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About Chester Your route to Chester

Kings has a formal progression agreement from the Advanced Level Foundation to Bath

The University of Chester recognises and welcomes applications from students on Kings university degree preparation programmes.

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 the University of Chester to continue their degree studies.

About Chester

The University of Chester was first established as a teacher-training college in 1839 by a group of local Anglicans, including future British prime minister William Gladstone. The institution gained full university status in 2005 and now offers much more than educational training, with over 400 course combinations in a wide variety of subjects available.

In addition to the historic Parkgate Road Campus, there are four further sites in Chester. These include Thornton Science Park, which is the home of the UK’s first new faculty of science and engineering in two decades.

Key Facts

Rankings

  • #89 in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025
  • #46 in the Guardian Good University Guide 2025
  • #56 in the Complete University Guide 2025

Latest student enrolment

  • 19,000

Year founded

  • 2005

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  • The university is structured around three academic faculties and courses encompass the arts, business, education, engineering, health and social care, humanities, medicine, science and social science. In-person teaching is supplemented by online learning activities on most courses.
  • Chester was a top 5 University of the Year in the 2023 Whatuni Student Choice Awards.
Location

Your route to Chester

Depending on the degree subject you want to pursue at the University of Chester, you will choose from:

Key facts

When

  • January 2025
  • September 2025

Where

  • Bournemouth
  • Brighton
  • London
  • Oxford

Duration

  • 1 academic year (3 terms)

Lessons

  • Average 21 hours per week plus homework and private study

Entry requirements

  • Academic: Good grades at high school or equivalent institution
  • Language: Minimum IELTS 5.5 (5.0 in Reading and Writing) or equivalent
  • Minimum age: 16.5
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