Updated 2026-06-17

IELTS score for university - minimum bands by institution

The minimum IELTS score for university admission at 61 top institutions across 11 countries. Every band is taken from each university's own admissions page and dated; per-section and programme-specific thresholds are surfaced where they differ from the institutional baseline.

How to read this directory: Each card shows the published institutional IELTS Academic minimum for undergraduate and graduate study. The detail page for each university adds per-section minimums, named tiers (where the institution uses them), programme-specific thresholds, and links to the official admissions source. University admission requirements change between intakes; always verify on the linked official page before applying.

Most-searched UK university IELTS requirement pages

If you are comparing UK offers, start with the pages that draw the most search demand in this cluster: KCL IELTS band guide, UCL English language level guide, Bristol IELTS profile breakdown, Imperial standard vs higher IELTS page, and Oxford IELTS level explainer. These five URLs cover the band systems and profile systems applicants most often misread.

Minimum IELTS Score for University Admission by Country

Universities below are grouped by country. Tap a card to see the full per-section breakdown: overall minimum, no-band-below floor, named tiers (where the institution uses them), and programme-specific thresholds. The minimum IELTS score for a university degree varies by both country and programme: most UK and Canadian undergraduate courses ask for Band 6.5, while graduate, law, and medicine programmes typically require 7.0 or higher.

🇦🇺Australia(9 universities)

Australian National University

Public research university

IELTS score for university - minimum bands by institution

Most-searched UK university IELTS requirement pages

Minimum IELTS Score for University Admission by Country

🇦🇺Australia(9 universities)

Australian National University

Monash University

The University of Queensland

University of Adelaide

University of Melbourne

University of New South Wales

University of Sydney

University of Technology Sydney

University of Western Australia

🇨🇦Canada(8 universities)

McGill University

McMaster University

Queen's University

University of Alberta

University of British Columbia

University of Calgary

University of Toronto

University of Waterloo

🇩🇪Germany(1 university)

Technical University of Munich

🇭🇰Hong Kong(1 university)

University of Hong Kong

🇮🇪Ireland(2 universities)

Trinity College Dublin

University College Dublin

🇳🇱Netherlands(1 university)

University of Amsterdam

🇳🇿New Zealand(2 universities)

The University of Auckland

University of Otago

🇸🇬Singapore(2 universities)

Nanyang Technological University

National University of Singapore

🇨🇭Switzerland(1 university)

ETH Zurich

🇬🇧United Kingdom(26 universities)

Cardiff University

Durham University

Imperial College London

King's College London

Lancaster University

London School of Economics and Political Science

Newcastle University

Queen Mary University of London

The University of Bristol

The University of Edinburgh

The University of Glasgow

The University of Manchester

The University of St Andrews

The University of Warwick

University College London

University of Bath

University of Birmingham

University of Cambridge

University of Exeter

University of Leeds

University of Liverpool

University of Nottingham

University of Oxford

University of Sheffield

University of Southampton

University of York

🇺🇸United States(8 universities)

Columbia University

Harvard University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Princeton University

Stanford University

University of California, Berkeley

University of Pennsylvania

Yale University

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