Who Accepts PTE? Universities, Immigration, Professional Bodies

Massive Acceptance — and Growing

PTE Academic is now accepted by 14,000+ universities globally, every major English-speaking country's immigration department, and professional bodies in healthcare, accounting, engineering, and law.

Universities (Country-Wise Highlights)

• Australia: All universities including Group of Eight (Melbourne, ANU, Sydney, UQ, UNSW, Monash, UWA, Adelaide).
• UK: All Russell Group universities including Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial, UCL, Edinburgh, Manchester.
• USA: All Ivy League schools (Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Penn, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth) + MIT, Stanford, Caltech, Chicago. 1,000+ US universities total.
• Canada: All major universities including Toronto, McGill, UBC, Waterloo, Western. (Note: for visa purposes Canada uses PTE Core, not Academic.)
• New Zealand: All 8 universities including Auckland, Otago, Victoria, Canterbury.
• Ireland: Trinity College Dublin, UCD, NUI Galway, UCC, DCU, Maynooth, Limerick.
• Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, UAE: top universities accept.

Immigration / Government

• Australia (Department of Home Affairs): all skilled migration visas + student visas.
• New Zealand Immigration: Skilled Migrant Category, Work to Residence.
• UK Home Office: Skilled Worker, Student, Innovator, Family visas (PTE Academic UKVI specifically).
• Canada IRCC: Express Entry, PNP, Canadian Experience Class — PTE Core only.
• Ireland INIS: work permits, study visas.

Professional Bodies (Healthcare)

• AHPRA (Australia): nursing, medical, dental, pharmacy registration.
• GMC (UK): doctors registering to practice in UK.
• GDC (UK): dentists.
• NMC (UK): nurses and midwives.
• NMBI (Ireland): nursing registration.
• HCNZ: Healthcare practitioners in NZ.

Professional Bodies (Other)

• CPA Australia: Certified Practising Accountants.
• Engineers Australia: for chartered engineering registration.
• Law Society of England and Wales: for solicitor registration.

How to Verify Acceptance

Always check the official requirements page of the institution or government you're applying to:

• University: their international admissions page.
• Visa: the country's immigration authority (e.g. homeaffairs.gov.au, gov.uk, canada.ca).
• Professional body: their official registration page.

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