All students must meet English language entry requirements for all programmes of study at Queen Mary. The requirement for every Postgraduate degree programme is published below, according to the academic department within which your chosen course of study is administered.
If you are a national of any country NOT listed on UKVI’s ‘Differential evidence requirement for a Student’ list, we can only accept from you an English test (or qualification) from our approved list that can be verified by us at Queen Mary directly at source on the test (or qualification) provider’s verification portal.
UKVI’s ‘Differential evidence requirement for a Student’ list can be found under section ST 22.1 of the Immigration Rules.
Available in selected test centres in some countries to eligible candidates, the IELTS One Skill Retake allows test takers to reattempt one of the four skills from each complete IELTS test: Listening, Reading, Writing or Speaking without the need to take a complete IELTS test again. We will accept IELTS One Skill Retake if scores achieved meet our English language requirements. We normally only accept the latest results of an English test.
Remotely offered tests from IELTS, PTE, and TOEFL
The following English tests, that are being offered with the same scoring format as the original tests from the providers, will be accepted with scores as required for our programmes from the original test, with a two year validity from the course start date:
The minimum English Language requirements for entry to postgraduate degree programmes within the School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences are:
IELTS Academic: 6.5 overall including 6.0 in Writing and 5.5 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
TOEFL: 92 overall including 21 in Writing, 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening and 20 in Speaking.
PTE Academic/PTE Academic UKVI: 71 overall including 65 in Writing and 59 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): Trinity ISE II with a Distinction in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking, or Trinity ISE III with a minimum of Pass in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
C2 Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE): 176 overall including 169 in Writing, and 162 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
C1 Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): 176 overall including 169 in Writing, and 162 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
If you fall below our standard English Language requirements, you may consider one of our Pre-Sessional English courses.
Please see IELTS for UKVI, PTE Academic (UKVI), LanguageCert (SELT version only) and Trinity ISE requirements below.
Five week
IELTS: 6.0 overall including 5.5 in Writing and no less than 4.0 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
PTE Academic (UKVI): 65 overall including 59 in Writing and no less than 43 in Reading, Listening and Speaking
LanguageCert SELT: Please contact the Admissions Office via your Applicant Portal
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): Trinity ISE II with a minimum of Merit in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking
Nine week
IELTS: 6.0 overall including 5.0 in Writing and no less than 4.0 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
PTE Academic (UKVI): 65 overall including 55 in Writing and no less than 43 in Reading, Listening and Speaking
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): Trinity ISE II with a minimum of Pass in Writing and Merit in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
Thirteen week
IELTS: 5.5 overall including 5.0 in Writing and no less than 4.0 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
PTE Academic (UKVI): 59 overall including 55 in Writing and no less than 43 in Reading, Listening and Speaking
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): Trinity ISE II with a minimum of Pass Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
The minimum English Language requirements for entry to postgraduate degree programmes within the School of Business and Management are:
Pre-Sessional English Courses
IELTS: 6.5 overall including 6.0 in Writing and no less than 4.0 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
PTE Academic (UKVI): 71 overall including 65 in Writing and no less than 43 in Reading, Listening and Speaking
Trinity ISE: either Trinity ISE II with Distinction in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking, or Trinity ISE III with Pass in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
IELTS: 6.0 overall including 6.0 in Writing and no less than 4.0 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
PTE Academic (UKVI): 65 overall including 65 in Writing and no less than 43 in Reading, Listening and Speaking
Trinity ISE: Trinity ISE II with Merit in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
The minimum English Language requirements for entry to postgraduate degree programmes within the School of Economics and Finance are:
Five or
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): Trinity ISE II with Merit in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
The nine week Pre-Sessional course is recommended.
IELTS: 5.5 overall including 5.5 in Writing and no less than 4.0 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
PTE Academic (UKVI): 59 overall including 59 in Writing and no less than 43 in Reading, Listening and Speaking
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): Trinity ISE II with Pass in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
The minimum English Language requirements for entry to postgraduate degree programmes within the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science are:
IELTS Academic: 6.5 overall including 6.0 in Writing, and 5.5 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
MSc Data Science and Artificial Intelligence requires 6.5 overall including 6.5 in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
MSc Data Science and Artificial Intelligence requires 92 overall including 24 in Writing, 22 in Reading, 21 in Listening and 23 in Speaking.
PTE Academic/PTE Academic UKVI: 71 overall including 65 in Writing, and 59 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
MSc Data Science and Artificial Intelligence requires 71 overall including 71 in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): either Trinity ISE II with Distinction in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking, or Trinity ISE III with Pass in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
MSc Data Science and Artificial Intelligence requires 176 overall including 176 in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
Please note, applicants starting the MSc Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in September are not eligible for the Summer Pre-Sessional English courses.
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): Trinity ISE II with Pass in Writing and and Merit in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
The minimum English Language requirements for entry to postgraduate degree programmes within the School of Engineering and Material Sciences are:
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): Trinity ISE II with Pass in Writing and Merit in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
The minimum English Language requirements for entry to postgraduate degree programmes within the School of English and Drama are:
IELTS: 6.5 overall including 6.5 in Writing and no less than 4.0 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
PTE Academic (UKVI): 71 overall including 71 in Writing and no less than 43 in Reading, Listening and Speaking
The minimum English Language requirements for entry to postgraduate degree programmes within the School of Geography are:
IELTS Academic: 7.0 overall including 6.5 in Writing, and 5.5 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
TOEFL: 100 overall including 24 in Writing, 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening and 20 in Speaking.
PTE Academic/PTE Academic UKVI: 68 overall including 62 in Writing, and 51 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): Trinity ISE III with Merit in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
C2 Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE): 185 overall including 176 in Writing, and 162 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
C1 Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): 185 overall including 176 in Writing, and 162 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
PTE Academic (UKVI): 62 overall including 57 in Writing and no less than 30 in Reading, Listening and Speaking
LanguageCert SELT: B2 Communicator High Pass with no less than 33 in Writing
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): either Trinity ISE II with Distinction in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking, or Trinity ISE III with Pass in Writing, Reading Listening and Speaking.
PTE Academic (UKVI): 57 overall including 57 in Writing and no less than 30 in Reading, Listening and Speaking
PTE Academic (UKVI): 57 overall including 51 in Writing and no less than 30 in Reading, Listening and Speaking
LanguageCert SELT: B2 Communicator High Pass
In response to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic we accepted the Duolingo English Test for entry in September 2020 and January 2021 only to our Pre-sessional English courses and postgraduate degree programmes that are delivered solely by distance learning. We are not accepting Duolingo for admission from September 2021 onwards.
The minimum English Language requirements for entry to postgraduate degree programmes within the School of History are:
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): either Trinity ISE II with a minimum of Distinction in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking, or Trinity ISE III with a minimum of Pass in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): Trinity ISE II with a minimum of Merit in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
The minimum English Language requirements for entry to postgraduate degree programmes within the School of Languages, Linguistics and Film are:
The minimum English Language requirements for entry to postgraduate research degree programmes within the School of Law are:
IELTS Academic: 7.5 overall including 7.5 in Writing, and 5.5 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
TOEFL: 108 overall including 29 in Writing, and 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening and 20 in Speaking.
PTE Academic/PTE Academic UKVI: 79 overall including 79 in Writing, and 59 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): Trinity ISE III with Distinction in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
C2 Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE): 191 overall including 191 in Writing, and 162 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
C1 Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): 191 overall including 191 in Writing, and 162 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
IELTS: 7.0 overall including 7.0 in Writing and no less than 4.0 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
PTE Academic (UKVI): 76 overall including 76 in Writing and no less than 43 in Reading, Listening and Speaking
LanguageCert SELT: C1 Expert Pass with no less than 33 in Writing
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE) III: Merit in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
IELTS: 6.5 overall including 6.5 in Writing or 7.0 overall including 5.5 in Writing and no less than 4.0 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
PTE Academic (UKVI): 71 overall including 71 in Writing or 76 overall including 59 in Writing and no less than 43 in Reading, Listening and Speaking
LanguageCert SELT: B2 Communicator High Pass with no less than 33 in Writing or C1 Expert Pass
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE) II: Merit in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
The minimum English Language requirements for entry to postgraduate degree programmes within the School of Mathematical Sciences are:
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): Trinity ISE II with a minimum of Pass in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
The minimum English Language requirements for entry to postgraduate research degree programmes within the School of Medicine and Dentistry are:
Programme
English Language Requirement
Research students undertaking non-clinical project
TOEFL: 92 overall including 21 in Writing, 18 in Reading and 17 in Listening and 20 in Speaking.
C2 Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE): 176 including 169 in Writing, and 162 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
C1 Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): 176 including 169 in Writing, and 162 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): either ISE II with Distinction in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking, or ISE III with Pass in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
Research students undertaking clinical project
TOEFL: 100 overall including 24 in Writing, and 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening and 20 in Speaking.
PTE Academic/PTE Academic UKVI: 76 overall including 71 in Writing, and 59 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
If you fall below our standard English Language requirements, you may consider one of our Pre-Sessional English courses. You will require a UK government approved secure English Language Test for entry to our Thirteen week Pre-Sessional courses. Only IELTS for UKVI, PTE Academic (UKVI), LanguageCert (SELT version only) and Trinity ISE are currently accepted.
IELTS: if any element or overall is 0.5 below
PTE Academic (UKVI): if any element is up to 4 points below the requirement for direct entry
LanguageCert SELT: Please contact the Admissions Office
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE) II: Merit in Writing and Distinction, Distinction, Distinction in the other component scores
IELTS: if any element or overall is 1.0 below
PTE Academic (UKVI): if any element is between 5 and 10 points below the requirement for direct entry
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE) II: Merit in Writing and Merit, Distinction, Distinction in the other component scores.
IELTS: if any element or overall is 1.5 below.
PTE Academic (UKVI): if any element is between 11 and 16 points below the requirement for direct entry
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE) II: Merit in Writing and Merit, Merit, Distinction in the other component scores.
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE) III: Merit in Writing and Merit, Merit, Pass in the other component scores
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE) III: Merit in Writing and Merit, Pass, Pass in the other component scores
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE) III: Merit in Writing and Pass, Pass, Pass in the other component scores
The minimum English Language requirements for entry to postgraduate degree programmes within the School of Physical and Chemical Sciences are:
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): Trinity ISE II with a minimum of Pass in Writing, and Merit in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
The minimum English Language requirements for entry to postgraduate degree programmes within the School of Politics and International Relations are:
Alternative English Language Qualifications
We also accept a range of alternative qualifications to demonstrate your level of English Language proficiency. Approved English language tests must have been taken within the validity date stated, which are measured against the proposed course start date.
Exceptions
There are certain circumstances where you may not be required to have an English Language test to prove your proficiency. To find out more, please read our Postgraduate Guidelines.
Student Visa Regulations
If you will require a Student visa to study in the UK, you must meet the minimum English Language requirements to meet the UKVI regulations (equivalent to IELTS 5.5 in each of Writing, Reading, Speaking and Listening and the overall score). However, note that many of our courses require higher grades.
Pre-sessional English Language Courses
If you fall slightly below our standard English language requirements, you may consider one of our Pre-sessional English courses. The Pre-sessional English course requirements are published above according to the academic department within which your chosen course of study is administered. Please note that you will require a UK government approved Secure English Language Test (SELT) for entry to our Pre-sessional English courses (unless you qualify for a joint CAS for the 5 and 9 week Pre-sessional courses). Only IELTS for UKVI, PTE Academic (UKVI), LanguageCert International SELT and Trinity ISE are accepted as SELT tests.
For further queries regarding acceptable English language qualifications, please contact the Admissions team directly via email to pgtadmissions@qmul.ac.uk.