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Meet our previous students

Undergraduate Preparatory Certificates (UPC) students come from a diverse range of backgrounds. They go on to study a variety of undergraduate courses at UCL and other top UK universities. Find out UPC student progression rates, where they progressed to after the UPC and their experiences.

Where do UPC students progress?


The UPC has excellent progression rates and is a great way to start your academic journey. Most of our students go on to study their undergraduate degrees at the best UK universities.

When applying to UCL, UPC students are guaranteed to receive a conditional offer for over 230 degrees, if they:

  • are predicted to meet the entry requirements
  • have written a clearly relevant personal statement.

See which universities and degree programmes UPC students progressed to in the last three years.

 202420232022
UCL62%62%53%
Another Russell Group university17%18%22%
Another UK university10%10%16%
Did not progress to a degree in the following academic year11%10%9%

Full lists of the universities and degree courses UPC students progressed to are available for each of the last three years.

2024 list

2023 list

2022 list

Student Q&As


We've asked our previous students some questions about coming to study the UPC in London.

Pattaraporn

Pattaraporn Thitayanun

From: Thailand
Foundation course: UPCSE (2024)
Degree: Biotechnology BSc
University: Imperial

Yuchen

Yuchen Xu

From: China
Foundation course: UPCSE (2024)
Degree: Mathematics, Statistics, and Business BSc
University: LSE

Dachi

Dachi Gvinadze

From: Georgia
Foundation course: UPCSE (2024)
Degree: Mechanical Engineering BEng
University: UCL

Defne

Defne Lal Kocer

From: Turkey
Foundation course: UPCSE (2024)
Degree: Neuroscience BSc
University: UCL

Polina

Polina Puntus

From: Russia
Foundation course: UPCSE (2024)
Degree: Biomedical Engineering MEng
University: Imperial

Andres

Andres Cabrera

From: Mexico
Foundation course: UPCH (2024)
Degree: Architecture BSc
University: UCL

Photograph of Tracy

Tracy Chemaya

From: Lebanon
Foundation course: UPCSE (2024)
Degree: Mechanical Engineering with Business Finance MEng
University: UCL

Ellen

Ellen Song

From: China
Foundation course: UPCH (2024)
Degree: Law LLB
University: UCL

Ekaterina

Ekaterina Timakova

From: Russia
Foundation course: UPCH (2023)
Degree: Information Management for Business BSc
University: UCL

Gwen

Gwen Tanujaya

From: Indonesia
Foundation course: UPCSE (2023)
Degree: Biomedical Sciences BSc
University: UCL

Julián

Julián Torres

From: Columbia
Foundation course: UPCH (2023)
Degree: Philosophy BA
University: UCL

Ziyi

Ziyi Wang

From: China
Foundation course: UPCH (2022)
Degree: Education Studies BA
University: UCL

Photograph of Ruiyi at an art gallery

Ruiyi Zhu

From: China
Foundation course: UPCH (2022)
Degree: Social Sciences BSc
University: UCL

Yagmur

Yagmur Akyol

From: Turkey
Foundation course: UPCSE (2022)
Degree: Electronic and Electrical Engineering BEng
University: UCL

Photograph of Yeats in an art gallery by some paintings

Yeats Lin

From: Taiwan
Foundation course: UPCH (2022)
Degree: History of Art BA
University: UCL

Photograph of Artur stood in front of a wall

Artur Podsokha

From: Ukraine
Foundation course: UPCH (2022)
Degree: Politics, Sociology and East European Studies BA
University: UCL

Yusuke

Yusuke Sueyoshi

From: Japan
Foundation course: Architecture (2021)
Degree: Urban Planning, Design and Management BSc
University: UCL

Ichika

Ichika Aradono

From: Japan
Foundation course: UPCSE (2021)
Degree: Cancer Biomedicine BSc
University: UCL

Zeynep UPC UCL foundation course student in front of the Christmas lights on Oxford street in London

Zeynep Naz Behram

From: Turkey
Foundation course: UPCSE (2021)
Degree: Applied Medical Sciences BSc
University: UCL

Yihoon Baek UPC international foundation course student

Jihoon Baek

From: South Korea
Foundation course: UPCH with Architecture (2021)
Degree: Architecture MSci
University: UCL

Regina UPC UCL foundation course student on a bridge in London

Regina Loren Villamante

From: Philippines
Foundation course: UPCH (2021)
Degree: Education Studies BA
University: UCL

Citlalli UPC international foundation student in london

Citlalli Escobar

From: Mexico
Foundation course: UPCH (2021)
Degree: History of Art, Materials and Technology BA
University: UCL