The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a sovereign state in Europe. Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to its west and north, the North Sea to its east and the English Channel to its south. The UK consists of four countries : England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The UK has fourteen Overseas Territories. These are the remnants of the British Empire which, at its height in the 1920s, encompassed almost a quarter of the world’s land mass and was the largest empire in history. British influence can be observed in the language, culture, and legal systems of many of its former colonies. The United Kingdom is a developed country and has the world’s fifth-largest economy by nominal GDP and tenth-largest economy by purchasing power parity. The UK is considered to have a high-income economy and is categorized as very high in the Human Development Index, currently ranking 14th in the world. It was the world’s first industrialized country and the world’s foremost power during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The UK remains a great power with considerable economic, cultural, military, scientific, and political influence internationally

UK Education System

Early Years Education

• It includes Voluntary Pre-Schools, Privately run Nurseries or Child Minders.

Primary Education

• Age 5 to 12 Years & Grade 1 to 7

Secondary Education

• Age 11 to 16 Years & Grade 8 to 10.

Further Education

• Once a student finishes secondary education they have the option to extend into further education to take their A-Levels, GNVQ’s, BTEC’s or other such qualifications. UK students usually plan to go to college or university to complete Further Education.

Undergraduate / Bachelor Degree [ 3 to 4 Years ]

• This includes First Degrees (honors and ordinary), Enhanced First Degrees, First Degrees obtained concurrently with a Diploma.
• First Degree students in Medicine, Dentistry or Veterinary Medicine, interrupt their studies to complete one-year course of advanced studies in a related topic.
• Few Programs are available as Sandwich Course which are 4 Years in duration and involves one year training at work place.

Postgraduate / Master Degree [ 1 to 2 Years ]

• This includes Doctorate, Masters (Research and Taught), Postgraduate Diplomas and Certificates as well as Professional Qualifications which usually require a First Degree as entry qualification.