Standard requirements

If English is not your first language, for entry to an undergraduate Bachelors degree course you'll require IELTS 6.0 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: 87
• Cambridge: CAE Grade C or FCE Grade A/B
• Pearson: 59

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 5.5 or equivalent

The following courses offer year 1 entry at IELTS 5.5, provided you undertake additional compulsory free English language modules in your first year.

• BA (Hons) Computer Games and Visual Effects
• BA (Hons) Creative Music Technology
• BA (Hons) Criminology
• BA (Hons) Criminology and Sociology
• BA (Hons) Drama
• BA (Hons) English Language Studies
• BA (Hons) Fashion Design
• BA (Hons) Film and Television Production
• BA (Hons) Fine Art
• BA (Hons) Graphic Design
• BA (Hons) History
• BA (Hons) Illustration
• BA (Hons) Illustration and Animation
• BA (Hons) Interior Design
• BA (Hons) International Business English
• BA (Hons) Music
• BA (Hons) Performing Arts
• BA (Hons) Philosophy
• BA (Hons) Photography
• BA (Hons) Popular Music
• BA (Hons) Public Service
• BA (Hons) Sociology

Courses requiring IELTS 6.5 or equivalent

• BSc (Hons) Abnormal and Clinical Psychology
• BA (Hons) Christian Theology
• BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies (to include 6.5 in the IELTS Writing component)
• BA (Hons) Education
• BA (Hons) English Language and English Language Teaching
• BA (Hons) English Language and Linguistics
• BA (Hons) Film and Media Studies
• BA (Hons) Film Studies
• LLB (Hons) Law
• BA (Hons) Media Studies
• BOptom (Hons) Optometry
• BSc (Hons) Psychology
• BSc (Hons) Psychology and Criminology

Courses requiring IELTS 7.0 or equivalent

• BA (Hons) Drama and English Literature
• BA (Hons) English Literature
• BA (Hons) Philosophy and English Literature
• BA (Hons) Writing and English Literature
• BA (Hons) Writing and Film Studies

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