Last updated: 22 February 2021
To meet the University of Gloucestershire’s English language entry requirements, international students will need to have achieved one of the qualifications listed below. All qualifications accepted are assessed based on their equivalence to the UKVI IELTS (Academic) Test. For more information, please read the University of Gloucestershire ‘English Language Policy’.
| Undergraduate Exceptions | |||||
| Course level | Most bachelor degree courses (level 4,5 & 6 entry) | BA (Hons) Paramedic Science BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy BSc (Hons) Social Work | BA (Hons) Nursing (Adult) BA (Hons) Nursing (Mental Health) | BSc Journalism and Sports Journalism | |
| Bachelor Degree Courses | IELTS 6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in any band | IELTS 7.0 overall with no less than 7.0 in any component | IELTS 7.0 overall with no less than 7.5 in writing and no less than 7.0 in any other component | IELTS 7.0 overall with no less than 7.5 in writing and no less than 7.0 in any other component |
| Course Level | Postgraduate Taught courses | Exceptions: Postgraduate Taught courses | Postgraduate Research courses |
| Postgraduate courses | IELTS 6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in any component | MA Communications, Media & PR IELTS 6.5 overall with no less than 6 in any other component MSc Human Resource Management IELTS 6.5 overall with no less than 6.0 in writing MA Social Work IELTS 7.0 overall with no less than 7.0 in any component | IELTS 6.5 overall with no less than 6.0 in writing and no less than 5.5 in any other component |
| Qualification/T est | Examination Board | Validity Period | Grade/Score for IELTS 5.5 equivalent | Grade/Score for IELTS 6.0 equivalent | Grade/Score for IELTS 6.5 equivalent | Grade/Score for IELTS 7.0 equivalent |
| ISE | Trinity College London | 2 years before course start date | ISE II with a pass in each component | ISE II with Distrinction in all four components | ISE III with Pass in all four components | ISE III with Merit in all four components |
| Qualification | Examination Board | Validity Period | Grade/Score for IELTS 5.5 equivalent | Grade/Score for IELTS 6.0 equivalent | Grade/Score for IELTS 6.5 equivalent | Grade/Score for IELTS 7.0 equivalent |
| GCSE | All UK examination Boards | 10 years before course start date | C | C | C | C |
| International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) 0500 & 0522 (English 1st language | 2 Cambridge International Examinations | 10 years before course start date | C | C | C | C |
| A Level English Language | All UK examination Boards | 10 years before course start date | C | C | C | C |
| A Levels (minimum x2) + UoG English Assessment | All UK examination Boards | 10 years before course start date | C | C | C | C |
| All India Senior School Certificate Examination/ Delhi Senior School Certificate Examination | Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE | 10 years before course start date | 33% | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| APTIS | British Council | 3 years before course start date | Minimum of: Reading – 40 Writing – 42 Speaking – 42 Listening – 32 | Minimum of: Reading – 40 Writing – 42 Speaking – 42 Listening – 32 | Minimum of: Reading – 40 Writing – 42 Speaking – 42 Listening – 32 | Minimum of: Reading – 40 Writing – 42 Speaking – 42 Listening – 32 |
| O Level English Language 1115, 1119, 1120, 1123, 1125, 1126, 1127 | All UK examination Boards | 10 years before course start date | C | C | C | C |
| International Baccalaureate | International Baccalaureate | 10 years before course start date | Grade 5 | Grade 5 | Grade 5 | Grade 5 |
| Bellerby’s Academic English Skills (AES) | Bellerby’s College | 10 years before course start date | Pass of 50% | Pass of 50% | Pass of 50% | Pass of 50% |
| BGCSE (Botswana) | Botswana Examinations council | 10 years before course start date | C | C | C | C |
| Bulgaria Diploma of Completed Secondary Education | Ministry of Education | 10 years before course start date | Pass mark of 3 minimum | Pass mark of 3 minimum | Pass mark of 3 minimum | Pass mark of 3 minimum |
| Cambridge Advanced English (CAE) CAE Pre-2015 CAE Post-2015 | Cambridge English Language Assessment | 10 years before course start date | C 162 | C 169 | C 176 | B 185 |
| Cambridge English Proficiency (CPE) CPE Pre-2015 CPE Post-2015 | Cambridge English Language Assessment | 10 years before course start date | C 32 | C 37 | C 42 | C 49 |
| Cambridge First Certificate in English | Cambridge English Language Assessment | 3 years before course start date | C | C | C | C |
| Secondary Education Certificate English (Caribbean) | Caribbean Examinations Council | 10 years before course start date | Pre 1998: 2 Post 1998: 3 | 2 3 | 2 3 | 2 3 |
| Cameroon General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level | Cameroon General Certificate of Education Board | 10 years before course start date | C | C | C | C |
| Canadian High School Diploma Grade 11 (Anglophone schools | Ministry of Education | 10 years before course start date | 65% | 65% | 65% | 65% |
| Canadian High School Diploma Grade 12 (Anglophone schools) | Ministry of Education | 10 years before course start date | 60% | 60% | 60% | 60% |
| City and Guilds ESOL Skills for Life Level 2 | Cambridge English Language Assessment | 10 years before course start date | ‘Pass’ required in each subskill. For Speaking & Listening: ‘Borderline’ required | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cyprus Apolytirion | Ministry of Education | 10 years before course start date | Grade 10 | Grade 10 | Grade 10 | Grade 10 |
| EACE (East African Certificate of Education) | East African Examination Council | 10 years before course start date | Grade 6 | Grade 6 | Grade 6 | Grade 6 |
| Estonia Riigieksamitunni stud | Ministry of Education and Research | 10 years before course start date | 75% | |||
| France Diplome du Baccalaureat General or Baccalaureat Technologique | Ministry of National Education (France) | 10 years before course start date | 12 | |||
| Germany Arbitur as a Hauptfach/Liestungskur | Federal Ministry of Education and Research | 10 years before course start date | Grade 10 | Grade 10 | Grade 10 | Grade 10 |
| Greece Apolytirio | Ministry of Education | 10 years before course start date | Grade 10 | Grade 10 | Grade 10 | Grade 10 |
| HKALE (Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination – Advanced Level) (awarded up to and incl. 2013) | Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority | 10 years before course start date | Grade D | Grade C | Grade C | Grade B |
| HKCEE (Hong Kong Certificate of Education) | Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority | 10 years before course start date | Pre 2007: D Post 2007: 2 | C 3 | C 3 | B 3 |
| HKDSE (Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education) | Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority | 10 years before course start date | HKDSE English (Core) Level 4 overall (no less than Level 4 in any sub-section) | HKDSE English (Core) Level 5 overall (no less than Level 4 in any sub-section) | HKDSE English (Core) Level 5 overall (no less than Level 4 in any sub-section) | HKDSE English (Core) Level 5* overall (no less than Level 4 in any sub-section |
| Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) / Standard 12 (India) | A recognised Board of Higher Secondary Education | 10 years before course start date | 65% | 65% | 65% | 75% |
| India Indian School Certificate (Class-XII) | From specific exam boards: CBSE/CISCE/WBCHSEB Interview may be required | 5 years before course start date | 70% | 70% | 70% | 70% |
| UoG Pre-sessional English Test | UOG | 3 years before course start date | 5.5 (B2) equivalent | 6.0 Equivalent | 6.5 equivalent | 7.0 equivalent |
| IELA (INTO English Language Assessment | Cambridge English | 3 years before course start date | 5.5 (B2) equivalent | IELA 6.0 equivalent | IELA 6.5 equivalent | IELA 7.0 equivalent |
| UoG English Language Assessment | UoG | 2 Years | 5.5 (B2) equivalent | 6.0 Equivalent | 6.5 Equivalent | 7.0 Equivalent |
| KCSE (Kenya) | East African Examination Council | 10 years before course start date | C | C | C | C |
| Latvia Atestats | National Centre for Education (NCE) | 10 years before course start date | 8 out of 10 | |||
| Lithuania Brandos Atestatas | Ministry of Education | 10 years before course start date | 75% or 8 out of 10 in English | |||
| Malaysian SPM English (1119 / O level paper only) | Malaysian Examinations Syndicate | 10 years before course start date | C | C | C | |
| Malaysia University English Test (MUET | Malaysian Examination Council | 10 years before course start date | C | Grade 4 180-219 | Grade 4 180-219 | Grade 5 220-259 |
| NECO | West African Exams Council | 10 years before course start date | C | C | C | B |
| Pearson PTE Academic | Pearson | 2 years before course start date | 51 | 56 | 61 | 67 |
| Poland Matura | Ministry of Education | 10 years before course start date | 65% at advanced/extend ed level in English language | |||
| Portuguese High School Certificate English Grade | Ministry of Education | 10 years before course start date | 14 | |||
| Romania Diploma de Bacalaureat | Ministry of National Education | 10 years before course start date | B2 | |||
| South African National Senior Certificate (NSC) | UMALUSI Council | 10 years before course start date | Standard grade C Higher grade E | Standard grade C Higher grade E | Standard grade C Higher grade E | Standard grade C Higher grade E |
| Spain Titulo de Bachiller | Ministry of Education | 10 years before course start date | 5 out of 10 | 5 out of 10 | 5 out of 10 | 5 out of 10 |
| TOEFL IBT and TOEFL Home | ETS | 2 years before course start date | Reading – 18 Writing -17 Listening – 17 Speaking – 20 Total – 72 | Reading – 20 Writing -19 Listening – 19 Speaking – 22 Total – 80 | Reading – 22 Writing -24 Listening – 21 Speaking – 23 Total – 88 | Reading – 24 Writing -24 Listening – 22 Speaking – 25 Total – 95 |
| UCE (Uganda) | Uganda National Examinations Board | 10 years before course start date | Grade 6 | Grades 6 | Grade 5 | Grade 3 |
| US High School Grade 11 | High School Grades | 10 years before course start date | 65% | 65% | 65% | 65% |
| WAEC | West African Exams Council | 10 years before course start date | C6 in English | C6 in English | C6 in English | C4 in English |
| Zambian General Certificate of Education | Examinations Council of Zambia | 10 years before course start date | Grade C | Grade C | Grade C | Grade C |
| Zimbabwe General Certificate of Education O Leve | Zimbabwe School Examinations Council | 10 years before course start date | Grade C | Grade C | Grade C | Grade B |
