Pre-Sessional English
Our Pre-sessional English course is a short, intensive, academic English course. It's for Newcastle University offer holders who need to improve their English before starting a degree. This course is full time for 6 or 10 weeks.
Course benefits
Improving your degree outcome - Students who study Pre-Sessional English are better prepared for academic life and perform better on their degree programme.
One UK Visa - If English language is the only outstanding condition of your University offer your UK visa application could include both the Pre-Sessional English course and University degree.
Successful completion rather than the University direct English language scores – If you successfully complete (i.e. pass) Pre-Sessional, you are guaranteed a place on your degree (assuming that all other conditions outlined in your University offer letter are provided).
Successful completion of Pre-Sessional will mean that you do not need to retake an IELTS test.
Undergraduate courses
The undergraduate courses available at Newcastle University are available here:
- Undergraduate courses (PDF: 116 KB)
Postgraduate courses
For the latest pre-sessional English requirements, check the English Language requirements section on our postgraduate course pages. We have some degrees that do not accept students who need to complete the Pre-sessional English course. Please see our course pages for more information.
About the course
Pre-sessional English is an online course designed to improve your English language skills to the level required by your degree.
The course is taught by expert teachers and focuses on content-specific vocabulary, academic writing, reading, listening and speaking.
It offers guaranteed progression to your chosen degree at Newcastle University.
Course features
- Designed to improve your English language skills to the level required by your chosen degree.
- Provides contextual study skills that acclimatise you to the culture of a UK university.
- Enables you to adjust to the demands, challenges and expectations of UK higher education.
- Teaches you how to give presentations on different areas of academic interest.
How to apply
Entry requirements
You need an offer to study a degree at Newcastle before you can apply for this course.
If you haven't already applied for a degree at Newcastle, you need to check the entry requirements of the course you're interested in.
If you are not able to obtain the direct English language requirements for Newcastle University, Pre-Sessional English has lower English entry requirements, but still leads directly on to your Newcastle University degree in September.
Each course has its own entry requirements that you must meet. You can search for the course you are interested in to find out specific requirements.
If you haven't got an offer
If you haven't got an offer yet, you need to apply for the degree that you want to study. General information about the undergraduate and postgraduate application processes are available online.
Find an Undergraduate degree.
If you have got an offer
As an international student, if you have received an offer from us you will have a condition to prove your English language skills. This means that you need to meet the IELTS score, or equivalent, as specified on the course information. If you don't meet the English language requirement, you can choose to apply for this pre-sessional course.
You can apply online through the INTO Newcastle application form. You will need to create a free account to apply for your chosen course.