All students must meet English language entry requirements for all programmes of study at Queen Mary. The requirement for every Postgraduate degree programme is published below, according to the academic department within which your chosen course of study is administered.
If you are a national of any country NOT listed on UKVI’s ‘Differential evidence requirement for a Student’ list, we can only accept from you an English test (or qualification) from our approved list that can be verified by us at Queen Mary directly at source on the test (or qualification) provider’s verification portal.
UKVI’s ‘Differential evidence requirement for a Student’ list can be found under section ST 22.1 of the Immigration Rules.
Available in selected test centres in some countries to eligible candidates, the IELTS One Skill Retake allows test takers to reattempt one of the four skills from each complete IELTS test: Listening, Reading, Writing or Speaking without the need to take a complete IELTS test again. We will accept IELTS One Skill Retake if scores achieved meet our English language requirements. We normally only accept the latest results of an English test.
Remotely offered tests from IELTS, PTE, and TOEFL
The following English tests, that are being offered with the same scoring format as the original tests from the providers, will be accepted with scores as required for our programmes from the original test, with a two year validity from the course start date:
The minimum English Language requirements for entry to postgraduate degree programmes within the School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences are:
IELTS Academic: 6.5 overall including 6.0 in Writing and 5.5 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
MSc Psychology: Mental Health Sciences and MSc Psychology (Conversion) require 7.0 overall including 6.5 in Writing and 5.5 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
TOEFL: 92 overall including 21 in Writing, 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening and 20 in Speaking.
MSc Psychology: Mental Health Sciences and MSc Psychology (Conversion) require 100 overall including 24 in Writing and 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening and 20 in Speaking.
PTE Academic/PTE Academic UKVI: 71 overall including 65 in Writing and 59 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
MSc Psychology: Mental Health Sciences and MSc Psychology (Conversion) require 76 overall including 71in Writing and 59 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): Trinity ISE II with a Distinction in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking, or Trinity ISE III with a minimum of Pass in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
MSc Psychology: Mental Health Sciences and MSc Psychology (Conversion) require Trinity ISE III with a minimum of Merit in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
C2 Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE): 176 overall including 169 in Writing, and 162 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
MSc Psychology: Mental Health Sciences and MSc Psychology (Conversion) require 185 overall including 176 in Writing, and 162 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
C1 Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): 176 overall including 169 in Writing, and 162 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
If you fall below our standard English Language requirements, you may consider one of our Pre-Sessional English courses.
Please see IELTS for UKVI, PTE Academic (UKVI), LanguageCert (SELT version only) and Trinity ISE requirements below*.
Five week
IELTS: 6.0 overall including 5.5 in Writing and no less than 4.0 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
PTE Academic (UKVI): 65 overall including 59 in Writing and no less than 43 in Reading, Listening and Speaking
LanguageCert SELT: Please contact the Admissions Office via your Applicant Portal
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): Trinity ISE II with a minimum of Merit in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking
Nine week
IELTS: 6.0 overall including 5.0 in Writing and no less than 4.0 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
PTE Academic (UKVI): 65 overall including 55 in Writing and no less than 43 in Reading, Listening and Speaking
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): Trinity ISE II with a minimum of Pass in Writing and Merit in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
Thirteen week
IELTS: 5.5 overall including 5.0 in Writing and no less than 4.0 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
PTE Academic (UKVI): 59 overall including 55 in Writing and no less than 43 in Reading, Listening and Speaking
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): Trinity ISE II with a minimum of Pass Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
*MSc Psychology: Mental Health Sciences and MSc Psychology (Conversion) require the following:
IELTS 6.5 overall including 6.0 in Writing and no less than 4.0 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
IELTS 6.5 overall including 5.5 in Writing and no less than 4.0 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
The minimum English Language requirements for entry to postgraduate degree programmes within the School of Business and Management can be found below. Please note that the English language requirements for our two year integrated Masters with Pre-Masters differs. Details can be found below.
For our MSc Management with Integrated Pre-Masters programme:
Please see IELTS for UKVI, PTE Academic (UKVI), LanguageCert (SELT version only) and Trinity ISE requirements below.
IELTS: 6.5 overall including 6.0 in Writing and no less than 4.0 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
PTE Academic (UKVI): 71 overall including 65 in Writing and no less than 43 in Reading, Listening and Speaking
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): either Trinity ISE II with Distinction in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking, or Trinity ISE III with Pass in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
IELTS: 6.0 overall including 6.0 in Writing and no less than 4.0 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
PTE Academic (UKVI): 65 overall including 65 in Writing and no less than 43 in Reading, Listening and Speaking
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): Trinity ISE II with Merit in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
The minimum English Language requirements for entry to postgraduate degree programmes within the School of Economics and Finance are:
Pre-Sessional English Courses
Five or
The nine week Pre-Sessional course is recommended.
IELTS: 5.5 overall including 5.5 in Writing and no less than 4.0 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
PTE Academic (UKVI): 59 overall including 59 in Writing and no less than 43 in Reading, Listening and Speaking
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): Trinity ISE II with Pass in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
The minimum English Language requirements for entry to postgraduate degree programmes within the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science are:
IELTS Academic: 6.5 overall including 6.0 in Writing, and 5.5 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
MSc Data Science and Artificial Intelligence requires 6.5 overall including 6.5 in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
MSc Data Science and Artificial Intelligence requires 92 overall including 24 in Writing, 22 in Reading, 21 in Listening and 23 in Speaking.
PTE Academic/PTE Academic UKVI: 71 overall including 65 in Writing, and 59 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
MSc Data Science and Artificial Intelligence requires 71 overall including 71 in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
MSc Data Science and Artificial Intelligence requires 176 overall including 176 in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
Please note, applicants starting the MSc Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in September are not eligible for the Summer Pre-Sessional English courses.
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): Trinity ISE II with Pass in Writing and and Merit in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
The minimum English Language requirements for entry to postgraduate degree programmes within the School of Engineering and Material Sciences are:
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): Trinity ISE II with Pass in Writing and Merit in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
The minimum English Language requirements for entry to postgraduate degree programmes within the School of English and Drama are:
IELTS: 6.5 overall including 6.5 in Writing and no less than 4.0 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
PTE Academic (UKVI): 71 overall including 71 in Writing and no less than 43 in Reading, Listening and Speaking
The minimum English Language requirements for entry to postgraduate degree programmes within the School of Geography are:
IELTS Academic: 7.0 overall including 6.5 in Writing, and 5.5 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
MSc Environmental Science and MSc Water and Environmental Management require 6.5 overall including 6.0 in Writing, and 5.5 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
TOEFL: 100 overall including 24 in Writing, 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening and 20 in Speaking.
MSc Environmental Science and MSc Water and Environmental Management require 92 overall including 21 in Writing, 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening and 20 in Speaking.
PTE Academic/PTE Academic UKVI: 76 overall including 71 in Writing, and 59 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
MSc Environmental Science and MSc Water and Environmental Management require 71 overall including 65 in Writing, and 59 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): Trinity ISE III with Merit in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
Environmental Science and MSc Water and Environmental Management require either Trinity ISE II with Distinction in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking, or Trinity ISE III with Pass in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
C2 Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE): 185 overall including 176 in Writing, and 162 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
MSc Environmental Science and MSc Water and Environmental Management require 176 overall including 169 in Writing, and 162 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
C1 Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): 185 overall including 176 in Writing, and 162 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
MSc Environmental Science and MSc Water and Environmental Management require 6.0 overall including 5.5 in Writing and no less than 4.0 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
MSc Environmental Science and MSc Water and Environmental Management require 57 overall including 51 in Writing and no less than 43 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): either Trinity ISE II with Distinction in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking, or Trinity ISE III with Pass in Writing, Reading Listening and Speaking.
MSc Environmental Science and MSc Water and Environmental Management require Trinity ISE II with a minimum of Merit in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
MSc Environmental Science and MSc Water and Environmental Management require 6.0 overall including 5.0 in Writing and no less than 4.0 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
PTE Academic (UKVI): 65 overall including 65 in Writing and no less than 43in Reading, Listening and Speaking
MSc Environmental Science and MSc Water and Environmental Management require 65 overall including 55 in Writing and no less than 43 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
MSc Environmental Science and MSc Water and Environmental Management require Trinity ISE II with Pass in Writing, and Merit in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
MSc Environmental Science and MSc Water and Environmental Management require 5.5 overall including 5.0 in Writing and no less than 4.0 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
MSc Environmental Science and MSc Water and Environmental Management require 59 overall including 55 in Writing and no less than 43 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
MSc Environmental Science and MSc Water and Environmental Management require Trinity ISE II with Pass in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
The minimum English Language requirements for entry to postgraduate degree programmes within the School of History are:
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): either Trinity ISE II with a minimum of Distinction in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking, or Trinity ISE III with a minimum of Pass in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): Trinity ISE II with a minimum of Merit in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
The minimum English Language requirements for entry to postgraduate degree programmes within the School of Languages, Linguistics and Film are:
IELTS Academic: 7.0 overall including 7.0 in Writing, and 5.5 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
The MA English Language Teaching with Integrated Pre-Masters requires 5.5 overall with 5.5 in Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking.
TOEFL: 100 overall including 27 in Writing, 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening and 20 in Speaking.
The MA English Language Teaching with Integrated Pre-Masters requires 72 overall with 17 in Writing, 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening and 20 in Speaking.
PTE Academic/PTE Academic UKVI: 76 overall including 76 in Writing, and 59 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
The MA English Language Teaching with Integrated Pre-Masters requires 59 overall with 59 in Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking.
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): Trinity ISE III with a minimum of Merit in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
The MA English Language Teaching with Integrated Pre-Masters requires Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE) II with a minimum of Pass in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
C2 Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE): 185 overall including 185 in Writing, and 162 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
The MA English Language Teaching with Integrated Pre-Masters requires 162 overall with 162 in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
C1 Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): 185 overall including 185 in Writing, and 162 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
The minimum English Language requirements for entry to postgraduate degree programmes within the School Law are:
If your IELTS Academic Writing score is 0.5 below the above requirements (or equivalent), to enter School of Law postgraduate taught programmes, you may not need to do a Pre-sessional course or re-sit your IELTS, as you could enter by doing our In-sessional English course. When we receive your results we will automatically consider you for the In-Sessional course by checking if you meet the thresholds. For more details – please see below’.
The following programmes are not eligible for the Pre-sessional English course as they have an earlier start date and the teaching dates are not compatible.
Students must therefore meet the minimum English Language requirements as listed above.
IELTS: 6.5 overall including 6.5 in Writing or 7.0 overall including 6.0 in Writing and no less than 4.0 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
PTE Academic (UKVI): 71 overall including 71 in Writing or 76 overall including 65 in Writing and no less than 43 in Reading, Listening and Speaking
IELTS: 6.0 overall including 6.0 in Writing or 7.0 overall including 5.5 in Writing and no less than 4.0 in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
PTE Academic (UKVI): 65 overall including 65 in Writing or 76 overall including 59 in Writing and no less than 43 in Reading, Listening and Speaking
LanguageCert SELT: Please contact the Admissions Office via your Applicant PortalTrinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): Trinity ISE II with a minimum of Merit in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
In-Sessional English Courses
The Queen Mary In-Sessional programme: Critical Thinking and Writing in Law is free to Queen Mary registered students and runs in Semesters 1,2, and 3. Students who narrowly miss the standard English language requirements will automatically be considered for the in-sessional programme in line with the requirements below. Students with higher English Language scores may join the programme for free if they wish.
The minimum English Language requirements for entry to postgraduate degree programmes within the School of Mathematical Sciences are:
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): Trinity ISE II with a minimum of Pass in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
For the School of Medicine and Dentistry English Language requirements, please click here.
The minimum English Language requirements for entry to postgraduate degree programmes within the School of Physical and Chemical Sciences are:
Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE): Trinity ISE II with a minimum of Pass in Writing, and Merit in Reading, Listening and Speaking.
The minimum English Language requirements for entry to postgraduate degree programmes within the School of Politics and International Relations are:
Alternative English Language Qualifications
We also accept a range of alternative qualifications to demonstrate your level of English Language proficiency. Approved English language tests must have been taken within the validity date stated, which are measured against the proposed course start date.
Exceptions
There are certain circumstances where you may not be required to have an English Language test to prove your proficiency. To find out more, please read our Postgraduate Guidelines.
Student Visa Regulations
If you will require a Student visa to study in the UK, you must meet the minimum English Language requirements to meet the UKVI regulations (equivalent to IELTS 5.5 in each of Writing, Reading, Speaking and Listening and the overall score). However, note that many of our courses require higher grades.
Pre-sessional English Language Courses
If you fall slightly below our standard English language requirements, you may consider one of our Pre-sessional English courses. The Pre-sessional English course requirements are published above according to the academic department within which your chosen course of study is administered. Please note that you will require a UK government approved Secure English Language Test (SELT) for entry to our Pre-sessional English courses (unless you qualify for a joint CAS for the 5 and 9 week Pre-sessional courses). Only IELTS for UKVI, PTE Academic (UKVI), LanguageCert International SELT and Trinity ISE are accepted as SELT tests.
For further queries regarding acceptable English language qualifications, please contact the Admissions team directly via email to pgtadmissions@qmul.ac.uk.