University IELTS Requirements

Per-skill IELTS minimums for 57+ universities across 7 countries. Requirements verified from official admissions pages.

57 universities

University of Oxford

Oxford · uk

QS #3

Russell Group
7.5

Overall

--
7W
7S

University of Cambridge

Cambridge · uk

QS #5

Russell Group
7.5

Overall

7L
7R
7W
7S

Imperial College London

London · uk

QS #8

Russell Group
6.5

Overall

--
6W
-

University College London

London · uk

QS #9

Russell Group
6.5

Overall

--
6W
-

London School of Economics

London · uk

QS #45

Russell Group
7

Overall

--
6.5W
6.5S

University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh · uk

QS #27

Russell Group
6.5

Overall

--
6W
-

University of Manchester

Manchester · uk

QS #34

Russell Group
6.5

Overall

--
6W
-

King's College London

London · uk

QS #40

Russell Group
7

Overall

--
6.5W
-

University of Warwick

Coventry · uk

QS #67

Russell Group
6.5

Overall

--
6W
-

University of Leeds

Leeds · uk

QS #96

Russell Group
6

Overall

--
5.5W
-

University of Bristol

Bristol · uk

QS #55

Russell Group
6.5

Overall

--
6W
-

University of Nottingham

Nottingham · uk

QS #100

Russell Group
6

Overall

--
5.5W
-

University of Sheffield

Sheffield · uk

QS #113

Russell Group
6

Overall

--
5.5W
-

University of Birmingham

Birmingham · uk

QS #84

Russell Group
6

Overall

--
5.5W
-

Durham University

Durham · uk

QS #78

Russell Group
6.5

Overall

--
6W
-

University of Exeter

Exeter · uk

QS #170

Russell Group
6

Overall

--
5.5W
-

Queen Mary University of London

London · uk

QS #148

Russell Group
6.5

Overall

--
6W
-

University of Glasgow

Glasgow · uk

QS #79

Russell Group
6.5

Overall

--
6W
-

Cranfield University

Cranfield · uk

QS #251

Specialist
6.5

Overall

----

Loughborough University

Loughborough · uk

QS #225

Top 10 UK (Sport/Engineering)
6

Overall

--
5.5W
-

City, University of London

London · uk

QS #397

Top 30 UK
6

Overall

--
5.5W
-

University of Toronto

Toronto · canada

QS #25

U15
6.5

Overall

--
6W
-

McGill University

Montreal · canada

QS #30

U15
6.5

Overall

--
6W
-

University of British Columbia

Vancouver · canada

QS #38

U15
6.5

Overall

--
6W
-

University of Waterloo

Waterloo · canada

QS #112

U15
7

Overall

--
6.5W
-

McMaster University

Hamilton · canada

QS #214

U15
6.5

Overall

--
6W
-

University of Alberta

Edmonton · canada

QS #111

U15
6.5

Overall

--
6W
-

Queen's University

Kingston · canada

QS #239

U15
6.5

Overall

--
6W
-

University of Calgary

Calgary · canada

QS #235

U15
6.5

Overall

--
6W
-

Simon Fraser University

Burnaby · canada

QS #326

Comprehensive
6.5

Overall

--
6W
-

Australian National University

Canberra · australia

QS #30

Group of Eight
6.5

Overall

--
6W
-

University of Melbourne

Melbourne · australia

QS #13

Group of Eight
7

Overall

--
7W
-

University of Sydney

Sydney · australia

QS #18

Group of Eight
7

Overall

--
7W
-

University of New South Wales

Sydney · australia

QS #19

Group of Eight
7

Overall

--
7W
-

Monash University

Melbourne · australia

QS #37

Group of Eight
6.5

Overall

--
6W
-

University of Queensland

Brisbane · australia

QS #40

Group of Eight
6.5

Overall

--
6W
-

University of Adelaide

Adelaide · australia

QS #89

Group of Eight
6.5

Overall

--
6W
-

RMIT University

Melbourne · australia

QS #131

Top Research
6.5

Overall

--
6W
-

Macquarie University

Sydney · australia

QS #127

Top Research
6.5

Overall

--
6W
-

Deakin University

Geelong · australia

QS #251

Top Research
6

Overall

--
6W
-

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA · usa

QS #1

Ivy Plus
7

Overall

----

Stanford University

Stanford, CA · usa

QS #5

Ivy Plus
7

Overall

----

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA · usa

QS #53

Ivy Plus
7.5

Overall

--
7W
-

Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, GA · usa

QS #97

Top Public
7.5

Overall

--
7W
-

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, IL · usa

QS #78

Top Public
6.5

Overall

--
6W
-

Purdue University

West Lafayette, IN · usa

QS #109

Top Public
6.5

Overall

--
6W
-

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI · usa

QS #23

Top Public
7

Overall

--
6.5W
-

Technical University of Munich

Munich · germany

QS #37

Excellence Initiative
6

Overall

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RWTH Aachen University

Aachen · germany

QS #106

Excellence Initiative
6.5

Overall

----

Technische Universität Berlin

Berlin · germany

QS #154

Major Research
6.5

Overall

----

University of Mannheim

Mannheim · germany

QS #362

Business Elite
6.5

Overall

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University of Auckland

Auckland · new-zealand

QS #65

Top 100
6

Overall

--
5.5W
-

Victoria University of Wellington

Wellington · new-zealand

QS #244

Top Research
6

Overall

--
5.5W
-

University of Otago

Dunedin · new-zealand

QS #206

Top Research
6

Overall

--
5.5W
-

Trinity College Dublin

Dublin · ireland

QS #81

Russell-equivalent
6.5

Overall

--
6W
-

University College Dublin

Dublin · ireland

QS #171

Russell-equivalent
6.5

Overall

--
6W
-

University College Cork

Cork · ireland

QS #301

Major Research
6

Overall

--
5.5W
-

Requirements sourced from official university admissions pages (QS 2025). Always verify on the institution's official site before applying - requirements change yearly.