TOEFL

For International Applicants Only

  English Proficiency Requirements

If you are from a country whose native language is not English, you must provide evidence of English proficiency as indicated by acceptable scores on the TOEFL or IELTS as follows:

1. The minimum TOEFL requirement is 550 (PBT) or 80 (iBT).
2. The minimum IELTS is an overall band score of 6.5 with no individual band below a 6.0.
3. Individual academic units may have higher requirements.

Applicants who have met one of the following conditions at a regionally accredited college/university in the United States do not need to submit evidence of English proficiency:

1. earned a bachelor’s degree or higher
2. completed a minimum of 12 semester hours of graduate level study with a GPA of 3.00 or higher
3. completed at least 90 undergraduate semester credit hours with a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher
4. completed the American English and Culture Program Advanced Level II with grades of B or better and have the recommendation of the Director of the AECP

TOEFL and IELTS scores are valid when the test date is within two years of the first day of classes of the semester you are enrolling at ASU.  Applications will not be processed without valid evidence of English proficiency.

The TOEFL is administered by TOEFL/TSE Services, PO Box 6151, Princeton, NJ, 08541-6151, USA.  Information is available on the internet at www.toefl.org or by email at toefl@ets.org.  ASU’s institutional code is 4007.

The IELTS is administered by the University of Cambridge, ESOL Examinations, 1 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB1 2EU, United Kingdom.  Information is available on the internet at www.ielts.org.  There is no institutional code for IELTS.

For questions regarding the English proficiency requirement at ASU, please contact the Graduate College at 480-965-6113 or gradadmiss@asu.edu.