Entry requirements

Before you apply you should check whether you meet the entry requirements for the degree course you are interested in.

Please see our country webpages for specific entry requirements in terms of international qualifications.

If your country is not listed, the University’s standard entry requirements are given below. If you don’t yet meet these requirements, please contact us to check your qualifications or consider our International Foundation Programme (for undergraduate entry), Business School Graduate Certificate or International Bridging Programme (for postgraduate entry), an HIC pathway, or our Pre-sessional English Programme.

Academic requirements:

Please see our course page for specific entry requirements in terms of international qualifications.

All undergraduate and postgraduate courses require students to have a Maths qualification equivalent to GCSE grade C or above. If you have a query relating to the equivalence of your local qualification please contact us.

Undergraduate


The normal entry requirements for undergraduate degrees are completion of 12 years of school education and a pass in a school leaving certificate equivalent to UK ‘A’ Levels.

A Level: please see our course webpages for the A Level requirements for your course of interest. 

International Baccalaureate: 24 (International Foundation Programme) - 32 points.

Postgraduate


Before you apply you should check whether you meet the entry requirements for the degree course you are interested in.

The normal entry requirements for postgraduate degrees are completion of a Bachelor degree in a relevant subject area at a level equivalent to a UK second class honours degree.

English Language requirements:


Please refer to the table below for an indication of accepted English tests and equivalence.

All Masters’ degrees within the Business School normally require:

  • 6.5 IELTS/ 580/92 TOEFL (or equivalent) - UH ID code: 0493

  • 6.0 IELTS/ 550/79 TOEFL (or equivalent) plus completion of the University’s four week pre-sessional English course.


Most undergraduate and other Masters’ degrees normally require:

  • 6.0 IELTS/ 550/79 TOEFL (or equivalent) - UH ID code: 0493

 

Please be aware that the following courses have a non-standard English language requirement, as indicated below:

 IELTS 6.5     

  • All undergraduate and postgraduate Humanities courses
  • All postgraduate Art, design, film, music and media courses 
  • All undergraduate and postgraduate nursing courses
  • All undergraduate and postgraduate social work courses
  • Most courses in the School of Health and Emergency professions
  • MPharm
  • MSc Biotechnology
  • MSc Pharmacology
  • MSc Molecular Biology
  • MSc Environmental Management
  • MSc Business Psychology
  • MSc Psychology
  • All postgraduate education programmes
IELTS 7.0
  • BSc Physiotherapy
  • BSc Dietetics
  • MSc Advancing Pharmacy Practice
  • MSc Organisational Psychology

For ease of reference please see below the UK Border Agency (UKBA) minimum equivalences of B1, B2 and C1 English language levels.

Please refer to individual course webpages for overall IELTS/TOEFL requirements, the table below indicates UKBA minimum requirements, not the University's overall English entry criteria.

IELTS, TOEFL iBT and PTE are valid for two years and must be valid up to the date the CAS is issued. 

Pre-sessional English, English for Academic Study and any courses with NQF exit levels 3 – 5 (International Foundation Programme, Preparing for degree study in Art and Design undergraduate/foundation entry) will require you to achieve the University’s overall requirement for your course (see individual course page for details), plus each of the 4 skill components* at B1 level or above.

Courses with NQF exit level 6 & 7 (i.e. Pre-masters, Graduate Certificate in Business, Undergraduate degrees and Postgraduate degrees) will require you to achieve the University’s overall requirement for your course (see individual course page for details), plus each of the 4 skill components at B2 level or above

*where available, this refers to Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking

 

TestScore Test validity
Common European Framework level B1 B2 C1  
GCSE English N/AC AN/A
iGCSE N/AC AN/A
IELTS (Academic and
General Training) 		Listening – 4.0
Speaking – 4.0
Reading – 4.0
Writing – 4.0 		Listening – 5.5
Speaking – 5.5
Reading – 5.5
Writing – 5.5 		Listening – 7.0
Speaking – 7.0
Reading – 7.0
Writing – 7.0 		2 years
TOEFL iBT Reading - 4
Listening - 9
Speaking - 16
Writing - 13 		Listening - 17
Reading - 18
Speaking - 20
Writing - 17 		Listening – 22
Reading - 24
Speaking - 25
Writing - 24 		2 years
TOEICListening - 275
Reading - 275
Speaking - 120
Writing - 120 		Listening - 400
Reading - 385
Speaking - 160
Writing - 150 		Listening - 490
Reading - 455
Speaking - 180
Writing - 180 		2 years
Pearson Test of
English Academic
(PTE Academic) 		Listening – 36
Reading – 36
Writing – 36
Speaking – 36 		Listening - 51
Reading - 51
Writing - 51
Speaking - 51 		Listening – 67
Reading – 67
Writing – 67
Speaking – 67 		2 years
Cambridge ESOL
N/A

CEFR level B2 with Listening -weak
Reading - weak
Writing - weak
Speaking- weak

 CAE Grade B or pass at grade C with
Listening - borderline
Reading - borderline
Writing - borderline
Speaking - borderline
N/A