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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


Lydia

Lydia Chen

Nationality: Chinese
Progressed to: Creative Arts and Humanities, BA
Year of study: 2023

"The final Pre-sessional assessment ... covers every step in our degree programme."

Warasit

Warasit Watanapa

Nationality: Thai
Progressed to: Global Healthcare Management (Leadership), MSc
Year of study: 2023

"Living in London is a wonderful experience – it's a wonderful and diverse city."

Clover

Clover Zhang

Nationality: Chinese
Progressed to: Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment, MSc
Year of study: 2023

"The sincerest advice is that future students could grasp and enjoy every class, every seminar and every opportunity to study independently."

Zhiyi

Zhiyi Zhou

Nationality: Chinese
Progressed to: Film Studies, MA
Year of study: 2023

"I have recently finished a 1500-word essay, and the most useful part of the Pre-sessional English was Reading into Writing, it really helped me with this assignment."

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Sunlex Lin

Nationality: Taiwanese
Progressed to: Finance, MSc
Year of study: 2023

"My campus is located in One Canada Square, Canary Wharf. My class is usually on level 38 and the view is breathtaking."

Jiafei standing by the River Thames with the Palace of Westminster in the background

Jiafei Liu

Nationality: Chinese
Progressed to: Architectural Design, MArch
Year of study: 2023

"Pre-sessional English classes are a great way to practice speaking and emphasise communication skills, both written and oral."

Sihao

Sihao Chen

Nationality: Chinese
Progressed to: Corporate Law, LLM
Year of study: 2022

"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
Progressed to: Master of Laws, LLM
Year of study: 2021

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

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Cagla Erdas

Nationality: Turkish
Progressed to: MSc Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine
Year of study: 2021

"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."

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Qin Liu

Nationality: Chinese
Progressed to: MSc Infancy & Early Childhood Development
Year of study: 2021

"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 ice skating in London

Eita Kunieda

Nationality: Japanese
Progressed to: MSc Management at UCL
Year of study: 2021

"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."

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Lorena Espinosa Olguín

Nationality: Chilean
Progressed to: Human Rights Law LLM at UCL
Year of study: 2020

"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."

Chiaki former Pre-sessional student with an owl

Chiaki Kawachimaru

Nationality: Japanese
Progressed to: International Banking and Finance LLM at UCL
Year of study: 2020

"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)."