Requirement for applicants

To be eligible for admission, you must satisfy the General Entrance Requirements.

Students will usually hold a bachelor's degree or an equivalent qualification in English, TESL, Professional Communication, Education, or a related field. Students from disciplines related to Professional Communication, for example Business Communication, and also other disciplines, may additionally be considered from time to time.

Applicants whose entrance qualification is obtained from an institution where the medium of instruction is not English should also fulfill any one of the following minimum English proficiency requirements:

EITHER overall band 7 in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS)@; OR a score of 102 (Internet-based test) in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)@#. Other evidence of English proficiency will not be accepted.


@TOEFL and IELTS scores are considered valid for two years.  Applicants are required to provide their English test results obtained within the two years preceding the commencement of the University's application period.

# Applicants are required to arrange for the Educational Testing Service (ETS) to send their TOEFL results directly to the University. The TOEFL institution code for CityU is 3401.