To be eligible for admission to the programme, candidates shall satisfy both the University Admission Requirements and the Programme Specific Requirements:
shall hold a Bachelor’s degree in English, Linguistics, English Language Education or English Language and Literature from this University or a qualification of equivalent standard from this University or another comparable institution;
for a candidate who wishes to be admitted on the basis of a qualification from a university or comparable institution outside Hong Kong, where the teaching medium and/or examination is not conducted in English, shall fulfill the English Language Proficiency Requirements in the Section below;
English Language Proficiency Requirement:
A candidate who wishes to be admitted on the basis of a qualification from a university or comparable institution outside Hong Kong where the teaching medium and/or examination is not conducted in English is required to obtain the following:
A score of 70 in the revised Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)# Paper-delivered Test, with a score of 25 or above in the Writing section (from October 2017), or a score of 94 or above in the internet-based TOEFL with a score of 25 or above in the Writing section; or
A minimum overall band of 7.0 with no sub-test lower than 6.5 in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS)#.
# For admission, only TOEFL/IELTS score recorded within two years before the date of application will be considered.