When you have completed your degree you will be given a title depending on your area of study. You can continue on to a postgraduate degree, details of which can be found in our postgraduate page. Diploma courses can be work-related and may involve a period of work experience. They are also comparable to two years of an undergraduate degree course, and can be transferred to the final year of an undergraduate degree course. There are 111 universities and 60 colleges of higher education.
Universities are independent, self-governing bodies which have the power to award their own degrees.
Colleges of higher education do not normally have degree awarding powers. A university will approve a college's courses. Colleges tend to be smaller institutions. However the institutions will assess applications from international students on an individual basis. Most students apply while they are still at school.