Graduate visa

If you are eligible for the Graduate visa, you will be granted two years to remain in UK after your studies to work or look for work, or three years for PhD level students.

The Graduate visa is not guaranteed to students. It has various eligibility requirements, including that students have their award confirmed whilst in the UK on a valid Tier 4/Student Route visa. This means students who have resits to undertake in the last four months of their visa ("grace period"), may not be able to meet the requirement of obtaining their eligible award whilst in the UK on a Student visa, depending on the date of the assessment board.

If you have any questions about when your award is expected to be confirmed, you should contact your course staff.

Following your award being confirmed to you, the VISA team will then notify the Home Office of your completion, and you will receive an email to notify you when this happens, at which point you can go ahead and apply for the Graduate visa.

Please note: Students with outstanding tuition fee debt will not be eligible for the Graduate Route Visa. All outstanding debt must be cleared prior to the VISA Team reporting your completion to the Home Office.