Academic Entry Requirements
Professional doctorate for social-science professionals; pathways cover social work, criminal justice, family therapy, housing, dementia, substance use, social policy and applied social science. Entry: normally a good honours degree plus professional experience; confirm the exact academic/professional threshold on the course page. Pakistan (official PG threshold applied - no separate research-degree Pakistan threshold published): 4-year Bachelor's GPA 2.6/4.0 or 60%; or 3-year Bachelor's + 2-year Master's at 2.6/4.0 or 60% in both; or 2-year Bachelor's + 2-year Master's at 2.6/4.0 or 60% in both. Confirm 2:1 equivalence with Admissions - do not assume 2.6/60% alone meets a 2:1 PhD standard. Pakistan applicants must take a SELT. No approved-agent-only, region-exclusion, deposit-before-CAS or study-gap rule was found on Stirling's official Pakistan page. FLAG: official page says pathways are delivered either on campus or blended - only quote the on-campus pathway as a Student-visa route and confirm the pathway with Admissions.