Articulation Routes

College to University

Attending college before starting university can help build your confidence and it may be practically and financially beneficial for you to study closer to home.

The college to university route offers an alternative onto degree courses at university. Increasingly, Higher National Certificates (HNC) and Higher National Diplomas (HND) can enable students to progress into year two or three of a university degree.

The College even offers some degree level options. For example, Edinburgh Napier University’s BA Business Management is taught at West Lothian College. Students can gain direct entry into year 3 of this degree by completing our HND Business course.

The Edinburgh, Lothians, Fife and Borders Regional Articulation Hub (ELRAH) supports development of articulation routes.

Mairi Taggart, Articulation Support Advisor, can help you with specific questions. Telephone 01506 427701 or email mtaggart@west-lothian.ac.uk for more information. Please also visit the Student Zone of the ELRAH website at www.elrah.ac.uk

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West Lothian College has excellence articulation agreements in place with many universities. The table below provides an example of some of these agreements:

College Course	University	Degree	Direct Entry
HNC Engineering Systems	Edinburgh Napier University	The following BEng (Hons): Electronical Engineering Electronic & Communication Engineering Mechanical Engineering Mechatronics	Year 2
HND Computing	Edinburgh Napier University	BSc (Hons) Network Computing	Year 3
HNC Computing	Heriot Watt University	BSc (Hons) Information Systems	Year 2
HND Computing	Heriot Watt University	BSc (Hons) Information Systems	Year 3
HNC Information Technology	Heriot Watt University	BSc (Hons) Information Systems	Year 2
HND Business	Edinburgh Napier University*	BA (Hons) Business Management	Year 3*
HND Fitness Health and Exercise	Edinburgh Napier University	BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science routes	Year 3
HNC Sports Coaching with Development of Sport	Edinburgh Napier University	BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science routes	Year 2

* Taught at West Lothian College

Open University

West Lothian College is working with The Open University in Scotland (OU) to create flexible opportunities for students who wish to progress on a part-time basis from their Higher National study to a degree.

The Open Univeristy’s BA or BSc (Open) degree allows students to choose from a wide range of OU modules tailored to their personal and vocational needs. This allows students to either build on the subject areas studies in college or provides the flexibility to develop skills and knowledge in other subject areas.

Students with an HND can count up to 240 points of credit transfer towards the OUs 360 point BA/BSc (Open) with Honours. Similarly, a student with an HNC can count between 95 and 120 points of credit transfer towards the 300 point BA/BSc (Open) or the 360 point BA/BSc (Open) with Honours. Honours degrees in named subjects are also available and further information on credit transfer is available on request.

Progression to the OU’s Open degree is available for all HNC and HND courses.

Visit The OU’s College Routes website for more information www.openuniversity.co.uk/collegeroutes