Pre-sessional English

Newcastle University International Study Centre

Need to boost your English level to meet your Newcastle University degree offer conditions?

Pre-sessional English provides intensive language and academic skills development. It's designed to help you meet your offer conditions and prepare for degree success. Then, you'll continue straight to Newcastle University in September.

Skills you’ll develop include:

selecting and reading academic texts at the right speed for the task (e.g. quickly to find key points or carefully to understand details)
writing university-standard essays that present your ideas in a clear and cohesive way
sharing your thoughts confidently during group discussions and seminars
keeping track of your own spoken and written english, checking for fluency, accuracy, complexity and style
using strategies to understand lectures and seminars – so you can take notes, answer questions and prepare for assessments.

Entry requirements vary depending on your degree. Check specific requirements on the Newcastle University website.

Prefer to study online?

Choose our Online Pre-sessional English, a highly interactive course that offers the same expert teaching and high academic standards as our on-campus programme.

Key Information

Course benefits

Increase your English level to meet your Newcastle University offer conditions.
Develop essential research and study skills for degree success.
Highly engaged students can improve by 0.5-1.0 IELTS points, depending on study length.
Teaching and assessments are aligned with Newcastle University's academic standards.
Learn with other international students preparing for similar degrees.
Adjust to UK student life and build confidence before starting your degree.
Study Pre-sessional English and your degree with one visa (if improving your English is the only condition of your offer).

Why study English at our International Study Centre?

Faster progress – practice inside and outside the classroom.
Real-life application – improve your skills in a wide range of real-life contexts.
Cultural understanding – immerse yourself in UK life.
University environment – study on campus with world-class facilities.

Disclaimer: We make all reasonable efforts to provide the programmes, services and facilities described. However, changes may be necessary in times of significant disruption. More information about when we may make changes – and your rights if we do – is here.

Course Details

Pre-sessional English

Newcastle University International Study Centre

Age Requirement

Academic Requirements

Offer of a place at Newcastle University.

English Language Requirements

All Postgraduate courses at Newcastle University have their Entry Requirements for Pre-Sessional listed on the individual course page. https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/degrees/?courses=postgraduate&q= In addition, your offer letter from Newcastle University will state the English language band for your degree.

Postgraduate taught (PGT) course band requirements are:

For Bands 1-4:

Pre-Sessional 10 week (Campus) & 12 week (Online) Requires: IELTS 5.5 (with 5.5 in all sub-skills)

Pre-Sessional 6 week (Campus) & 8 week (Online) Requires: IELTS 6.0 (with 5.5 in all sub-skills)

PGT degrees courses in Bands 5, 7 and 11 have higher Pre-Sessional English requirements. PGT degree courses in Bands 6 and 12-18 do not accept Pre-Sessional English.

For Postgraduate Research degrees, please consult the degree link above.

For Undergraduate degrees and any queries that you may have, please contact psencl@intoglobal.com

Only an official IELTS result or equivalent recognised English language test will be accepted as proof of English language proficiency. Other English language tests are accepted by the University for entry, including Pearson PTE and Duolingo.

DISCLAIMER: Although we strive for accuracy and completeness on this page, in certain circumstances entry requirements may change. We do our best to keep this page up to date and to inform applicants of such changes promptly. For details of how and when entry requirements may change, please review our Terms and Conditions. If you feel you have been unfairly disadvantaged due to a change in entry requirements you may raise a complaint via our complaints process.

Academic Year 2025/26

23rd July 2026 - 4th September 2026

Term 1: 23rd July 2026 - 4th September 2026

Estimated cost of attendance

Tuition fee

£ 3,595.00

Enrolment fee (Compulsory)

£ 275.00

Textbooks (Compulsory)

£ 295.00 - 360.00

Studio or lab fee (compulsory - programme dependent)

£ 575.00

Approximate cost

£ 4,740.00 - 4,805.00

The cost of your study plan may vary depending on factors including the pathway chosen, programme length and choice of accommodation.

Prices shown here are provisional and reflect the cost of tuition fees for this programme for the 2026/27 academic year. Tuition fees for this programme may increase in future academic years. See more information about tuition fees here.

All students who confirm their offer on or before 30 November 2026 will pay the 2026/2027 price as per their existing offer letter. After 30 November 2026, where tuition fees have increased, all current offers will be reissued and students will receive a new offer with the new 2027/2028 pricing. Please note that the fees listed are for Year 1 of study only.

Pre-sessional English

Newcastle University International Study Centre

Key Information

Why study English at our International Study Centre?

Course Details

Pre-sessional English

Newcastle University International Study Centre

Entry requirements

Age Requirement

Academic Requirements

English Language Requirements

Important Dates

Academic Year 2025/26

Fees and Pricing

Estimated cost of attendance