Entry and English language requirements
See the international qualifications we accept for undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. Please also check the specific grades and essential subjects required for your chosen course by checking our individual course pages.
If English is not your first language, you must provide evidence of your English language skills. For a complete list of the English language qualifications we accept, including where we are able to waive an English condition based on certain local qualifications, please see our English Language requirements.
Undergraduate
Direct entry to Year 1
- Successful completion of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC)/Intermediate, with an overall minimum of 75%, and 75% in subjects where there is a specific requirement (see individual course pages for details).
- Successful completion of 1 year at university with an overall minimum of 75%, and 75% in subjects where there is a specific requirement (see individual course pages for details).
For more details please contact Admissions and Access at admissions@stir.ac.uk
Postgraduate
- 4 year Bachelor’s degree GPA of 2.6/4.0 or 60%;
- 3 year Bachelor’s degree plus a 2 year Master’s degree with a GPA of
2.6/4.0 or 60% (in both Bachelor and Masters); - 2 year Bachelor’s degree plus a 2 year Master’s degree with a GPA of
2.6/4.0 or 60% (in both Bachelor and Masters); - Individual course requirements may differ.
English language requirements
Pakistan specific English Language requirements
Undergraduate: An accepted English language qualification.
Postgraduate: Pakistan High School Certificate with 60% or above in English PLUS evidence of a Bachelor's degree that was both taught and examined in English within the last five years. This is typically validated through the submission of a 'medium of instruction' (MOI) letter from a recognised university on the specified list below.
Applicants from institutions not included in this list can fulfil the English language entry requirement for their program through an accepted English language qualification.
- Aga Khan University Karachi (AKU)
- Baqai Medical University
- Air University Islamabad
- Aitchison College Lahore
- Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan
- Bahria University (All campuses)
- Beaconhouse National University (BNU)
- COMSATS University (Lahore, Islamabad, Wah, Sahiwal, Abbottabad campuses)
- Dawood University of Engineering and Technology
- Dow University of Health Sciences
- FAST-NUCES (All campuses)
- Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi.
- Forman Christian College (FC College)
- Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Sciences and Technology (GIKI)
- Government College Lahore (GC Lahore)
- Government College University, Faisalabad
- Hamdard University Karachi
- IBA Karachi (Institute of Business Administration Karachi)
- Institute of Fashion and Design
- Institute of Management Sciences Peshawar (I.M. Sciences Peshawar)
- Institute of Space Technology (IST)
- International Islamic University, Islamabad
- IQRA University (except Quetta campus)
- Islamia University, Bahawalpur
- Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology (PAF-KIET)
- King Edward Medical University
- Kinnaird College for Women
- Lahore College for Women University
- Lahore School of Economics (LSE)
- Liaqat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro
- LUMS (Lahore University of Management Sciences)
- Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Agriculture.
- Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw University of Engineering and Technology Karachi (NED Karachi)
- National College of Arts Lahore (NCA)
- National College of Business Administration & Economics (NCBAE)
- National Defense University (NDU)
- National Textile University, Faisalabad
- National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (FAST NU)
- National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)
- NUML (National University of Modern Languages) Lahore and Islamabad Campuses
- Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE)
- Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS)
- PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi
- Quaid e Azam University Islamabad
- Riphah International University
- Roots IVY International College accredited by University of London (external)
- Sir Syed (CASE) University of Engineering and Technology
- SZABIST (Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology) All campuses
- The University of Faisalabad
- UMT Lahore (University of Management and Technology)
- Universal College Lahore (University of London)
- University of Agriculture Faisalabad - UAF
- University of Central Punjab
- University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila and Lahore
- University of Gujrat
- University of Health Sciences, Lahore
- University of Karachi
- University of Lahore (UOL)
- University of Sargodha
- University of South Asia Lahore (USA)
- University of the Punjab
