Applicants
whose native language is not English, must submit a recent,
official Test of English
as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score or Michigan
English Language Assessment
Battery (MELAB) score. Minimum English Proficiency Requirements
are as follows:
- at
least 550 on the paper-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or
- at least 79 on the internet-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or
-
at least 82 on the Michigan English Language Assessment
Battery (MELAB) or
- at least a 7.0 on the International English Language Testing Service (IELTS) exam
Many
Graduate programs require a score above the graduate school
minimum requirements listed above. Consult the Graduate
Program Information page to find the exact score requirement
of your graduate program.
Applicants
who are citizens of, or who have received a bachelor's degree or higher
from one of the following countries are exempt from the
English proficiency requirement: Australia,
Belize, the British Caribbean and British West Indies, Canada
(except Quebec), England, Guyana, Ireland, Liberia, New
Zealand, Scotland, the United States, and Wales.
