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🇬🇧 Duolingo English Test for United Kingdom — from Cape Verde
More than 130 UK universities accept the DET for admission, including several Russell Group institutions.
What United Kingdom asks for
Scores run on the 10–160 scale; most UK universities want 110–125 for taught programs, and some set minimum subscores.
Admission is not the same as the visa
Important: the DET is accepted for UK university ADMISSION but is NOT on the UK Home Office's approved Secure English Language Test (SELT) list, so it cannot serve as a standalone SELT for the student visa. Many universities (especially post-1992) assess English internally and issue a CAS that enables the visa without a separate SELT — if a university says its DET offer 'covers visa requirements', confirm that in writing with admissions. For most students, IELTS for UKVI remains the standard visa route.
From Cape Verde — the essentials
- Costs in
- Cape Verdean Escudo (CVE)
- Credentials
- Ministério da Educação / Direção-Geral do Ensino Superior — reconhecimento de habilitações
- Funding to search
- Bolsas do governo português, Camões (Portugal), Erasmus+, Bourses du gouvernement français
- Where students go
- Portugal, Brazil, France, Spain, Senegal
- Apply from
- Praia, Mindelo, Assomada
Cape Verde is Portuguese-speaking, so Portugal is the leading destination (study in Portuguese); English-taught programmes need Duolingo English Test/IELTS. At about $70 the DET is taken online from Cape Verde — 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.