English language requirements

 

 

English language requirements

English language is a prerequisite for postgraduate studies in SQU. Where language of instruction is English and Arabic, post-graduate diploma, master's and doctoral programs required evidence of the minimum English proficiency for admission. Proof of English proficiency must be demonstrated by either (IELTS) Academic or ( iBT) TOEFL international test.
 

 

 

English Proficiency Test Certificate

Applicants must submit valid IELTS (Academic) or TOEFL iBT test results, meeting the required score for the program applied for. The test must be valid at the time of application submission and must be valid at the time of application.
 

Internet-Based TOEFL (iBT):
Test of English as a Foreign
Language.		 IELTS Academic:
International English Language Testing
System.
113-120 7.5-9
100 7.0
90-91 6.5
79-80 6.0
69-70 5.5
59- 60 5.0
49- 50 4.5
39 - 40 4.0
29-30 3.5
Less than 29 Below 3.5

 

 


 

English Proficiency Test Certificate

English language Course

English language Course

Postgraduate Diploma Admitted Students:

Admitted candidates to programs offered in English who achieve an IELTS score of 5.5 or a TOEFL iBT score of 69 may enroll in an English language course during the first semester prior to registering for the Postgraduate Diploma program, and must successfully pass the course.

 

Master’s Admitted Students:

Applicants must submit valid IELTS (Academic) or TOEFL iBT test results, meeting the required score for the program applied for. The test must be valid at the time of application submission.

 

PhD Admitted Students:
Admitted candidates to programs offered in English who achieve an IELTS score of 6.0 or a TOEFL iBT score of 79 may enroll in an English language course during the first semester prior to registering for the PhD program, and must successfully pass the course. Candidates who achieve an IELTS score of 5.5 or equivalent are required to take two English language courses during the first semester prior to registering for the program, and must successfully pass them.

 

Waiver of English Language Proficiency Requirements:

Candidates whose mother language is English are exempt from English language requirement.

Candidates can be exempted from doctoral English requirement in programs taught in English if a master degree with these requirements has been completed not more than two years from the date of application

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