Regulation 152 Designated Master’s, etc. coursesF1

a course mentioned in Schedule 3B and which falls within paragraph (2);

a course entry to which a first degree (or equivalent qualification) or higher is normally required;

it is either—

substantially provided in the United Kingdom F4or the Republic of Ireland.

of one academic year’s duration or where the course falls within paragraph 3, 4 or 5 of Schedule 3B less than one academic year’s duration; or

completed within two academic years; or

completed within three academic years.

a course is provided by an institution if it provides the teaching and supervision which comprise the course, whether or not the institution has entered into an agreement with the student to provide the course;

a university and any constituent college or institution in the nature of a college of a university is to be regarded as authority-funded if either the university or the constituent college or institution is authority-funded;

an institution is not to be regarded as publicly funded or authority-funded by reason only that it receives public funds from the governing body of a higher education institution in accordance with section 65(3A) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992;

a course is not to be regarded as provided on behalf of an authority-funded educational institution where a part of the course is provided by a private institution F5in Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales, or by a private institution which is F6an approved provider or an unregistered provider in England; and

a course is substantially provided in the United Kingdom F7or the Republic of Ireland where at least half of the teaching and supervision which comprise the course is provided in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland.