Oxbridge, LSE, etc.

bruno123
Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:18:30 +0000

I have heard that the US undergrad experience is far more fun than the UK’s, but that college is only 3 years over there.



It normally takes 3 years to get a bachelor’s degree in arts, humanities, law, or social sciences (economics, sociology, etc.). The standard undergraduate engineering degree (MEng) requires however 4 years of study. The old 3-year BEng is still available, but is being phased out in many schools and is no longer offered for example in Cambridge or Oxford. Other 4-year undergraduate degrees, e.g. Cambridge’s MSci or Oxford’s MPhys, MMath, MChem, etc. are also becoming the norm now for science majors.

Also, keep in mind that secondary school has one additional year (13th grade) in the UK compared to the US. Therefore, even if you study for a 3-year bachelor’s degree, it still takes, counting from 1st grade, the same total number of years as in the States to graduate from college in England.