Online Masters in Educational and Social Research (OMRes)

How to apply

Application by post

1. Complete the application form (pdf 8pgs, 232Kb; New window) or you may request a prospectus to be posted to you [New window]. You will find an application form stapled in the middle of the prospectus and submit it by post (not by fax) together with all the documentation listed on page 4 of the form, to:

The Postgraduate Admissions Office
The External Programme
University of London
Ground floor, Stewart House
32 Russell Square
London WC1B 5DN
Tel: +44 (0)20 7862 8376
Fax: +44 (0)20 7862 8363 

If you cannot send all the documentation with your application form, please enclose a letter with the form giving the reasons. The University must receive your application form plus all documentary evidence and references in London by 30 June if you intend to start studying in September, or by 30 September if you intend to start studying in January. If your application form or documentary evidence/ references are received after this date, they may not be able to consider your application in time for you to register by the deadline for the next examination. You might have to postpone your first examination until the next sitting.

2. The University will acknowledge receipt of your application form and send you a student number to use as a reference whenever you contact the University. Everyone who applies is allocated a number. You should receive an acknowledgement within three weeks of posting your application, but if you do not please contact the Postgraduate Admissions Office (to help the University in identify your application please give your full name, the programme for which you have applied and the date you posted your form).

3. Your application will be considered only when they had received all your documentary evidence and both references. After due consideration you will be told if your application has been successful or not.

Note: if there is a delay in sending any of the documentation or your references they will wait to receive them before they could begin considering your application. This is because they need to have as much information about you as possible before reaching a decision.

4. If your application has been successful They will send you: a conditional offer of registration. Please note that the offer of registration will be valid only for the year specified in the offer letter.
– a fee slip for the registration and course fees
– a registration form on which you indicate your choice of courses
– a copy of the Regulations
– information on how to complete the induction module

5. To register, complete the registration form, fee slip, and the form confirming you have completed the induction module. Return them by 31 August if you intend to start studying in September, or by 30 November if you intend to start studying in January; along with the registration fee and the course fees for the courses you will be taking at your first examination, to:

The Postgraduate Registry
The External Programme
University of London
Ground floor, Stewart House
32 Russell Square
London WC1B 5DN
Tel: +44 (0)20 7862 8314
Fax: +44 (0)20 7862 8238

Notes:

You are asked to note that there is a limit to the number of students who can be registered for this programme. Therefore registration will only be confirmed on payment of the appropriate fee, if there is still a place available for that study year and if you have completed the induction module.

A student whose registration is not confirmed will be made an offer to register for the following year instead.

Applicants come to the University from all over the world, with a variety of qualifications, and as a result they have to consider each application thoroughly and on an individual basis. The University regret that it is not possible for the University to give you any informal advice on your eligibility for admission. For this reason, you must make a formal application before they could tell you whether you are accepted.