Unconditional Pre-sessional Online

Course description

Unconditional Pre-sessional Online is an intensive English language course designed to prepare you for your UAL undergraduate or postgraduate course. You will join an engaging course taught by supportive, experienced tutors.

Your course will improve your English language skills in the context of art, design, fashion and communication. You will learn academic skills including thinking critically, presenting your work, researching and writing assignments.

Your tutors

You will be taught by experienced English language tutors. All tutors have a higher level teaching qualification in teaching English language and some also have an MA in Linguistics or Visual Arts.

Hours and timetable

Online Pre-sessional courses are 20 hours per week. Homework will be assigned daily in preparation for the following day's classes.

See a Pre-sessional Sample Timetable (PDF 429KB).

Attendance

Students must attend and participate in all classes. If your attendance is below 90%, you will fail the course. In addition to classes, you will be set daily self-directed study.

Assessment

Unconditional Pre-sessional Online students are not assessed formally at the end of the course. This means you can focus on improving your language, without the pressure of preparing for an exam at the end of the course.

To complete your course successfully, you must pass your assignments and attend a minimum of 90% of the course.

Last year, 90% of students passed their Pre-sessional course.

Dates and fees

Course dates

5 August - 30 August 2024

Applications for Unconditional Pre-sessional  are now closed.

Enrolment day: 5 August 2024

Teaching start day: 6 August 2024

Enrolment deadline: TBC. (You will not be able to join the course after this date.)

Course fees

The fee for this course is £3,300

You may need to buy some art materials for the Art Project at the end of your course. Students usually spend around £30 to £50 on these.

Please bring a laptop or tablet with you. You will need this for research and assignments.

You can also read useful information from our student advisers about costs of studying at UAL.

Additional information

Visas

Unconditional Pre-sessional Online will be delivered entirely online. Students joining this course are not required to travel to the UK, nor to have a visa, for their course. UAL will not issue visas for students to enrol on courses delivered entirely online.

Read our helpful Visas and Immigration guidance for more information. Because visa rules change, it’s very important that you also read UK government information on visas for studying.

Age requirements

You must be at least 18 years old on the start date of the Pre-sessional course.

Disability

We aim for an inclusive learning environment where disabled and dyslexic students can succeed.

If you want to tell us about a disability or additional needs, please to do this in your Pre-sessional application in the applicant portal. In the application form, select the option which best describes your condition.

We will contact you and ask you for medical documentation, in English, about your disability. The documentation must be issued to you by a medical professional who is able to detail what disability or additional needs you have. This documentation is used to identify what adjustments UAL can make to support you on your course.

We strongly recommend that you give us full information about any disability or additional needs you have as soon as possible. If you don’t give us enough time, we may not be able to support you from the first day of your course.

Find more information from UAL Disability Service about the support available to students with disabilities.

To learn which places at UAL and which routes to UAL are accessible to you, read the guidance from AccessAble about access to UAL sites and buildings.

How to apply