Test 

Grade or score required 

IELTS 

6.0 with no component under 5.5

Non UKVI/SELT IELTS 

6.0 with no component under 5.5

TOEFL iBT and TOEFL iBT Home edition 

72 (Writing and Speaking, 20; Reading and Listening, 16) 

Cambridge C2 Proficiency or C1 Advanced

169 with a minimum of 162 per component 

Cambridge O level English Language (1119-Malaysia; 1120-Brunei; 1125 or 1126-Mauritius; 1128-Singapore and 1123 all other countries) 

Grade C or above 

Cambridge IGCSE First Language English 

Grade C or above 

Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language 

Grade B or above 

GCSE English Language 

Grade C/grade 4 or above 

Password Online (offered through Durham University 

6.0 (no component under 5.5)

Pearson Academic (PTE) 

59 (with no less than 59 in each Communicative 

Skill) 

Trinity ISE (revised) Language Tests taken in the UK on the same day 

Level II or above (with a merit in both modules)