硕士预科课程有一个，两个或三个学期的课程，可确保升读桑德兰大学的各种硕士学位。您将在位于桑德兰市大学校园中心的先进技术中心学习基础课程。该计划旨在为国际学生准备在英国的研究生学习。硕士预科课程可让您在学习硕士学位的过程中，提高英语水平，同时学习所需的学习技巧和研究方法。根据学习课程的时间长短，您还可以学习与所选升学途径有关的学术模块。每个学期分为七个至八个教学周，一个阅读周和一个评估周。您每周最多需要进行25个小时的课堂学习。如果您学习此课程，您将学习两个必修的研究项目，即个人和专业发展，以及英语。您还将
The Master's Foundation Programme is available as a one, two or three-term programme, with guaranteed progression to a wide range of Master's degrees at the University of Sunderland. You will study your Foundation programme at our state-of-the-art Centre located at the heart of the University of Sunderland City campus. This programme is designed to prepare international students for postgraduate study in the UK. The Master's Foundation will allow you to improve your English whilelearning the study skills and research methods that you will need during your Master's degree studies. Depending on the length of the programme you study, you may also study academic modules relating to your chosen progression route. Each term is divided into seven to eight teaching weeks, one reading week and an assessment week. You will undertake up to 25 hours of classroom-based study per week. If you study this programme, you will study two compulsory units of research project, personal and professional development, plus English language. You will also study an additional academic subject unit, depending on your intended progression degree.