You also will need: Mathematics at National 5 Grade C, GCSE Grade C/4 or equivalent

Your personal statement is an important part of your application. It is important that you put time and thought into your personal statement and that you present it in a professional manner.

You need to be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of social work and your motivation to train as a social worker. You should show that you have an understanding of working with people and of the skills, and values that are pertinent to the role of a social worker.

Relevant work experience (paid and/or voluntary work included) is not required but could strengthen your application. Other voluntary or work experience can be considered if you are able to demonstrate an ability to transfer your learning and experience and to manage complex relationships in personal or work contexts. You should demonstrate this in your personal statement.

All successful applicants will be required to join Disclosure Scotland's Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme before starting the course.

There is extremely high demand for places on this course. We have five application rounds which recognise different countries/regions complete and submit their applications at different times of the year. This process aims to ensure fairness and equity to applicants from all geographic regions

Entry requirements

Your degree should be in law, economics, finance, geology, petroleum, or mining engineering.

English language requirements

IELTS Academic

• Overall 6.5
• Writing 6.0
• Listening 5.5
• Reading 5.5
• Speaking 6.0

We also accept other English language qualifications. (TOEFEL iBT, Trinity ISE, LANGUAGECERT Academic..)

Don’t meet the English language requirements?

Pre-sessional English for international students. If you hold a conditional offer and have not yet met the English entry requirements for a degree course at the University, we can help you with our pre-sessional English courses.