Undergraduate
Most of our Undergraduate Bachelor degree courses will consider 75% overall average from Gaokao.
Some courses have higher entry requirements as well as other admissions criteria. Please see individual courses for more information or email our admissions team admit@essex.ac.uk.
We also have a range of Foundation Programmes available if you do not meet these grades. Please visit for further information.
Postgraduate Taught
Typically our Postgraduate Taught Masters courses will consider applicants with 65-70% for Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) band 1 universities/ 70-75% for ARWU band 2 universities from a four year undergraduate degree or postgraduate qualification.
Some courses may have other admissions criteria. Please see individual courses for more information or email our admissions team pgadmit@essex.ac.uk.
We also have a range of Foundation Programmes available if you do not meet these grades. Please visit for further information.
Postgraduate Research
For entry to Research degrees, please refer to the entry requirements for the degree that you are interested in.
An undergraduate degree equivalent to a UK 2:2 (see the grade information above), and a master's degree with a good grade is required for most PhD programmes, in addition to a well-developed research proposal in a field in which we can offer supervision. Please have a read through our information for research degree applicants and check the course details for your chosen programme for further information about entry criteria.