Duolingo English Test Course for Students in Bangladesh — Online with Certified Instructors

Where a DET score takes students from Bangladesh

Applicants from Dhaka, Chattogram, Sylhet, Khulna and Rajshahi use the DET mainly for North America and Europe, with the UK and Ireland close behind. These are the published requirements Bangladeshi applicants meet most often.

United States

• Arizona State University: 95 for most undergraduate majors, 105 for higher-requirement Fulton Engineering programmes.
• Northeastern University (College of Professional Studies): 105 for graduate and bachelor’s-completion programmes, 120 for doctoral study.

Canada

• University of Toronto: 120 overall with 120 in Production for undergraduate entry (tests from 1 July 2024).
• University of British Columbia: 125 overall, with 115 Reading, 115 Listening, 120 Writing, 120 Speaking.

United Kingdom and Ireland

• Most UK degree courses that take the DET quote a band between 110 and 130, the more selective universities at the top of it. The DET is not a UKVI Secure English Language Test — see the visa section.
• Trinity College Dublin: 120 with 100 in every subscore for standard entry, 130 with 110 for higher entry.
• University College Dublin: from 90 with 80 in each subscore, rising to 100–110 and above depending on the master’s.

Germany and Australia

• Germany is mixed: private and international institutions are likeliest to accept it — Constructor University (Bremen) lists 110 for graduate entry — while many public universities still ask for IELTS or TOEFL. Check the programme page.
• Some Australian providers accept the DET for admission (UNSW College publishes Duolingo bands across its pathway programmes), but not for the student visa — see below.

Before you book anything, ask admissions one question in writing: do you accept the Duolingo English Test, and what overall and subscore minimums apply to this programme?

Does the DET count inside Bangladesh?

Private universities in Bangladesh run their own admission tests and public universities their own entrance systems, so a DET certificate is rarely part of a local application. Its role is outbound: admissions files, scholarships and foreign-affiliated degrees. If a locally delivered foreign degree asks for English evidence, ask that office directly — they follow the awarding university’s policy.

Visa notes before you commit to a test

A university offer and a visa are two separate approvals. For Bangladeshi applicants:

• Canada. With the Student Direct Stream discontinued in November 2024, your designated learning institution decides which English evidence it accepts — many accept the DET. Confirm yours in writing.
• United Kingdom. The DET is not a Secure English Language Test, but a licensed higher-education sponsor may assess your English itself for a degree-level course and confirm it on your CAS; below degree level, a SELT is required.
• Australia. Home Affairs does not list the DET and does not accept fully online tests, so the subclass 500 visa needs a listed test regardless of what the provider accepted.

Choosing your target score for the universities Bangladeshi students apply to

The DET reports an overall score on the 10–160 scale in steps of five, plus four subscores — Literacy, Comprehension, Conversation and Production. Universities publish a minimum overall score, and many publish a minimum in each subscore too, which is where unprepared candidates are caught: an overall 120 with a Production of 95 fails a requirement that the headline number appears to meet.

Work backwards from the requirements on this page rather than aiming at a round number:

• 90–105 covers a large share of undergraduate entry — Arizona State at 95, Northeastern’s professional-studies programmes at 105, University College Dublin from 90 with 80 in each subscore.
• 110–125 is the band most UK degree courses and mainstream Canadian entry sit in, and where European institutions such as Constructor University (110) land.
• 120–130+ is selective and graduate territory: Toronto at 120 with 120 in Production, UBC at 125 with subscore floors, Trinity College Dublin at 120 with 100 in every subscore and 130 with 110 for higher entry.

Pick the highest requirement on your shortlist and plan a comfortable margin above it, because subscore floors — not the overall number — are what most often send an application back. Send us your university’s English-requirements page on WhatsApp and we will read it with you before you start.

DET vs IELTS from Bangladesh: the format comparison

Both exams test the same language in different shapes, and once acceptance is settled the choice comes down to format.

Confirm the institutions on your list accept the DET, and keep IELTS in reserve for visa routes that demand a listed test. Because the DET adapts, there is no easy section to coast through — it keeps pushing until it finds your ceiling, which is what our lessons train you for.

How an online course fits a Bangladeshi schedule

Bangladesh is at UTC+6, which means a live class set for another region may fall while you are at university, at work, or asleep. That is the problem a structured online course solves.

Every Teachero course runs as live online classes taught by certified instructors specialised in international English exams, with lesson recordings you can review afterwards. If a session lands at an awkward hour in Bangladesh, you watch the recording, submit the same homework, receive the same corrections and sit the same mock tests as everyone else.

• Standard course — more days, fewer hours per day.
• Intensive course — fewer days, more hours per day, when the test is close.
• Private tailored course — one-to-one around your weak questions.

All of them include personal Speaking and Writing correction, full mock tests and WhatsApp support between sessions, taught by our instructors. Schedules are set per round — ask on WhatsApp, or read the DET FAQ.

Paying by card from Bangladesh

Paying an education provider abroad from Bangladesh takes one extra step, and it is worth knowing the rule rather than guessing:

• You need an international (dual-currency) card. Bangladesh Bank’s foreign exchange guidelines specifically allow international cards to be used online for application, registration, admission and examination payments connected with admission to foreign educational institutions — the rules name examples such as TOEFL and SAT. Ask your bank for an international debit or credit card, or a virtual card if you do not hold a physical one.
• Endorsement and quota. Cards are issued against an endorsed foreign-currency entitlement that your bank records. In August 2026 Bangladesh Bank also allowed banks to issue international cards to students and education sponsors for overseas education payments, treated separately from the travel quota — tell your bank the purpose is education.

Once the card is ready, paying by Visa or Mastercard takes a minute. If it is refused, message us on WhatsApp, and message us on WhatsApp.