Entry requirements for Secondary Education (Dual Qualification) PGDE

School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law

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A UK degree or a degree of an equivalent standard from outside the United Kingdom. The content of your degree must be relevant to the subject you want to teach.

Your degree must contain passes in at least two Teaching Subject Qualifying Credits (TSQC) in the subject you want to teach.
TSQC is the term given to the parts of your degree which are related to the subject as it is taught in Scottish secondary schools. A TSQC will represent approximately one-third of the total study in one academic year (at least 80 undergraduate credit points of which 40 have to be at Level 8 or above) for the SCQF Framework for higher education.
You also need to have a Higher grade pass in English, or equivalent.

AND

Mathematics at SCQF Level 5 (National 5 Mathematics, National 5 Application of Mathematics, Credit Standard Grade, or Intermediate 2), or equivalent.
We also accept University of Aberdeen's Online Access Courses in English

(SCQF Level 6) and Mathematics (SCQF Level 5).

You need to have a satisfactory disclosure check before starting this course. Details will be sent if you are made an offer.

English language requirements

You do not need to prove your knowledge of English if you are a national of certain countries.

IELTS Academic

Overall

6.0

Writing

6.0

Listening

5.5

Reading

5.5

Speaking

5.5

Other English language qualifications

We also accept other English language qualifications. Choose from the list of English language tests for your country below.

English language qualification:

Overall

B2, minimum 36

Writing

B2, minimum 36

Listening

B2, minimum 33

Reading

B2, minimum 33

Speaking

B2, minimum 33

Further information on English language qualifications

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Pre-sessional English for international students

If you hold a conditional offer and have not yet met the English entry requirements for a degree course at the University, we can help you with our pre-sessional English courses.

Learn more about our pre-sessional English courses.

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