BPP University English Entry Methods

and Requirements Guidance

Scope Applicants and Students

Approved Date July 2023
Updated February 2024
Approving Authority Education and Standards Committee
Date Effective February 2024
Review Date July 2024
Document Owner Office for University Academic Quality
Purpose Outlines the University’s policies and
procedures in relation to admissions.

This guidance should be read in accordance with BPP University’s Admissions Policy which is available
here.
To study at BPP University, you will need to provide evidence of your English language proficiency to
meet the entry requirements of your chosen degree programme, and to comply with UKVI requirements.
There are 7 methods by which this is possible:

1. If you are a national of a majority English speaking country under Appendix 1.

2. Relevant scores in one of the accepted English language test providers listed in Appendix 2.
The test must have been completed within two years of the start of your programme at BPP
University and all results must be issued on the same certificate.
3. Achieving the relevant score in a recognised Pre-Sessional English programme. The final
assessment must have been completed within two years of the start of your programme at
BPP University and 4 skill scores must be issued on the same certificate.
4. If you have completed a degree as a resident taught in the UK or a majority English speaking
country under Appendix 1. The date of issue for the degree certificate must be within five years
of the start date of the programme at BPP University.
5. Proof of a UK degree delivered as a distance course or taught overseas, delivered and
examined in English, in addition to achieving the required speaking score in BPP’s ELT as listed
in Appendix 2. The date of issue for the degree certificate must be within five years of the start
date of the programme at BPP University.
6. If you have studied at one of the institutions listed on BPP’s medium of instruction vouch list
under Appendix 3. The date of issue for the degree certificate must be within five years of the
start date of the programme at BPP University.
7. If you have one of the home country qualifications listed in Appendix 4. The date of issue for
the qualification must be within ten years of the start date of the programme at BPP University
unless otherwise stated in Appendix 4.

If the evidence from methods 2-7 exceeds the validity period, applicants can take the BPP ELT to
evidence their English proficiency.

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 Additional English
For more
Method Description Evidence language Validity
information see:
evidence?

Resident or national of majority English-speaking Appendix 1

1 valid Passport None Indefinite
country Page 4

Certificate showing Appendix 2

2 Accepted English test provider None 2 years
4 skill result Pages 5-6

Certificate showing Appendix 2

3 Pre-Sessional English None 2 years
4 skill result Pages 5-6

Degree from UK
Prior degree as resident in a majority English- HEI + previous BRP Appendix 1
4 None 5 years
speaking country or residency Page 4
document

Prior degree from a UK HEI delivered as a distance Degree from UK BPP ELT Speaking Appendix 2
5 5 years
course or overseas HEI component Page 5

Degree certificate
Appendix 3
6 MOI Vouch List and MOI letter from None 5 years
Page 7
Vouch list university

Certificate showing Appendix 4

7 Home country school qualification Bachelor's degree 10 years*
relevant score Page 9

*See page 9 for details on the validity extension for WAEC/WESSCE/NECO only.

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Additional Requirements by Programme
BSc Nursing
Applicants for BSc Nursing must provide an IELTS certificate with a minimum score of 6.5 in all skills.
Barrister Training Course (BTC) (all variants)
Candidates who hold or will hold by the time of admission to the Barrister Training Course, a UK
bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or doctorate which required at least one academic year of study as
a resident in the UK may be exempt from demonstrating English language proficiency via a SELT
certificate.

Candidates who hold or will hold by the time of admission to the BTC a UK bachelor’s degree, master’s
degree or doctorate which was taught and examined in English in a majority-English speaking country
under Appendix 1 of this document, including those taught and examined in English at an overseas
campus of a relevant UK Higher education institution, must pass a BPP English Language speaking
and listening test with a minimum of 7.5 in each skill.

Candidates for the BTC programme who do not meet the above criteria must demonstrate that they
meet the requirements of 7.5 in IELTS or equivalent for each skill. Entry methods for this course are:

1. IELTS with 7.5 minimum in each component

2. The equivalent score in Pearson PTE (73 minimum in each component and overall)
3. The equivalent score in BPP's English Language Test

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Appendix 1 – Entry methods 1 and 4

UKVI guidance indicates that students can be exempt from providing English language qualifications
where they fit into one of two categories below.

Students who are nationals of one of the following countries (‘majority English-speaking’ countries):

Antigua and Barbuda Guyana

Australia Jamaica
The Bahamas Malta
Barbados New Zealand
Belize St Kitts and Nevis
Canada St Lucia
Dominica St Vincent and the Grenadines
Grenada Trinidad and Tobago
Ireland United States of America

Students who have previously completed an academic qualification equivalent to a UK degree as

a resident in one of the following countries (‘majority English-speaking’ countries):

Antigua and Barbuda

Jamaica
Australia
Malta
The Bahamas
New Zealand
Barbados
St Kitts and Nevis
Belize
St Lucia
Canada
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Dominica
Trinidad and Tobago
Grenada
United Kingdom
Guyana
United States of America
Ireland

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Appendix 2: Accepted Test Providers and Scores. Entry methods 2, 3 and 5 (method 5 refers only to speaking components)

Oxford
IELTS Internation Language
TOEFL PSI Skills
Academic/ al Cert
BPP Programme (iBT) for English
BPP ELT IELTS ELLT/PSE Academic* PTE (including Cambridge Trinity
Password UKVI
Online/ Certificate must be Academic Home CAE / CPE ISE
IELTS One of SELT Edition)
Skill retake Completio version
n

MSc Accounting & Finance

MSc Management (all variants) 6.5 overall
6.5 overall 70 overall ISE II Merit
MSc Engineering Management with a 7 overall with Minimum:
with a with a 176 overall in each B2+ Upper
Master of Laws (LLM) (all variants) a minimum 70 Overall 79 Overall 6.5 Overall
minimum with a component Intermediate
LLM International Business and Commercial Law minimum of minimum of Reading 13
of 6.0 in of 6 in no with no skill minimum of with no skill Overall Pass
Writing 21 ISE II
(all variants) 6.0 in no 64 in no 169 in no more with merit,
no more more than 2 less than 65 Listening 12 less than 6.0 Distinction
PGDL/Law Conversion Course (all variants) more than 2 more than 2 than 2 minimum
than 2 components Speaking 18 components Overall
SQE Training (all courses) components components Pass in each
MSc Healthcare Leadership (all variants) componen skill
Graduate Diploma in Accounting ts

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Course Specific Accepted Test Providers – Entry method 4 (continued)

IELTS Language
Oxford
Academic/ Cert TOEFL
Internation PSI Skills
BPP Programme IELTS Academic* PTE (iBT)
al English Cambridge for English
BPP ELT Online/ must be Academic (including Password Trinity ISE
CAE / CPE UKVI
Language Home
IELTS One SELT
Level Test Edition)
Skill retake version

6.5 overall 70 overall ISE II

7 overall with Minimum: B2+ Upper
176 overall Distinction in
A minimum with a 70 Overall with a 79 Overall Intermediate
a minimum with a 6.5 Overall each
minimum of with no skill minimum of Reading 19 Pass with
score of 6.5 of 7 in all minimum of with no skill component
Legal Practice Course (LPC) (all variants) Writing 24 Merit overall
in all 6.5 in each less than 70 70 in each 176 in each less than 6.5 ISE II
components Listening 20 and Pass
element element element Distinction
components Speaking 20 with Merit in
Overall
each skill

6.5 overall
with a
BSc Nursing* this programme is IELTS-only minimum of
6.5 in each
element

73 overall
ISE II
7.5 with a with a Distinction in
A minimum
minimum of minimum each
Barrister Training Course (BTC) (all variants) score of 7.5
7.5 in each score of 73 component
in all ISE II
component in each Distinction
components
component Overall

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Appendix 3: Medium of Instruction Vouch List – Entry method 5

BPP accepts that degree holders from these institutions meet the English language entry
requirements for the following programmes:

• MSc Management (all variants)

• MSc Healthcare Leadership (all variants)
• LLM International Business and Commercial Law
• MSc Engineering Management
• MSc Accounting and Finance

The vouch list is constructed and maintained following a documented data-driven review and research
process.

Institution Name Region, Country Institution Name Region, Country

Andhra Pradesh,
Adikavi Nannaya University India University of Mumbai Maharashtra, India
Andhra Pradesh,
Andhra University India Savitribai Phule Pune University Maharastra, India
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Andhra Pradesh, Baba Farid University of Health
Kakinada India Sciences Punjab, India
Andhra Pradesh,
Kakatiya University India Chandigarh University Punjab, India
Andhra Pradesh,
Sri Venkateswara University – Tirupati India DAV University Punjab, India
Andhra Pradesh,
Yogi Vemana University India Guru Kashi University Punjab, India

Panjab University Chandigarh, India Guru Nanak Dev University Punjab, India
I.K. Gujral Punjab Technical
Anna University Chennai, India University Punjab, India
Charotar University of Science
and Technology(CHARUSAT) Gujarat, India Lovely Professional University Punjab, India

Dharmsinh Desai University Gujarat, India Punjabi University Patiala Punjab, India

Ganpat University Gujarat, India Sant Baba Bhag Singh University Punjab, India

Gujarat Technological University Gujarat, India Alagappa University Tamil Nadu, India

Gujarat University Gujarat, India Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Tamil Nadu, India
Hemchandracharya North Gujarat
University Gujarat, India Annamalai University Tamil Nadu, India

P.P. Savani University Gujarat, India Bharathiar University Tamil Nadu, India

Parul University Gujarat, India Bharathidasan University Tamil Nadu, India

Sardar Patel University Gujarat, India Periyar University Tamil Nadu, India
The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical
Saurashtra University Gujarat, India University Tamil Nadu, India

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 The Maharaja Sayajirao University of
Baroda Gujarat, India University of Madras Tamil Nadu, India

Uka Tarsadia University Bardoli Gujarat, India Thiruvalluvar University Tamil Nadu, India
Telangana State,
Veer Narmad South Gujarat University Gujarat, India Telangana University India

Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalya Haryana, India Chaitanya deemed to be University Telangana, India
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological
Bharati Vidyapeeth, Sonipat Haryana, India University Hyderabad Telangana, India
Mahatma Gandhi University –
Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University Haryana, India Nalgonda Telangana, India

Guru Jambheshwar University Haryana, India Osmania University Telangana, India

Uttar Pradesh,
Gurugram University Haryana, India Amity University India
Uttar Pradesh,
Kurukshetra University Haryana, India Galgotias University India
Uttar Pradesh,
Lala Lajpat Rai University Haryana, India Guatam Buddha University India
Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand Uttar Pradesh,
Maharshi Dayanand University Rohtak Haryana, India University India
Teerthanker Mahaveer University Uttar Pradesh,
Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Haryana, India (TMU) India
Himachal Pradesh, Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal Uttar Pradesh,
Himachal Pradesh University India University India

Mangalore University Karnataka, India DIT University Uttarakhand, India

Calicut University Kerala, India Doon University Uttarakhand, India

Central University of Kerala Kerala, India Graphic Era University Uttarakhand, India
Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna
Kannur University Kerala, India Garhwal University Uttarakhand, India

Kerala University Kerala, India Kumaun University Uttarakhand, India

University of Petroleum and Energy
Mahatma Gandhi University Kerala, India Studies Uttarakhand, India

University of Lahore Lahore, Pakistan Uttaranchal University Uttarakhand, India

Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya Madhya Pradesh,
Bhopal India

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Appendix 4: Alternative Accepted English Entry Methods by Region – Entry method 6

This section outlines additional accepted English Entry Methods for applicants applying using their
home country qualifications to demonstrate English proficiency. BPP has researched and confirmed
that these qualifications are equivalent to its entry requirements and are of a standard that allows BPP
to comply with its UKVI Sponsor Duties. Home country qualifications must be issued within 10 years
of the start date of the BPP course. Please note the exception for WAEC/WESSCE/NECO in the table
below.
Home country qualifications can be used for entry to the following programmes:
• MSc Management (all variants)
• MSc Healthcare Leadership
• LLM (Master of Laws) (all variants)
• MSc Engineering Management
• MSc Accounting and Finance

Home country qualifications cannot be used as proof of English proficiency for the Barrister Training
Course (BTC) or BSc Nursing.

6.5 with a minimum

Qualification – scores required 6.5 with a minimum of
Country or of 6.0 – 6.5 in each
in the subject of English 6.5 in each component
Region component

Botswana General Certificate of Education C B

Cameroon GCE Ordinary Level C B

Hong Kong HKDSE 4 5*

India and Nepal HSSC/HSEBE** 60% N/A

Kenya KCSE D B

Lesotho GCSE C B

Malawi School Certificate of Education 6 5

Malaysia SPM 1119 prior to 2019 4B or B 1A or A

Malaysia SPM 1119 2019 onwards Relevant CEFR score Relevant CEFR score

Mauritius GCE Ordinary Level C B

Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate – Pass N/A

Ordinary Level

Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate – Pass Pass

Advanced Level

Rwanda Ordinary Level Certificate of 6/C6 N/A

Education

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 Rwanda Advanced Level Certificate of Pass N/A
Education

South Africa National Senior Certificate 3 (40%) 4

Tanzania CSE/CSEE C B

Uganda Certificate of Education 6 5

West Africa WAEC/WASSCE* C6 B3

West Africa NECO* C B

Zambia School Certificate/GCE 6 5

Zimbabwe GCE Ordinary Level C B

Applicants who do not meet the requirements listed above or for whom the validity has expired can
take the BPP ELT to confirm they meet the English language entry requirements for their programme.

*WAEC/WESSCE/NECO certificates are valid for 15 years from the date of issue.
** HSSC/HSEBE with scores below 60% can take the BPP ELT Speaking & Listening Orientation.

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