English for Academic Study Programme

Dates and fees and Entry levels:

The below are the dates and fees for 2017/18. All students are expected to attend until 7

September 2018 in order to qualify for University of Southampton's English Language

requirement.

Academic Year 2017/18 Tuition fee

Semester 1, 2 and 3 28 September 2017 - 7 September 2018 (39 weeks)

GBP 13, 260

An entry level of at least IELTS 4.5, with a minimum score of 4.5 or higher in each component.

Semester 2 and 3 29 January 2018 - 7 September 2018 (25 weeks)

GBP 8, 500

An entry level of at least IELTS 5.0, with a minimum score of 5.0 or higher in each component

Tuition Fees include a GBP 500 non-refundable pre-payment fee may be required. This will

be payable after you have applied for a course.

Your Visa to study at the University of Southampton:

The University recommends that students who need a visa to study apply for a Tier 4

Student visa

Information about the type of visa’s and their restrictions and benefits and advice on how to

apply for a visa is available at the University of Southampton Visa Guidance Team website:

http://www.southampton.ac.uk/sais/visa/

Information about visas is also available on the UKBA website

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/

Assessment:

Monitoring your progress while you are with us is important and you will be assessed

regularly throughout the course:

You will be assessed on work each semester through continuous assessment, and a final

exam at the end of each semester.

The assessment will cover all four skills: reading and writing, listening and speaking.

It will include the necessary study skills to equip you for your future university studies.

In Semester 2 you will decide on a topic for a Personal Research Project (PRP).

At the end of the course you will be given a final grade.

Students who achieve an appropriate overall final grade on the course will be considered

to have met the English Language entry requirements of the University of Southampton.

Excellent social and cultural facilities:

As a full time student, you are granted full use of the University’s Students’ Union

(http://www.susu.org/) facilities which include extensive recreational and catering facilities.

You will also have access to the University Library and computer facilities including Email

and the Internet.

Southampton University offers a wide variety of facilities including the Jubilee Sports

Centre.

For more information on the University sports’ facilities, please see

http://www.southampton.ac.uk/sportandwellbeing/ .

Southampton, an excellent place to study:

The University is one of the leading research-led universities in the country, with an

international reputation for the quality of its work.

The Centre for Language Study at the University of Southampton is a long-established

teaching centre with a considerable reputation for expertise in the field of teaching and

learning languages. The Centre is technically advanced and is an acknowledged leader in the

field of open learning and particularly multimedia and hypermedia applications.

Accommodation:

The University of Southampton has over 5,000 single rooms in our Halls of Residence which

are in easy reach of the University’s main campus. We will try to ensure that University

accommodation is available for those students who would prefer this option but it cannot

be guaranteed and is more likely to be available for students starting on 29 January 2018 in

Semester 2.

The alternative to Hall accommodation is to live in the private rented sector. A

comprehensive and up-to-date list of the rooms, bedsits, shared houses, flats and lodgings

in the local is maintained and is available from the University’s Accommodation Office.

The Accommodation Office offers a free and confidential service covering all Hall matters,

general housing matters, tenancy law and other related issues. In addition, the Office has a

range of booklets, leaflets and maps offered free of charge to our students and there is a

dedicated telephone service available to answer any accommodation related enquiries you

may have.

For more information contact the Accommodation Office

Tel +44 (0) 23 8059 9599

http://www.southampton.ac.uk/accommodation/

Contact us

For an application form or more information about the EAS Course, please contact:

Tel Number: +44 23 8059 3344

Fax Number: +44 23 8059 2157

Email address: elaccess@soton.ac.uk

Postal address:

English Language Admissions

Recruitment Office

Humanities

University of Southampton

Highfield

Southampton

SO17 1BJ