The International Academy is based in the historic Priorslee Hall at our Telford Innovation Campus and provides a safe, friendly environment where you can choose to study from a range of Pre-sessional English and International Foundation Year courses. The International Academy also offers a range of short courses which includes the Summer and Winter School programmes, a Study Semester Abroad Scholarship UK course, Teacher Development and TEFL Teacher Training. Our online MA TESOL course is delivered via the University of Wolverhampton’s virtual learning environment (VLE), Canvas and we also provide bespoke teacher development for international teachers of English and testing both overseas and in the UK.
For home applicants who do not currently hold GCSE English and who are looking to enrol on a course and study at the University of Wolverhampton you have the option to complete the online English equivalency course. Please check your course entry requirements on the Our Courses page to ensure that the English equivalency course is sufficient for your future course entry requirements. To find out more please visit, the English equivalency web page.
Discover what you could be studying with us.
Pathways to your degree
Pathway courses
Pre-sessional English language courses
International Foundation Years
Exam and Preparation courses
Wolverhampton English Proficiency Examination (WEPE)
Occupational English Test Preparation (OET)
Short courses
English as a Foreign Language
International Academy Summer and Winter School
The Wolverhampton Academic Skills Fortnight (TNE)
International Academy Short Courses
MA TESOL, Teacher Development/Training (TEFL) and bespoke courses
MA Teaching of Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) online
Teacher Development and (TEFL) Teacher Training & bespoke courses
English language support and Orientation
International and EU Orientation Programme
Additional English Language Support - undergraduate, postgraduate and English equivalency