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The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a research-intensive university on a single parkland campus two miles from the centre of Norwich, Norfolk. It opened in 1963 and its campus, designed by Sir Denys Lasdun, is known for its Brutalist architecture, including the Grade II listed Ziggurat residences, the Lasdun Wall and the Sainsbury Centre designed by Norman Foster. The campus sits within more than 320 acres of parkland with the UEA Broad lake and a Sculpture Park, and the University counts 17,707 students and 4,438 staff.
Teaching and research are organised in four faculties, each led by a Pro-Vice-Chancellor and divided into schools. The Faculty of Arts and Humanities covers History and Art History; Literature, Drama and Creative Writing; Media, Language and Communication Studies; Politics, Philosophy and Area Studies; and the Interdisciplinary Institute for the Humanities. The Faculty of Science has Biological Sciences; Chemistry, Pharmacy and Pharmacology; Computing Sciences; Engineering, Mathematics and Physics; and Environmental Sciences, plus Natural Sciences. The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences comprises Norwich Medical School and the School of Health Sciences, and the Faculty of Social Sciences is home to seven schools including Norwich Business School, Economics, Education and Lifelong Learning, Global Development, Law, Psychology and Social Work.
UEA is a partner of the Norwich Research Park alongside the John Innes Centre, Quadram Institute, Earlham Institute, The Sainsbury Laboratory and the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. It hosts the Climatic Research Unit, founded in 1972, and is headquarters of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. Its MA in Creative Writing, founded in 1970 as the first degree of its kind in the UK, counts Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro among its graduates. UEA is a co-founder of the Aurora network of European research universities.
On campus are the UEA Library, the Sportspark with an Olympic-sized swimming pool, athletics track and climbing wall, a medical centre and NHS dentist, a Post Office and supermarket, and the Students' Union venues including the LCR. The University offers over 3,600 rooms on campus, with a room guaranteed for first-year undergraduates who make UEA their firm choice and international postgraduates who meet the deposit deadline.
The University has over 3,500 international students from more than 100 countries. The on-campus UEA International Study Centre (formerly INTO UEA) runs the International Foundation, International Year One, Pre-Master's and Pre-sessional English programmes that lead into UEA degrees.
Home undergraduate fees are £9,790 a year (£5,760 for some foundation years), in line with the UK government cap, which rises to £10,050 for 2027/28. Overseas undergraduate fees for 2026/27 entrants are £23,100 for courses in schools such as Economics, Education, Global Development and Norwich Business School, and £29,300 for Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Computing Sciences and Engineering, Mathematics and Physics. Fees for continuing students rise by no more than 4% or RPI-X, whichever is higher. Tuition fees
UK undergraduates starting in 2026/27 with household income of £20,000 or less receive £1,600 a year, and care leavers and estranged students £3,000 a year, for up to four years. No application is needed: eligibility is assessed from Student Finance data. Bursaries
A tuition fee discount for overseas-fee students starting in September 2027: £10,000 a year for lab-based Faculty of Science courses, £7,000 a year for Economics, Law, Psychology and Norwich Business School, and £5,000 a year for other eligible courses or year 2 entry from partner institutions. Medicine, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Dental Surgery, Medical Research, degree apprenticeships and final-year entry courses are excluded. International UG Merit Scholarship
Automatic awards for overseas-fee students on eligible on-campus Master's or PGCE courses: Scholarship A (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan) £6,000 for a 2:2 equivalent or £7,000 for a 2:1 equivalent; Scholarship B (including Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Egypt, Vietnam and others) £5,500 or £6,500; Scholarship C (rest of the world) £4,000 or £5,000. No separate application is required. PG Merit Scholarship B
Overseas-fee students joining in September 2027 receive £500 off fees for paying the deposit before the early deadline and £1,000 for paying fees in full early, up to £1,500 in total. Early Payment Awards
UEA graduates (including study abroad and exchange alumni) receive a 10% fee reduction on self-funded postgraduate taught, research and PGCE study, and first-class graduates can receive a 30% Final Year Undergraduate Continuation Scholarship. Alumni discount
UEA+Sport Individual Scholarships at Elite, Excellence and Developing Excellence levels include up to £1,500 (Elite) or £500 (Excellence) in financial support plus gym and swim membership, physiotherapy and coaching support; 2026/27 applications ran from 26 January to 17 May. First-team players receive Team Scholarships. Sport scholarships
UK students can use Student Finance loans, Postgraduate Master's Loans and Doctoral Loans. Chevening Scholarships fund selected international students on postgraduate courses at UEA, and US students can use US Financial Aid. Scholarships finder
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View scholarships for University of East Anglia →All applications for full-time undergraduate courses are made through UCAS, from the UK or overseas. For September 2027 entry the deadline for Medicine is 15 October 2026 and the equal consideration date for all other courses is 13 January 2027; later applications may still be considered where places remain. UCAS Extra is available between 25 February and 3 July to eligible applicants, and Clearing operates from early July. Admissions enquiries go to [email protected] or +44 (0)1603 591515.
All applicants need GCSEs in English Language and Mathematics at grade C or 4 or above. Typical offers vary by course, for example BBB at A level (31 IB points) for BA Education and AAB at A level (33 IB points) for LLB Law. Access to HE Diplomas, T levels, the Irish Leaving Certificate and Scottish Highers and Advanced Highers are accepted on stated terms. Some courses, such as health sciences, require an interview, and offer holders are invited to subject Applicant Days between January and May.
Applicants living in England may receive a contextual offer with lower grades through the Nationwide Contextual Admissions scheme, outreach programmes (including Preparing for Medicine and Preparing for Pharmacy), Access to HE routes or Medicine with a Gateway Year. Eligibility is checked automatically, GCSE and subject requirements still apply, and MBBS Medicine (A100 and A101) does not use contextual data in screening. The schemes do not operate in Clearing.
Many overseas qualifications are accepted, with requirements set out by country. Students who do not meet direct-entry academic or English requirements can progress through the UEA International Study Centre's International Foundation or International Year One.
Typical undergraduate and many taught postgraduate courses require IELTS 6.0 overall with at least 5.5 in each component; some courses set higher levels. Other tests are accepted under UEA's English Language Equivalencies, test dates must be within two years of the course start, and nationals of majority English-speaking countries listed by UKVI are exempt. Pre-sessional English is available for those who need to raise their level.
Master's applicants normally need a British honours degree or equivalent, with the classification set by each course (for example a 2:2 for MA Applied Translation Studies). Applications are made online directly to UEA, with January and September 2027 intakes open; early application is advised as some courses fill before the deadline.
Research degree applications are made online to the Postgraduate Research Service ([email protected]). For self-funded study starting 1 October 2026 the last dates are 31 July 2026 (Home) and 31 May 2026 (International); further starts run in February and June, and funded studentships have their own deadlines.
Overseas applicants pay a tuition deposit of £4,000 (£8,000 for Bangladesh, Iran, Pakistan, Syria and Yemen; £6,000 for India, Nepal and Sri Lanka; £2,000 for China). For September 2026 the deadline is 31 July 2026, or 5 June 2026 for postgraduate taught applicants from Bangladesh, Iran, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. UEA begins the Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) once the offer is unconditional and accepted and the deposit paid, using the CAS Shield platform, document checks and possible pre-CAS interviews.
Main campus, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ: all four faculties are based on the single campus two miles from Norwich city centre, set in more than 320 acres of parkland around the UEA Broad.
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