Immigration Status

If you are studying in the United Kingdom you will need to possess a UK Passport.
For more information on applying for your first adult UK passport please click here.

Bermudian students intending to study in the UK on a BOTC Bermuda Passport can stay in the UK no more than 6 months. If they wish to remain in the UK for longer period, they must apply for a UK Passport or a Visa. Please click here for more information on UK Visas.

Bermudian students intending to study in the UK for more than six months on a BOTC passport with the hope of applying for a UK passport when they arrive could face unnecessary delays upon arrival in the UK such as difficulties with enrolment.

It is recommended that visitors to the UK, including students, ensure they travel with the correct passport for the duration of their travel before they enter the UK.

Home Fees Tuition Status

Coming into force on 1st September 2007, the Student Fees (Qualifying Courses and Pensions) (England) Regulations (SI 2007 No. 778) and the Education (Fees and Awards) (England) Regulations (SI 2007 No. 779) provide for the extension of the category of students eligible to be counted as home students for tuition fee purposes to British Overseas Territory Citizens.

The criteria are that a person will be;

• An EC national on the first day of an academic year of the course; and

• Undertaking the course in the United Kingdom; and

• Has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the EEA and Switzerland and the overseas territories throughout the 3 year period preceding the first day of the academic year of the course.

Please click here to view a document published by the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills stating:

” The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills fully understands the close relationship between the UK and the Overseas Territories and in recognition of this agreed in 2007 that students from the Territories are eligible for the home fee rate providing they are studying at English universities and have been living in the EEA, Switzerland or the Overseas Territories for the three years prior to the first academic year of the course. “ [Page 5]

Higher Education Courses: Find & Apply

Full-time courses

Unistats – compare official course data from universities and colleges, including student satisfaction and jobs after study.
UCAS – search and apply for full-time courses by course name, provider name or location.
National Careers Service – search for full-time and part-time courses.

Part-time courses

National Careers Service – search for full-time and part-time courses.
Unistats – search for part-time courses. You’ll have to apply directly to the college or university.

Open University courses

The Open University – search and apply for distance learning courses

Specialist music, dance and drama courses

CUKAS – search and apply for music conservatoire courses.

Postgraduate courses

Search for postgraduate study on:
Prospects
Postgraduate Search
Postgrad.com