A planned route from language preparation to a university degree — foundation, diploma and postgraduate pathways written with the universities that accept them.
Take The First Step
A planned route from language preparation to a university degree — foundation, diploma and postgraduate pathways written with the universities that accept them.
Take The First Step
BECOME A STUDY CENTRE
Teach recognised pathway and diploma programmes at your institution, with a partner that has done this for years.
Colleges, training providers, schools, language centres, education agents and corporate academies can all apply, provided you have the facilities and the academic leadership to run international pathways and diplomas properly.
Why partner with us?
13+ years running pathway programmes, 3,500+ students supported, 50+ partner universities.
On-campus, blended or online, each mapped to a university progression route.
Structured routes into the USA, UK, Canada, Europe, Australia and Asia.
Curriculum schemes, assessment banks, QA templates and faculty induction, ready to use.
CENTRE REQUIREMENTS
A programme lead plus qualified lecturers, typically Level 5+ or a degree with relevant teaching experience.
Suitable classrooms or a VLE, library and e-resources, secure assessment storage, and IT and LMS access.
Health and safety, safeguarding, EDI, academic integrity, assessment and moderation, complaints and appeals.
An internal verifier or academic coordinator, and a willingness to sit through approval and periodic review, remotely or on site.
WHAT YOU WILL DELIVER
Foundation / IFY, Diploma and Advanced Diploma, Master's Prep, and English & Academic Skills, as approved for your centre.
Advising, attendance tracking, assessment administration and progression guidance.
Enrolments, assessments, results and progression confirmations, each academic calendar.
WHAT WE GIVE YOU
Approval is not a badge and a handshake. Every approved centre gets the material, the training and the ongoing academic oversight needed to run these programmes to the standard our progression partners expect.
APPROVAL, IN FIVE STEPS
Send us the application form at the bottom of this page.
We send the approval checklist and sit down with your leadership team.
Policies, staff CVs, evidence of facilities, a sample timetable and your QA framework.
A walk through the facilities and an academic interview, virtual or on site.
Agreement signed, branding access granted, staff trained, launch planned.
Fees and timelines
Shared on application; it varies by country, scope and delivery mode.
Ongoing moderation and quality checks, scaled to how many students you enrol.
Three to six weeks from a complete submission to a decision, assuming the site is ready.
Common questions
Centres must use approved Manchester Pathways programme titles, logos and marketing copy. Anything public needs sign-off first, so that what students read matches what our progression partners have agreed.
Yes. Plenty of centres open with a narrow set, IFY plus English for instance, and widen it after their first review.
Yes. Students get guidance and a defined progression route into our partner universities.
You will need suitably qualified and experienced teaching staff, plus an internal verifier or coordinator.
APPLICATION FORM
