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🇦🇺 Duolingo English Test for Australia — from Somalia
More than 90 Australian universities accept the DET for undergraduate and postgraduate programs, with acceptance growing.
What Australia asks for
Scores run on the 10–160 scale; program-specific requirements generally 95–125.
Admission is not the same as the visa
Australian universities increasingly accept the DET for admission, but the student-visa English requirement is nationality- and category-dependent: some applicants must provide a test taken at a physical centre, others are exempt. The DET is not a guaranteed standalone for the visa — check your visa category and nationality-specific rules.
From Somalia — the essentials
- Costs in
- Somali Shilling (Sh.So.)
- Credentials
- Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education
- Funding to search
- Türkiye Bursları, Chevening, Mastercard Foundation, Islamic Development Bank scholarships
- Where students go
- Turkey, Sudan, Malaysia, United Kingdom, Uganda
- Apply from
- Mogadishu, Hargeisa, Kismayo
English-taught programmes need Duolingo English Test/IELTS; Somali higher education uses Somali, Arabic and English. Türkiye Bursları is a major route. At about $70 the DET is taken online from Somalia — no test-centre travel, and far cheaper than IELTS.
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AlmiDET is independent and not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Duolingo. All practice material is original and never copied from the Duolingo English Test. Acceptance figures and score bands change — always confirm the current requirement on the official university or government page before you rely on it.