• Pre-requisite: MA^ or AM
• STPM: 2Ps
• UEC: 5Bs inclusive of pre-req
• 'A' Levels incorporating Cambridge,CGE, UK,Malaysia,Singapore, & UK-Min 3 'A' Level passes required: 8
• ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank): 70
• Australian Foundation (min overall 9%): 65%
• Bangladesh Higher School Certificate: 3.5
• China Gao San: 80%
• GCC Thanawiya Amma + 1st year bachelor program: 65%
• Indian and Pakistan Year 12: 65%
• Indonesian SMA III: 74%
• Iran High School Diploma plus pre-university degree (1 year): 65%
• International Baccalaureate IB Diploma (out of 6 subjects): 24
• Kenya KCSE: B
• Ontario CPU: 70%
• Sri Lankan A Levels: 7
• Vietnam Senior High School Year 12: 7.0

Notes:

• *A Level /O Level/equivalent: Pass (min. Grade D) in AM/MA
• #A Level/O Level/equivalent: Credit in AM/MA
• ^A Level/equivalent: Credit in AM/MA or O Level/equivalent: Credit in AM

Codes:

• MA – Mathematics (any)
• AM – Advanced Mathematics
• CH – Chemistry
• PHY – Physics
• BIO – Biology
• SCI – Science
• BM – Bahasa Melayu
• ENG – English

A Levels incorporating Cambridge GCE, UK, Malaysia, Singapore & UK: A*=6, A=5, B=4, C=3, D=2, E=1

Sri Lanka A Levels: A=5, B=4, C=3, S=1

• IELTS (Acaderic)^: 6.0 (no individual band below 6.0)
• IELTS (Academic) one skill retake (must be taken within 60 days of original test): 6.0 (no individual band below 6.0)
• TOEFL iBT^: 64 (no less than 13 in reading, 12 in listening, 18 in speaking, 21 in writing
• PTE Academic^: 50 with no communicative skill score less than 50
• SPM: C##
• UEC: A1 & A2
• 1119: C##
• MUET: 4
• GCE 'O' Level **: C##
• GCE'A' Level and AS Level: C
• International Baccalaureate: Minimum Grade 4 in English A or B at Standard Level or Higher Level
• C1 Advanced (formerly known as Cambridge English Advanced:CAE): 169, no band less than 169
• STPM 920 English Literature: C

Notes:

• English subject completed from formal secondary studies not more than three years prior to commencing their course at Swinburne.
• ^IELTS, TOEFL IBT and PTE(A) results should be within 2 years from the start of the studies
• *Diploma of Accountancy - IELTS 5.5 (no individual band below 5.0) entry for international students
• **Applicable for both English as First Language and English as Second Language
• ***Students from Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland may use approved tests of English proficiency conducted no more than 5 years prior to commencing studies at Swinburne Sarawak
• #A/AS Level – General Paper, General Studies, English Language, English Literature, English Language and Literature