English language tests and qualifications considered acceptable for visa purposes (typical offers where entry is stated as IELTS 6.5 or equivalent)
Home Office Approved Tests
Qualification
Exam Board
Grade/Score Minimum sub-skill component
Validity
(Reading, Writing, Listening,
Speaking) score
IELTS for UKVI (Academic)
Integrated Skills in English
Cambridge English
Language
Assessment/British
Council
Trinity College London
Additional Newcastle University Accepted Tests
IELTS (Academic)
Cambridge English Language
Assessment/British Council
6.5
5.5
2 years before start of course
ISE III or ISE IV
Pass ISEII
2 years before start of course
6.5
5.5
2 years before start of course
Pearson Test of English
Academic
Test of English as a Foreign
Language (TOEFL IBT)
Pearson
62
51
2 years before start of course
Educational Testing Service
(ETS)
90
Reading – 18
2 years before start of course
Business English Certificate
Higher
Certificate in Advanced
English
Certificate of Proficiency in
English
ESOL Skills for Life Level 2
Cambridge English
Language Assessment
Cambridge English
Language Assessment
Cambridge English
Language Assessment
Cambridge English
Language Assessment
Hong Kong Examinations
and Assessment Authority
(HKEAA)
B
Writing – 17
Listening – 17
Speaking - 20
‘Weak’
3 years before start of course
Hong Kong Diploma of
Secondary Education (HKDSE)
Last updated 20/01/16
176
160
3 years before start of course
176
160
3 years before start of course
Pass
English at
grade 5
‘Pass’. For Speaking &
Listening: ‘Borderline’ required 3 years before start of course
Minimum 4 in each element
3 years before start of course
Indian 12th Standard
Examination/All India Senior
Secondary School Certificate
CBSE/ISC (National Boards)
75% in English
International Baccalaureate
International Baccalaureate
Organisation (IBO)
Standard
Level: 4
English A: Literature
NOT APPLICABLE
Provided a continuous study path
delivered and assessed in English with
no breaks
3 years before start of course
NOT APPLICABLE
3 years before start of course
NOT APPLICABLE
3 years before start of course
Subject to additional
interviewing conditions
Higher Level:
4
International Baccalaureate
English A: Literature and
Language
International Baccalaureate
Organisation (IBO)
International Baccalaureate
English Language B
International Baccalaureate
Organisation (IBO)
Higher Level:
4
International General
Certificate of Secondary
Education (IGCSE) 0500 &
0522 (English 1st language)
Cambridge International
Examinations
International General
Certificate of Secondary
Education (IGCSE) 0510 &
0511 (English 2nd language)
Cambridge International
Examinations
INTO Newcastle English for INTO Newcastle
Academic Purposes
Assessment & Pre-Sessional
English Programme
INTO English for Academic
INTO UK Centres other
Purposes Assessment
than Newcastle
Last updated 20/01/16
Standard
Level: 5
Standard
Level: 6
Higher Level:
5
C
65
Reading – E
3 years before start of course
Writing – E
Speaking – D (0522) or 2
(0500)
Listening – D (0522) or 2
(0500)
Reading – D
3 years before start of course
Writing – D
Speaking – C (0511) or 2 (0510)
Listening - A
55%
3 years before start of course
65
55%
B
3 years before start of course
INTO English Language
Assessment (IELA)
INTO and Cambridge English
Language Assessment
O Level English Language
1115, 1119, 1120, 1123, 1125,
1126, 1127
Singapore Integrated
Programme
Cambridge International
Examinations
Last updated 20/01/16
Singapore Ministry of
Education
Writing: C1, Speaking: C1
Listening: 68-72 raw
Reading: 68-72 raw
C
2 years before start of course
NOT APPLICABLE
3 years before start of course
Achievement
of conditions
of offer
NOT APPLICABLE
3 years before start of course