English Language Proficiency Requirements, Study notes of English

Download English Language Proficiency Requirements and more Study notes English in PDF only on Docsity! 1 UCL Academic Manual Chapter 1: Admissions, Registration and Student Conduct Annex 1.1.3 English Language Proficiency Requirements Contact: Bella Malins, Director of Access and Admissions, Student and Registry Services Policy 1. All students seeking admission to UCL (including EU and Overseas), who are not a national of a United Kingdom Home Office “majority English speaking” country, are required to provide recent evidence that their command of spoken and written English is adequate for the programme of study for which they have applied. This is a UCL requirement. UCL specifies the need for its undergraduate and graduate students to have adequate English in order to ensure that their academic progress is not hindered by language difficulties and that students are able to integrate socially whilst studying at UCL and living in this country. 2. Evidence of English language proficiency may take the form of one of the following:  National of a UK Home Office “majority English speaking” country  Completed a UK degree equivalent qualification from a country which the Home Office lists as “majority English speaking” no more than the summer two years prior to the proposed date of enrolment  Completed a minimum of twelve months education in a country that UCL considers to be “majority English speaking”, no more than the summer two years prior to the proposed date of enrolment  Completed a minimum of eighteen months of work experience in a country that UCL considers to be “majority English speaking”, no more than two years prior to the proposed date of enrolment  Completed a school leaving qualification containing English, which UCL considers to meet the CEFR B2 level in all four skills, no more than the summer two years prior to the proposed date of enrolment 2  Obtained one of the English language tests accepted by UCL, no more than two years prior to the proposed date of enrolment. A number of qualifications and tests are recognised, UCL's preferred English language qualification being the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). The qualification or test result must have been awarded at the appropriate UCL level (standard, good or advanced). 3. UCL reserves the right, in individual circumstances, to specify an additional language requirement for an applicant. 4. UCL's English language proficiency policy has been approved by the relevant committees of UCL's Academic Committee. This policy places responsibility on faculty and departmental admissions tutors in deciding, to at least UCL’s minimum standard level requirement, the level of English language proficiency that their students require. All students are required to meet UCL’s proficiency requirements to the level deemed suitable for the programme of study to which they have applied. Qualifications Recognised by UCL for the Purpose of Satisfying the English Language Proficiency Requirement All tests or qualifications must have been taken no more than two years prior to the proposed date of enrolment. Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English Standard level: Overall score of 176 with 169 in all subtests. Good level: Overall score of 185 with 176 in all subtests. Advanced level: Overall score of 191 with 176 in all subtests. Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English Standard level: Overall score of 176 with 169 in all subtests. Good level: Overall score of 185 with 176 in all subtests. Advanced level: Overall score of 191 with 176 in all subtests. Cambridge English Language 1119 Standard level: Pass at grade 6. Good level: Pass at grade 6. Advanced level: Pass at grade 4. Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) GCE Ordinary Level in English Language Standard level: Pass at grade C. Good level: Pass at grade C. Advanced level: Pass at grade B. City & Guilds Standard level: Pass at Mastery level when achieved with a pass at Mastery level in the Pitman International Spoken (ISESOL) test. Good level: Pass at Mastery level when achieved with a pass at Mastery level in the Pitman International Spoken (ISESOL) test. Advanced level: Not acceptable.