Master of Arts in Specific Learning Difficulties and Dyslexia

A one year master degree in specific learning difficulties, covering dyslexia identification and assessment, intervention strategies, policy frameworks and a research dissertation.

Bath Spa runs this subject as both a full master and a shorter postgraduate certificate, so compare the two on cost and depth.

Master of Arts in Specific Learning Difficulties and Dyslexia is taught at Bath Spa University, a public university in England with full degree awarding powers. Because the specific learning difficulties master is a degree, it supports an application under the UK Graduate Route, which gives two years of unsponsored work in Britain after you finish. No job offer or sponsor is needed for the specific learning difficulties master, but you must be inside the UK on a valid student visa when you apply. Your student visa covers the length of the specific learning difficulties master plus a short period afterwards. UK rules from January 2024 bar a dependant partner or child on taught courses, so the specific learning difficulties master does not support a family move.

Applicants to Master of Arts in Specific Learning Difficulties and Dyslexia need a completed bachelor degree with a minimum of 50 percent. The English requirement is IELTS 6.5 with no band below 5.5, and tuition for the specific learning difficulties master is recorded at GBP 16,625. Bath Spa charges no application fee, and no scholarship is recorded against the specific learning difficulties master. The specific learning difficulties master lists three entry windows, one September start in each of three consecutive years. Apply Study Visa manages your the specific learning difficulties master application, the deposit, the offer, the CAS and the UK student visa as one process.