London Essex College welcomes applications from students achieving excellence in a wide range of qualifications. Individual courses reserve the right to judge the relevance and the acceptability of any qualification or individual subject when considering and application. Where any UK qualifications or subject are less favoured, this will made clear within the published selection criteria against individual courses.

Admission procedure at London Essex College

• Candidates normally contact either LEC or to the appointed consultants. If candidates consult the appointed consultants they process the application at initial stage. All the information is passed to LEC as per requirement of LEC admission procedure.
• As part of admission procedure students have to submit all their application form, educational documents, copy of passport, photographs and experience certificates at LEC admission office for the initial documents processing.
• At the second stage of the admission procedure, student’s educational documents are assessed through NARIC comparability to determine the right level of course in different disciplines for the students.  Depending on the outcome of the assessment at this stage students are advised about the level of the course can pursue.
• The required English Language ability depends on the level of the course the candidate wishes to study. According to the new UKBA rule (recently updated 04 July 2011):

Students who wish to study at NQF/QCF level 6 (SCQF 9) and above normally need to produce a Secure English Language Test (SELT) certificate, from a UK Border Agency approved provider, showing that they have achieved level B2 on the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR) in each of the 4 components: speaking; listening; reading; and writing.

Students who wish to study between NQF/QCF levels 3 and 5 (SCQF 6-8) normally need to produce a SELT certificate, from a UK Border Agency approved provider, showing that they have achieved level B1 on the CEFR in each of the 4 components: speaking; listening; reading; and writing.

For more information, you may visit the UKBA website at www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk

• (A)- Once the student’s educational documents are assessed, right level of course is determined and student has proved required level of English language ability students are issued with an offer letter for the course at LEC. If any case that the administration and the academic department has approved the all the candidates documents and ability to study but is required to provide further documents LEC will issue a conditional offer letter. The validity of the offer is subject to the candidates completing the requirements stated on his/her conditional offer letter.
• (B)- Once the offer letter issued to prospective students, they have to confirm about their decision through a form provided by LEC. At this stage student can do further deliberation and is allowed to make an informed decision about his/her education intent at LEC.

• Once the student has confirmed through consent form, they need to pay the required amount of tuition fee as per LEC admission policy. Once the payment/ funds are cleared, LEC will issue the student with a CAS (confirmation of acceptance of studies)

Course fees can be paid via bank transfer to:


HSBC Bank - 126 High Road, Ilford, IG1 1DA - United Kingdom

Account Name:	London Essex College Ltd
Account Number:	71696092
Sort Code:	40-25-27
IBAN No:	GB47MIDL40252771696092

Make sure all cheques and Bank Drafts should be made payable to London Essex College LTD,(UK) only. We will not be liable for any loss to you or to any other person for the payments made to any organisations other than London Essex College LTD, (UK).

At London Essex College we aim to process your application as efficiently as possible. All applications will be process within two weeks of receiving them. However during busy periods such as September to December this can take a little longer from the expected result, and we highly appreciate your patience during this period. You may also choose to contact us whilst waiting for your result or for response from us.

At initial stage we will respond to your application by email. If you believe that you might have missed and email that we sent or for anything else with regards to your application, you may contact us at info@lec.ac. If you have applied through one of our authorised representatives, then all details or updates with regards to your application will be sent their offices or to their company email, and as such you will need to get in touch with them if you do not hear anything.

Congratulations! If we have made you a conditional offer, then this is what you have to do next:

• As we have made you a conditional offer, you may then decide if you would like to accept our conditional offer.

Upon receiving our conditional offer, it is important that you let us know if you would like to accept our offer as your place from our programme may be offered  to someone else if we do not hear from you on the date specified on you offer of a place.

• Meet all the conditions set on you offer

The conditions will be listed on your offer letter and you must meet all the conditions in order for us to make you and unconditional offer of place. The conditions can be related to your academic documents, English Language qualifications, your passport, or any other documents that we may need or may require further clarification. If you do not understand the conditions stated on your offer, please do not hesitate to contact the college or alternatively you may email us at info@lec.ac

If you have received an unconditional offer, then congratulations! And we look forward to welcoming you to London Essex College.

• When will you apply?

As soon as possible, provided that:

• It should not be more than 6 months before your course starts
• Or if you are applying inside the UK, you can apply during the last 3 months of your current permission to stay.
• In order for you to apply for a Tier 4 General Student Visa of the point-based system. You will need a Confirmation of Acceptance of Study (CAS) number. This is a unique number which will only be given to you after receiving and accepting your unconditional offer. The first CAS number will be generated for you for free as it will be inclusive in the initial deposit which will be stated on your unconditional offer. However, if you require a different CAS number because of the following reasons, we will have to charge you accordingly, you may need to discuss the additional payment with our accounts department.

• Expired CAS Number, because you have not applied for some reason.
• Refusal of the application because of 10 points (maintenance fund)
• Refusal of the application due to falsification of documents.
• Refusal of the application due to missing or invalid documents.

If you are not sure as how to apply for a student visa or whether you will need to have one or to get more information about how to apply, you may visit the UKBA website at www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk

Completed LEC Application FORM (LEC APF), which you can download from this website, or alternatively if you are having any problem downloading our form, you can email us at info@lec.ac and we will send you an electronic copy as soon as possible.


Before submitting your form, please make sure that:

• You have read the terms and condition attached in our LEC APF.
• You have signed and dated the application form.
• If you are applying from one of our authorised representatives, kindly ensure that you have entered stated their details in the “How did you hear about London Essex College” section.
• It is imperative that you ensure that you have included all your contact details, in case we need to contact you about your application.

Your Highest Academic Qualification

Student’s educational documents are assessed through NARIC comparability to determine the right level of course in different disciplines for the students.  Depending on the outcome of the assessment at this stage students are advised about the level of the course can pursue.


Verified Copies

As you are sending photocopies of your certificates instead of the originals, we will need to have translated and verified copies if your certificates are in a language other than English. For checking and verification, certificates needs to be verified, which means it has to be signed and stamped a relevant authority to authenticate your documents.


English Language Requirements

The required English Language ability depends on the level of the course the candidate wishes to study. According to the new UKBA rule (recently updated 04 July 2011):
“Students who wish to study at NQF/QCF level 6 (SCQF 9) and above normally need to produce a Secure English Language Test (SELT) certificate, from a UK Border Agency approved provider, showing that they have achieved level B2 on the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR) in each of the 4 components: speaking; listening; reading; and writing.

Students who wish to study between NQF/QCF levels 3 and 5 (SCQF 6-8) normally need to produce a SELT certificate, from a UK Border Agency approved provider, showing that they have achieved level B1 on the CEFR in each of the 4 components: speaking; listening; reading; and writing.”

For more information, you may visit the UKBA website at www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk


A copy of your passport

We need a copy of the details page of your passport, or whichever pages include the following information: Name, Photo, Date of Birth, Nationality, Place of issue, Date of Issue, Date of Expiry. Your passport should be updated and should not be expiring in the next 3 months from the date of your application with LEC.


Relevant Experience

Other relevant qualification and experience are always welcome, most especially if the documents are directly related to your course, for more details or if you are not sure if you need to include something then please contact us at info@lec.ac and we will be happy to assist you.