International

Colchester Institute is a college of further and higher education in Essex and offers a wide range of  courses to help you with your education and chosen career.

Every year Colchester Institute welcomes international students from many different countries. The majority of our students are from the Essex area however we do currently have representation of 80 nationalities within the College. International students choose Colchester Institute for many different reasons and these include lower cost of living, smaller class sizes, one to one support from tutors, approximately 50 minutes by train to London, quiet countryside enviroment, beautiful East Anglian coastline and the opportunity to experience British culture and make new friends. Our students can study Higher Education or Further Education courses in English Language, Art and Design, Computing, Business Administration, Hair and Beauty, Hospitality, Professional Cookery, Management, Health and Social Care, Child Care, Music, Construction, Auto Mechanics, Engineering and much more. For more information you can download our prospectuses 

Further education courses are taken by students after compulsory school age, i.e. 16 years of age. Many further education qualifications are designed to enable entry to higher education courses, such as a Bachelor degree.

Students take higher education courses from the age of 18, usually after completing a two year further education course, such as a BTEC National Diploma or A Levels.

To ensure that all students have the best chance of succeeding, students at the start of the course must meet the entry requirement for the course and have a minimum level of English Language ability. We require an IELTS score of 5.5 or equivalent for Further Education and IELTS score of 6.0 or equivalent for Higer Education courses. English Language support is provided while you are following your main course of study. For overseas fee payers this language support is included in the tuition fee.

Students entering or currently in the UK on a Tier 4 Student Visa are only eligible to apply for full-time courses in English Language, full-time courses at National Qualification Framework Level 3 or full-time Bachelor Degree programmes offered at Colchester Institute.