MSc Overseas Pharmacists (OSPAP) 

at Aston University, Birmingham

Aston University does not require any application fee from the students who are applying for the postgraduate course. However, applications made through the UCAS application portal for undergraduate courses are required to pay the application fee of GBP 28.5 (INR 3.2 K) as the portal fee.

The undergraduate applications are not considered as complete applications if the application fee is not submitted. Students are requested to pay the application fee through Credit Card or from the official Bank portal.

Both are well-known institutions in UK. When it comes to rankings, Birmingham beats Aston with the rank #76 in QS World for the year 2026. Whereas, the latter has been ranked #395.

Mentioned below is the comparison between them based on some other parameters:

Aston University accepts international applications through the UCAS Portal for UG courses and the Official Application Portal for PG courses. Once a candidate has applied to the university and submitted all the required documents, it takes the university about 6 weeks to evaluate applications and send out the admission offers. Students should note that they must fulfill all the Aston University UK admission requirements in order to get admitted in the university.

Aston University is recognised as a good university in UK and known highly for its academics and researc programs specially in the field of business, management, health, scoence, technlogy and more. 

The university has also gained the global recognition for its excellence in teaching, employability, innovation, facilities and other.

According to the Shiksha review, students stated thay they feel more independent and the confident. Also they have gained a lot of socual and cultural knowledge which has helped them to understand the market requirement and professional demand.

The rankings have been provided by THE (Times Higher Education) since the year 2004. The creation of these rankings is done to know and evaluate the university's performance on the global stage and provide a comprehensive ranking report for the students to make an informed higher education decision.

For the year 2025, Aston University is ranked at #351 which is an improvement from the last year ranking of #401. For the year 2023, it stayed the same.

To apply for the students visa to study at Aston university, international students are required to fulfil certain eligiblity condition of the country. To Know the detail about the visa requirement and application check the information below:

• before applying for the visa students should have all the necessary documents along with the letter of acceptance from the university to proceed further with the application.
• visit the official website of the visa authority of the country and apply directly. 
• check the country specific requirement for the visa and star filling out the form.
• provide all the supporting documents aloing with the visa application form and the application fee.
• Recheck the application document and submit the application and wait for the response from the visa authority.

Adittionally, students can also get in touch with the advice team at Aston University to get an assistance on theri visa application and immegration services.

For the UK-based universities only, The Guardian University Guide rankings are realized. Some of the few indicators that are used to compute the rankings of these universities are entry standards, student-staff ratio, teaching quality, feedback, career prospects, etc.

Aston University ranks at #21, which is an increase of 4 spots as the university ranked lower in the year 2024 which was rank #25. The rankings given by The Guardian are fluctuating as since the year 2023. The Business and Management programs at this university are ranking at #32 for the year 2025. For most of the programs, these rankings are improving year on year.

The Complete University Guide rankings assess the Universities in the UK on a variety of parameters that can be considered crucial when selecting a university. According to the ranking data published by this ranking body, Aston University ranks at #43 among the best universities in the world which is a decline in the rankings from the previous year 2024, as it was #41.

The Complete University Guide Rankings for this university are fluctuating since 2023, where the rank was 48. The next year it got better by 7 places, however declined by 2 places in 2025.

No, considering the selection process and the document requirements of the university, taking admission is not easy at Aston University, students are required to attain scores equivalent to 2.2 honours as per the UK qualification along with other documents such as Academic Certificates; SOP; Evidence of English language; passport; CV or Resume; test scores and other requirements.
For some of the courses, the university may ask for an interview as a part of their selection process