Vietnam

Entry requirements

  • For entry onto Undergraduate courses a College Diploma/Associate degree is required.
  • For entry onto Postgraduate courses a Bachelor Degree / Bang tot nghiep dai hoc or a Master's Degree is required.

If you don't meet our entry requirements, you may be considered for a Pre-Master's Programme.

Please note all applicants are considered individually and there may be alternative qualifications that are acceptable.

Visits to your country

Thnak you to everyone we met in HCMC and Hanoi.

Meet an official representative for your country

Please contact the International Office for a list of representatives in Vietnam.

English language requirements

The University’s normal entry criteria apply to all international students.  For details of country-specific entry requirements please visit your home country page on our website. 

English language requirements for any degree

The University has formal requirements for all applicants.  These are normally English Language qualifications which we recognise as meeting our entry criteria.  Requirements may vary between programmes, and you are advised to check these carefully when going through course listings. 

The following table sets out the main qualifications we recognise and the levels that are normally required for admission.  It is intended as general guidance only -  the offer of a place, if it includes an English Language condition, will specify the level of English that you are required to meet. 

The University of Huddersfield is pleased to accept a Pass in all four elements at the Proficiency Level of the Ascentis Anglia ESOL Language qualification as meeting the University’s English Language requirements for students from the EU.

If you don’t yet meet these requirements, don’t worry as we also have extensive Pre-Sessional English programmes on campus.

Test

Standard required score

Validity

Cambridge English Advanced

Grade C

No expiry

IELTS (Academic)

6.0 with no lower than 5.5 in any element, and with a minimum of 6.0 in Writing

2 years

TOEFL

(IBT only)

Overall score of 87 with minimum scores as follows:

Reading – 22

Listening – 21

Speaking – 23

Writing - 21

2 years

Pearson Test of Academic English (PTE)

Listening – 51

Reading – 51

Writing – 51

Speaking - 51

2 years

GCSE, IGCSE or GCE ‘O’ level

Grade C

No expiry

International Baccalaureate

Must have completed the Diploma with English at Higher Level

No expiry

 We will also consider applicants with the following qualifications:

Test

Required score (standard)

West African Examinations Council

C6 minimum

Indian Central Board of Secondary Education (XIIth Grade)

65% + in English Language

Kenyan Certificate of Secondary Education

Pass in English

 English Language - waivers

In exceptional circumstances the University may agree to waive the standard English Language requirements.  This will normally only be appropriate when the applicant has undergone an extensive face-to-face interview with an admissions tutor, or has undertaken a diagnostic test set by the University.  If you are applying through a recognised partner institution there may be special arrangements which mean you don’t have to take one of the tests listed above.  

Applicants from any of the following Majority English Speaking Countries (MESCs) will normally be considered to have met our English requirements:

  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Australia                      
  • The Bahamas
  • Barbados                          
  • Belize                         
  •  Canada
  • Dominica                           
  • Grenada                      
  • Guyana
  • Jamaica  
  • New Zealand               
  • St. Kitts and Nevis
  • St. Lucia                            
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Trinidad and Tobago          
  • United States of America

Please note that we will not normally waive the English Language requirement for speakers of other languages who have completed a programme of study taught in English in their home countries. 

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Xuan Le Thi
President of the Vietnamese Student Society of Huddersfield (Vietsoc)

“Hello there! I am the President of Vietnamese student society (Vietsoc) in the University of Huddersfield and I am studying MSc of Management.

“Although our society is new, we did a great job last year in both University activities (International Week) and our own activities (Welcoming Party for new students and Football Club). I hope this year we can to better to bring our Vietnamese culture to the world, and and bring the world to Vietnam.

“We would like to welcome you all to join our Vietsoc, to make friends, to share experience and to seek for helps during your time at such a peaceful and beautiful place as Huddersfield.”

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