IFCELS Entrance Tests in London and abroad
All applicants to ICC Foundation and FDPS Premasters are interviewed and most are required to sit an entrance test.
Students whose English level meets our entry requirements can be considered by an emailed essay and a telephone interview, but we also run tests and interviews at SOAS and in some other countries.
Candidates applying from countries not listed below should send their applications to ifcels@soas.ac.uk and we will confirm arrangements for testing and interview.
London
Entrance tests and interviews for 2013 entry to ICC foundation and FDPS premasters programmes will take place at SOAS Faber Building, 24 Russell Square, on regular dates starting in February 2013.
This is a full list of the planned dates - Please note all test dates are on a WEDNESDAY:
February 13 2013
March 27 2013
April 10 2013
May 22 2013
June 5 and 19 2013
July 3, 17 and 31 2013
August 7, 14, 21 and 28 2013
September 4 and 11 2013
In the meantime applications for IFCELS 2013 programmes can be e-mailed to: ifcels@soas.ac.uk or faxed to :+44 (0)20 7898 4809. Suitably qualified candidates in the UK can be considered by arrangement before the regular tests begin.
China
Tests and interviews for entry to ICC Foundation and FDPS premasters programmes starting in September 2013 will take place on a regular basis in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou from November 2012 to July 2013.
The next dates are as follows:
Guangzhou: Saturday 12th January (now complete)
Beijing: Saturday 2nd February
Please send applications and supporting documents to ifcels@soas.ac.uk as early as possible as places at the tests are limited.
Students intending to apply for SOAS or University of London accommodation are advised to make an early application for the programme in order to be tested by March/April at the latest.
Japan
We will be running entrance tests and interviews in Japan for September 2013 entry in Tokyo and Osaka on a regular basis between October 2012 and July 2013. The next opportunity to attend a test/interview will be in mid February in Tokyo.
Suitably qualified candidates can also be considered by emailed essay and telephone interview.
Applications can be e-mailed to: ifcels@soas.ac.uk and we will invite you to attend a test or confirm the arrangements to consider your application.
Korea
We will be running entrance tests and interviews in Japan for September 2013 entry in Seoul in February and May 2013.
The next test date will be Friday 8th February at the British Council in Seoul. Applications should be e-mailed to: ifcels@soas.ac.uk and we will invite you to attend the test or confirm the arrangements to consider your application
Students intending to apply for SOAS or University of London accommodation are advised to make an early application for the programme in order to be tested in February.
Suitably qualified candidates can also be considered by emailed essay and telephone interview.
Turkey
Tests and interviews for applicants for the ICC Foundation programme at SOAS will take place in Istanbul in the second week of February 2013. Please contact David Fisher on df6@soas.ac.uk if you would like to arrange an interview or meet David.
Suitably qualified candidates can also be considered by emailed essay and telephone interview before or after the test date. However, students intending to apply for SOAS or University of London accommodation are advised to make an early application for the programme in order to be tested in February
Applications can be e-mailed to: ifcels@soas.ac.uk and we will invite you to attend a test or confirm the arrangements to consider your application
