The International Pre-Master's is a one year full-time course,
designed for students as a preparation for Masters level study.
It focuses on improving students' language skills,
training them in appropriate research training techniques,
and updating their subject specialist knowledge in engineering and business management.
English is important, in particular, if it's not your first language,
when studying a postgraduate degree.
because it's really the medium through which you'll be doing your research
and, as part of this International Pre-Master's,
the University of Cambridge's language center is an integral part of this programme.
There will be weekly workshops and then towards the end, 
when the students are working on your dissertation
we'll go to individual supervisions where we can really work with you one-to-one.
Students at Cambridge are extremely fortunate.
They have access to a whole host of different libraries.
They can come and study in their own college.
They will also have a departmental or faculty library
and they can actually use any departmental library that they want to.
and then of course there's the university library as well.
The University of Cambridge is a collegiate university.
This means it has the excellence of schools, faculties and departments,
but it also has the scholarly communities of students 
and academics who support one another,
to ensure that if you have any problems, they are addressed and you are supported.
As well as receiving about twelve hours formal teaching a week
they'll receive support through a virtual learning environment.
They'll also be allocated a pastoral tutor through their college
and for their independent research project, 
they'll be allocated a subject-specialist supervisor
who will work with them over a period of 
about ten supervisions to devise the project,
help shape the research methodology and help them write up the research project.
Living in Cambridge itself: it is a multicultural, amazing city of learning,
31 colleges, museums, all sorts of cultural experiences here.
The most exciting things over the past 30 or 40 years
have been the development of this cluster 
of high-tech companies using the research from the University
to create amazing jobs and careers here in Cambridge.
So that adds to the dynamic of living in this city.
Before I came here I was kind of worried if I really belong here
and if I can make friends here,
but as soon as I moved here I realise 
everyone is so friendly and open to different kind of opinions.
That makes you, like, much much easier to make friends.
It turns out that the sense of belonging is exactly what I'm feeling right now here.
We know that there are fantastically bright students globally
who wish to study in elite universities in English speaking countries
and this is a programme to support that.
And to have the University of Cambridge on your resumé, on on your CV,
will be an important part of your academic development and future journey.
