Test 

Grade or score 

UKVI/SELT IELTS 

7.0 with no component under 6.5

Non UKVI/SELT IELTS 

7.0 with no component under 6.5

TOEFL iBT and TOEFL iBT Home edition 

TOEFL test changes from 21 Jan 2026

Tests taken before 21 Jan 2026

90 with no component under 20 

Tests taken from 21 Jan 2026

5 with no component under 4.5

Cambridge C2 Proficiency or C1 Advanced

185 with a minimum of 176 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 

IGCSE First Language English 

Grade C or above 

IGCSE English as a Second Language 

Grade B or above 

GCSE English Language 

Grade C/grade 4 or above 

Password Skills Plus

7.0 (no component under 6.5)

Pearson Academic PTE 

68 (with no less than 62 in each Communicative Skill) 

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

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

Duolingo English Language Test (DET)

130 overall and no less than 120 in any individual Sub scores (Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking)