Summer University FAQs

If you want to apply for a June/July course, then we need to have received your application form by Monday 10 June.

For those applying for August/September courses, we need to have received your application form by Monday 15 August.

Please note, tuition fees for ALL students are £250 per 10 credit course.

Once we have received your application form, you will receive a letter notifying you of the date and time of registration. Registration will take place a week before the courses are due to begin.

If you want to attend in both June and September, you must register at the beginning of both sessions, regardless of how many courses you wish to attend. You must also fill out an application form for both.

To complete Registration you will need to bring the documents listed below. If you fail to bring any of these you will not be able to complete registration. This could delay the start of your course:

Proof of Identity – Please provide the following:

• If born in the United Kingdom, the original of your current Passport or photo-card driver’s licence;
• If born outside the UK, your valid passport or European Union Identity (ID) card.

If you cannot find your current passport, arrange to obtain a certified copy
as soon as possible. If your passport is being held by the immigration
authorities, the original official receipt and a letter confirming your name,
place and date of birth is acceptable.

Previous Qualifications – The University is required to collect information on the qualifications you hold; you must produce the original Certificates of all your qualifications, including GCSEs or equivalent.

Tuition Fees – You will be expected to pay your Tuition fees in full at Registration.

All courses, including evening courses, are run subject to sufficient student demand. If there are too few applicants (for a course to run there must be a minimum of six students) or the course is full, you will be offered an alternative.

While we will do everything we can to accommodate your course choice(s) please note that courses may be subject to change.

If you need advice on choosing a course, please telephone the Summer University Administrator on 020 8331 9776, or e-mail summeruniversity@gre.ac.uk.

Summer University courses are normally taught in six three hour sessions over a period of two weeks. June/July courses run on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, afternoons or evenings for both weeks. August/September courses run Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for the first week and Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday for the following week.

You may attend one course in the morning (10am–1pm), another in the afternoon (2–5pm) and a further course in the evening (6–9pm). Please be aware, however, that if you choose to attend three courses you must hand in three portfolios of work for assessment. Alternatively, you may choose to spread your learning over both June and September.

There will be a set of compulsory short assignments to complete during the sessions and at home. You will receive a Summer University reader at registration and will be expected to do some reading and preparation.

The courses are assessed through the completion of an assessment portfolio. On some courses there may also be short in-class tests. For the GCSE Maths Equivalency course there may be either an examination or a portfolio assessment. All students enrolling on a Summer University course will be expected to complete the course and to undertake the course assessment.

For each course you successfully complete, you will be awarded 10 credits and a Certificate of Credit in Higher
Education. On successful completion of three courses taken either during June or September, you will be awarded 30 credits and a Certificate of Continuing Higher Education. If the three courses are spread over June/July and August/September you will not be eligible for a Certificate of Continuing Higher Education but will receive the Certificate of Credit in Higher Education for each course.

You cannot use credit gained from the Summer University courses against your higher education programme at the University of Greenwich unless otherwise stated by your programme leader. However, credit provides additional recognition of your skills to employers and should enhance your employability.