Minimum English Language Proficiency Entry Criteria

for Postgraduate Research Students Commencing Candidature in 2015

CAE
IELTS (Academic) TOEFL PTE (ACADEMIC)
Program Minimum
Minimum scores Minimum scores Minimum scores
scores

General Requirements Overall band score of 6.5 Paper-based – total score Overall score of 65 58
Applicable to all Postgraduate Research programs in: AND of 575 with 4.5 in the TWE AND
Minimum band scores (Test of Written English) Skills profile
• Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical
Sciences 6.5 in Writing and Speaking OR 65 in Writing and Speaking
• Faculty of Sciences AND Internet-based – AND
6.0 in Listening and Reading total score of 79 with 58 in Listening and Reading
• Faculty of Professions - School of Economics and
Global Food Studies 24 in Writing AND
22 in Speaking AND
• Faculty of Health Sciences (except for School of Nursing,
School of Population Health and School of Psychology) 13 in Listening and Reading

Specific Requirements Overall band score of 7.0 Paper-based – total score Overall score of 73 67
Applicable to all Postgraduate Research programs in: AND of 600 with 5.0 in the TWE AND
(Test of Written English)
• Faculty of Health Sciences-School of Nursing, School of Minimum band scores Skills profile
Population Health and School of Psychology 7.0 in Writing and Speaking OR 73 in Writing and Speaking
• Faculty of Arts AND Internet-based – AND
6.5 in Listening and Reading total score of 94 with 65 in Listening and Reading
• Faculty of the Professions (except for the School of
Economics and Global Food Studies) 27 in Writing AND
23 in Speaking AND
20 in Listening and Reading