Sociology

Entry Requirements

To be eligible for the MPW University Foundation Programme you must: • Be aged 17+ at the start of the programme* • Entry requirements: Successful completion of local high school (either 11 or 12-year system) with good grades • Meet our English entry requirements: • January 2 term programme 5.5 IELTS or equivalent (with no less than 5.0 in any single band) – Pearson PTE (42-49), TOEFL iBT (46-59) or Cambridge (162) also accepted. • September 3 term programme 5.0 IELTS or equivalent (with no less than 4.5 in any single band) – Pearson PTE (36-41), TOEFL iBT (35-45) or Cambridge (154) also accepted. You need a good knowledge of and interest in contemporary British current affairs and social issues. You must have good analytical and evaluative skills that you can demonstrate on paper. It is an academic subject with a lot of content to learn (it is not all about airing your opinions!) and so you will need to have a mind able to organise and draw connections between a lot of complex information.