Aston University recognises and welcomes applications from students on Kings university degree preparation programmes.
Kings Communication and Study Skills (CSS) module is recognised as being an equivalent alternative to IELTS.
Students are counselled and offers made based on the formal tariff agreement between Kings and the university.
On successful completion of their studies at Kings, students can progress to Aston University to continue their degree studies.
About Aston
Aston University has a reputation for excellence in business, engineering, science and technology, and has a new medical school that opened in 2018. Aston’s Business School was founded in 1947 and is one of the oldest and largest in the UK.
It holds triple accreditation, which is a classification given to only 73 business schools worldwide by the three leading business school accreditation associations. The University is centrally located within Birmingham, a diverse, vibrant city that is the second largest in the UK.
Key Facts
Rankings
#35 in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025
The University was awarded Gold for Teaching Excellence (Teaching Excellence Framework 2017).
The university is made up of five schools: Engineering and Applied Science, Life and Health Sciences, Languages and Social Sciences, the Aston Medical School and the Aston Business School.
A multi-million pound development programme has seen the completion of a new European Bioenergy Research Institute and the Aston University Student Village, providing 3,000 en-suite rooms.
Location
Your route to Aston
Depending on the degree subject you want to pursue at Aston University, you will choose from:
