Online pre-sessional English

If you need to improve your level of English before joining us, we've partnered with the Oxford International Digital Institute to offer online pre-sessional English courses.

Boost your English skills and language confidence with an online pre-sessional English course. You can choose the course length that is most suited to your needs, to ensure you start your studies with success.

As these courses are delivered online, they offer flexibility for you to complete from wherever you are in the world.

Please note these online pre-sessional English courses are only for students holding an offer to progress on to an undergraduate or postgraduate degree at the 91抖阴, and not our partner institutions such as the 91抖阴 International College.

Key facts

Type: Online English language pre-sessional

Duration: 16, 12 or six weeks

Location: Online

Why take an online pre-sessional English course?

Improve your academic English and language skills to the standard your course requires.
Live sessions and lectures that you can access from wherever you are in the world.
Different length course options based on your current English language level.

Entry requirements, dates and fees

2025

Undergraduate level
Course length	Entry level	Exit level	Dates	Fees
12 weeks	IELTS 5.0 (with no component below 4.5)	IELTS 6.0 (with no component below 5.5)	12 May to 1 Aug 26 May to 15 Aug*	£2,590 *£2,201.50 if you book by 31/05/2025
6 weeks	IELTS 5.5 (with no component below 5.0)	IELTS 6.0 (with no component below 5.5)	12 May to 20 Jun 19 May to 27 Jun 26 May to 4 Jul 2 Jun to 11 Jul 9 Jun to 18 Jul 16 Jun to 25 Jul 23 Jun to 1 Aug 7 Jul to 15 Aug*	£1,590 *£1,315.50 if you book by 31/05/2025

*Students must be sure they can meet our CAS and visa deadlines when choosing the later courses.

Postgraduate level
Course length	Entry level	Exit level	Dates	Fees
12 weeks	IELTS 5.5 (with no component below 5.0)	IELTS 6.5 (with no component below 6.0)	12 May to 1 Aug 26 May to 15 Aug*	£2,590 *£2,201.50 if you book by 31/05/2025
6 weeks	IELTS 6.0 (with no component below 5.5)	IELTS 6.5 (with no component below 6.0)	12 May to 20 Jun 19 May to 27 Jun 26 May to 4 Jul 2 Jun to 11 Jul 9 Jun to 18 Jul 16 Jun to 25 Jul 23 Jun to 1 Aug 7 Jul to 15 Aug*	£1,590 *£1,315.50 if you book by 31/05/2025

*Students must be sure they can meet our CAS and visa deadlines when choosing the later courses.

Academic entry requirements

Academic entry requirements for degree courses can be found on the course finder.
You must pass the pre-sessional English course and ensure you meet all of the other academic entry requirements for your degree course by the CAS deadlines. If you do not pass the pre-sessional English course and meet the academic entry requirements for your course, you will not be able to progress to the 91抖阴.
Find out more about our English language requirements.

More information

Unfortunately you would not be able to complete the summer pre-sessional English courses if you are studying any of the following courses, as the results would not be available before your course start date:

On-campus pre-sessional courses

We also offer on-campus pre-sessional English courses, delivered by the 91抖阴 International College in 91抖阴.

View our on-campus PSE courses