English language requirements for postgraduate applicants

You may need to provide a recognised English language qualification depending on your nationality and where you have studied previously.

The English language scores required vary depending on the course that you are applying for. You can find these in the entry requirements for each course on the course information pages.

How to meet our English Language requirements

Entry in 2026

You can provide evidence of your English language ability in several ways. Details are listed below.

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Recognised English Language Qualification Scores

These lists show the scores we require for different English language tests and entry to our Pre-sessional English programmes.

Most of our postgraduate programmes will require one of these standard IELTS bands. You can check the English language scores required for your programme in the entry requirements on our course information pages.

For postgraduate programmes with a requirement of

IELTS overall 6.5 with 6.0 in each skill

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For postgraduate programmes with a requirement of

IELTS overall 6.5 with 5.5 in each skill

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For postgraduate programmes with a requirement of

IELTS overall 7.0 with 6.0 in each skill

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Other English language requirements

We do have some postgraduate courses that require English language test scores different to those listed above. Please check the individual course pages.

You can contact us on the form below to request details of the scores required to meet these requirements with one of our approved English test.

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If you are thinking of applying to Lancaster and you would like to ask us a question, please complete our enquiry form and one of our team will get back to you.

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