Top-Up Degree Pathways for Foreign OND and HND Graduates

Find new career opportunities by upgrading your OND or HND to a full bachelor’s degree through top-up programmes at UK universities. This guide explores how these programmes can help you achieve higher qualifications and advance your professional prospects.

Degree Top-Up Pathways for Foreign OND and HND Graduates

Discover the top-up degree programmes available at UK universities that allow OND and HND holders to advance their education and achieve a bachelor’s degree.

Top-up degrees in UK universities are increasingly popular among international students. With an Higher National Diploma (HND) or Ordinary National Diploma (OND) certificate from a foreign country, you may be able to begin working right away in your home country.

An HND may sometimes be referred to as a "foundation degree".

Depending on the job sector, finding work in the UK that can sponsor your work visa while using your foreign HND or OND degree certificate to support your job application is challenging.

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However, you can still go on to study at a UK university and achieve a full bachelor’s degree within a significantly shorter time frame – one year of study with an HND (or two years of study if you have only an OND).

This article explains some key facts and demystifies misconceptions about UK universities' OND and HND top-up degrees. Included in this post is also a non-exhaustive list of UK institutions that accept foreign OND and HND qualifications for top-up degree admission.

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