International Students
Each year the School welcomes students from over 100 countries through its doors. This section includes information to help prepare you for study in the UK.
Immigration and Visas
Please note that the UKBA has recently announced changes to the Tier 4 visa rules that are to come into effect from 6 April 2012. These pages will be updated shortly to reflect these changes.
This section contains information on visa requirements for International students to study in the UK. The links below contain guidance about Tier 4 General Student visa applications for both MSc and Research courses.
• Making a Tier 4 application from outside the UK
• Making a Tier 4 application from inside the UK
• Bringing your dependants to the UK
• Working in the UK during your studies
• Working in the UK after your studies
• Further guidance
Information about LSHTM in languages other than English
For employers and families of students, information about LSHTM is available in a number of languages on the links* below:
*Please note that some of these links will transfer you to an external website. LSHTM is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
English Language Requirements 2012-13
It is essential that all students should have an adequate command of the English Language to benefit from studies at the School.
You will be required to obtain acceptable scores in an approved English Language Test if:
• Your first language is not English or
• Your studies at university have not been conducted wholly in the medium of English.
The School may also request that you take a test even if the above conditions have been met.
If you are required to take an English test you must arrange to take it in plenty of time to receive the results before the start of your course. English language tests taken more than two years before the start of the planned start date are not acceptable and you must arrange to take another test.
You must achieve the minimum required scores in all test components and send evidence of your English language ability before the start of the course. Details of the English tests accepted by the School with minimum required scores are as follows:
IELTS - The British Council test
For information about this test, contact your local British Council Office, British Embassy, or The British Council, Bridgewater House, 58
Whitworth Street, Manchester, M1 6BB. Telephone: 0161 957 7755 or visit: www.ielts.org
The School requires: Minimum overall score 7.0
Minimum written component score 7.0
Minimum listening component score 5.5
Minimum reading component score 5.5
Minimum speaking component score 5.5
PEARSON PTE ACADEMIC
For information about this test, contact Pearson PTE by e-mail at pte-acustomersupportemea@pearson.com Telephone: 0161-855-7431
or visit: www.pearsonpte.com
The School requires: Minimum overall score 68
Minimum written component score 68
Minimum listening component score 59
Minimum reading component score 59
Minimum speaking component score 59
TOEFL - The Princeton Test of English as a Foreign Language
For information about this test contact TOEFL, PO Box 6151, Princeton, New Jersey, 08541-6151, USA or visit www.toefl.org
Internet Based Test
The School requires: Minimum overall score 100
Minimum written component score 24
Minimum listening component score 21
Minimum reading component score 22
Minimum speaking component score 23
Please enter the School's institution code 0499, on your answer sheet when you take the test.
If you are in any doubt about your need to take an English test you should contact:
Rachel Maguire, Admissions Officer
Registry, LSHTM, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7299 4653, E-mail: admissions@lshtm.ac.uk
