In addition to academic qualifications, you may be required to provide evidence of your English language ability. There are also opportunities for ongoing English language support while you are at University.
In order to benefit from your studies, you need to demonstrate that you have a good level of written and spoken English before taking up a place here. Some courses of study have higher levels of English requirements, which will be stated in your offer letter.
You can find out more about minimum English language requirements on the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Prospectus websites:
Undergraduate English language requirements
Postgraduate English language requirements
If your offer to study at the University of Birmingham is conditional on you completing a 20, 10 or 6 week Presessional English course or a 20, 15, 10 or 6 week Business Management English Course, you are required to attend and successfully complete one of these English Courses before the start of the academic year.
Please note that failure to complete the English course successfully will mean that you have not fulfilled the conditions of your offer. We will not be able to accept any other English language results after this point, and our offer to you to study at the University of Birmingham will be withdrawn for that academic year.
You may however, wish to resubmit your application or defer your entry to the following academic year, in order to continue to improve your level of English and to meet our language requirement.
For details about all these English courses, including start dates and costs, please visit the English for International Students Unit (EISU) website www.eisu.bham.ac.uk.
If you have not yet reached the English level required to enter the Presessional English Course or start your course, the General English Programme offers language improvement and IELTS classes throughout the year with start dates in September, November, January, February, April, June, July and August.
For more details please visit www.eisu.bham.ac.uk/GEP.
As a student at Birmingham, there is additional support for English language. The University’s English for International Students Unit provides free term-time English language classes for registered students and free all-year-round one-to-one support for students writing essays, dissertations and theses.
For more information about the range of courses on offer visit www.eisu.bham.ac.uk/courses.
The English for International Students Unit (EISU) at the University offers General English classes at the Selly Oak Campus, for which a fee is payable. These are open to the spouse and adult children of registered students.
There are other colleges in the city which offer English language classes and other courses which may be of interest. Information about these is available from EISU or the Birmingham City Council web site.
EISU – www.eisu.bham.ac.uk
Birmingham City Council – www.birmingham.gov.uk
