Entry Requirements
Course Requirements
For admission students will be expected to hold:
- A second class BSc degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a suitable alternative science or engineering degree.
- Alternative qualifications or industrial experience will be considered on an individual basis.
- For students whose first language is not English, an appropriate IELTS or TOEFL qualification (see below)
Applications
The application form is available in PDF format for you to download, print out and complete if you wish to apply. Please note we must have a paper copy of the form with your signature before we can proceed to process your application - emailed forms are not acceptable on their own. Please send completed application forms and all supporting documents to:
Taught Postgraduate Admissions,
Central Student Administration,
University of Leeds ,
Leeds .
LS2 9JT
UK
If you wish to apply online, then please visit this page and select the required link in the Postgrad section.
Funding
The following funded studentships will be available for 2008-9:
- For outstanding UK and EU applicants, prestigious industrially linked scholarships. These scholarships cover payment of tuition fees at UK/EC level and a tax-free maintenance grant of £12900 (for UK applicants) or £9000 (for applicants from elsewhere in the EU).
- Other awards covering payment of tuition fees at UK/EC level, and for UK applicants, a tax-free maintenance grant of up to £12900.
- Lower level awards covering UK/EC tuition fees only.
- For strong international students, a contribution towards the international fees.
Studentships will be available on a competitive basis.
Leeds University offers a number of scholarships for international postgraduates. For more information on scholarships, deadlines and eligibility, please click here .
All applications are given careful consideration on academic grounds. We can process an application more quickly if it is clearly written or typed, if all the relevant sections are accurately and fully completed and if it is accompanied by all the necessary supporting documentation. In particular we require the names of two academic referees and applications cannot receive consideration until letters of support have been received. A form which you can pass to your referees is available for download.
English language requirements
If English is not your first language, you will be required to produce evidence of a language qualification before registration as a postgraduate research student. The University accepts IELTS or TOEFL with the following minimum scores:
IELTS or TOEFL with the following minimum scores are required.
IELTS: Overall band of 6.0 with no individual skill band below 5.5 (in the listening and reading components) and 5.0 (in speaking and writing);
TOEFL: a score of 220 on the computer-based version of the test (550 on the paper-based version) with a score of 4.0 on the essay rating.
iBT TOEFL (Internet-based Test of English as a Foreign Language): a score of 83 overall with Listening 18; Reading 20; Speaking 20; Writing 21