Aston University China Entry: Master’s, MBA and Self-Taught Degree Requirements for Chinese Students: Official Threshold Breakdown
Master's applicants need a Bachelor's degree from a Chinese university. The percentage requirement depends on the course applied for and the Chinese university attended.
Master's entry requirements
You should have a Bachelor's degree from a Chinese university.
The specific percentage requirement will vary depending on the course you are applying for at Aston, and the Chinese university that you have graduated from.
In general applicants should be scoring:
- 2:1 China full-time Bachelor's degree: 75 - 80 average grades
- 2:2 China full-time Bachelor's degree: 70 - 75 average grades
If you are applying for finance, engineering or science-based subjects, you must have studied a similar field in your undergraduate degree.
If you are unable to meet the direct entry requirement to Aston University, you can also consider the Master Foundation Programme/Graduate Diploma at ON CAMPUS Aston.
Self-taught degree requirements
Self-taught degrees: we will accept self-taught degrees (with both graduation and degree certificate) of 70% from Project 211/985 universities; and 75% from non-211/985 universities.
MBA entry requirements
You must obtain a satisfactory degree from a recognised Chinese university with at least 3 years of work experience.
You can apply for the MBA programme with:
- An undergraduate degree in any subject area from an overseas institution and three years’ post-graduation managerial work experience.
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- An undergraduate degree in any subject area from a Chinese university with at least 70-85 percent, and a minimum of three years post-graduation managerial work experience.
Research degree requirements
You should have a Masters degree from a Chinese university.
The specific percentage requirement will vary depending on the course you are applying for at Aston and the Chinese university from which you have graduated.
In general applicants should be scoring in the range of 75-85 per cent average as a minimum.
You have to submit a detailed research proposal outlining your intended research topic, its objectives, proposed method of research and an indication of how the proposed research topic relates to previous work by other researchers.
Contact for questions
Please contact our Regional Team based in China via chinaoffice@aston.ac.uk.