English Language Proficiency Requirement for

PhD(Direct Entry)Early Admission 2015/2016

Faculty of Business Administration / Follow the UM’s English language proficiency requirement, Please refer to Item i) & Item ii) below.
Faculty of Education / Follow the UM’s English language proficiency requirement, Please refer to Item i) & Item ii) below.
Faculty of Health Sciences / Follow the UM’s English language proficiency requirement, Please refer to Item i) & Item ii) below.
Faculty of Social Sciences / Proof of English proficiency is required only for programmes with English as the thesis language.
Faculty of Science & Technology / Follow the UM’s English language proficiency requirement, Please refer to Item i) & Item ii) below.
Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences / Follow the UM’s English language proficiency requirement, Please refer to Item i) & Item ii) below.

Details of the UM’s English Language Proficiency Requirement

i) Applicants who received their Bachelor/Master degree from a university where the medium of instruction was not English are required to provide any of the following as proof of English proficiency:

• Obtained a Level 6 of the College English Test (CET) score of 430 or,
• Obtained a TOEFL score of 550 (paper-based examination) /213 (computer-based examination) / 80 (Internet-based examination) or,
• An IELTS score of 6.0 or above
•Passed the Level 4 or Level 8 of the Test for English Majors (TEM).
* Some academic units may have different requirements for proof of English proficiency. Please visit the corresponding academic unit’s website http://www.umac.mo/grs/en/admissions_phd_regular.php

for more details.

ii) Applicants who received their Bachelor/Master degree from a university where the medium of instruction was English are required to provide a proof of English as the medium of instruction, if deemed necessary, issued by the applicants’ university where their Bachelor/Master’s degree was obtained (UM’s current students and graduates are not required to provide such proof).