Meet our previous students
Undergraduate Preparatory Certificates (UPC) students come from a diverse range of backgrounds. They go on to study a variety of undergraduate courses at UCL and other top UK universities. Find out UPC student progression rates, where they progressed to after the UPC and their experiences.
Where do UPC students progress?
The UPC has excellent progression rates and is a great way to start your academic journey. Most of our students go on to study their undergraduate degrees at the best UK universities.
When applying to UCL, UPC students are guaranteed to receive a conditional offer for over 230 degrees, if they:
- are predicted to meet the entry requirements
- have written a clearly relevant personal statement.
See which universities and degree programmes UPC students progressed to in the last three years.
| | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|
| UCL | 62% | 62% | 53% |
| Another Russell Group university | 17% | 18% | 22% |
| Another UK university | 10% | 10% | 16% |
| Did not progress to a degree in the following academic year | 11% | 10% | 9% |
Full lists of the universities and degree courses UPC students progressed to are available for each of the last three years.
Student Q&As
We've asked our previous students some questions about coming to study the UPC in London.
From: Russia
Foundation course: UPCH (2023)
Degree: UCL Information Management for Business, BSc
From: Indonesia
Foundation course: UPCSE (2023)
Degree: UCL Biomedical Sciences BSc
From: Columbia
Foundation course: UPCH (2023)
Degree: UCL Philosophy BA
From: China
Foundation course: UPCH (2022)
Degree: UCL Education Studies BA
From: China
Foundation course: UPCH (2022)
Degree: UCL Social Sciences BSc
From: Turkey
Foundation course: UPCSE (2022)
Degree: UCL Electronic and Electrical Engineering BEng
From: Taiwan
Foundation course: UPCH (2022)
Degree: UCL History of Art BA
From: Ukraine
Foundation course: UPCH (2022)
Degree: UCL Politics, Sociology and East European Studies BA
From: Japan
Foundation course: Architecture (2021)
Degree: UCL Urban Planning, Design and Management BSc
From: Japan
Foundation course: UPCSE (2021)
Degree: UCL Cancer Biomedicine BSc
From: Turkey
Foundation course: UPCSE (2021)
Degree: UCL Applied Medical Sciences BSc
From: South Korea
Foundation course: UPCH with Architecture (2021)
Degree: UCL Architecture MSci
From: Philippines
Foundation course: UPCH (2021)
Degree: UCL Education Studies BA
From: Mexico
Foundation course: UPCH (2021)
Degree: UCL History of Art, Materials and Technology BA
From: Russia
Foundation course: UPCSE (2020)
Degree: UCL Mathematics BSc
From: China
Foundation course: UPCH (2020)
Degree: UCL Law LLB
From: Japan
Foundation course: UPCH (2020)
Degree: UCL Information Management for Business BSc
From: South Korea
Foundation course: UPCSE (2019)
Degree: UCL Biomedical Sciences BSc
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