The complete database of universities and degree courses in the UK

The new website about education in the UK

Education Index was created to give Russian students access to comprehensive, impartial and structured information about higher education in the UK.

At the start of 2009 a survey was conducted of more than 100 Russian students undertaking higher education in Britain. Questions covered the difficulties students encountered choosing courses, applying, finding funding, and during their studies. The students' responses formed the basis for the development of this site. UK governmental organisations that work at the higher-education system provided the necessary information and statistics. This information was then converted into a convenient format for Russian users. At the end of 2009 the Anglo-Russian Education Index website was launched.

Finding a course and institution

The Education Index search system gives the unique option of selecting courses at UK institutions according to the criteria that Russian students studying in the UK have identified as most important.

There are two search options:

• Basic – the first step. This allows you to sort courses by subject, level of qualification and mode of study.
• Advanced – further paring-down of the list of courses. This refines your first search according to factors such as entry requirements, quality of teaching, quality of IT equipment/laboratories/libraries, institution's subject specialism, graduate career prospects.

Both searches include help information, marked with a .
Statistics and information about UK institutions can be found in the Universities A-Z catalogue.

Why is it worth undertaking higher education overseas?

The main advantages of good higher education overseas, according to Russian students that graduated from British institutions, include:

• An excellent practical – as well as theoretical – understanding of your subject, and first-rate professors;
• Qualifications recognised and sought after worldwide;
• The prestige of Western European and North American education;
• Increase of your career potential and “value” on the graduate job market;
• Development of knowledge and skills sought after in practically all industries;
• Experience that enables you to develop your personality, expand your worldview and appreciate different outlooks and cultures.

The beginning

The British higher education system has a very long history and education in the UK is recognised as amongst the best in the world. It is for this very reason that Education Index took UK higher-education institutions as its starting point. It is currently under development for a number of other countries.

Many believe education overseas to be much less accessible than it really is, and we hope that this resource will do something to dispel this myth.