English language requirements

Updated April 2009

Applicants demonstrating English language competence through an IELTS test should note revised requirements.  All applicants, whose education as nurses or midwives was undertaken outside Australia, are required to provide the results of an English language test in order for their applications for registration or enrolment to be assessed.

The Nurses and Midwives Act 1991 requires that all nurses and midwives must have an adequate command of the English language and thus in many cases the Nurses and Midwives Board will require the submission of English Language Test Results.

International English Language Testing System (IELTS) academic modules  with a minimum score of 7 on each of the individual bands of reading, writing, speaking and listening.

Further details on the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) in your country can be had by visiting www.ielts.org/