Prove your English language abilities with a secure English language test (SELT)

Where a student neither comes from one of the countries listed in Table 1 or has a degree from one of the countries listed in Table 2 they will have to pass one of the Home Office approved English language tests, at an approved test centre. See further information here. We recommend an IELTS SELT Consortium test.

English language competence - Table 1

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Guyana
• Australia
• Jamaica
• The Bahamas
• New Zealand
• Barbados
• St Kitts and Nevis
• Belize
• St Lucia
• Canada
• St Vincent and the Grenadines
• Dominica
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Grenada
• United States of America
• Anguilla
• Bermuda
• British Antarctic Territory (BAT)
• British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT)
• British Virgin Islands
• Cayman Islands
• Falkland Islands
• Gibraltar
• Montserrat
• Pitcairn
• Henderson
• Ducie and Oeno Islands
• Saint Helena
• Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
• South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands
• Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
• Turks and Caicos Islands

English language competence - Table 2

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Jamaica
• Australia
• New Zealand
• The Bahamas
• St Kitts and Nevis
• Barbados
• St Lucia
• Belize
• St Vincent and the Grenadines
• Dominica
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Grenada
• United States of America
• Anguilla
• Bermuda
• British Antarctic Territory (BAT)
• British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT)
• British Virgin Islands
• Cayman Islands
• Falkland Islands
• Gibraltar
• Montserrat
• Pitcairn
• Henderson
• Ducie and Oeno Islands
• Saint Helena
• Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
• South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands
• Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
• Turks and Caicos Islands

Qualifications

Any document that is not in English or Welsh must be accompanied by a certified translation. The translator’s credentials should be given along with their official declaration that the translation is accurate.