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International English Language Testing System (IELTS) requirement guidance

This page sets out the criteria that your IELTS certificate must meet to satisfy us that you have the necessary knowledge of English.

What are the criteria?

For us to accept your IELTS certificate it must show:

that you got a score of at least 7.0 in each testing area (speaking, listening, reading and writing)
that you got these scores in the same test
that you took the academic version of the test
the original stamp and test report form (TRF) number (we use this to validate all certificates)

IELTS certificates are valid for two years.

It must be valid:

if you are sponsored, hold an acceptable postgraduate qualification, or are eligible for entry onto the Specialist Register, it must be valid when we approve your application for registration with a licence to practise.