All Postgraduate Courses at Newcastle University have their Entry Requirements for Pre-Sessional listed on the individual course page. The band will be stated on your offer letter. If there is no Band (English Language Requirement) states on your postgraduate offer, please email us or follow the link, search for the relevant course and select 'Entry Requirements' http://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/courses/ Only an official IELTS result or equivalent recognised English language test will be accepted as proof of English language proficiency. Other English language tests that are accepted by the University for entry, including Pearson PTE.

Postgraduate courses:

Degrees requires: IELTS 6.0 (with 5.5 in all sub-skills) Band 1:IELTS 6.0 (with 1 sub-skill at 5.0 and 3 sub-skills at 5.5)

Degrees requires IELTS 6.5 (with no sub-skill below 5.5) Band 2:IELTS 6.0 (with a minimum of 5.5 in all subskills) Band 3:IELTS 6.0 (with a minimum of 6.0 in writing and no less than 5.5 in all other subskills)

Degrees requires IELTS 6.5 (with 6.5 in writing and 5.5 in all other subskills): Band 4:IELTS 6.0 (with 6.5 in writing and 5.5 in all other sub-skills) Band 5:Not accepted

Degree requires IELTS 6.5 (with no sub-skill below 6.0): Band 6: IELTS 6.0 (with 6.0 in writing and all other sub-skills 5.5) Band 7: IELTS 6.0 (with 6.5 in writing and 5.5 in all other sub-skills)

Degree requires IELTS 7.0 (with no sub-skill below 6.5): Band 8 and Band 9 Not accepted Degree requires IELTS 7.0 (with 6.5 in writing and 6.0 in all other subskills) : Band 9 and Band 10 Not accepted

Undergraduate degrees

SAgE: IELTS 6.0 (with a minimum of 5.5 in all sub-skills) HaSS: IELTS 6.0 (with a minimum of 6.0 in Writing and no less than 5.5 in all sub-skills) Medical Sciences: see below Faculty of Medical Science: Not accepted Undergraduate Studies: School of Biomedical Sciences: IELTS 6.0 (with a minimum of 6.0 in all sub-skills)

Pre-sessional English Language is NOT accepted for the following courses: MA Creative Writing
MA English Literature
MSc Language Pathology
MA Translating and Interpreting
All PGR degrees in the School of Modern Languages, except PhD/MPhil Translating and Interpreting MA History
Applied Educational Psychology Doctor of (DAppEdPsy)
PhD/MPhil in Speech Sciences
PGR Programmes in Translating and Interpreting for European Languages
MA Professional Translating for European Languages
MRes Programmes in the Medical Science Faculty
MA History of Medicine
Newcastle University Business School PGT Dual Awards with Groningen unless otherwise stated on the NU webpages.