Pre-sessional for LBIC

Our Pre-sessional English for LBIC courses have been designed to provide you with intensive English language support in a friendly and supportive environment prior to your studies with LBIC.

This course offers you the ideal opportunity to improve your academic language skills for your future studies with LBIC and Brunel University, as well as helping you settle into student life in the UK.

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We offer a wide range of start dates, with courses suitable for students with different English Language abilities.

Courses for students planning to begin their LBIC studies in September 2017

Weeks	Start Date	End Date	Fee	Application Deadline
18	3rd May 2017	15th September 2017	£5,260	5 April 2017
12	14th June 2017	15th September 2017	£3,550	17 May 2017
10	28th June 2017	15th September 2017	£2,980	31 May 2017
8*	12th July	15th September 2017	£2,410	14th June 2017

*Postgraduate Only

Courses for students planning to begin their LBIC studies in January 2018

Weeks	Start Date	End Date	Fee	Application Deadline
18	2nd August 2017	22nd December 2017	£5,260	5th July 2017
11	27th September 2017	22nd December 2017	£3,265	30th August 2017
7*	25th October 2017	22nd December 2017	£2,125	27th September 2017

*Postgraduate Only

Courses for students planning to begin their academic studies May 2018

Weeks	Start Date	End Date	Fee	Application Deadline
27	27th September 2017	4th May 2018	£7,825	23rd August 2017
24	25th October 2017	4th May 2018	£6,400	27th September 2017
14	10th January 2018	4th May 2018	£4,120	6th December 2017
10	7th February 2018	4th May 2018	£2,980	10th January 2018

Courses for students planning to begin their academic studies September 2018

Weeks	Start Date	End Date	Fee	Application Deadline
50	2nd August 2017	14th September 2018	£14,380	5th July 2017
43	27th September 2017	14th September 2018	£12,385	23rd August 2017
39	25th October 2017	14th September 2018	£10,960	27th September 2017
30	10th January 2018	14th September 2018	£8,680	6th December 2017
26	7th February 2018	14th September 2018	£7,540	10th January 2019

Non-Teaching Dates and Holidays

We recommend that students only make plans to leave the UK during the longer Brunel Language Centre closure periods of 3 weeks.

Students are advised not to make plans to leave the UK during term time.

Teaching will not take place on the following dates, which include Brunel Language Centre holiday dates and Bank Holidays. Bank Holidays are public holidays and the university and many businesses will be closed on these dates.

8th April 2017 – 23rd April 2017 (Easter Holiday)

28th August 2017 (Bank Holiday)

25th to 29th September 2017

18th December 2017 to 5th January 2018 (Christmas Holiday)

28th March to 3rd April 2018 (Easter Holiday)

7th to the 18th May 2018

28th May 2018 (Bank Holiday)

27th August 2018 (Bank Holiday)

The course focuses on improving your academic English, covering areas such as:

Pronunciation and Presentation skills
Listening and Note-taking
Seminar skills
Vocabulary workshops

Sample Timetable

Here at the Brunel Language Centre, our aim is to help our students achieve the English Language scores they need to progress onto their chosen LBIC course.

Improving language skills can take time. The length of English Language course that a student requires will be determined by their current English Language level in addition to the entry requirements for their chosen academic course.

To help you decide how many weeks English Language you will need to undertake please use the tables available below.
Please note that these are for guidance only. For specific advice please feel free to send your most recent English Language qualification to languagecentre@brunel.ac.uk

Entry Requirements for LBIC Courses 2017/8

To apply for a LBIC Pre-sessional course you must have:

A current offer for an LBIC course (if you have not yet done so, you can apply here)
Met all the academic requirements for LBIC, excluding English Language
Taken a recognised English qualification, such as IELTS (students who require a Tier 4 visa must hold an 'Academic IELTS for UKVI' certificate)
Checked to see which Pre-sessional course is most suitable for you

Please note: You will only be able to apply for a Tier 4 student visa to undertake a Pre-sessional English course if you take the ‘IELTS for UKVI’ test. Some IELTS centres run both kinds of Academic IELTS so you must make sure you book the UKVI recognised Academic IELTS called ‘IELTS test for UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) purposes’.

For more information please contact us here