Business MPhil and PhD

Published standard (official MPhil/PhD entry page): MPhil - First or Upper Second Class Honours degree or equivalent, or appropriate research/professional experience with evidence of achievement; PhD - postgraduate Masters in an appropriate discipline, or First/Upper Second Honours, or postgraduate-level research/professional experience with published work/reports. Supervisor must be agreed before applying (contact course leader / Doctoral School). IELTS in next column. PAKISTAN: NO official Pakistan threshold was found on Worcester's published country-specific pages in this pass - Worcester publishes country pages for India (60% Standard XII / 55% bachelor), Nepal (60% / 55%) and South East Asia, but no Pakistan page was retrievable and no HSSC % or bachelor % for Pakistan appears in search-indexed official pages. Do NOT transfer India's 60%/55% (or Nepal's) to Pakistan. Applicants are assessed against the programme standard above; confirm Pakistan equivalence in writing with international@worc.ac.uk / Admissions before quoting any HSSC/bachelor figure. AGENT: Worcester's 'Local Representatives Near You' page lists AHZ Associates in Lahore, Pakistan (6-A1, First Floor, Main Boulevard, PIA Road, Lahore) among its representatives; FM Consultants does NOT appear on that published list - confirm contracted-agent status before submitting via FM. NO Worcester-specific Pakistan pause, sponsor-licence suspension, region exclusion, study-gap limit, approved-agent-only rule or Pakistan-specific deposit % was found on Worcester's own site in this pass - NOT a guarantee: sector reporting Oct 2026 says ~15 UK universities (unnamed) suspended Pakistan recruitment in 2026 under the 5% visa-refusal threshold, so CONFIRM current Pakistan stance with Admissions before advising. OPERATIONAL (official): at least half of tuition fees must be paid before arrival; deposit amount is in the offer letter (1 June 2027 deposits due for 2027 entry per Worcester key-dates page); CAS via CAS Shield from Feb 2027, CAS letters from Apr 2027. Do NOT apply UWS's 100%-for-Pakistan pre-CAS rule - that is a different university (University of the West of Scotland). SCHOLARSHIP (NOT deducted from fee): international merit scholarship up to GBP 3,000/yr (UG: 144 UCAS pts = GBP 3,000, 128 = GBP 2,000, 112 = GBP 1,000; PG: 1st/2:1 = GBP 3,000, 2:2 = GBP 2,000) + GBP 500 early-payment discount if full fees paid by 30 Sep (Sep starters) / 31 Jan (Jan starters); only one scholarship/bursary/discount per student except the early-payment discount; MBChB excluded.

6.5 overall, no less than 6.0 in each component (official Worcester research-degree requirement; stricter than taught PG standard - confirm course page)