What are the English Language requirements for your courses?

All international applicants and overseas-born domestic applicants will need to provide evidence of English proficiency for entry to our courses and provisional registration as a psychologist (if applicable).

See our International Students page for further information on unique entry requirements.

For postgraduate courses, equivalent evidence may include:

• All of your primary and secondary education was taught and assessed solely in English in a recognised country (as per AHPRA English Language Standards).
• The IELTS (academic module) with a minimum overall score of 7 and a minimum score of 7 in each of the four components (listening, reading, writing and speaking).
• The PTE Academic with a minimum overall score of 72 and a minimum score of 72 in each of the four communicative skills (listening, reading, writing and speaking).
• The TOEFL iBT with a minimum total score of 94 and the following minimum score in each section of the test:
  • 25 for listening,
  • 25 for reading,
  • 27 for writing, and
  • 23 for speaking.
• The OET with a minimum score of B in each of the four components (listening, reading, writing and speaking) (only for Counselling and Psychotherapy courses).

The Masters of Counselling and Psychotherapy may provisionally consider applicants who have an IELTS score of 6.5 or better where other factors are exceptional.

For our undergraduate Bachelor of Psychology and Counselling, equivalent evidence may include:

• All of your primary and secondary education was taught and assessed solely in English in a recognised country (as per AHPRA English Language Standards).
• The IELTS (academic module) with a minimum overall score of 6.5 and a minimum score of 6 in each of the four components (listening, reading, writing and speaking).
• The PTE Academic with a minimum overall score of 64 and a minimum score of 60 in each of the four communicative skills (listening, reading, writing and speaking).
• The TOEFL iBT with a minimum total score of 87 and the following minimum score in each section of the test:
  • 19 for listening,
  • 19 for reading,
  • 21 for writing, and
  • 19 for speaking.

Furthermore, we may consider undergraduate applicants who have an IELTS score of 6 or above for a conditional offer where other factors are exceptional.

We do not consider international applications without an IELTS score or other evidence of meeting English language requirements, and it is unlikely to receive conditional offers on these grounds. Applicants attending an English course in Australia or elsewhere are encouraged to apply at the end of that course once their IELTS or equivalent test score has been improved.