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Pre-sessional summer courses

Our full-time, intensive English courses are for students who hold an offer to study at Cardiff University and have an IELTS (Academic) score of 5.0 or above.

Duration: 6 to 20 weeks
Mode: full-time, online, combined and on-campus

If you successfully complete your relevant pre-sessional course, there is no need to retake an IELTS test.

6-week courses

These summer 2025 courses are for students with IELTS (Academic) 6.0 overall (with a sub-score of 5.5 in Writing and all other sub-scores at 5.0 or higher) and who have a course entry requirement of IELTS 6.5.

10-week course

This summer 2025 course is for students with IELTS (Academic) 6.5 overall (with a sub-score of 6.0 in Writing and all other sub-scores of 5.5 or higher) and who have a course entry requirement of IELTS 7.0.

12-week courses

These summer 2025 courses are for students with IELTS (Academic) 5.5 overall (with sub-scores of 5.0 in Writing and Speaking and all other sub-scores at 4.5 or higher) and who have a course entry requirement of IELTS 6.5.

16-week course

This summer 2025 course is for offer holders for the School of Journalism, Media and Culture with IELTS (Academic) 6.0 overall (with a sub-score of 5.5 in Writing and all other sub-scores at 5.0 or higher) and who have a course entry requirement of IELTS 7.0.

20-week course

This summer 2025 course is for students with IELTS (Academic) 5.0 overall (with a sub-score of 5.0 in Writing, 4.5 in Speaking and all other sub-scores at 4.0 or higher) and who have a course entry requirement of IELTS 6.5.

Next steps

International students studying

How to apply

Find out how to apply for our pre-sessional summer courses.

Assessment

Your performance on your chosen course will be assessed in a variety of different ways.

Paying your Pre-sessional fees

Information on how to pay your Pre-sessional fees.

Contact

To find out more please contact:

English Language Programmes Team