Meet our previous students

Our Pre-sessional students come from a diverse range of background and go on to study a variety of different graduate and undergraduate degrees at UCL.

We thought you’d like to hear about our courses from the people who know them best: our students.

In our most recent end of course questionnaire from 2023:

99% were satisfied with course quality
97% enjoyed studying our courses
95% felt prepared to study for their UCL degree

In 2023, 97% of our Pre-sessional English students progressed to a UCL degree after successfully passing the course.

Testimonies

Preparation

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Teachers

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London

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Interviews

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Lydia Chen

From: China
Progressed to: Creative Arts and Humanities BA
Year of study: 2023

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Warasit Watanapa

From: Thailand
Progressed to: Global Healthcare Management (Leadership) MSc
Year of study: 2023

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Clover Zhang

From: China
Progressed to: Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment MSc
Year of study: 2023

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Zhiyi Zhou

From: China
Progressed to: Film Studies MA
Year of study: 2023

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Sunlex Lin

From: Taiwan
Progressed to: Finance MSc
Year of study: 2023

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Jiafei Liu

From: China
Progressed to: Architectural Design MArch
Year of study: 2023

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Sihao Chen

From: China
Progressed to: Corporate Law LLM
Year of study: 2022

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Pamela Berenice Pijal Teran

From: Ecuador
Progressed to: Master of Laws LLM
Year of study: 2021

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Cagla Erdas

From: Turkey
Progressed to: Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine MSc
Year of study: 2021

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Qin Liu

From: China
Progressed to: Infancy & Early Childhood Development MSc
Year of study: 2021

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Eita Kunieda

From: Japan
Progressed to: UCL Management MSc
Year of study: 2021

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Lorena Espinosa Olguín

From: Chile
Progressed to: UCL Human Rights Law LLM
Year of study: 2020

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Chiaki Kawachimaru

From: Japan
Progressed to: UCL International Banking and Finance LLM
Year of study: 2020