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IELTS overall score of 6.5 with all band scores at 6.0

Pre-Enrolment English Program (PEP)- Entry Criteria and Number of Weeks
IELTS (Academic)	TOEFL Internet Based	TOEFL Paper Based	Pearson Test of English (Academic)	Certificate of Advanced English (CAE)	Minimum Program Length
Overall band score of 5.0 no band less than 4.0	Overall score of 39 Writing and Speaking at 10, Reading and Listening at 2	Overall score of 500 TWE at 2.0	Overall score of 36 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 26	Overall score of 154 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 145	35 weeks
Overall band score of 5.0 no band less than 4.5	Overall score of 39 Writing and Speaking at 12, Reading and Listening at 4	Overall score of 500 TWE at 2.5	Overall score of 36 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 30	Overall score of 154 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 147	30 weeks
Overall band score of 5.5 no band less than 4.5	Overall score of 50 Writing and Speaking at 12, Reading and Listening at 4	Overall score of 527 TWE at 2.5	Overall score of 42 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 30	Overall score of 162 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 147	25 weeks
Overall band score of 5.5 no band less than 5.0	Overall score of 50 Writing at 15, Speaking at 14, Reading and Listening at 6	Overall score of 527 TWE at 3.0	Overall score of 42 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 36	Overall score of 162 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 154	20 weeks
Overall band score of 5.5 Writing at 5.5	Overall score of 50 Writing at 18	Overall score of 527 TWE at 3.5	Overall score of 42 Writing at 42	Overall score of 162 Writing at 162	20 weeks
Overall band score of 6.0 no band less than 5.0	Overall score of 60 Writing at 15, Speaking at 14, Reading and Listening at 6	Overall score of 550 TWE at 3.0	Overall score of 50 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 36	Overall score of 169 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 154	15 weeks
Overall band score of 6.0 Writing at 5.5	Overall score of 60 Writing at 18	Overall score of 550 TWE at 3.5	Overall score of 50 Writing at 42	Overall score of 169 Writing at 162	15 weeks
Overall band score of 6.0 no band less than 5.5	Overall score of 60 Writing at 18, Speaking at 16, Reading and Listening at 8	Overall score of 550 TWE at 4.0	Overall score of 50 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 42	Overall score of 169 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 162	10 weeks

Approval has been granted by the DVC&VP(A) to accept a range of interim tests for admission to Academic English Pre-Enrolment English Program (PEP) packaged with coursework undergraduate and postgraduate degrees with requirement of IELTS Overall score of IELTS 6.5 and all band scores at 6.0 (or equivalent), for the remainder of 2020. For further details click on the following link:

PEP Entry Requirements - COVID-19 Interim English Language Tests

IELTS overall score of 6.5 with one or more band scores at 6.5 or above

Pre-Enrolment English Program (PEP)- Entry Criteria and Number of Weeks
IELTS (Academic)	TOEFL Internet Based	TOEFL Paper Based	Pearson Test of English (Academic)	Certificate of Advanced English (CAE)	Minimum Program Length
Overall band score of 5.0 no band less than 4.5	Overall score of 39 Writing and Speaking at 12, Reading and Listening at 4	Overall score of 500 TWE at 2.5	Overall score of 36 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 30	Overall score of 154 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 147	35 weeks
Overall band score of 5.0 Writing and Speaking at 5.0, Reading and Listening at 4.5	Overall score of 39 Writing at 15, Speaking at 14, Reading and Listening at 4	Overall score of 500 TWE at 3.0	Overall score of 36 Writing and Speaking at 36, Reading and Listening at 30	Overall score of 154 Writing and Speaking at 154, Reading and Listening at 147	30 weeks
Overall band score of 5.5 Writing and Speaking at 5.0, Reading and Listening at 4.5	Overall score of 50 Writing at 15, Speaking at 14, Reading and Listening at 4	Overall score of 527 TWE at 3.0	Overall score of 42 Writing and Speaking at 36, Reading and Listening at 30	Overall score of 162 Writing and Speaking at 154, Reading and Listening at 147	25 weeks
Overall band score of 5.5 Writing and Speaking at 5.5, Reading and Listening at 5.0	Overall score of 50 Writing at 18, Speaking at 16, Reading and Listening at 6	Overall score of 527 TWE at 3.5	Overall score of 42 Writing and Speaking at 42, Reading and Listening at 36	Overall score of 162 Writing and Speaking at 162, Reading and Listening at 154	20 weeks
Overall band score of 6.0 Writing and Speaking at 6.0, Reading and Listening at 5.0	Overall score of 60 Writing at 21, Speaking at 18, Reading and Listening at 6	Overall score of 550 TWE at 4.0	Overall score of 50 Writing and Speaking at 50, Reading and Listening at 36	Overall score of 169 Writing and Speaking at 169, Reading and Listening at 154	15 weeks
Overall band score of 6.5 Writing and Speaking at 5.5, Reading and Listening at 5.0	Overall score of 79 Writing at 18, Speaking at 16, Reading and Listening at 6	Overall score of 577 TWE at 3.5	Overall score of 58 Writing and Speaking at 42, Reading and Listening at 36	Overall score of 176 Writing and Speaking at 162, Reading and Listening at 154	15 weeks
Overall band score of 6.0 Writing and Speaking at 6.5, Reading and Listening at 5.5	Overall score of 60 Writing at 24, Speaking at 20, Reading and Listening at 8	Overall score of 550 TWE at 4.5	Overall score of 50 Writing and Speaking at 58, Reading and Listening at 42	Overall score of 169 Writing and Speaking at 176, Reading and Listening at 162	10 weeks
Overall band score of 6.5 Writing and Speaking at 6.0, Reading and Listening at 5.5	Overall score of 79 Writing at 21, Speaking at 18, Reading and Listening at 8	Overall score of 577 TWE at 4.0	Overall score of 58 Writing and Speaking at 50, Reading and Listening at 42	Overall score of 176 Writing and Speaking at 169, Reading and Listening at 162	10 weeks

IELTS overall score of 7.0 with all band scores at 6.5

Pre-Enrolment English Program (PEP)- Entry Criteria and Number of Weeks
IELTS (Academic)	TOEFL Internet Based	TOEFL Paper Based	Pearson Test of English (Academic)	Certificate of Advanced English (CAE)	Minimum Program Length
Overall band score of 5.5 and no band less than 4.5	Overall score of 50 Writing and Speaking at 12, Reading and Listening at 4	Overall score of 527 TWE at 2.5	Overall score of 42 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 30	Overall score of 162 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 147	35 weeks
Overall band score of 5.5 and no band less than 5.0	Overall score of 50 Writing at 15, Speaking at 14, Reading and Listening at 6	Overall score of 527 TWE at 3.0	Overall score of 42 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 36	Overall score of 162 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 154	30 weeks
Overall band score of 6.0 and no band less than 5.0	Overall score of 60 Writing at 15, Speaking at 14, Reading and Listening at 6	Overall score of 550 TWE at 3.0	Overall score of 50 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 36	Overall score of 169 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 154	25 weeks
Overall band score of 6.0 no band less than 5.5	Overall score of 60 Writing at 18, Speaking at 16, Reading and Listening at 8	Overall score of 550 TWE at 3.5	Overall score of 50 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 42	Overall score of 169 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 162	20 weeks
Overall band score of 6.0 Writing at 6.0	Overall score of 60 Writing at 21	Overall score of 550 TWE at 3.5	Overall score of 50 Writing at 50	Overall score of 169 Writing at 169	20 weeks
Overall band score of 6.5 no band less than 5.5	Overall score of 79 Writing at 18, Speaking at 16, Reading and Listening at 8	Overall score of 577 TWE at 3.5	Overall score of 58 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 42	Overall score of 176 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 162	15 weeks
Overall band score of 6.5 Writing at 6.0	Overall score of 79 Writing at 21	Overall score of 577 TWE at 3.5	Overall score of 58 Writing at 50	Overall score of 176 Writing at 169	15 weeks
Overall band score of 6.5 no band less than 6.0	Overall score of 79 Writing at 21, Speaking at 18, Reading and Listening at 13	Overall score of 577 TWE at 4.0	Overall score of 58 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 50	Overall score of 176 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 169	10 weeks

IELTS overall score of 7.0 with one or more band scores at 7.0 or above

IELTS (Academic)	TOEFL Internet Based	TOEFL Paper Based	Pearson Test of English (Academic)	Certificate of Advanced English (CAE)	Minimum Program Length
Pre-Enrolment English Program (PEP)- Entry Criteria and Number of Weeks
Overall band score of 5.5 with no band score less than 5.0	Overall score of 50 Writing at 15, Speaking at 14, Reading and Listening at 6	Overall score of 527 TWE at 3.0	Overall score of 42 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 36	Overall score of 162 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 154	35 weeks
Overall band score of 5.5 Writing and Speaking at 5.5, Reading and Listening at 5.0	Overall score of 50 Writing at 18, Speaking at 16, Reading and Listening at 6	Overall score of 527 TWE at 3.5	Overall score of 42 Writing and Speaking at 42, Reading and Listening at 36	Overall score of 162 Writing and Speaking at 162, Reading and Listening at 154	30 weeks
Overall band score of 6.0 Writing and Speaking at 5.5, Reading and Listening at 5.0	Overall score of 60 Writing at 18, Speaking at 16, Reading and Listening at 6	Overall score of 550 TWE at 3.5	Overall score of 50 Writing and Speaking at 42, Reading and Listening at 36	Overall score of 169 Writing and Speaking at 162, Reading and Listening at 154	25 weeks
Overall band score of 6.0 Writing and Speaking at 6.0, Reading and Listening at 5.5	Overall score of 60 Writing at 21, Speaking at 18, Reading and Listening at 8	Overall score of 550 TWE at 4.0	Overall score of 50 Writing and Speaking at 50, Reading and Listening at 42	Overall score of 169 Writing and Speaking at 169, Reading and Listening at 162	20 weeks
Overall band score of 6.5 Writing and Speaking at 6.5, Reading and Listening at 5.5	Overall score of 79 Writing at 24, Speaking at 20, Reading and Listening at 8	Overall score of 577 TWE at 4.5	Overall score of 58 Writing and Speaking at 58, Reading and Listening at 42	Overall score of 176 Writing and Speaking at 176, Reading and Listening at 162	15 weeks
Overall band score of 7.0 Writing and Speaking at 6.0, Reading and Listening at 5.5	Overall score of 94 Writing at 21, Speaking at 18, Reading and Listening at 8	Overall score of 600 TWE at 4.0	Overall score of 65 Writing and Speaking at 50, Reading and Listening at 42	Overall score of 185 Writing and Speaking at 169, Reading and Listening at 162	15 weeks
Overall band score of 6.5 Writing and Speaking at 7.0, Reading and Listening at 6.0	Overall score of 79 Writing at 27, Speaking at 23, Reading and Listening at 13	Overall score of 577 TWE at 5.0	Overall score of 58 Writing and Speaking at 65, Reading and Listening at 50	Overall score of 176 Writing and Speaking at 185, Reading and Listening at 169	10 weeks
Overall band score of 7.0 Writing and Speaking at 6.5, Reading and Listening at 6.0	Overall score of 94 Writing at 24, Speaking at 20, Reading and Listening at 13	Overall score of 600 TWE at 4.5	Overall score of 65 Writing and Speaking at 58, Reading and Listening at 50	Overall score of 185 Writing and Speaking at 176, Reading and Listening at 169	10 weeks

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IELTS overall score of 6.5 with all band scores at 6.0

IELTS (Academic)	TOEFL Internet Based	TOEFL Paper Based	Pearson Test of English (Academic)	Certificate of Advanced English (CAE)	Minimum Program Length
Pre-Enrolment English Program (PEP)- Entry Criteria and Number of Weeks
Overall band score of 6.0 no band less than 5.0	Overall score of 60 Writing at 15, Speaking at 14, Reading and Listening at 6	Overall score of 550 TWE at 3.0	Overall score of 50 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 36	Overall score of 169 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 154	15 weeks
Overall band score of 6.0 Writing at 5.5	Overall score of 60 Writing at 18	Overall score of 550 TWE at 3.5	Overall score of 50 Writing at 42	Overall score of 169 Writing at 162	15 weeks
Overall band score of 6.0 no band less than 5.5	Overall score of 60 Writing at 18, Speaking at 16, Reading and Listening at 8	Overall score of 550 TWE at 4.0	Overall score of 50 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 42	Overall score of 169 Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening at 162	10 weeks

IELTS overall score of 6.5 with 6.5 in Writing and Speaking and 6.0 in Reading and Listening

IELTS (Academic)	TOEFL Internet Based	TOEFL Paper Based	Pearson Test of English (Academic)	Certificate of Advanced English (CAE)	Minimum Program Length
Pre-Enrolment English Program (PEP)- Entry Criteria and Number of Weeks
Overall band score of 6.0 Writing and Speaking at 6.0, Reading and Listening at 5.0	Overall score of 60 Writing at 21 and Speaking at 18, Reading and Listening at 6	Overall score of 550 TWE at 4.0	Overall score of 50 Writing and Speaking at 50, Reading and Listening 36	Overall score of 169 Writing and Speaking at 169, Reading and Listening at 154	15 weeks
Overall band score of 6.5 Writing and Speaking at 5.5, Reading and Listening at 5.0	Overall score of 79 Writing at 18 and Speaking at 16, Reading and Listening at 6	Overall score of 577 TWE at 3.5	Overall score of 58 Writing and Speaking at 42, Reading and Listening 36	Overall score of 176 Writing and Speaking at 162, Reading and Listening at 154	15 weeks
Overall band score of 6.0 Writing and Speaking at 6.5, Reading and Listening at 5.5	Overall score of 60 Writing at 24 and Speaking at 20, Reading and Listening at 8	Overall score of 550 TWE at 4.5	Overall score of 50 Writing and Speaking at 58, Reading and Listening 42	Overall score of 169 Writing and Speaking at 176, Reading and Listening at 162	10 weeks
Overall band score of 6.5 Writing and Speaking at 6.0, Reading and Listening at 5.5	Overall score of 79 Writing at 21 and Speaking at 18, Reading and Listening at 8	Overall score of 577 TWE at 4.0	Overall score of 58 Writing and Speaking at 50, Reading and Listening 42	Overall score of 176 Writing and Speaking at 169, Reading and Listening at 162	10 weeks

IELTS overall score of 7.0 with 7.0 in Writing and Speaking and 6.5 in Reading and Listening

IELTS (Academic)	TOEFL Internet Based	TOEFL Paper Based	Pearson Test of English (Academic)	Certificate of Advanced English (CAE)	Minimum Program Length
Pre-Enrolment English Program (PEP)- Entry Criteria and Number of Weeks
Overall band score of 6.5 Writing and Speaking at 6.5, Reading and Listening at 5.5	Overall score of 79 Writing at 24 and Speaking at 20, Reading and Listening at 8	Overall score of 577 TWE at 4.5	Overall score of 58 Writing at 58, Speaking at 58, Reading and Listening at 42	Overall score of 176 Writing at 176, Speaking at 169, Reading and Listening at 162	15 weeks
Overall band score of 7.0 Writing and Speaking at 6.0, Reading and Listening at 5.5	Overall score of 94 Writing at 21 and Speaking at 18, Reading and Listening at 8	Overall score of 600 TWE at 4.0	Overall score of 65 Writing and Speaking at 50, Reading and Listening at 42	Overall score of 185 Writing and Speaking at 169, Reading and Listening at 162	15 weeks
Overall band score of 6.5 Writing and Speaking at 7.0, Reading and Listening at 6.0	Overall score of 79 Writing at 27 and Speaking at 23, Reading and Listening at 13	Overall score of 577 TWE at 5.0	Overall score of 58 Writing and Speaking at 65, Reading and Listening at 50	Overall score of 176 Writing and Speaking at 185, Reading and Listening at 169	10 weeks
Overall band score of 7.0 Writing and Speaking at 6.5, Reading and Listening at 6.0	Overall score of 94 Writing at 24 and Speaking at 20, Reading and Listening at 13	Overall score of 600 TWE at 4.5	Overall score of 65 Writing and Speaking at 58, Reading and Listening at 50	Overall score of 185 Writing and Speaking at 176, Reading and Listening at 169	10 weeks