Undergraduate English language requirements
If you’re a non-native English-speaking applicant, you must show enough fluency in written and spoken English to study with us.
We accept a range of qualification types, depending on your course:
- IELTS (Academic)
- International Baccalaureate
- Cambridge CEFR
- Oxford ELLT
- Duolingo (except for Hull York Medical School courses)
- GCSE/IGCSE/O level English Language (as a first or second language)
- LanguageCert SELT
- LanguageCert Academic
- Kaplan Test of English Language (previously KITE)
- Skills for English
- PTE Academic
- TOEFL
- Trinity ISE III
You can’t combine scores from more than one qualification attempt, or from multiple qualification types. We must be able to verify your test within two years of completion, but you may have completed the test up to two and a half years before your course's start date.
Check the requirements for your course
Exceptions
You don’t need to provide evidence of your English language if any of the following apply:
- You're a UK national
- You're a national from a majority-English-speaking country, as specified by the UKVI
- You've completed a degree in the UK, or in a majority-English-speaking country
- You've completed a degree within two years of your course’s start date, which has been taught in English – you’ll need to provide official confirmation from the institution that the degree was taught in English
If you’re applying as a visiting student, our English language requirements also vary by subject.
Find advice for visiting students
Pre-sessional English language courses
Our on-campus pre-sessional English language courses can support you to improve your English language ability.
Learn about pre-sessional English language courses
School-leaving certificates
We also accept various school-leaving certificates if you meet the required grade of an English language subject.
Country | Qualification | English grade required |
---|---|---|
Austria | Reifeprüfungszeugnis / Maturazeugnis | 2 |
Belgium | Diploma van Hoger Secundair Onderwijs | 16 |
Certificat d'Enseignement | 7 | |
Abschlusszeugnis der Oberstufe des Sekundarunterrichts | 70% | |
Brunei | Cambridge O Level | C |
Canada |
High School Graduation Diploma from any state excluding Quebec (where studied in Canada. Where studied outside Canada, IELTS or equivalent will be required) |
75% |
Denmark | Studentereksamen / HÇ¿jere Forberedelseseksamen | 7 |
Finland | Ylioppilastutkintotodistus / Studentexamenbetyg | 4 (Cum laude approbatur) |
France |
French Baccalauréat |
11 |
Option Internationale du Baccalauréat | ||
Gambia | Gambia West African Secondary School Certificate | C6 (where the school has confirmed that the medium of instruction in the school is English) |
Germany | Abitur | 11 |
Ghana | West African Secondary School Certificate | C6 |
Hong Kong | HKDSE | 4 overall with 4 in each component |
Iceland | Stúdentspróf | 6 |
India | Standard XII (in some cases IELTS or equivalent may be required) | 75% |
Kenya | Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education | C (valid for 7 years before course start date) |
Liberia | West African Secondary School Certificate | C6 |
Luxembourg | Diplôme de Fin d'Etudes Secondaires | 36 |
Malaysia |
Malaysia SPM English Language |
Minimum B2 overall, with B2 in each of the components |
Advanced English 1119 (Cambridge O Level 1119) |
Grade C |
|
Mauritius | Cambridge O Level | C |
Netherlands | VWO | 6 |
Nigeria |
West African Secondary School Certificate |
C6 |
National Examinations Council - Nigeria (NECO) | ||
Norway | Vitnemål fra den Videregående Opplaering | 4 |
Sierra Leone | West African Secondary School Certificate | C6 |
Singapore | O-Level | C |
South Africa | National Senior Certificate, English Home Language | 5 |
Sweden |
Slutbetyg från Gymnasieskola English 7 |
Grade C |
Switzerland |
Certificat de Maturité |
4 |
Certificat de Maturité Cantonal reconnu par la Confédération | ||
Baccalauréat Vaudois | ||
Maturität | ||
Eidgenössisch anerkanntes kantonales Maturitätszeugnis | ||
Attestato di Maturità | ||
Attestato di Maturità Cantonale riconosciuto dalla Confederazione (Federal Secondary School Leaving Certificate) | ||
Tanzania |
Certificate of Secondary Education Examination |
C (valid for 7 years before course start date) |
Uganda |
Uganda Certificate of Education |
Grade 5 (valid for 7 years before course start date) |