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Choosing a suitable referee

Acceptable types of references for undergraduate studies

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An academic reference is provided by someone who has taught you in a formal academic setting, for example a school or college who has direct knowledge of your academic work.

We will normally require one academic reference, and you will need to have been in education for the past two years.

How to submit your reference

When you complete the online application form, you will be asked to provide details about your referee(s) and an email address which we will use to contact them. The email will include instructions to supply your reference. In the referee section, 'position' refers to their job title, or other summary of the capacity in which you know this referee.

To provide details for one referee only in the online application form, please enter ‘N/A’ or ‘X’ in the mandatory fields of the second referee section to progress to the next page.

Alternatively, we are also able to accept references sent directly from a referee’s personal or professional email address to clladmissions@warwick.ac.uk