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:

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

In 2022, 95% 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

Sihao Chen

Nationality: Chinese
Previous course at UCL CLIE: 6-week online Pre-sessional (2022)
Progressed to: Corporate Law, LLM

"London is for everyone, and everyone can easily fit in. I am constantly amazed at the rich history and culture of London. There are historical stories in its world-renowned museums and art galleries, even hiding on every street corner."

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Pamela Berenice Pijal Teran

Nationality: Ecuadorian
Previous course at UCL CLIE: 9-week Pre-sessional (2021)
Progressed to: Master of Laws, LLM

"UCL is one of the world’s leading universities for studies and research, especially in Law."

Cagla Erdas

Nationality: Turkish
Previous course at UCL CLIE: 9-week Pre-sessional (2021)
Progressed to: MSc Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine

"Living in London is enjoyable and easy. London consists of a combination of all nations. Therefore, you have an opportunity to make friends from all other nations."

Qin Liu

Nationality: Chinese
Previous course at UCL CLIE: 11-week Pre-sessional (2021)
Progressed to: MSc Infancy & Early Childhood Development

"I am originally from China. My background is early childhood education, and I am currently studying MSc Infant & Early Childhood Development at UCL. The pre-sessional course helped me adapt to my postgraduate studies in the UK."

Eita Kunieda

Nationality: Japanese
Previous course at UCL CLIE: 9-week Pre-sessional (2021)
Progressed to: MSc Management at UCL

"In choosing a university, I placed great importance on the quality of education. The fact that UCL alumni are achieving remarkable results year after year left me in no doubt about the quality of education at UCL."

Lorena Espinosa Olguín

Nationality: Chilean
Previous course at UCL CLIE: 15-week Pre-sessional (2020)
Progressed to: Human Rights Law LLM at UCL

"I was taught about the process of looking for and selecting good quality and relevant academic sources, which is, in my view, an essential skill for succeeding in your tasks. I managed to select good sources for my final essay, without the excessive amount of time I used to previously spend in that task."

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Chiaki Kawachimaru

Nationality: Japanese
Previous course at UCL CLIE: 8-week Pre-sessional (2020)
Progressed to: International Banking and Finance LLM at UCL

"Until I attended the Pre-sessional course, I was expecting its main focus to be about improving English skills, but it was not true. Not only does it improve English skills, but the course also teaches you how to academically read, write, listen and speak (give a presentation)."

Xudong Yang

Nationality: Chinese
Previous course at UCL CLIE: 12-week Pre-sessional (2017)
Progressed to: Computational Archaeology MSc at UCL

"The most helpful part of the course was the writing development. Teachers say it’s the most important – so we spent most of the time on that. I improved my academic writing a lot, particularly vocabulary and knowing how to use it in my essays."

Marieta Valdivia Lefort

Nationality: Chilean
Previous course at UCL CLIE: 12-week Pre-sessional (2017)
Progressed to: Public Policy MSc

"I benefited from learning how to read and write properly. It was useful to practise this a lot and learn how to do it in a very efficient way. I can look at things with a critical approach rather than just read it passively."

Qiu Yuhua

Nationality: Chinese
Previous course at UCL CLIE: 19-week Pre-sessional (2017)
Progressed to: History MA at UCL

"The Pre-sessional was the happiest time while I was in the UK! I was communicating with classmates every day, so it was very easy to establish friendships."

Lizhou Feng

Nationality: Chinese
Previous course at UCL CLIE: 12-week Pre-sessional (2017)
Progressed to: Information Security MSc at UCL

"The Pre-sessional improved my confidence with speaking – it made me not afraid to speak out. Sometimes I make mistakes but I don’t mind, it’s how you improve."