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BTEC is trusted by institutions and students around the world and provides quality vocational qualifications created by Edexcel (the largest awarding body in the UK). In 2007, over 1 million students from the UK alone and 500,000 students outside the UK enrolled on a BTEC course. Rigorous quality assurance ensures that students are awarded with a globally recognised qualification.
Edexcel BTEC qualifications are recognised as a progression route to higher education. Students who undertake Edexcel BTEC qualifications are also able to obtain credits, exemptions and membership to more than 100 professional bodies and over 200 Universities worldwide. Some of these universities will allow you to study for final year of the degree from Jamaica and ALL will accept you as a resident student on-campus if you wish to study overseas. Over the past number of years the number of students deciding to progress to universities in the USA and Canada has increased. The BTEC HND are widely recognised and understood in the USA and many institutions will grant advanced entry onto a same-subject degree course.
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York www.buffalo.edu/intadmit University of Denver www.du.edu/ West Texas A&M University www.tamu.edu/international University of Tampa www.ut.edu St Catherine University www.Stkate.edu East Carolina University www.ecu.edu Hawaii Pacific University www.hpu.edu/hobsons Iowa State University www.iastate.edu Johnson & Wales University * www.jwu.edu Plattsburgh State University of New York, (SUNY) www.plattsburgh.edu/international San Francisco State University www.sfsu.edu Southern Illinois University, Carbondale www.siu.edu Witchita State University www.wichita.edu/international The University of Tulsa www.utulsa.edu Dalhousie University (NS) Mount Saint Vincent University (NS) Laurentian University (Ont)
The following UK universities have confirmed that they will give final year entry (Year 3) to BTEC HND L5 students who have studied Business, Computing or Engineering subjects:
Bournemouth University Bath Spa University Bradford University Brunel University West London Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College Cambridge Education Group (Stafford House College) Canterbury Christ Church University Coventry University De Montfort University Griffith College Dublin Guildhall College Harper Adams University College Hult International Business School Kingston University Liverpool John Moores University London Metropolitan University London South Bank University Manchester Metropolitan University Nescot College International Northumbria University Nottingham University Oxford Brookes Univer Queens University Belfast St Patrick’s College St Patrick’s International College Staffordshire University Southampton Solent University Swansea Metropolitan University Thames Valley University – London York St John University University of Brighton University of Derby University of East Anglia University of Essex University of Gloucestershire University of Hertfordshire University of Teesside University of Kent University of Central Lancashire University of Huddersfield University of Wales, Newport University of Wales Institute University of Surrey University of Ulster University of the West of England, Bristol University of Wolverhampton University of East London University of Glamorgan University of Northampton University of Plymouth University of Salford University of Sunderland University of the West of England University of Wales Institute, Cardiff University of Westminster University of Bedfordshire The University of Bolton The University of Greenwich The University of Liverpool The University of Portsmouth The University of Reading The Surrey Institute of Art and Design University College The University of Southampton The University of Sussex The University of Lincoln
Edexcel has received confirmation from the following universities in Australia and New Zealand that they recognise Edexcel BTEC Higher National Diplomas gained outside the UK and will welcome applications from students with such qualifications:
Curtin University of Technology, Sydney Edith Cowan University Murdoch University University of New England (NSW) Queensland University of Technology University of South Australia University of Technology Sydney University of Western Australia University of Canterbury University of Otago click here to GET A SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY IN USA/UK |