Admissions decisions are made based on complete applications and take into consideration a number of factors including qualifications currently being studied or already obtained, personal statement, references and level of English language. We therefore recommend that applicants submit an application and full supporting documents, and we will then consider the application as a whole.
Applicants using email servers/providers 126.com, 163.com, Sina.cn and QQ.com may have difficulty receiving email messages from the Admissions Service. Students should use their university email account or Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail or similar commercial email providers when making an application. Your email address can be updated via the Applicant Portal .
If you haven’t yet submitted your application, you can change the course you wish to apply for yourself. You can do this by logging into the Applicant PortalLink opens in a new window, clicking on your application to open it and then edit the course information section.
If you have already submitted your application and paid the application assessment fee (if applicable), please contact the WMG Full-Time Admissions Team in the first instance at wmg-admissions@warwick.ac.uk . Please ensure that you include your Warwick ID number in your correspondence to us.
Please allow us up to 8 weeks to process a decision on your application, from receipt of your supporting documents.
We only have one intake per year, which is in September/October.
B) Application Assessment Fee
The application fee for postgraduate taught courses is £75.
The fee can be paid online by card at the end of the application submission process, or up to twenty working days after you have submitted your application. Please log back into your registration account and click on the ‘Pay application fee’ link next to your submitted application.
You can find further information on available methods of payment on our Admissions page. Your application will be held for twenty working days to allow for the fee payment to be made, after which it will automatically become void and you will need to submit a new one.
We are unable to accept direct bank transfers as a method of payment for the application assessment fee.
Assessment fee waivers are only considered in exceptional circumstances. You can request a waiver if you are from a war-torn country or are applying for a full scholarship or loan.
If you're applying for a scholarship, you must state which one. You can request the fee waiver at the end of the application, before submitting it.
Requests will be automatically rejected for the following reasons:
Family paying your fees
Financial hardship not caused by war or natural disaster
Employer sponsorship (excluding NHS employees)
A refund can be issued for excess payments if you send all of your application assessment fee payment transaction reference numbers to wmg-admissions@warwick.ac.uk .
For support with logging into your applicant portal or any other IT issues, please contact the IT Helpdesk at helpdesk@warwick.ac.uk or telephone 02476 573737.
The Applicant PortalLink opens in a new window has a ‘forgotten your password’ link which will email you a new password. Please enter the password manually, as copying and pasting it can sometimes generate an error. If you do not receive the requested new password, this is because it is automatically sent to the email address you used to register an account and this will have contained an error. If this is the case, please register a new account with a different email address.
Scans of your academic documents can be uploaded with your application. English language certificates and non-academic supporting documents should be uploaded through the Applicant PortalLink opens in a new window. Successful applicants who receive an offer of a place will be given access to the Postgraduate Offer Holder page which will include details on how to meet academic conditions.
Unfortunately, we are not able to accept academic qualifications by email. Please upload scans of your documents through the Applicant PortalLink opens in a new window .
You can view the status of your reference and also amend the details of your referee via the applicant portal .
You can amend your agents details via the applicant portal we are not able to do this for you.
C) Post Offer
We may exempt the requirement for an English test result if you are a national of an English speaking country recognised by UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) or if you have been educated entirely in English, in a UKVI recognised English speaking country for one or more years and completed this qualification within the last 2 years.
An exemption is not guaranteed, and we reserve the right to require any student of any nationality or place of study to submit an English test result.
Further information can be found on the English Language page on the website.
If you have already submitted your application, then please email a revised personal statement for the new course of study to wmg-admissions@warwick.ac.uk and we will consider your request. Please ensure that you include your Warwick ID number in your correspondence to us.
We will only consider a change of course request for another full-time course offered at WMG. Information on the courses that we offer can be found on the website .
Please note, we will not consider a change of course request once your CAS has been issued.
You can defer your offer for one academic year only.Please complete our FormLink opens in a new window to request to defer your offer.
Please note, some of the documents submitted as part of your application may no longer be valid for the following academic year. WMG Admissions will consider this when deferring your application and may ask you to meet some conditions again, for example if your English language certificate is no longer valid.
Warwick Accommodation service manage the booking of accommodation for students at the University. There is information on the Warwick Accommodation webpage which provides information on the different options available to postgraduate students, the application process and when to expect a decision.
The University welcomes applications from disabled people and those with specific learning difficulties and considers them on the same academic grounds as all other candidates. Many such students have successfully pursued postgraduate study at Warwick.
To ensure that we can provide appropriate advice and guidance on the services and facilities available, it’s helpful to let us know in advance if you have a disability or specific learning difficulty. Further information and contact details are available on the Wellbeing and Student Support webpage .
This information was correct at the date of publication. However, teaching staff (or their availability) and departmental facilities do sometimes vary, or become unavailable, for reasons beyond the University’s control. Where this happens, the University will ensure the minimum of disruption and will ensure that the expected standard of education is maintained. Please read our important informationLink opens in a new window to consider before making an application to find out more.
