Advanced entry
Applicants who achieve exceptional grades in their Advanced Highers, A-levels or International Baccalaureate may be considered for advanced entry, meaning that an Honours degree can be completed in three years instead of the normal four years, or four years for five-year integrated Masters programmes. Not all joint honours subjects are available for advanced entry and applications to joint honours programmes will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Choose point of entry 2nd year on your UCAS application to indicate you wish to be considered for advanced entry.
This list shows the degree programmes where this option exists. Indicative grades that must be attained in order to be considered are shown on programme pages. Applicants who require further information should contact the Admissions team.
- Aeronautical Engineering [BEng/MEng]
- Aerospace Systems [BEng/MEng]
- Anatomy [BSc/MSci]
- Ancient History [MA]
- Archaeology [BSc/MA/MA(SocSci)]
- Biochemistry [BSc/MSci]
- Biomedical Engineering [BEng/MEng]
- Celtic Civilisation [MA]
- Celtic Studies [MA]
- Chemical Physics [BSc/MSci]
- Chemistry [BSc/MSci]
- Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry [BSc/MSci]
- Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry with Work Placement [MSci]
- Chemistry with Work Placement [MSci]
- Civil Engineering [BEng/MEng]
- Classics (Classical Civilisation) [MA/MA(SocSci)]
- Common Law (graduate entry) [LLB]
- Comparative Literature [MA]
- Creative Arts & Industries [MA]
- Digital Media & Information Studies [MA]
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering [BEng/MEng]
- English Language & Linguistics [MA]
- English Literature [MA/LLB]
- Film & Television Studies [MA]
- French [MA]
- Gaelic [MA]
- Genetics [BSc/MSci]
- Geography [BSc/MA/MA(SocSci)] (excluding BSc)
- German [MA]
- Greek [MA]
- History [MA/LLB/MA(SocSci)]
- History of Art [MA]
- Human Biology & Physiology [BSc/MSci]
- Immunology [BSc/MSci]
- Italian [MA]
- Latin [MA]
- Marine & Freshwater Biology [BSc/MSci]
- Material Chemistry with Work Placement [MSci]
- Materials Chemistry [BSc/MSci]
- Mechanical Design Engineering [BEng/MEng]
- Mechanical Engineering [BEng/MEng]
- Mechanical Engineering with Aeronautics [BEng/MEng]
- Mechatronics [BEng/MEng]
- Microbiology [BSc/MSci]
- Molecular & Cellular Biology [BSc/MSci]
- Molecular & Cellular Biology (with Biotechnology) [BSc/MSci]
- Molecular & Cellular Biology (with Plant Science) [BSc/MSci]
- Music [BMus]
- Music [MA]
- Neuroscience [BSc/MSci]
- Pharmacology [BSc/MSci]
- Philosophy [BSc/MA/LLB/MA(SocSci)]
- Physics / Theoretical Physics [BSc/MSci]
- Physics / Theoretical Physics (faster route) [BSc/MSci]
- Physics with Astrophysics (faster route) [BSc/MSci]
- Portuguese [MA]
- Product Design Engineering [BEng/MEng]
- Russian [MA]
- Scots Law (graduate entry) [LLB]
- Scottish History [MA/MA(SocSci)]
- Scottish Literature [MA]
- Spanish [MA]
- Sport & Exercise Science [BSc/MSci]
- Theatre Studies [MA]
- Theology & Religious Studies [BD/MA]
- Zoology [BSc/MSci]
MA (Arts)
While the MA Arts single honours programmes listed above allow advanced entry, each application for advanced entry to a joint honours MA Arts programme is considered on a case-by-case basis.
MA (Social Sciences)
Each application for advanced entry is considered on a case by case basis. For further information on requirements, please email: socsci-ma@glasgow.ac.uk.