Standard requirements

If English is not your first language, for entry to an postgraduate Masters degree course you'll require IELTS 6.5 or equivalent, with nothing lower than 5.5 in any of the 4 elements (listening, speaking, reading and writing).

Accepted equivalents to IELTS

• TOEFL IBT: 90
• Cambridge: CAE Grade C+
• Pearson: 60

Please note that Anglia Ruskin University DI code in TOEFL IBT system is: 0487.

Other recognised English language qualifications

Improving your English language

If you need to improve your level of English language to meet our entry requirements our Anglia Ruskin University Language Centre offer a number of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) courses, including Degree pre-sessional and English with Academic Skills courses.

If you'd like advice on which course would be best for you, please contact our EFL team on efl@anglia.ac.uk or speak to your Admissions Officer.

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Exceptions

Courses requiring IELTS 7.0 or equivalent

• MSc Advanced Practice (must include 7.0 or higher in writing component)
• MA Corporate Governance
• MSc Children and Young People (must include 6.5 or higher in writing component)
• MA Creative Writing
• MA Dramtherapy
• MA English Literature
• MA Music Therapy (for September 2013 and future intakes)
• MSc Magnetic Resonance Imaging (by distance learning)
• MSc Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery
• MA Pastoral Theology
• MA Publishing
• MA Social Work

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