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About UEA Your route to UEA From Kings to UEA

Kings has a formal progression agreement from our Foundation to Bristol

The University of East Anglia (UEA) recognises and welcomes applications from students studying Kings university degree preparation programmes.

Students who have applied to Kings and express an interest in progressing to UEA can receive a Conditional Letter of Acceptance and Welcome Letter.

Student’s place at the University of East Anglia (UEA) is guaranteed provided they meet the academic and English language entry requirements, including any specific subject requirements.

All Kings international students applying for Year 1 of an undergraduate course at UEA for 2026/7 entry will automatically be awarded a £4,000 scholarship for each year of study.

About the University of East Anglia

The University of East Anglia is a campus-based university located in 320 acres of parkland two miles from the city centre of Norwich – the UK’s first UNESCO City of Literature.

The campus has won more than 20 architectural awards, and there is ongoing multi-million pound investment to further improve research and teaching facilities.

UEA was among the wave of new universities created in the UK in the 1960s and has been consistently included in rankings of the UK Top 30 in recent years.

Key Facts

Rankings

  • #40 in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026
  • #40 in the Complete University Guide 2026
  • #75 in the Guardian Good University Guide 2026

Latest undergraduate enrolment

  • Over 12,800

Latest postgraduate enrolment

  • Over 3,500

Year founded

  • 1963

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  • UEA pioneered the teaching of Creative Writing in the UK.
  • The university hosts an International Literary Festival, where speakers have included Kazuo Ishiguro, Ian McEwan and Anne Enright, all alumni of the creative writing course at UEA.
  • UEA’s Sportspark, opened in 2000, includes an Olympic-sized swimming pool and hosts international events.
  • The School of Environmental Sciences is one of the longest established and largest interdisciplinary departments of environmental sciences in Europe. 
Location

Your route to UEA

When you apply for the University of East Anglia Pathway with us, you will receive a welcome letter from UEA.

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

Key facts

When

  • January
  • September

Where

  • Bournemouth
  • Brighton
  • Oxford

Duration

  • 1 academic year (3 terms)

Lessons

  • Around 25 hours per week of taught classroom lessons plus tutorials, university counselling, super-curricular, extra-curricular and enrichment activities​.

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

From Kings to UEA

Every year our students get accepted on a wide range of degrees at the University of East Anglia.

Below are examples of past progression.

Please note that for some nationality / degree combinations, we have had many students but we only mention once.

The subject ranking is from The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026.

Kings course Degree Subject ranking
A-level Economics 27
A-level Accounting and Finance 38
Degree pathway Accounting and Finance 38
Kings course Degree Subject ranking
A-level English Literature with Creative Writing 10 (Creative Writing)
Degree pathway Law 33
Kings course Degree Subject ranking
Degree pathway Psychology 25
Student country Kings course Degree Subject ranking
Vietnam Degree pathway Computer Systems 39
"Here in Kings I feel connected and involved."
Danh Huy
University of East Anglia

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