International Students
If you are a student from an EEA country or Switzerland then UKCISA’s section for EEA students will probably be of interest to you: www.ukcisa.org.uk/student/eea.php.
As a student from an EEA country or Switzerland you have the right to remain in the UK to work or for further study. The information in this Careers website generally will apply to you. Navigate through the subjects from the homepage.
Depending on your situation, the sections on this international students page about applying for an undergraduate course or returning to your home country/another country to work may also be useful.
If you are not from an EEA country or Switzerland, then the information below should be relevant for you. Use it with the information in the rest of this website, bearing in mind your particular situation as an international student.
Working as a student
Information about working while you are a student can be found on the University's international support pages: www.chiuni.ac.uk/internationalsupport/work.cfm and on the Jobshop employment information page: www.chi.ac.uk/careers/EmploymentInformation.cfm (there is a section for international students).
If you want to work it is important that you check this information to make sure that you are allowed to.
Working after graduating
Prospects’ website has a thorough section covering your options after graduating: www.prospects.ac.uk/links/intlstudents. It includes information about working in Britain, working in other countries and returning to your home country to work. You may need to scroll down the page to get to the relevant information.
International students (non-EU) graduating from a UK university may be able to work in the UK for at least 24 months under the Tier 1 (Post Study Work) category in the points based system. More information is available from: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/tier1
Rules and schemes that permit international students to remain in the UK to work can change quite often. The Home Office’s UK Border Agency website contains up-to-date information: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
UKCISA, the Council for International Education, also has information about working in the UK after graduating: www.ukcisa.org.uk/student/working_after.php
International Job Online, from The Careers Group, University of London, is the UK’s first online vacancies and careers information site which aims to bring together UK educated International Students (European & Overseas) and Graduate Employers . Vacancies are in the UK and overseas.
Continuing your studies
UCAS is the main starting point for information about all aspects of higher education and the simplest way to locate universities, colleges and particular courses: www.ucas.com. Applications for undergraduate degree places are made through UCAS. The site has a specific section for international students: www.ucas.com/studyuk/index.html.
Wolverhampton’s interactive map is useful to see which higher education institutions are in particular geographical regions: www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/ukinfo/uk.map.html.
UKCISA provides some excellent information and guidance notes for international students applying to UK courses: www.ukcisa.org.uk/student/studying_living.php.
The British Council provides useful information sheets: www.britishcouncil.org/home. They also have a site specifically about education in the UK: www.educationuk.org.
The Quality Assurance Agency oversees standards in higher education. They have introduced a useful section related to students’ higher education choices: www.qaa.ac.uk/students.
The Research Assessment Exercise assesses the quality of research in higher education institutions. The last round was in 2001. Follow the results link at www.hero.ac.uk/rae/index.htm for information via subject or institution.
Much of the information on the postgraduate and further study page on this website will be useful if you are thinking about postgraduate study in the UK. As an international student however, there are some additional things to think about. Two main considerations are funding and visa provision (for non-EEA students or Swiss Nationals). The links below provide more information.
The British Council has information sheets covering topics like choosing your postgraduate course and applications: www.britishcouncil.org/learning-education-information-sheets.htm
The British Council also has a site about education in Britain: www.educationuk.org. It includes a section about fees.
The Overseas Research Student Awards Scheme may be of interest to those thinking specifically about postgraduate research: www.orsas.ac.uk.
Prospects’ Postgrad UK magazine is aimed at international students thinking of postgraduate study in Britain. We have free copies available in Careers in New Hall, BOC, and on the Careers’ shelves in the library at BRC (at the back of the Library in the magazine/study area). |
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If you are thinking of doing postgraduate study in a country other than the UK have a look at the work and study abroad page on this website.
Finally
Remember that the rules and schemes that apply to international students can change regularly and this page cannot include everything. It is important that you use the website links to check the current information.
If you are not sure about anything, or your question is not covered, please either contact us in Careers and Jobshop or contact Maria O’Riordan, the University’s International Student Adviser, on 01243 812146 or intwelfare@chi.ac.uk, alternatively see www.chi.ac.uk/internationalsupport for more information.