What IELTS score do you need for Ghent University?

Faculties set programme-specific rules in the specific language requirements 2026-2027. Examples: Biomedical Engineering asks IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL 92; Photonics Engineering 6.5 with 6.0 in each part; Operations Research Engineering 6.5 with 6 in each part; Health Management in Aquaculture 6.5 with 6 in Writing and Speaking; Geology 7.0 or TOEFL 90; and the European Master in Nuclear Fusion and Engineering Physics 7.0 with 6.0 in each part.

Environmental Technology and Engineering accepts IELTS 6.0 with 6.0 in Writing, though it prefers 6.5.

Proof must be valid on enrolment. If a certificate has no validity date, it can be no older than four academic years, counting from the academic year after you obtained it. Some programmes are stricter.

Ghent's general exemptions cover one year (60 credits) of English-taught study only in countries that ratified the Lisbon Recognition Convention, the European Higher Education Area or the USA, which leaves out India and Pakistan. Some programmes go further: Environmental Technology and Engineering, and Soils and Global Change, exempt English-taught bachelor's holders from listed countries including India, Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria.

Requirements vary by programme and change between admissions cycles. The score that binds you is the one on your Ghent programme page and in your offer, so check it there before you book a test.