Standard English Language Requirements
This page contains a guide to the standard English language requirements for Schools and Departments at the University of Reading.
If you are unsure which School or Department the programme you have been offered sits under, please contact the Admissions Team by email on pgadmissions@enquiries.reading.ac.uk for advice.
For information on the tests that we accept as being equivalent to IELTS, please follow the link under 'see also' on the left.
Page last updated January 2025
Postgraduate Taught programmes
| School/ Department | Standard PGT IELTS requirement |
|---|---|
| Accounting | 6.5 overall with no element less than 5.5 |
| Agriculture, Policy and Development | 6.5 overall with no element less than 5.5 |
| Archaeology | 6.5 overall with no element less than 5.5 |
| Architecture | 6.5 overall with no element less than 5.5 |
| Biological Sciences | 6.5 overall with no element less than 5.5 |
| Chemistry | 6.5 overall with no element less than 5.5 |
| Classics | 6.5 overall with no element less than 6.0 |
| Clinical Language Sciences | 8.0 overall with no element less than 7.5 or 7.0 overall with no element less than 6.5 or 6.5 overall with no element less than 5.5 (depending on programme) |
| Computer Science | 6.5 overall with no element less than 5.5 |
| Construction Management and Engineering | 6.5 overall with no element less than 5.5 |
| Digital Business | 6.5 overall with no element less than 5.5 |
| Economics | 6.5 overall with no element less than 5.5 |
| Institute of Education | 6.5 overall with no element less than 6.0 |
| English Literature | 7.0 overall with no element less than 6.0 or 6.5 overall with no element less than 6.0 (depending on programme) |
| Environmental Sciences | 6.5 overall with no element less than 5.5 |
| Film, Theatre and Television | 6.5 overall with no element less than 6.0 |
| Fine Art | 6.5 overall with no element less than 6.0 |
| Food & Nutritional Sciences | 6.5 overall with no element less than 6.0 or 6.5 overall with no element less than 5.5 (depending on programme) |
| History | 6.5 overall with no element less than 6.0 |
| ICMA Centre | 6.5 overall with no element less than 5.5 |
| Law | 6.5 overall with no element less than 5.5 |
| Linguistics and Applied Linguistics | 7.0 overall with no element less than 6.5 or 6.5 overall with no element less than 6.0 (depending on programme) |
| Management and Business | 6.5 overall with no element less than 5.5 |
| Mathematics and Statistics | 6.5 overall with no element less than 5.5 |
| Meteorology | 6.5 overall with no element less than 5.5 |
| Philosophy | 6.5 overall with no element less than 6.0 |
| Politics and International Relations | 6.5 overall with no element less than 5.5 |
| Psychology | 7.0 overall with no element less than 6.5 or 6.5 overall with no element less than 5.5 (depending on programme) |
| Real Estate and Planning | 6.5 overall with no element less than 5.5 |
| Typography and Graphic Communication | 7.0 overall with no element less than 6.0 or 6.5 overall with no element less than 6.0 (depending on programme) |