Most courses for a first degree last three or four years.
Some vocational courses are longer, for example medicine, dentistry and architecture.
DipHE and HND courses normally last for two years. There are higher education colleges and universities throughout the UK, ranging from large universities with 30,000 students, to small colleges of higher education with fewer than 1,000 students. The UK has a long history of welcoming international students to study in its universities and colleges. Useful general information, including contact details for universities and colleges, is available from this website . For example you may want to know about accommodation costs at universities in the South East of England or student numbers in Scotland.