English Language Requirements

Abitur (German qualification)

Minimum: English at grade 10

Avgangsbetyg/Slutbetyg fran Gymnasieskola (Swedish qualification)

Minimum: English Level 5 at grade B (17.5)

Or English Level 6 at grade C

Baccalauréat Général/Professionnel/Technologique (French qualification)

Minimum: English at grade 14

Oxford ELLT

Minimum pass of 6 overall (with minimum scores in speaking, reading and listening at 5, and writing at 6)

For courses requiring an overall score of IELTS 6.5 or equivalent, a minimum pass of 7 (with speaking, reading and listening at 6, and writing at 7).

Oxford Test of English

Minimum: 120 overall with 111 in reading, listening and speaking and 126 in writing

For courses requiring an overall score of IELTS 6.5 or equivalent, a minimum score of 133 overall with 126 in each component is required

Pearsons (PTE Academic)

Minimum overall score: 59 (with all components at minimum 59). Please note: we do not accept the online version.

Validity: 2 years

Reifeprüfung/Matura (Austrian qualification)

Minimum: English at grade 2

Studenterksamen (Danish qualification)

Minimum: English Level A or B at grade 7

TOEFL, TOEFL iBT, +Home Edition

Minimum overall score: 78 (individual components: Listening 17, Reading 18, Speaking 20, Writing 17)

Validity: 2 years

Vitnemål for Vidergaende Opplaering (Norwegian qualification)

Minimum: English at grade 4

VWO/HAVO (Dutch qualification)

Minimum: English at grade 8

Vysvedčenie o maturitnej skúške (Slovakian qualification)

Minimum: English at B2 level at grade 2

Validity: 2 years

Minimum grade: C6

WAEC/NECO

Minimum grade: C6

Minimum: Advanced English at grade 5

For BSc Mental Health Nursing and MSc Counselling, the English language requirements are higher with an overall score of 7.0 for IELTS, or an equivalent qualification.

English Language Requirements – Research

We accept an undergraduate or postgraduate degree that has been taught and assessed in a majority English speaking country, as defined by UK Visas and Immigration:

• UKVI list of majority English speaking countries

For candidates whose first language is not English or your undergraduate/Master’s degree was not awarded from a University from a UKVI designated English Speaking country, you are required to show evidence of one of the following qualifications:

• IELTS Academic: total 6.5 with at least 6.0 in each component.
• TOEFL-iBT (including Home Edition): total 92 with at least 20 in each component. We do not accept TOEFL “My Best Score” to meet our English language requirements.
• CAE and CPE: total 176 with at least 169 in each component.
• Trinity ISE: ISE II with distinctions in all four components.
• PTE Academic: 62 overall with at least 59 in each component.
• NECO English at B (4)
• WAEC English at B (4)

If you are not a national of a majority English speaking country, then your degree must be no more than three and a half years old at the beginning of your programme of study, unless you are using IELTS, TOEFL, Trinity ISE or PTE, in which case it must be no more than two years old.

To identify whether or not you need to apply for a student visa, please see here or visit the UKVI website.