The CAS team will then send a further information request for the deposit payment (if not already paid), as well as other information requests required to receive your CAS. Please see our Student Immigration pages for further details about how to get your CAS.
You can find further information about the tuition fee deposit and deposit deadlines here.
If you have any questions about this payment, please get in touch with our Admissions Team through your online application portal or email us via international@kent.ac.uk.
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