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English Language Requirement

Make sure that you meet the minimum English language and academic entry requirements for the course you wish to study.

English Language Requirement

Each Swinburne course has a minimum English language requirement for entry. Please contact the University for any assessment of your qualification.

English Language qualificationFoundationDiploma* (2.5 year post SPM)Undergraduate
(all other majors)
Undergraduate
(major: Accounting | Accounting & Finance
Postgraduate: MBA(I), MCM, MITPostgraduate: Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma (TESOL)Postgraduate: MA (TESOL)
IELTS5.5 (no individual band below 5.0)5.0 (no individual band below 5.0)*6.0 (no individual band below 6.0)6.0 (no individual band below 6.0)6.5 (no individual band below 6.0)6.5 (no individual band below 6.0)7.0 (no individual band below 6.5)
TOEFL iBT50 (no less than 5 in reading, 5 in listening, 14 in speaking, 15 in writing)40 (no less than 5 in reading, 5 in listening, 14 in speaking, 15 in writing)64 (no less than 13 in reading, 12 in listening, 18 in speaking, 21 in writing79 (no less than 13 in reading, 12 in listening, 18 in speaking, 21 in writing)79 (Reading no less than 20, Writing no less than 18)90 (with no band less than 20)
TOEFL Home Edition Test^
PTE Academic42 with no communicative skill score less than 3636 with no communicative skill score less than 3650 with no communicative skill score less than 5058 with no communicative skill score less than 5066 with no communicative skill score less than 58
SPMCDC
UECB4B4A1 & A2
1119CDC
MUET4344
GCE ‘O’ Level**CDCC
GCE ‘A’ Level and AS Level#CCCC
International BaccalaureateMinimum Grade 4 in English A or B at Standard Level or Higher Level
Common European FrameworkB1B1B2B2B2B2B2
C1 Advanced
(formerly known
as Cambridge
English Advanced:
CAE)
162, no band less than 154154, no band less than 154169, no band less than 169169, no band less than 169176, no band less than 169176, no band less than 169185, no band less
than 176
Linguaskill General^Overall score of 140-159 with no band less than 120Overall score of 160-179 with no band less than 160
STPM 920 English LiteratureC
Sri Lanka O Level (English Language or Appreciation of English Literacy Text)CS
Duolingo English Test (For Malaysian students only)^^Overall score of  85-90Overall score of  75-80Overall score of  95-100Overall score of  105-110Overall score of  105-110Overall score of  115-120


Notes:

English subject completed from formal secondary studies not more than three years prior to commencing their course at Swinburne.

**Applicable for both English as First Language and English as Second Language

*Diploma of Accountancy - IELTS 5.5 (no individual band below 5.0) entry for international students

#A/AS Level – General Paper, General Studies, English Language, English Literature, English Language and Literature

^Valid for students commencing Swinburne programs in 2022-2023 teaching period only.

^^Valid for Malaysian students commencing Swinburne programs in 2023 teaching period only. For more information, contact study@swinburne.edu.my 

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TOEFL:

a Foundation courses - with no band less than 15
Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses - with no band less than 18
MA (TESOL) course - with no band less than 20

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