The UK higher education introduction

Britain has more than ninety college and universities, 52, all of these schools are awarded to students at home and abroad of high quality and degree certificate.

All UK universities and part of the college are entitled to make award degrees certificate and diploma, the other colleges can be by its affiliated university or college issue related certificate.

College entrance age generally in 18 years or older, do not set upper age limit, sometimes the school allowed under the age of 18 a top student degree course. You have the qualification is accepted or not the key factors, to meet the requirements of qualification perhaps can make you directly into the read the second year, and sometimes even directly into the read the third year degree course.

Secondary education certificate test senior level courses and secondary education certificate exam complement senior level course grades are still the most British university admission requires the admission. But most university and university campus will now national general professional qualification as general secondary education certificate test with senior level course equivalent qualification gives admit. International recognition preparatory course was also university generally accepted.

Also some situation is special, some students, usually after working want to continue your studies of the staff, as long as they are quite academic level, and related work experience, even if not to be formally qualification, may also be admitted to the university or university campus.

If you have never in Britain accept education, then need to check their has received the degree corresponds to the British education under the level to which the qualification. You may already have a general secondary education senior level the same degree, and perhaps already have good education background and can be read from first year in college courses. To know you have the degree of corresponding degree level in the UK, but to the culture of the country committee inquiry. British university and the university campus will tell you, your record of formal schooling is already admitted conditions; If education is low, it will also be told the corresponding requirements.

English level is also affect your admission to the success of the factors. All colleges and universities are according to the applicant to apply for course, to the applicant's English level put forward certain requirements. Therefore, you may need to be in their home country or arrived in England to participate in English ability after test.

If you have not yet reached the existing education directly to college of undergraduate course requirements, the preparatory course or for basic course is the best university entrance way. Continue education college, university and university of this course are to open, the courses are usually need to six months to a year.

Assiduously study degree

-a condition, the British university in three years of undergraduate course study, you can obtain honor a bachelor's degree. Part of the need of overseas study course (such as language course) the time needed for more than three years. Contains a number of the content of the courses are usually practice need four years to complete.#p#分頁標題#e#

The following is the undergraduate degree programmes for example:

A bachelor of engineering bachelor 9:28 u u u bachelor of law bachelor

In addition to assiduously study degree outside, you can also sign up for national higher education certificate course. Such full-time course for two years commonly, professional technology and business involved. This kind of upon completion of the course, can turn read related degree course, continue to learn a year later, he or she can get the corresponding a bachelor's degree.

The UK higher education course includes professional education course (such as medicine, engineering, or law) and academic research course (such as philosophy, literature and history).

Degree divided into the following several levels:

U u level 2 grade a degree degree 9:28 level 2 b degrees 3 degree degree 9:28 u pass

In Britain the most cost-effective degree. With a bachelor's degree, for example, it is only three years; And a master's degree usually for 12 months. These have extremely compact learning schedule so that you can not only in a relatively short period get a degree, and can promise to accept the high request strictly education. So to study in the UK than in many other countries learn to spend less and save time.

How to the degree course

How should you study English degree course? Degree course teaching methods include: classroom instruction by teachers for undergraduate students, class teaching; Group discussion-student group and the instructor is a subject of study content are discussed in details. This not only for students to understand the rare opportunity to provide teachers and students can make teachers for individual counseling; Individual instruction by teachers, to one to two students' work to lead and review.

Course assessment methods reflect different teaching and learning style. The evaluation of the most commonly used include: written examination in YiYiMei year-end exams or graduation front graduation exam; Comprehensive usage comprehensive usage--written work completion, group discussion in performance, and the end of the exam results; Add written examination paper (general requirement is in professional research scope choose topic); The oral exam-according to take part in a group discussion, and individual counseling to assess performance; With the above all comprehensive evaluation method.

British universities

British university and the university of both in common-the delegated degree are entitled to extremely high reputation, and their unique features-school was established in different century, with various expertise.

The university of old for more than five hundred years history, and the latest university has just was established in September 1996. In a major university mostly founded in the end of last century.

A group was founded in the s the university are usually located in the open country area, campus covers a wide range. This batch of school opened the module unit course, issue the relevant degree.#p#分頁標題#e#

The latest established a large number of university and university campus was established in 1992. At the time there were 30 have institute of technology was allowed to become a university. These universities of science and technology has founded in the s, mainly for the region to provide education students. They are usually able to provide a variety of professional training courses.

Britain only a private university-buckingham university. The school for the royal charter, and all other British universities have high quality qualification of degree awarded.

Many English college provide remote teaching courses, for those who did not accept continue education in school-age stage of adult higher education of provide accept second chance.

After a bachelor's degree

British graduate course arrangement are dense and compact, so although British graduate school hours and learning material quantity and other countries are basic and same, but its course in the time is much shorter.

Issued by the following four major British graduate certificate:

Education graduate certificate

This is for those who wish to become a British primary and secondary school teachers in the undergraduate course graduate established certificate, not only for professional education of college and set. Such certificate courses usually for a year. Include theory and practice training.

Graduate diploma

This graduate course is usually a nine months of lecture courses, time from October every year to June next year. In this course mainly includes the following objectives: to prepare for further study, or as a master's degree backup select, or for access to a professional qualifications.

Master's degree

Britain has two kinds of different master's degree. A class teaching way of course is mainly master (such as: literary master, master's and engineering), usually 12 months, including class, research and thesis writing/research project design. Another kind is the study master (often known as master of philosophy), takes one to two years to complete, including individual research and of the thesis.

Doctor degree

In Britain, for Ph.D degree need under the guidance of tutor for professional research. Obtain a doctor's degree the shortest need two years, most for seven years, but most people in three or four years to complete.

Scholarships and fellowships

Have a lot of kinds of scholarship is oriented to want to go to study in UK foreign students, one of the most mainly to graduate students. You must be at least a year for the scholarship to the relevant institutions apply for them.

As a graduate student of funded projects mainly provide are:

﹡ British volunteers scholarship-by the British zealot diplomatic and federal affairs department provided. The main issue to those who already had some enterprise foundation personage, aims to assistance for those future decision makers and people think tank.

﹡ commonwealth scholarship and grants program-by the British international development and English culture and federal affairs jointly providing, mainly to the commonwealth twenty-five years old of the following graduate students.#p#分頁標題#e#

﹡ British international development scholarship program-by the British international development and participate in the plan of British universities to provide, face a graduate student teaching, but must be the major related to development.

﹡ overseas graduate scholarship program-by the British education and JiuYeBu provide, the selection of candidates to academic achievement and the main research potential for standard.

﹡ royal society-the main scholarship to sponsor outstanding scientists to British postdoctoral research.

Study for a master of business administration

Mba are increasingly popular, popularity in improving constantly. The people in the business development for the degree will mora. Many colleges and universities study in the UK the mba students more than half is foreign students.

You want to pursue a master of business administration, not-will have to get the industry and commerce management bachelor's degree, but many colleges requires applicants must possess solid work experience (usually three to five years. Mba courses are usually on different aspects of the industry and commerce management.

Most employers wish to get the industry and commerce management staff is able to master with a global vision, to be able to use the world common language, business to business and management have really thorough knowledge.

Britain has opened more than one hundred colleges and universities mba professional, most of them for full-time one-year course, this means that in an mba degree in Britain than in many other countries fast. But in some colleges and universities, the need of time longer. In addition, students can also through the distance teaching course or workplace learning made this degree, but it takes a long time to complete.

Britain has a variety of mba form and scale. Some colleges and universities on the company training management for the master's degree. Some colleges and universities is about to open a hand mba courses, such as focusing on accounting, or environmental management, or international finance. However these universities and colleges in common is that they allow you to have more opportunities to get generous treatment of the work.

British industry and commerce management master major vigorous development began in the eighty s, and in that decade, graduated from British mba number is the sum total of the rest of Europe. Many businesspeople think and other European countries, Britain's mba pay more attention to practical, not lay particular stress on pure theory.

Main advantage

British private school every year to be admitted to a university students proportion of extremely high.

International recognition preparatory courses can help students to higher education or continue education college for further study.

All British colleges and universities are formulated strict policies and procedures to ensure the delegated course and the certificate of high quality, strict standards.#p#分頁標題#e#

Most of the UK institutions are foreign students with language help, or provide and what they learn the combination of course language courses, or provide language training course before class.

To study in the UK is very good. Just a year to get a master's degree, and in other countries, takes two years.

British industry and commerce management master's degree in international excellent reputation, and to become a famous international qualifications. Mba association says more than half of the members in the working abroad.

British mba employment in good condition. A recent graduate management association members of industry and commerce (they through the full-time, on-the-job or remote teaching an mba degree) survey indicates that the average annual salary they stronger-than-expected 27 ﹪. Those who study the man with a two-year course full-time best, many of them more than pounds a year, of which half of the human director or senior manager.

Higher education quality assessment system

England, Scotland and wales higher education appropriations committee of this area universities study the quality level is to evaluate, evaluate the results into a category to (fifth highest), and determine what research field in has reached international recognition of excellent standard, which has reached the national recognized standard for approval. Higher education quality security bureau is responsible for assessment of each subject teaching quality.

The inspection quality including:

﹡ course design, the content and the organization

﹡ teaching, learning and assessment system

﹡ students to make progress and results

﹡ to student's help and guidance

﹡ learning material

﹡ quality assurance and strengthen the system

You can ask the local British council offices and study in the UK consultation center to inquire about the colleges and universities in all aspects of the above performance. If you want to go to Britain to do research, you would be relevant departments of higher education research project, appropriations committee assessment results and the research publications and other matters for advice.

The calendar

Generally speaking, the English the school year is divided into three semesters, during Christmas and Easter two big holiday, has a long summer vacation, from late July to early September. Each semester long ten thoughtful around 10-usually middle and primary school education college continuity and a long semester, and the university of short term. In the autumn, usually in more than half semester has ten days or so holiday.

Apply for school year begins in university entrance is always the most easy success, however, primary schools and continue education college to the application for admission is more flexible when.

Some private high school is also known as the "public school", but in fact is a misfit. They actually are not public schools, students should pay cost to go to school. Their names from many centuries ago when the school had been used today.#p#分頁標題#e#

Go abroad youdao: to study in UK higher education first know English

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Let us look to the other side of the world, you will find, is also has a long history, culture deep Britain, the education is to inherit and carry forward the traditional and Sally Jenkins, keep vigor 4 shoot, world education field in the rest more, be behind the United States, for overseas students to study in the holy land, for each year more than 800000 international students in the UK for course! Let us put aside the historical reason and limitations, and to explore the British education to overseas students have extraordinary appeal reason, perhaps can get some enlightenment.

1. The school whether public or private, the government alike, fair competition

The British school system of double track, public schools and private schools coexistence, are affected by the national encouragement and support. There were two British  400 private school, about every 13 school-age children in a private school to 1. Private schools in legislation and related policy without discrimination, no different treatments. The entire education system from the set on look, both equal status, complement each other, equal competition, to promote each other and develop together.

2. Diploma system establishment perfect, meet all kinds of education demand

In Britain, the degree of the system set very scientific and perfect, the students in each education stage all have many choices. The establishment of course close to practice, according to people of different education demand from certificate to set up a series of different levels of degree diploma course, people can be in accordance with the employment needs to be ready to education, it is to reduce the interest and that part by professional education is not in conformity with the Numbers, to broaden the university graduation student's employment road, and not all crowded in the professional looking for work this only on the way.

Britain's campus "no walls", open to the society. University graduation to once and for all people can always learn, charging, job training, or that vocational training. Be worth what carry is, Britain's various diploma and education system can be mutual recognition between, the conversion. Most professional can according to different levels for learning, among them, some of the course for students to pursue a can university degree found. For example, vocational training and higher education can switch. The students to complete the prescribed courses as long as, completed a credit, can achieve diploma "upgrade".

3. The science the heuristic teaching

British study method of history can be traced back to 800 years ago almost, it promotes the world education system establishment, is still is the most successful model. British education is unique in the world, the minibook, cultivate the innumerable outstanding talents, such a very worth our using for reference of the reason for this is that, and we induce cramming method is different, UK students from kindergarten to accept heuristic education, to inspire them to think, not a simple teacher there from the process of one-way accept. This teaching method is scientific and reasonable, can make everyone's potential is developed, enhances strong points and avoid weaknesses, become different function areas of talents, the maximum to avoid the waste of talent, bring benefit to society.#p#分頁標題#e#

4. Bestow the examination method

UK institutions assessment is very flexible, can take practice, writing articles and interview, etc all kinds of form. The results of the such, one's ability is necessarily comprehensive assessment and rich. In addition, and our 100 points "play different, British test points ABCD four class. For example, from 70-100 points is A, 60-69 is B. In admit of time, the teacher want according to this professional comprehensive investigation and comparison of the student ability, in the entrance examinations have the right to choose. For example, A professional standards are two admitted A 1 B, if you are 100 A, but, if the teacher from other Angle consideration, think that you are A dead students reading words, it is possible to admit 70 points A of the others, and not to you. British teacher have the power. Because the British examination system and we completely different, not focused on three days the examination, but the students at ordinary times the homework, experiment and test three combining peacetime score all accumulated, again make evaluation. So, more can reflect the students' practical ability.

5. Curriculum novel and practical, with the time development synchronization

Another British education remain youthful vitality of the reason is that the British have not only focus on the academic research "brains" type university, and at the same time, there are special for cultivating the "begin" type talents of the university, the two institutions supplement each other, students can according to their interests, abilities, and aspirations, in the university before the decision should apply for which kinds of university. In addition, British open courses and professional unitary resource novel and practical, closely connected with the social needs, so that the students can cultivate out smooth employment, not social cause stress. In addition, British education emphasizes make, because education can't meet the obligations of a person's life all knowledge, we need to constantly charging to just go. Now, Britain every year about 40% of high school graduates to the public or private continue education college.

6. Education industrialization operation clear

British education clear way to industrialization operation. The British government has been the education as a national industries, encourage development. For example, the queen of England each year to issue a queen award, reward those recruiting foreign students most, the most successful university education, or in the most successful overseas education institutions.

7. The certificate and professional certificate combined

British students' exam diploma and he will want to be engaged in occupational certificates combine examination, so that students can obtain professional qualification authentication in already when save money and effort. For example, Britain's a certified public accountant (ABCA), a British the undergraduate course graduate if want to get this from the title of words, can an exemption ABCA all 14 of the class 6-8 course. For other professional also is such. This means that you in the university learn at the same time, for the future of the professional diploma admitted to lay the foundation.#p#分頁標題#e#

8. University admission flexible

The enrollment of British colleges and universities is very flexible, not only look at student test scores, with students can in other ways of outstanding ability as standard, not as we only know test scores, "one point card dead" (the extremely individual sports film and TV stars, recruit students except). British university to the adult, 21 years old and graduated from high school students admission standards are not the same. For adults, the school can not only relaxed entrance conditions, but also can put his work experience as admit reference standard. For example, if the student experience to the satisfaction of words, even if his diploma can not reach the admission standards, can also be accepted. Also, for overseas students, since most of the British school to recognize the United Kingdom entrance examination is not applicable to education system from different countries foreign students, they admitted to the more flexible.

9. Education quality others have the final say

Britain set up a scientific education quality guarantee system, and provide the student from the service and help, to the teachers quality, British every registered school have to accept the supervision and inspection of the strict government. According to the uniform standards for each course evaluation, results were released, so that the students can clearly understand the same professional all open of the school's teaching quality. Britain's various institutions to accept higher education funding and higher education quality committee committee of the strict supervision. Among them, the higher education funding council for the professional teaching quality to be identified, published report, points out that the advantages and disadvantages of; Higher education quality committee on how to ensure that the school teaching and the quality of certificate, examine the results of the review also published to the society. The two agencies since the 1997 merger of the higher education quality security bureau was established, more efficient.

The British school's quality of teaching is the external examiner for the authentication of the school, the school is not responsible. Even the students' test scores are not separate from school teacher to judgment and pass external examiner authentication. If the examiner think the teacher's score is not reasonable can adjust. After such a management and the authentication system of operation, British each university diploma awarded have been internationally recognized, and, between the university diploma can by each other.

10. Periodically urge, has the crisis consciousness

The British government regularly through the relevant professional committee of the institutions of higher learning teaching quality and research level evaluation, and the school in general and specialized aspect ranking public. Its purpose is to convenient students understand British university, and in this way urged schools self improvement.

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11. Personnel training and employment services

UK institutions in the recruit students, develop, and recommend students employment take a dragon service. They not only the teaching education as own duty, do have learned something, still trying to make students skills to use, on employment to provide better services. First, set up the course in the time closely http://www.400190.com/dissertation_writing/Education/2012/0229/1070.html combining enterprise, industries and the social from all walks of life needs, make the students training direction and training content, so that makes it easier for students to graduate from the social find suits own position.

It is because of the above many scientific reasonable measures, Britain's education was able to youth and vitality.
英國高等教育簡介
英國有九十多所大學及五十二所大學分校，所有這些學校均可以向海內外學生頒發高質量的學位和證書。
英國所有大學及部分高等學院均有權自行頒發學位證書及畢業證書，其他的學院則可以由其所屬大學或學院頒發有關證書。
高等院校入學年齡一般在十八歲以上，不設年齡上限，有時校方允許十八歲以下的優等生攻讀本科學位課程。你已有的學歷資格是錄取與否的關鍵因素，符合要求的學歷資格或許能使你直接入讀第二年，有時甚至直接入讀第三年的本科學位課程。
普通中等教育證書考試高級水平課程以及普通中等教育證書考試補充高級水平課程的成績目前仍然是大多數英國大學錄取時要求的入學資格。但是大多數大學和大學分?，F在也將國家通用職業資格視為與普通中等教育證書考試高級水平課程等同的資格予以承認。國際認可預科課程也被大學普遍接受。
也有的情況較特殊，某些學生，通常是參加工作后想繼續學業的人員，只要他們具有相當的學業水平，以及相關的工作經歷，即使未曾獲得正式的學歷資格，也可能被大學或大學分校錄取。
如果你未曾在英國接受教育，那么便需要核查自己已取得的學歷相當于英國教育下學歷資格的哪一級。你或許已具備普通中等教育高級水平同等的學歷，也或許已具備較高學歷而可免讀大學第一年的課程。欲知你已有學歷在英國的對應學歷等級，可向所在國的文化委員會查詢。英國大學及大學分校會告訴你，你的學歷是否已符合錄取條件；如果學歷偏低，則還會被告知相應要求。
英語水平的高低也是影響你入學申請成功與否的因素。所有院校均要根據申請人所申請的課程，對申請人的英語水平提出一定的要求。因此，你可能需要在本國或抵達英國后參加英語能力測試。
如果你已有的學歷尚未達到直接升入大學本科的要求，則修讀預科課程或基礎課程是最佳的大學入學途徑。延續教育學院、大學和大學分校均開設這類課程，課程通常需要六個月到一年時間。#p#分頁標題#e#
攻讀學位
—般情況下，通過在英國大學三年的本科課程學習，你可獲得榮譽學士學位。部分需要在海外學習的課程(例如語言課程)所需時間超過三年。包含大量實習內容的課程通常需要四年才能完成。
以下是本科學位課程舉例：
★文學學士 ★工程學學士 ★法律學學士 ★理學學士
除攻讀學位外，你也可以報讀國家高等教育證書課程。此類全日制課程一般為期兩年，專業涉及科技與商務。這類課程完成后，可以轉讀相關的學位課程，繼續學習一年后，便可取得相應學士學位。
英國高等教育課程包括職業教育課程(如醫學、工程學或法學)與學術研究課程(如哲學、文學或史學)。
學位分為以下幾個等級：
★一級學位 ★二級甲等學位 ★二級乙等學位 ★三級學位 ★及格
在英國攻讀學位最為劃算。以學士學位為例，通常只需三年；而碩士學位通常為十二個月。這些安排得極為緊湊的學習時間表使你能夠既在較短時間內獲得學位，又能保證接受高要求的嚴格教育。所以在英國學習比在許多其它國家學習花費要少，也節省了時間。
如何攻讀學位課程
你應該如何攻讀英國的學位課程？學位課程的教學方法包括：課堂授課——由教師為本科生大班授課；分組討論——學生分組與授課老師就某一科目的學習內容進行詳細討論。這不僅為學生了解教師提供了難得的機會，而且使導師能夠為學生作個別輔導；個別輔導——由導師對一至兩名學生的功課進行引導和復習。
課程考核方法反映出不同的教學及學習方式。最常用的考核方法包括：筆試一一每年的年終考試或畢業前的畢業考試；綜合考查——綜合考查書面essay完成情況、小組討論時的表現，以及年末考試成績；筆試加dissertation(一般要求是在專業研究范圍內選擇論題)；口試——根據參加小組討論，以及個別輔導時的表現進行評定；采用上述所有方法進行綜合考核。
英國的高等院校
英國大學及大學分校既有共同點——所授學位均享有極高聲譽，又各具特色——學校成立于不同的世紀，各具專長。
老牌大學的校史長達五百多年，而最新的大學才剛剛成立于1996年9月。位于大城市的大學大都創建于上個世紀末。
一批成立于本世紀六十年代的大學通常位于開闊的鄉間地帶，校園占地甚廣。這批學校率先開設了模塊單元課程，頒發相關的學位。
最新成立的一大批大學和大學分校成立于1992年。當時共有三十所理工學院獲準升格成為大學。這些理工院校先后創立于六十年代，主要為本地區學生提供教育。它們通常能夠提供多種職業培訓課程。#p#分頁標題#e#
英國只有一所私立大學——白金漢大學。該校獲得皇家特許狀，與其他所有英國高等學府一樣擁有頒發高質量學位的資格。
英國許多高等學院提供遠程教學課程，為那些未在適齡階段接受延續教育的成年人提供接受高等教育的第二次機會。
獲得學士學位之后
英國的研究生課程安排相當密集和緊湊，因此盡管英國研究生學習的課時和學習資料數量與其他國家相比基本一樣，但它的課程修讀時間卻要短得多。
英國頒發以下四種主要的研究生證書：
教育學研究生證書
這是為那些希望成為英國中小學教師的本科畢業生設立的證書，并非只是為教育專業畢業的大學生而設。此類證書課程通常為期一年。包括理論和實踐培訓。
研究生文憑
此類研究生課程通常是為期九個月的授課課程，時間從每年十月到次年六月。修讀此類課程主要有以下幾個目的：為繼續深造做準備，或作為碩士學位的后備選擇，或為獲取某個專業資格。
碩士學位
英國有兩類不同的碩士學位。一類是以授課方式為主的課程碩士(如：文學碩士、工程碩士等)，通常要十二個月，包括上課、研究和dissertation撰寫／研究項目設計。另一類是研究碩士(通常稱為哲學碩士)，需要一至兩年時間完成，包括個人研究和dissertation答辯。
博士學位
在英國，攻讀博士學位需要在導師的指導下進行專業研究。獲得博士學位最短需要兩年，最多長達七年，但大多數人在三年或四年完成。
獎學金和助學金
有很多種類的獎學金是面向想去英國留學的外國留學生的，其中的大多數主要面向研究生。你須至少提前一年向頒發獎學金的有關機構提出申請。
為研究生提供的主要資助項目有：
﹡英國志奮領獎學金——由英國外交與聯邦事務部提供。主要頒發給那些已有一定事業基礎的人士，旨在資助那些未來的決策者和智囊人士。
﹡英聯邦獎學金與助學金計劃——由英國國際發展部和英國文化與聯邦事務部共同提供，主要面向英聯邦二十五歲以下的研究生。
﹡英國國際發展部獎學金計劃——由英國國際發展部與參加該計劃的英國大學共同提供，面向攻讀授課研究生的學生，但所學專業須與發展有關。
﹡海外研究生獎學金項目——由英國教育與就業部提供，對候選人的選拔主要以學術成績和研究潛力為標準。
﹡皇家學會獎學金——主要用以資助優秀科學家到英國從事博士后研究。
攻讀工商管理碩士
工商管理碩士目前正日益受到歡迎，聲望也不斷在提高。在商界發展的人士獲得這一學位必將如虎添翼。在英國的許多院校攻讀工商管理碩士的學生過半數是外國留學生。#p#分頁標題#e#
你要攻讀工商管理碩士，并不—定要先取得工商管理的學士學位，但許多院校要求申請人必須具備扎實的工作經驗(通常為三到五年)。工商管理碩士課程設置通常分別側重工商管理的不同方面。
多數雇主希望獲得工商管理碩士的人員能夠具有全球眼光、能夠使用世界通用的商務語言、對商務和管理有真正透徹的認識。
英國有一百多所院校開設工商管理碩士專業，其中多數為全日制一年制課程，這意味著在英國取得工商管理碩士學位要比在其他許多國家快。但是在有的院校，需要的時間長些。另外，學生還可以通過遠程教學課程或在職學習取得此學位，但需要較長的時間才能完成。
英國的工商管理碩士具有多種形式和規模。有的院校集中為公司培養工商管理碩士。有的院校則側重某一方面開設工商管理碩士課程，例如可側重會計，或環境管理，或國際金融等。然而這些院校的共同之處便是它們使你有更多機會獲得待遇優厚的工作。
英國工商管理碩士專業蓬勃發展始于本世紀八十年代，就在那十年中，從英國畢業的工商管理碩士人數是歐洲其他地方的總和。許多實業家認為與其他歐洲國家相比，英國的工商管理碩士課程更注重實際，不偏重純理論的研究。
主要優點
英國私立學校每年能被大學錄取的學生的比例極高。
國際認可預科課程可幫助學生升入高等教育或延續教育院校深造。
所有英國院校均制定了嚴格的政策和程序，旨在確保所授課程及證書的高質量、嚴標準。
大部分英國院校均為外國學生提供語言幫助，或提供和他們所學課程相結合的語言課程，或是提供課前語言培訓課程。
在英國學習極為劃算。只需一年即可獲得碩士學位，而在其他國家，需要兩年時間。
英國工商管理碩士學位在國際上的聲譽鵲起，并且逐漸成為國際知名的學歷。工商管理碩士協會稱半數以上的成員在國外工作。
英國工商管理碩士的就業狀況良好。最近一項對工商管理碩士協會成員(他們通過全日制、在職或遠程教學取得工商管理碩士學位)的調查表明，他們的年薪平均增幅達27﹪。那些學習全日制兩年制課程的人情況最好，他們中的許多人年薪逾十萬英鎊，其中半數的人為董事或高級經理。
高等教育質量考核制度
英格蘭、蘇格蘭及威爾士的高等教育撥款委員會對本地區的高等院校進行系級研究質量考核評估，評估結果分為一到五級(五級為最高)，并確定在哪些研究領域已達到國際認可的優秀標準，哪些則已達到國家認可的標淮。高等教育質量保障局則負責考核各個學科的教學質量。
考核質量包括：
﹡課程設計、內容和組織#p#分頁標題#e#
﹡授課、學習和考核制度
﹡學生取得的進步和成果
﹡對學生的幫助和指導
﹡學習資料
﹡質量保證和加強制度
你可以向本地的英國文化委員會辦事處及留學英國咨詢中心查詢有關院校在以上各方面的表現。若你想前往英國做研究，你可就有關院系的研究項目、高等教育撥款委員會考核成績及研究成果出版等事宜進行咨詢。
學年安排
大體說來，英國一學年分為三個學期，期間有圣誕節和復活節兩大假期，暑假頗長，從七月下旬到九月上旬。每個學期長十周到十四周——通常中小學和延續教育學院的學期較長，而大學的學期較短。在秋季，通常在學期過半時有十天左右的假期。
申請在大學學年開始時入學總是最易成功的，然而中小學和延續教育學院對申請何時入學則較為靈活。
有的私立中學也稱為“公立學校”，但其實是名不副實。它們實際上根本不是公立學校，學生需繳費上學。它們的校名從多個世紀以前建校時起一直沿用至今。

出國有道：到英國留學先認識英國高等教育
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http://www.sina.com.cn 2003/09/23 15:09 海外求學

　　讓我們把目光投向地球的另一端，就會發現，同樣是歷史悠久、文化底蘊深厚的英國，其教育卻能夠在繼承和發揚傳統的同時不固步自封，保持活力四射，在世界教育領域獨領風騷，成為僅次于美國、為海外學生所向往的留學圣地——每年有超過80萬名留學生在英國攻讀課程！讓我們拋開歷史的原因和局限，探求一下英國教育對海外學生具有超乎尋常的吸引力的原因，或許能夠從中得到一些啟迪。

　　1.學校無論公私，政府一視同仁，公平競爭
　　英國學校體系實行雙軌制，公立學校和私立學校共存，都受國家的鼓勵和支持。英國共有2400所私立學校，大約每13個學齡兒童中就有1個進入私立學校學習。私立學校在立法和相關政策上不受歧視，沒有差別對待。從整個教育體系的設定上看，兩者地位平等，相互補充，平等競爭，相互促進，共同發展。
　　2.文憑體系設置完善，滿足各種教育需求
　　在英國，文憑體系的設置非?？茖W和完善，學生在每個教育階段均有多種選擇。課程的設立緊密聯系實際，根據人們對不同的教育需求設置了從證書到學位的一系列不同層次的文憑課程，人們可以按照就業的需要隨時接受教育，這就減少了那部分興趣愛好與所受專業教育不符合的人數，拓寬了高校畢業學生的就業之路，而不是都擁擠在按專業找工作這條唯一的途徑上。
　　英國的校園“沒有圍墻”，向社會敞開。大學畢業也不等于一勞永逸，人們可以隨時就學、充電，進行就業培訓，或者叫職業培訓。值得一提的是，英國的各種文憑和教育體系之間可以相互認可、轉換。多數專業可以按不同層次進行學習，其中，有些課程可以為學生繼續攻讀大學學位打基礎。比如，職業培訓和高等教育就可以相互轉換。學生只要繼續完成規定的課程，修滿相當的學分，就可以實現文憑“升級”。#p#分頁標題#e#
　　3.采用科學的啟發式教學
　　英式學習方法的歷史幾乎可以追溯到800年前，它促進了世界各國教育制度的建立，至今依然是最為成功的典范。英國教育之所以在世界獨樹一幟，歷久不衰，培養出了無數杰出人才，其中一個非常值得我們借鑒的原因就是，和我們的填鴨式教學方法不同，英國的學生從幼兒開始就接受啟發式教育，啟發他們主動思考，而不是一個簡單的從老師那里單向接受的過程。這種教學方法科學、合理，可以使每個人的潛質得到開發，揚長避短，成為不同功用領域的人才，在最大程度上避免了人才浪費，為社會造福。
　　4.不拘一格的考試方法
　　英國院校的考核非常靈活，可以采取實習、寫文章和面試等各種形式進行。這樣取得的結果，對一個人能力的考核必然是全面和豐富的。另外，和我們的100分打分制不同，英國考試分ABCD四個檔次。例如，從70-100分是A，60-69是B。在錄取的時候，老師要根據本專業綜合考察和比較學生的能力，在錄取的時候有權選擇。比方說，某專業錄取的標準是2個A 1個B，如果你是100分的A，但是，如果老師從其他角度考慮，認為你是一個死讀書的學生的話，就有可能錄取別人70分的A，而不一定要你。英國的老師就有這個權力。因為英國的考試體系和我們完全不同，不是集中在3天考完，而是把學生平時的essay、實驗和考試三者相結合，把平時的分數全部積累起來，再作出評定。所以，更能夠體現學生的實際能力。
　　5.課程設置新穎實用，與時代發展同步
　　另一個使英國教育保持青春活力的原因是，英國不僅有重點從事學術研究的“動腦型”大學，同時，還有專門為社會培養“動手型”人才的大學，這兩種院校相輔相成，學生可以根據自己的興趣、能力和志向，在入大學校門之前就決定應該申請哪個種類的大學。另外，英國院校所開設的課程和專業新穎實用，緊密聯系社會需要，這樣，培養出來的學生可以順利就業，不會給社會造成壓力。另外，英國的教育強調終身制，因為義務教育無法滿足人一生中的全部知識，需要不斷充電才行?，F在，英國每年有大約40%的中學畢業生進入公立或私立繼續教育學院學習。
　　6.教育產業化運作明確
　　英國的教育明確以產業化方式運作。英國政府一直把教育當成國家的一個產業，鼓勵發展。比如，英國女王每年都要頒發一次女王獎，獎勵那些招收海外學生最多、教育最成功的大學，或者在海外辦學最成功的院校。
　　7.文憑考試與職業證書考試相結合
　　英國把學生的文憑考試和他將來所要從事的職業證書考試相結合，可以使學生在獲得職業資格認證的時候既省錢又省力。比如，英國的注冊會計師(ABCA)，一個英國的本科畢業生如果想要獲得這個從業職稱的話，就可以免試ABCA全部14門課中的6-8門課程。對于其他專業也是如此。這就是說，你在大學學習的同時，就為將來職業文憑的考取打下了基礎。#p#分頁標題#e#
　　8.大學錄取靈活
　　英國院校的招生非常靈活，不僅僅看學生的考試分數，還可以以學生在其他方面突出的能力作為標準，不像我們只認考試成績，“1分卡死人”(極個別的體育影視明星等特招生除外)。英國大學對成年、21歲以上的人和高中畢業學生的錄取標準是不一樣的。對成年人，學校不僅可以放寬入學條件，還可以把他的工作經驗作為錄取的參考標準。比如，如果該生的相關工作經驗令校方滿意的話，即使他的文憑達不到錄取標準，也可以被錄取。同樣，對于海外學生，由于大多數的英國學校認識到英國的統一入學考試并不適用于來自不同教育體制國家的外國學生，對他們的錄取更加靈活。
　　9.教育質量別人說了算
　　英國設立有一個科學的教育質量保障體系，從提供給學生的服務與幫助，到教師隊伍素質，英國的每一所注冊的學校都要接受政府嚴格的監督檢查。按照統一標準對每門課程評估，結果公布，使學生可以清楚了解開設相同專業的所有學校的教學質量情況。英國的各個院校要接受高等教育撥款委員會和高等教育質量委員會的嚴格監督。其中，高等教育撥款委員會對專業的教學質量予以鑒定，發表報告，指出長處和不足；高等教育質量委員會就學校如何保證授課和證書質量進行審查，審查結果亦向社會公開發表。這兩家機構自1997年合并成立了高等教育質量保障局，效率更高了。
　　英國學校的教學質量是由學校外部考官進行認證的，不是學校自己說了算。甚至連學生的考分也不是單獨由學校的老師來評判的，還要經過外部考官的認證。如果考官認為老師的評分不合理就可以進行調整。經過這樣一個管理和認證體系的運作，英國每一所大學頒發的文憑都得到了國際公認，而且，大學之間的文憑可以互相認可。
　　10.定期督促，具有危機意識
　　英國政府定期通過相關的專業委員會，對高等院校的教學質量和科研水平進行評估，并把學校在總體和專業方面的排名公布于眾。其目的在于方便學生了解英國的大學，并且通過這種方式督促學校自我完善和改進。
　　11.人才培養和就業一條龍服務
　　英國院校在招生、培養和推薦學生就業方面采取一條龍服務。他們不只是把教學育人作為己任，做到學有所成，還努力讓學生學有所用，在就業方面提供完善的服務。首先，在設置課程的時候密切結合企業、產業和社會各界的需要，確定學生的培養方向和培養內容，這樣畢業出來的學生很容易在社會找到適合自己的位置。
　　正是由于實行了以上諸多科學合理的措施，英國的教育才得以青春永駐，充滿活力。

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