English Language Requirements

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Entry onto undergraduate courses, postgraduate taught courses and postgraduate research course requires a minimum English language score of IELTS 6.0 (with no individual score lower than 5.5) however some undergraduate and postgraduate programmes require higher scores. Please refer to the table and links below which will provide you with all the necessary information.

Undergraduate IELTS requirements

School	IELTS requirement (or equivalent)
Chemistry	6.0 with no individual score lower than 6.0
Law	6.5 for all LLB degrees except for IELTS 6.0 for LLB Law with Professional English
Healthcare Sciences	Nursing and Midwifery, 7.0 with no individual score lower than 7.0 Radiography, 7.0, with no individual score lower than 6.5

Postgraduate IELTS requirements

School	IELTS requirement (or equivalent)
Business (Research Degrees)	7.0 with no individual score lower than 6.5
Business (MBA Banking and Finance)	6.5 with no individual score lower than 6.0
Chemistry	6.0 with no individual score lower than 6.0
Education	6.5 with no individual score lower than 6.0
English Literature	At least 7.0 in all aspects of the test
English Language & Linguistics	6.5 with no individual score lower than 6.5
MA Bilingualism, MA Linguistics and MA Cognitive Linguistics	6.0 with no individual score lower than 6.0
Law	6.5 with with no individual score lower than 6.0
Modern Languages (MA in Translation Studies)	6.5 with with no individual score lower than 6.0 and a writing score of 6.5 The school will accept IELTS 6.0 with no element below 5.5 subject to students completing a 12 week pre-sessional course with ELCOS
Ocean Sciences (MSc Marine Environmental Protection / MSc Marine Biology)	6.5 score lower than 6.0
Psychology	At least 6.5 with no individual score lower than 6.0 and a writing score of 6.5. MRes applicants should have an IELTS of at least 7.0
Sport, Health & Exercise Sciences	6.5 with no individual score lower than 6.0
Healthcare Sciences	Non-Clinical Programmes, 6.5 with no individual score lower than 6.0 Research Programmes, 7.0 with no individual score lower than 7.0
Theology and Religious Studies	6.5 with no individual score lower than 6.0

Students who have undertaken 2 years of education entirely through the medium of English directly prior to entry to Bangor University, will not be required to submit an English Language test certificate. For further information, please contact the International Admissions Office by email at international@bangor.ac.uk or by telephone on +44 (0) 1248 382028.

Students can take IETLS from the British Council.

Improve your score...

Students who have not achieved the above scores can apply to undertake English Language courses at the University's English Language Centre in order to achieve these levels, prior to the beginning of the academic programme.

Level	Course	Dates	Application
IELTS 4.0	42 week Pre-Sessional	1 October 2012 to 13 September 2013	Find out more...
IELTS 4.5	30 week Pre-Sessional	1 October 2012 to 31 May 2013	Find out more...
IELTS 5.0	19 week Pre-Sessional	9 January 2011 to 1 June 2012	Find out more...
IELTS 5.0	18 week Pre-Sessional	16 April 2012 to 14 September 2012	Find out more...
IELTS 5.5	12 week Pre-Sessional	25 June 2012 to 14 September 2012	Find out more...
IELTS 5.5 (with Reading and Writing of no less than 5.5)	8 week Pre-Sessional	23 July 2012 to 14 September 2012	Find out more...
IELTS 6.0 (with only 1 element below 5.5)	4 week Pre-Sessional	20 August 2012 to 14 September 2012	Find out more...

IELTS information in Arabic

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Other Language Level Tests

TOEFL IBT

Bangor University recognises the TOEFL IBT test. Our minimum TOEFLT IBT entry requirement is an overall score of 75, with minimum scores of Listening - 17, Reading - 18, Speaking - 20 and Writing - 18. Download the table of comparison between TOEFL and IELTS.

Pearson PTE Academic

Bangor University recognises the PTE Academic tests as meeting our English language requirements for certain courses. Pearson’s new computer-based academic test can be used to demonstrate your English language proficiency and is accepted by the UK Border Agency for visa applications.

Different courses may have different language requirements and these are normally expressed as 'IELTS' scores. Listed below are some of the IELTS requirements that you may see against certain courses, together with the Pearson Academic PTE equivalents.

The score in brackets is the minimum score for the communicative skills element of the Pearson test.

Our courses:

Pre-sessional English language courses (undergraduate and postgraduate)

* Ielts 4.5 = PTE 35 (30) onto 30 week pre-sessional
* Ielts 5.5 = PTE 43 (42) onto 12 week pre-sessional
* Ielts 6.5 = PTE 62 (58) onto the 4 week Pre-study Orientation Course

Undergraduate courses:

* Ielts 6.0 = PTE 55 (50)
* Ielts 6.5 = PTE 62 (58)

Postgraduate courses:

* Ielts 6.0 = PTE 58 (55)
* Ielts 6.5 = PTE 64 (58)

Please visit the Pearson Academic website for more information:
http://pearsonpte.com/PTEAcademic/Pages/home.aspx