English Courses Required for Graduation
CEAL offers several types of language enhancement courses in order to meet the English language graduation requirement of students at Lingnan.
Course types offered include the following:
- Core English Courses
- Free Elective Courses
- Additional Language Courses
What courses should I take to fulfill English graduation requirement?
For more information, please visit the English Language Graduation Requirement page and the English Language Enhancement (ELE) Curriculum page.
For more information on which English language Enhancement (ELE) Curriculum courses non-HKDSE students have to take, please see the information below:
JEE admittees are required to take LUE1001 (Group A), unless they have evidence suggesting that they have fulfilled other English proficiency benchmarks recognized by Lingnan. For more details, please refer to the table below.
Qualification | Minimum English Language Scores for Group B Students |
| IELTS Academic Module | Overall band score of 6.5 |
| Password | Overall band score of 6.5 |
| GCE (A Level) System | Grade C in GCE A Level English |
| International Baccalaureate (IB) | English A : Grade 5 in HL or Grade 6 in SL English B : Grade 6 in HL or Grade 7 in SL |
| TOEFL (IBT) (Note 3) | 75-97 overall, minimum component scores: 20 in listening (range 20-24) 18 in reading (range 18-23) 20 in speaking (range 20-24) 17 in writing (range 17-23) |
| Pearson PTE Academic / UKVI | 58 overall, minimum of 42 in all components |
Cambridge English Scale (Note 4) | 176-184 overall with at least 176 in each element |
| Trinity ISE (Paper Edition) | ISE II Distinction or ISE III Pass |
| LanguageCert Academic | Overall score of 68-74 (with at least a score of 68 for each skill) |
Important Notes:
- The above-mentioned qualifications will only be accepted if they are within their respective validity periods (e.g., Password Test results expire after two years).
- CEAL only accepts the results of the examinations/tests on this equivalence list that have been conducted at official examination centres with on-site invigilators. At home tests are not accepted.
- TOEFL scores are only accepted from a single test sitting; MyBest™ scores are not accepted.
- Any English language test that uses the Cambridge English Scale will be accepted if the student meets the equivalent score listed in the above table.
- Students with the above qualifications are classified as Group B, i.e., not required to take LUE1001. Students are required to submit the credit transfer/course exemption application form via their major Department for endorsement and forward it to the Registry for further processing.
- Students with qualifications other than the above-mentioned tests, should be assessed by CEAL individually on a case-by-case basis.
All Non-JUPAS students who have obtained HKDSE Level 4 or above are also required to submit the application for course exemption of LUE1001 via their major Department/Programme for endorsement and forward it to the Registry for further processing.
For more information, please visit the English Language Graduation Requirement page and the English Language Enhancement (ELE) Curriculum page.