Academic Entry Requirements
Published standard: Bachelor's degree at 2:2 (lower second class) Honours or equivalent in a relevant subject (confirm subject requirement on course page). September start 12 months; January start 16 months (verified on abdn course page). IELTS in next column. PAKISTAN (OFFICIAL abdn Pakistan entry page): typically a 4-year Bachelor's degree is required for PG study; a GPA of 2.6 (around 65% depending on the grading scale of the institution) is considered comparable to a UK 2:2. Requirements may vary according to recognition of university and scoring system. University of London External degree programmes are also considered. NEBOSH is NOT usually accepted for Master's study (professional, not academic, qualification). DEPOSIT/CAS (official PG advance-payment page): PG applicants required to pay fees in advance must pay 50% of their PAYABLE tuition fee (full fee minus the Aberdeen Global Scholarship) in ONE transaction after firmly accepting an unconditional offer, before the file is reviewed for CAS, and must evidence funds for the fee balance plus £10,539 living costs held 28 days. Fully sponsored students are not required to pay a deposit. Aggregator claims of a flat £5,000 PG deposit are NOT official — do not quote them. SCHOLARSHIP (NOT deducted from the fee above): Aberdeen Global Scholarship £8,000 for eligible self-funded international PG taught students (terms apply). AGENT STATUS: FM Consultants does NOT appear on the University of Aberdeen's published Pakistan agents list (WIN Education Pakistan, BCIE, Crizac Global, Falcon Education, Global Study Partners, IDP, LCI, Q & A Consultants, StudyIn, TCL Global, UKEC — abdn.ac.uk Pakistan agents page); confirm representative/contracted-agent status before submitting as an agent route. No Aberdeen-specific Pakistan recruitment pause, sponsor-licence suspension, region exclusion, study-gap limit or approved-agent-only rule was found on Aberdeen's own site in this pass — BUT sector-wide reporting in Oct 2026 says ~15 UK universities (unnamed) suspended Pakistan recruitment in 2026 under the 5% visa-refusal threshold, so CONFIRM Aberdeen's current Pakistan stance with Admissions/the Pakistan manager before advising any Pakistan applicant; do not guarantee a CAS outcome.
IELTS / English Requirements
6.5 overall, 5.5 in Listening/Speaking, 6.0 in Reading/Writing (abdn PG taught standard; confirm on course page)