IELTS requirements of British universities Detailed explanation of the requirements of King's College London
King's College London Its English name is King's College London, which is called KCL or King's for short. The school is located at the bank of the Thames River in the center of London, enjoying London's developed public transport, numerous cultural landscapes, and rich entertainment life. King's College was jointly founded by King George IV and the then Prime Minister, Duke Wellington, in 1829, and later merged the United Medical and Dental College, Chelsea College, Queen Elizabeth College and other schools. It is the fourth oldest university in Britain. During this period, the school has cultivated 12 Nobel Prize winners and countless historical celebrities, including Charles Lyle, the founder of modern geology, Charles Witstone, the inventor of electric telegraph, and Liszt, the father of modern medicine.
King's College London ranked 36th in the Thames Higher Education World University Rankings in 2018 and 31st in the QS World University Rankings in 2019. Its advantageous majors include humanities, law, social science, biological science, business and management, food science, etc.
IELTS Performance Requirements In terms of admission criteria, King's College London divides the admission criteria into Band A, Band B, Band C, Band D and Band E, which are applicable to different majors and colleges. The details are as follows
Undergraduate stage
Band A: IELTS total score is 7.0, and each item is not less than 7.0, applicable to:
- Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing&Midwifery
Band B: IELTS total score is 7.0, and each item is no less than 6.5, applicable to:
- Faculty of Arts&Humanities
- King's Business School
- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics
- Department of Physiotherapy
- Department of Pharmacy&Forensic Science
- Medical School
- Dental Institute
- Faculty of Social Science&Public Policy
- The Dickson Poon School of Law
- Study Abroad
Band C (only applicable to graduate students)
Band D: IELTS has a total score of 6.5 points, and each item is no less than 6.0 points, which is applicable to:
- Biomedical Sciences
- Department of Anatomy
- Department of Biochemistry
- Department of Pharmacology&Therapeutics
- Department of Physiology
- Molecular Genetics
- Neuroscience
- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience）
Band E: IELTS score is 6.0 in total, no less than 5.5 in each item, applicable to:
- Faculty of Natural&Mathematical Sciences
Postgraduate stage
Band A: IELTS total score is 7.5, and each item is no less than 7.0, applicable to:
- PGDip Nursing with registration
Band B: IELTS total score is 7.0, and each item is no less than 6.5, applicable to:
- Department of Culture, Media&Creative Industries (PGT)
- Department of Physiotherapy
- Faculty of Social Science&Public Policy
- King's Business School
- Study Abroad
- The Dickson Poon School of Law
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology DClinPsy
- MSc Nutrition and MSc/PGDip Dietetics
Band C: IELTS total score of 7.0, reading and writing of no less than 6.5, listening and speaking of no less than 6.0, applicable to:
- Faculty of Arts&Humanities
Band D: IELTS has a total score of 6.5 points, and each item is no less than 6.0 points, which is applicable to:
- Dental Institute
- Faculty of Life Sciences&Medicine
- Faculty of Natural&Mathematical Sciences (Taught Masters programs)
- Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing&Midwifery
- MSc Computing, IT, Law and Management
- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience）
Band E: IELTS score is 6.0 in total, no less than 5.5 in each item, applicable to:
- Faculty of Natural&Mathematical Sciences (Research programs only)
