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by Lucapooka » Tue Aug 21, 2012 6:58 pm
I can't really understand exactly what you are saying or asking. However, this is a excerpt from the policy guidance.
87.In addition to the 3 years of permitted study below degree level for Tier 4 (General) students and any time spent in the Tier 4 (Child) category, the time that a Tier 4 student can spend studying at or above degree level will be limited to 5 years, except in the following circumstances:
• Those Tier 4 (General) students studying a course at or above degree level in one of the following subject areas:
• Architecture;
• Medicine;
• Dentistry;
• Law, where the applicant has completed a course at degree level in the UK and is progressing to:
• the Common Professional Examination;
• the Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course; or
• the Bar Professional Training Course.
• Veterinary Medicine & Science; or
• Music at a Conservatoire.
• Those Tier 4 (General) students studying for Master’s degrees at a Recognised Body or at a
Higher Education Institution (HEI), following completion of an undergraduate degree where the duration of that degree course was 4 or 5 academic years. For these students the limit will be set at 6 years in total instead of 5.
• Those Tier 4 (General) students studying for a PhD at a Recognised Body or at an HEI providing that on completion of the PhD, the time spent in Tier 4 (General) student category will not exceed 8 years. If, as a result of the application for an extension of leave, the time spent in the category would exceed 8 years, the extension application will be refused.
In calculating the maximum amount of time that a Tier 4 student spends studying at or above degree level, we will only include the length of the course and will not take into account the additional periods of leave granted before or after the main course of study that are referred to
in the table at paragraph 83
