ENTRY CRITERIA: ENGLISH LANGUAGE – MINIMUM OF IELTS 5.0

A student’s English proficiency can be judged through sitting the IELTS test or an alternative ‘external’ test such as Pearson’s PTE, or through an approved ‘internal’ Abbey test (such as the Oxford Placement Test).

Students who are at IELTS 4.5 can join the full time English Programme in January for three terms, April for two terms, or September for one term prior to a guaranteed entry into the eighteen month GCSE programme the following January.

Abbey Cambridge
Upcoming Webinar: Preparing for Medicine at Abbey College Cambridge

Friday 19th June 2026, 10.30am – 11.30am

In this webinar, Abbey College Cambridge’s Head of Medicine Sephora Day will introduce you to the Medicine Preparation Programme; a special two-year programme designed to ensure that students are prepared in every aspect required to succeed on this most competitive of university courses. 

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