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Levels language proficiency

Validity of language proof

  • Any accepted proof of language proficiency must be valid upon enrolment.
  • The validity date mentioned on the language certificate cannot be exceeded.
  • If no validity date is mentioned on the language certificate, the certificate can be no older than 4 academic years, counting from the academic year after the proof of language was acquired.

Language proofs for Dutch programmes 

Level Accepted proof
0
  • No proof of language proficiency required, everyone is accepted
B2
  • Certificate ITNA B2 - Interuniversity Language Test (ITNA B2 - Interuniversitaire Taaltest Nederlands voor Anderstaligen), awarded by the Ghent University Language Centre (UCT), Linguapolis (University of Antwerp), the Academic Language Centre Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the Leuven Language Institute (ILT - Instituut voor Levende Talen)
  • B2-certificate from a university language centre
  • Certificate STRT 'Educatief Startbekwaam' (formerly PTHO - Profiel Taalvaardigheid Hoger Onderwijs) under Dutch as a Foreign Language (CnaVT - Certificaat Nederlands als Vreemde Taal), awarded by the Dutch Language Union (Nederlandse Taalunie)
  • Passing the entrance examination medicine-dentistry study programmes (toelatingsexamen arts-tandarts)
  • Successful 'Staatsexamen NT2 Programma II' (awarded by the Board of Tests and Examinations in the Netherlands)
C1
  • Certificate 'Educatief Professioneel' (formerly PAT Profiel Academische Taalvaardigheid) awarded by “Nederlandse Taalunie, Certificaat Nederlands als Vreemde Taal (CnaVT).
  • Certificate ITNA C1 - Interuniversity Language Test (ITNA C1 - Interuniversitaire Taaltest Nederlands voor Anderstaligen), awarded by the Ghent University Language Centre (UCT), Linguapolis (University of Antwerp), the Academic Language Centre Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the Leuven Language Institute (ILT - Instituut voor Levende Talen)
  • C1-certificate from a university language centre 
C2
  • C2-certificate from a university language centre

Language proofs for English programmes 

Level  Accepted proof
0
  • No proof of language proficiency required, everyone is accepted
B2
  • TOEFL-TEST with a score of 510-559 (paper-based), or 72-94 (internet-based) or higher. Test takers should mention the 'institution code' 2643, so that the score can be sent to Ghent University directly
  • Original ‘Academic Test Report Form’ (TRF) from IELTS with a minimum overall band score of 6.0
  • B2-certificate ITACE for students (Interuniversity test of academic English), awarded by the Ghent University Language Centre (UCT), Linguapolis (University of Antwerp), the Academic Language Centre Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the Leuven Language Institute (ILT - Instituut voor Levende Talen)
  • B2-certificate from a university language centre
  • Final test certificate from the course Practical English 5 or English for Written Academic Purposes awarded by the UCT
  • Certificate B2 First
  • Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) with a score of 59-75
C1
  • TOEFL-TEST with a score of 560-676 (paper-based), or 95-119 (internet-based) or higher. Test takers should mention the 'institution code' 2643, so that the score can be sent to Ghent University directly
  • Original ‘academic test report form’ (TRF) from IELTS with a minimum overall band score of 7.0 or higher
  • C1-certificate ITACE for students (Interuniversity test of academic English), awarded by the Ghent University Language Centre (UCT), Linguapolis (University of Antwerp), the Academic Language Centre Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the Leuven Language Institute (ILT - Instituut voor Levende Talen)
  • Certificate Advanced Practical English, Proficient Practical English or Advanced Academic English: Writing Skills, awarded by the UCT
  • C1-certificate from a university language centre
  • Cambridge-ESOL: Certificate in Advanced English (CAE)
  • Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) with a score of 76-84
C2
  • TOEFL-TEST with the highest score of 677 (paper-based), or 120 (internet-based). Test takers should mention the 'institution code' 2643, so that the score can be sent to Ghent University directly
  • Original ‘academic test report form’ (TRF) from IELTS with a minimum overall band score of 7.5 or higher (maximum score = 9.0)
  • C2-certificate ITACE for students (Interuniversity test of academic English), awarded by the Ghent University Language Centre (UCT), Linguapolis (University of Antwerp), the Academic Language Centre Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the Leuven Language Institute (ILT - Instituut voor Levende Talen)
  • C2-certificate from a university language centre
  • Cambridge-ESOL: Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE)
  • Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) with a score of 85 or higher

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