Entry requirements
Undergraduate study at Imperial is for students who hold an accepted qualification equivalent to an A-level and who wish to study at the university full time.
We don’t currently offer any part-time undergraduate courses or undergraduate degree courses that are wholly online.
All applicants need to demonstrate that they meet the minimum entry requirements for course(s) of interest. This includes:
- course competency requirements – demonstrated by the subjects you are studying and sometimes, an admissions test; and
- our English language requirements
The majority of students apply in their final year of high school, on the basis of grades they are predicted by their teachers to achieve.
How to meet our English language requirement
There are a number of different ways to demonstrate that you meet the relevant English language proficiency for your course.
You only need to do one of the following:
Achieve the minimum score in one of the tests or qualifications we accept
Show that you are exempt from our English language requirements
Pass the Imperial College London Pre-Sessional English Programme*
*Applicable for postgraduate students only
The Business School no longer offers its own pre-sessional courses, or recognises other pre-sessional courses, as a means of meeting the English language requirement. If you have any questions about this, please contact the Business School directly.
Upgrade your academic language skills
If you have already met the English language requirement, but want to improve your academic language skills, find out more about the Imperial College London 3-week Pre-sessional and Orientation course.
Imperial College London Doctoral Academic Communication Requirement
After meeting the relevant English language requirement for entry to a doctoral programme at Imperial, all doctoral students must also fulfil the Imperial College London Doctoral Academic Communication Requirement (DACR).