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If you are taking part in an English-speaking medical course at your home university, it is not necessary to demonstrate English language proficiency. If you are not a native speaker of English and are studying on a non-English speaking medical course you must have a very high standard of spoken and written English and demonstrate proficiency by providing a certificate of your ability to communicate in English (TOEFL, IELTS, Cambridge Proficiency or Advanced certificates or a university certificate).

IELTS: overall score of 7.0 (with at least 7.0 in each of the four components).

TOEFL (paper-based): overall score of 600 with a Test of Written English score of 5.5.

TOEFL (internet-based): overall score of 110 with component scores of at least: Listening 22, Reading 24, Speaking 25, and Writing 24.

Cambridge English: Advanced, also known as the Certificate of Advanced English (CAE): grade A if taken before January 2015, or a score of at least 185.

Cambridge English: Proficiency, also known as the Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE): grade B if taken before January 2015, or a score of at least 185.