The Australian Universities Quality Agency has recommended tightening requirements to ensure all students can speak and understand English enough to complete their studies.

USQ spokesman David Bull says students who enrol directly have to meet basic standards.

But he says those who switch from overseas institutions have not been tested in the past.

"Within the next couple of months a new Pearson testing centre will be established here on campus at USQ. We'll still measure the same four skills - speaking, reading, writing and listening - and provide an end result," he said.

Mr Bull says standards are not being met by students on exchange programs or those who switch from universities overseas.

"They come on the basis of the recommendations of partners, partner arrangements and the partners maintain that the students have met these sorts of requirements but they don't necessarily have to produce the evidence that they have, so that's I think the issue that was being raised by the report," he said.

Source: ABC News