Visiting Students - Education

Due to restrictions within the programmes the Department of Education is only open to undergraduate and postgraduate research students.

Undergraduate students

Academic requirements

You must be majoring in Education and you must specify Education as your 'first' department.

English language requirements

IELTS: 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component (the language requirements are part way down the page. The other requirements are not applicable).

For more information see our undergraduate English language requirements.

Postgraduate research students

For information on postgraduate research opportunities, please view our research in education pages.

English language requirements

IELTS: 6.5, with no less than 6.0 in each component (this information is partway down the page under other Education - other courses.)

For more information see our postgraduate research English language requirements.

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Choosing your modules

You can view the department’s modules in the module catalogue. To help you get started, we have written a short guide on how to use the module catalogue.

After your place at York is confirmed, we will contact you to finalise your module choices.

If you’d like to choose modules from different departments, please be aware that time tabling clashes might restrict your choices.

Teaching schedule

You can study in our department for the following periods:

• Full academic year
• Semester 1 only
• Semester 2 only

Examination and assessment

Assessment is mainly by examination or course work during the Examination Periods at the end of each semester.
Course work is submitted online via the University's Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).

Undergraduate modules

The list below shows our modules for 2024/25. Our 2025/26 modules will be available soon in the module catalogue.