Test 

Grade or score required 

IELTS 

6.0 with no component under 5.5

Non UKVI/SELT IELTS 

6.0 with no component under 5.5

TOEFL iBT and TOEFL iBT Home edition 

TOEFL test changes from 21 Jan 2026

Tests taken before 21 Jan 2026

72 (Speaking 20; Reading 18; Writing and Listening 17) 

Tests taken from 21 Jan 2026

4 with no component under 4

Cambridge C2 Proficiency or C1 Advanced

169 with a minimum of 162 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

6.0 (no component under 5.5)

Pearson Academic (PTE) 

59 (with no less than 59 in each Communicative 

Skill) 

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

Level II or above (with a pass in both modules) 

Duolingo English Language Test (DET)

 110 overall and no less than 100 in any individual Sub score (Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking)