Sri Lankan students

Anglia Ruskin University is a friendly place for international students, offering plenty of support and guidance throughout your student experience. We were ranked top 3 in the UK for our Welcome, Arrival and Orientation Programme for new international students in the autumn 2010 International Student Barometer.

Nayani Abeykoon from Sri Lanka

BSc (Hons) International Nursing Studies

“Studying at Anglia Ruskin University is an opportunity for me to polish my career as well as develop my knowledge. It has given me a chance to develop and acquire international knowledge.”

Why study at Anglia Ruskin?

With over 30,000 students, we are one of the largest universities in the East of England. We have more than 1500 international students enrolled with us.
We have two state-of-the-art campuses in Cambridge and Chelmsford, both locations less than an hour from London and considered by many to be in the top 10 places to live in the UK.
We are also rated as the top modern university for Psychology, 2nd for English Language & Literature (including contributions from Communication, Film and Media) and 3rd for History. (RAE, 2008)
We offer a wide range of high quality undergraduate and postgraduate programmes across 4 faculties: Business; Science & Technology; Arts, Law & Social Sciences; Health, Social Care & Education.

Entry requirements

For entry into year 1 of an undergraduate Bachelors degree, you'll need to have one of the following:
Above minimum requirement:

Point 3 below with three B grades

Minimum requirements:

CRIC or Anglia Ruskin approved Foundation Programme
International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma (from 24 points)
Two General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level examinations or local Sri Lankan A levels with grade C in relevant subjects with grade C

To enter a postgraduate Masters degree, you'll need to have one of the following:
Above minimum requirements:

3 year Bachelors with 1st class honours (70% and above)
4 year Bachelors with Upper Second Honours and/or average of 60%

Minimum requirements:

Successful completion of recognised Pre-Masters course e.g. CRIC
4-year Bachelors degree with upper second honours and/or average of 55 - 59%
Successful completion of a 3 year degree course from a recognised institution with a second class (55% and above)

Improving your employability

Our University runs a mentoring scheme which matches 2nd year students with employees from local organisations. The employees help students to improve their employability by developing workplace skills and business awareness. This could be why 90.4% of our students are in employment or further study 6 months after graduating (2nd only in our region to Cambridge University at 91.2%). Source: Anglia Ruskin University's Destination of Leavers Survey 2009-10