A UK higher education from home
Not everyone can travel abroad to pursue their ambition of a degree from a UK university.
So we're here to help you earn that highly respected qualification, from Britain’s leading universities, without leaving the country.
We make sure you have a simple and straightforward experience, from the moment you register for the university exam to the day you get your results.
We’ll look after the whole process, from providing the exam venue and professionally trained supervisors to having your exams processed by the exam board.
All you need to do is prepare for your exam and turn up on exam day.
British Council Cyprus no longer administers any Cambridge Admissions tests. Please check the official websites of the following universities for the arrangement of the admissions tests:
Who we partner with
You can study with top institutions and take your exams in Cyprus. We work with the following distance learning institutions:
Dear University of London student,
If you are planning to sit any University of London examinations in the October/November 2025 session, then it is important that you read this message from the British Council. This email provides guidance that you should follow to ensure you are able to register for your exams successfully and sit in this session rather than having to wait until AMJ 2026.
• The University of London Assessment Entry Task will open on the Student Portal for UG Laws on 15 August. You need to submit your intention to sit an exam(s) on the Assessment Entry Task. When you have selected your modules and proceeded in the task you will see the link to the British Council’s Registration and Payment portal as you proceed.
• Register and pay for your exams on the British Council’s payment portal using the link within the Assessment Entry Task. The British Council’s registration and payment portal will be open for UG Laws on 15 Aug 2025 and close 01 Sept 2025.
• To prevent delays when registering with the British Council you must:
+ have your nine-digit University of London Student Registration Number (SRN) to hand. You will be required to enter this as part of registration; and
+ ensure you use the correct module codes and that you are eligible to sit the module(s). Any others chosen will result in delay. Refunds for incorrect entries will incur an administration fee.
• You will receive a University of London validation code by email from the British Council within two working days following your successful registration and payment to us. We will also check that your SRN and module(s) selected match the eligibility data provided by the University of London. Please ensure you fill in the information correctly as failure to do so may result in a delay and an administration fee being applied.
• On receipt of the validation code, you must return to the University’s Student Portal to complete your Assessment Entry Task. If you miss this step, you will not be registered for the examinations.
• You will receive a further email from the British Council between one to two weeks before the exam session starts if you have completed the steps above. This email will contain exam appointment details for all registered and paid modules, as well as venue address and other guidance. This email is known as candidate onboarding.
If you do not complete your registration and payment to the British Council while our Registration and Payment event is open, then you will need to contact the University and provide a valid reason for consideration. Your exception request is not guaranteed to be accepted. If the University of London accepts your exception request, then the University will contact the British Council and request we support the registration. In such exceptional cases, the University of London will contact you with a link to make an Exceptional Entry.
You should be aware that any exception approved by the University will result in you being required to pay a higher exam fee, which will be notified to you. Only online payments will be accepted. Please do not contact the British Council for exception entry requests. We will only proceed with requests from the University and only if sufficient capacity is available.
If you have any questions regarding this e-mail, then please contact the University of London by raising an enquiry via your student portal and not the British Council. The British Council will only respond to queries arising from:
• confirmation of registration and payment notifications;
• validation code e-mails;
• candidate onboarding emails; or
• queries regarding payment to the British Council.
The British Council wishes you the very best with your studies.
If you are studying at a UK university, you can also sit your re-sit exams in Cyprus at our exam centre in Nicosia.
How do you register?
Please send an email to contact.exams@cy.britishcouncil.org
How much will it cost?
Our fees do not include costs charged by the exam board. Please get in touch with the board to discuss their costs.
Our fees are 120 Euro for the first paper taken in a session and 110 Euro per additional paper.
Resits
If you cannot travel to the UK to resit an examination, you should apply to your university or college to take the resit with us.
Your institution will give us your examination details and timetable.
Please note that you must contact us to confirm your examination time and venue and pay the local fee at least five days prior to the date of your first exam.
Our fees are 120 Euro for the first paper taken in a session and 110 Euro per additional paper.
For more information please call us at +357 22585000 or send an email to contact.exams@cy.britishcouncil.org