Education System in the UK

 The British education system offers a wide range of educational opportunities to the international students. Courses range from English as a Foreign Language to General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE), A-levels, academic and vocational courses and post-graduate qualifications, including master's degrees and doctorates. Students can study at a very wide range of institutions. Students can also choose from a wide range of courses.

At the higher education level, UK offers more than 90  universities and 52 university sector colleges. There are over 600 Further Education (FE) and Sixth Form colleges and more than 600 independent boarding schools for pupils aged 7 to 18.

Types of study programmes 

• General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE). This is a two-year course.
• English as a Foreign Language programmes.
• A-level courses. Usually a two-year course, though one-year intensive courses are also available.
• Pre-degree programmes of one- or two-year duration.
• Further education courses, which can be completed in two years.
• Under-graduate courses usually take three years, but some courses such as engineering take four years. Courses in medicine, architecture and dentistry last five years or more.
• Taught master's courses are usually one-year, intensive programmes.
• Ph.D.s take three years or more to complete.